Poor Jacob was full of fear when he heard that Esau was coming to meet him. The Lord shall never lack a champion to bear His standard high among the sons of men. It is a provision against human faithlessness, words which may well be urged when a man is tempted with the thought that, after all, a thing spoken of is not a thing done, and which bid him throw from him the thought that God is not bound to perform whatever He has promised. If God be with us, can we ever be exiled or banished? This includes countless blessings, but it is in itself a great deal more than all the blessings we can conceive of. Though you have net been all that you could wish in the Christian life, yet you can say, "The God of my father has been with me." Blessed be the everlasting God — if Abraham dies, there is Isaac; and if Isaac dies, there is Jacob; and if Jacob dies, there is Joseph; and if Joseph dies, Ephraim and Manasseh survive. Blessed be the everlasting God — if Abraham dies, there is Isaac; and if Isaac dies, there is Jacob; and if Jacob dies, there is Joseph; and if Joseph dies, Ephraim and Manasseh survive. Jacob seems to say of his God: It was He that gave me my wife and my children; it was He that prospered me in the teeth of those who tried to rob me; the God of my father hath been with me notwithstanding all my shortcomings. That God should send His angel with Jacob to protect him would have been much; but it is nothing compared with, "I am with thee." I thought of Jacob thus — Well, you certainly were not eminent for grace while with Laban. Let me read the words to you — "I am with thee." There is no heraldry like the heraldry of the saints. Clayton, M. A.I.GOD'S PRESENCE.II.PROTECTION.III.GUIDANCE.IV.FAITHFULNESS.(C. They were together until they I. Let me read the words to you — "I am with thee." You can see that by the way in which he divided his flocks and his herds, and set apart so large a present for Esau. Jacob seems to say of his God: It was He that gave me my wife and my children; it was He that prospered me in the teeth of those who tried to rob me; the God of my father hath been with me notwithstanding all my shortcomings. "I am with thee" — it means practical help. Turn to the thirty-first chapter again, and read the fifth verse. (Gen 28:15) I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. On that day, too, I have no doubt, Jacob was very much cast down, because he remembered his sin. Be not satisfied unless you yourself obtain such mercy as God gave to your ancestors, and hear the Lord saying, "I am with thee."2. Why, when God is with a man there is a familiarity of condescension that is altogether unspeakable: it ensures an infinite love. He now believes that God had been always with him, had fed him always, and redeemed him always, and blessed him always. There are many fruits that come of it, but the tree that yields them is better than the fruit.3. If God be with us, what can we not endure?II. 11 When he reached a certain place, he stopped for the night because the sun had set. The Lord shall never lack a champion to bear His standard high among the sons of men. There had come a great famine in the land; but he says that God had fed him all his life long. You can see that by the way in which he divided his flocks and his herds, and set apart so large a present for Esau. If God be with us, what can we not endure?II. He now believes that God had been always with him, had fed him always, and redeemed him always, and blessed him always. Romans 8:32). You can see that by the way in which he divided his flocks and his herds, and set apart so large a present for Esau. He said once, "Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away; all these things are against me"; but now he eats his words, and says, "The Lord hath redeemed me from all evil." He said once, "Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away; all these things are against me"; but now he eats his words, and says, "The Lord hath redeemed me from all evil." Observe, in the third place, that with a purpose so complicated as God's is, in order to introduce every man's life into it, it will be possible that in some cases more than half the years which any given person lives will have to be spent just in rendering him ready to come in efficiently at the exact point when he is needed. "He blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day, the Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads." )Four choice sentencesI. No words of God about our life will be left unfulfilled. THE CONTEXT This story parallels, at least in some respects, the story of Abraham finding a bride for Isaac, Abraham’s son and Jacob’s father (chapter 24): • In the earlier story Jacob was the inheritor of a great blessing from his fathers, for this sentence was spoken in connection with the following words," I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac." It is almost unnecessary to take this second text; for if it is written, "I am with thee," you may depend upon it that He will be with us, for God does not forsake His people.III. He had been from the first, though not recognized. The following sermon is based on the Old Testament reading, Genesis 28:10-19. 12:4). There is his last testimony to the faithfulness of God. I have read that testimony with great joy. A. We have had present blessing; we have had future blessing; we have had experienced blessing three times over; and now we go to TRANSMITTED BLESSING; for we find Jacob transmitting the blessing to his son and to his grandson. 2. I thought of Jacob thus — Well, you certainly were not eminent for grace while with Laban. God will not dwell with those He hates.4. This mercy was brought home to Jacob at a time when he greatly needed it. It is almost unnecessary to take this second text; for if it is written, "I am with thee," you may depend upon it that He will be with us, for God does not forsake His people.III. But God does not leave His people because of their fears. 2. In the consciousness of God's personality. If God be with us, what can we not do? In the precious possessions he gives us — love, reason, conscience, will. Did Jacob find God to be with him? There had come a great famine in the land; but he says that God had fed him all his life long. )Jacob's protectorC. I want to go a step further, and come, in the third place, to EXPERIENCED BLESSINGS. If God be with us, what can we not do? Let us look at Jacob's experience. He had lost Joseph, and that had been a great sorrow; but now, in looking back, he sees that even then God was redeeming him from all evil. It is almost unnecessary to take this second text; for if it is written, "I am with thee," you may depend upon it that He will be with us, for God does not forsake His people.III. Let me read the words to you — "I am with thee." He said once, "Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away; all these things are against me"; but now he eats his words, and says, "The Lord hath redeemed me from all evil." 2. This is all the more encouraging as coming from you. One great truth is the key of all - the love of God revealed in Christ. This is all the more encouraging as coming from you. "I am with thee." I commenced by noticing the blessing which passed on from Abraham to Isaac; and now we see that Jacob hands it on to Joseph, Manasseh, and to Ephraim — "I die: but God shall be with you." We have had present blessing; we have had future blessing; we have had experienced blessing three times over; and now we go to TRANSMITTED BLESSING; for we find Jacob transmitting the blessing to his son and to his grandson. Because of this, God was with him. The promise is a promise of —, (1)Presence.(2)Intercourse.(3)Fellowship.(S. There was a night of wrestling with Jacob. Love stories in the Bible, such as this First Lesson where Jacob marries his beloved Rachel (and unexpectedly her sister Leah as well! Now turn to the thirty-first chapter of Genesis, at the third verse, and read these words — "I will be with thee." But God does not leave His people because of their fears. This mercy was brought home to Jacob at a time when he greatly needed it. It is an inexpressible privilege, to be able to look back to father and grandfather, and perhaps farther still, and to say, "We come of a house which has served the Lord as far back as history can inform us." II. () Take a wife for yourself there, from among the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother. "If God be for us, who can be against us?" Read in the forty-eighth chapter, at the twenty-first verse "Behold, I die: but God shall be with you." That God should send His angel with Jacob to protect him would have been much; but it is nothing compared with, "I am with thee." The Lord said to His servant Jacob, "Behold, I am with thee."1. Now, mark you, if you trust in God, this shall be your verdict at the close of life.IV. )LinksGenesis 28:15 NIVGenesis 28:15 NLTGenesis 28:15 ESVGenesis 28:15 NASBGenesis 28:15 KJVGenesis 28:15 Bible AppsGenesis 28:15 ParallelGenesis 28:15 Biblia ParalelaGenesis 28:15 Chinese BibleGenesis 28:15 French BibleGenesis 28:15 German BibleGenesis 28:15 CommentariesBible Hub, IV.THE ENGAGEMENT. Jacob seems to say of his God: It was He that gave me my wife and my children; it was He that prospered me in the teeth of those who tried to rob me; the God of my father hath been with me notwithstanding all my shortcomings. God will not dwell with those He hates.4. But God does not leave His people because of their fears. "He blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day, the Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads." "If God be for us, who can be against us?" Why, when God is with a man there is a familiarity of condescension that is altogether unspeakable: it ensures an infinite love. ( C. H. )LinksGenesis 28:15 NIVGenesis 28:15 NLTGenesis 28:15 ESVGenesis 28:15 NASBGenesis 28:15 KJVGenesis 28:15 Bible AppsGenesis 28:15 ParallelGenesis 28:15 Biblia ParalelaGenesis 28:15 Chinese BibleGenesis 28:15 French BibleGenesis 28:15 German BibleGenesis 28:15 CommentariesBible Hub, III.GUIDANCE.IV.FAITHFULNESS.(C. "I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of."(J. )LinksGenesis 28:15 NIVGenesis 28:15 NLTGenesis 28:15 ESVGenesis 28:15 NASBGenesis 28:15 KJVGenesis 28:15 Bible AppsGenesis 28:15 ParallelGenesis 28:15 Biblia ParalelaGenesis 28:15 Chinese BibleGenesis 28:15 French BibleGenesis 28:15 German BibleGenesis 28:15 CommentariesBible Hub, III.THE MARCH. As I have already said, he left Laban's house; and it was a very venturesome journey, but God was with him: Jacob tells us that so it was. "He blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day, the Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads." We will call this FUTURE BLESSING. Jacob left Beer-sheba and went toward Haran. II. That ought to be our prayer day and night. This is the ladder from which he proclaims, "Lo, I am with thee" (cf. Observe, furthermore, that if there be so many subordinate purposes in the one purpose of God, there must of necessity be many instruments also. Blessed be the everlasting God — if Abraham dies, there is Isaac; and if Isaac dies, there is Jacob; and if Jacob dies, there is Joseph; and if Joseph dies, Ephraim and Manasseh survive. To our conscience new light is given; to our love new spheres are open; our will receives new strength from the new example of His love and grace. I commenced by noticing the blessing which passed on from Abraham to Isaac; and now we see that Jacob hands it on to Joseph, Manasseh, and to Ephraim — "I die: but God shall be with you." He had lost Rachel — oh, how it stung his heart! I have read that testimony with great joy. At the close of his life we find Jacob more fully than ever confessing that the presence of God had been with him. Because of this, God was with him. Spurgeon. You can see that by the way in which he divided his flocks and his herds, and set apart so large a present for Esau. This is all the more encouraging as coming from you. I. I read you the passage where he wished that the God that had been with him might be with his grandsons in the selfsame way — the forty-eighth chapter, at the fifteenth and sixteenth verses. If God be with us, what can we not endure?II. Up to as far as the time that he was about to leave Laban, he says — "The God of my father hath been with me." I have read that testimony with great joy. This mercy was brought home to Jacob at a time when he greatly needed it. We have had present blessing; we have had future blessing; we have had experienced blessing three times over; and now we go to TRANSMITTED BLESSING; for we find Jacob transmitting the blessing to his son and to his grandson. This mercy was brought home to Jacob at a time when he greatly needed it. He had just left his father's house, and he felt himself alone. )Four choice sentencesI. Did Jacob find God to be with him? I read you the passage where he wished that the God that had been with him might be with his grandsons in the selfsame way — the forty-eighth chapter, at the fifteenth and sixteenth verses. There had come a great famine in the land; but he says that God had fed him all his life long. He said once, "Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away; all these things are against me"; but now he eats his words, and says, "The Lord hath redeemed me from all evil." If God be with us, what can we not do? We will call this FUTURE BLESSING. Be not satisfied unless you yourself obtain such mercy as God gave to your ancestors, and hear the Lord saying, "I am with thee."2. The ladder shows the truth which should stamp our lives. Many angels, messengers (Psalm 104:4; Hebrews 1:14); natural agents, the elements, &c.; human agents, men good and bad alike carrying out his will; spiritual beings (Psalm 91:11). This includes countless blessings, but it is in itself a great deal more than all the blessings we can conceive of. If God be with us, what can we not endure? Blessed be the everlasting God — if Abraham dies, there is Isaac; and if Isaac dies, there is Jacob; and if Jacob dies, there is Joseph; and if Joseph dies, Ephraim and Manasseh survive. 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