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V t L n »■-»*! Isaac lost his eyesight as he grew old, and evidently in his blindness he thought that death was near. He wanted to give the parting blessing to Esau, his older and favorite son. He told Esau to go hunting and prepare a feast of venison that he especially loved. After that feast, the old man would bestow _ hi® formal blessing on his son. Our scripture begins at this h point. | THE LESSON While Isaac was talking to Esau, Rebekah was listening. ■j So when Esau went out to hunt, she said to Jacob, "I have just heard your father say to Esau, 'Bring me an animal and g cook it for me. After I have eaten it, I will give you my bless i ing in the presence of the Lord before I die.' Now son," Rebe .? kah continued, "listen to me and do what I say. Go to the 'i flock and pick out two fat young goats, so that I can cook them and make some of that food your father likes so much. You jf; can take it to him to eat, and he will give you his blessing be fore he dies." (Genesis 27:5-10) Esau hated Jacob, because his father had given Jacob the blessing. He thought, "The i * time to mourn my father's death is near; then I will kill Ja | But when Rebekah heard about Esau's plan, she sent for Jacob and said, "Listen, your brother Esau is planning to get even with you and ki)l you. Now son, do what I say. Go j at once to my brother Laban in Haran, and stay with him for « a while, until your brother's anger cools down and he forgets * what you have done to him. Then I will send someone to J bring you hack. Why should I lose both of my sons on the * same day?” Rebekah said to Isaac, "I am sick and tired of J Esau's foreign wives. It Jacob marries one of these Hitite * girls, I might as well die." (Genesis 27:41-46) ; T*1® father's blessing was not just the wish of an old man. I In this chosen family, the patriarch was given the gift of * prophecy. His blessing was not only before the Lord, it was » actually from the Lord, accurately foretelling what would j happen in future years. Before Esau and Jacob, were bom, God determined that Ja cob was to be the dominant one. But it seems very strange to see the methods Jacob used to get what God had promised. First, Jacob bought the birthright from Esau for a very small price. Perhaps that was not dishonest but it certainly was very ungenerous and greedy. Then Jacob, with the help of his mother, used deception and outright falsehood to obtain the blessing that his father intended for Esau. Thus, Jacob's 1 crookedness helped to bring about the result that God desired. I Does that mean Jacob's crookedness was right? No. A good I result does not make a wrong right. Often we are tempted to L. think it does. A man lies to keep from embarrassing him r W or angering someone else. A mother steals to feed her ! kungry family. A terrorist shoots a hostage or blows up a busy public building to bring some result that he calls good. < But lying, stealing, and murder are still wrong. Sometimes we wonder why our just and holy God allows so much evil to exist in the world. Peter explains in II Peter 3:9, ; HGod is giving the wrong doers time to repent. Even more’ . wonderful, God not only allows wrong-doing, but sometimes actually uses it to accomplish his purpose. It was through the : sly trickery of Jacob and his mother that God’s promise of prosperity and power was given to Jacob, as God intend. What if Jacob and his mother had been honest? Would that ; promise then have been given to Esau, contrary to God’s . wish? No, God would have accomplished His purpose in some other way. But Ood knew what Jacob and Rebekah would do, and He used their wrong to bring about what was right Jacob and Rebakah had to bear their guilt and punish ment. They were shaken with shock and fear when Esau vowed to kill Jacob. They had to endure 20 years of separa tion when Jacob ran away. And after 20 years, Jacob still trembled witi. fear when he came to face Esau again. God has give*, us a will of our own. He lets us do wrong, if that is our choice. But we have to accept the consequences It pays to do right f -_ 1 i mallard Ultra - Gr° Super Enriched To Grow • Restore • Stop Dandruff Stop Falling Hair* Stop Bald Spots Stop Discoloration due to Chemicals FAST GROW j At last, a product designed to stimulate, nourish, feed and rejuvenate the hair and scalp. Because UKra-Gro is all natural ingredients amalgamated with super refined aloe, it is safe on all kinds of hair. Mallard Ultra-Gro was tested on Europeans. French and Americana. All teats were positive. Mallard Ultra-Grow has helped thousands of men and women with hair growth problems Available TT-SUN BEAUTY SUPPLY 201N. Tryoti Street or a*nd $1*76 to MALLARD BEAUTY PRODUCTS 2801 Mill Strwt • Mobil*. Alabama 38807 Little Rock's Senior Ushers Celebrate Continued from Page 9A celebrate 83 years of service on Sunday, October 25, at 4 p.m. Guest speaker will be Rev. Retoy Gaston of Clinton Chapel AME Zion Church. Rev. William Mil ton White, Sr. is the Minister. Everyone is welcome. THE WORD OP GOD There will be an appreciation service for Rev. Lewis G. Walk er, pastor of The Word of God Church. The service will be held at Shiloh Baptist Church, 2600 El min 8t. from Wednesday - Fri day, October 28-30, beginning at 7:30 p.m. nightly and closing on Sunday, November 1, at 3 p.m. There will be a different speaker each hight. Please come out and share in this special occasion with us sni we gather to praise God. CATHY MEMORIAL On October 25, the Gospel Choir of Cathy Memorial AME Zion Grace In The Fall By J.M. Little . ' ■ \, Aa the Swr seasons coma and go. each tee UfieeaTthe grace of God. Alio, the passing of the eeaeana remind os of tha faithflilnaaa of God. rail maunes or the withering work of the Hciy Spirit. I don't know if you have ever ■•on it tike that or not. Listen; "For all flesh ia aa grass, and all tha GLORY OF MAN AS THE FLOWER OF GRASS. THE GRASS WITHERETH, and the flower thereof fell ethawar Bat the word of the Lord endur eth forever. And this is the ward by which tha gospel ia preached onto you.* (I Peter 1:24,25.) The Apostle Paul here compares man. in Ms proud and natural state to beau tiful grass whan it ia in (till growth and very pretty. Whan fell comas, aa wo aiw having now, tha grow witharwth. Why? The cool blasts of air begin to wither the summer grass. Tha pretty summer grass is just far a aeasoo and cannot help but wither when more powerful forces blow upon it. So it ia in tha grace of God up (ter HOLY 8PIRIT CONVICTION. When the Holy Spirit comas upon a sinner, tha ainnar ia proud and bowat&l of what ha ia by nature because he really does not know who ha is by nature. But aa tha Holy Spirit blows upon, and re veals to him his old adamic nature, hia cor ruption and Vila, depraved condition, that sinner bagins to withnr. "Buttha Word of tha Lord ooduroth forever..." As the gospel U preached to that ainnar IT CONVICTION, ha diet I ha ones gloried in. All the fflSSftaSftteu . .. Yon boasted before of your profession, now aa tho Holy 8pirit opens your heart mom and moaw, you aaa you had profession without posanaira. Aa tho Word cute deeper and daepar into your heart, you wither aa tha grass under the coal fell blasts. In your heart yon wasp, but before a ainnar can bo saved, ha has to release hia hold of every, thing. Yon weep over your loot condition. You thought you wars saved, but now you one that you ana not. All the glory of your church life dice. Yon, too, ana dying. You moot dte, and you win die to everybody and •*«*thiag before you can bo resurrected to mw life in Christ and know Him aa your Loud and your Saviour. Under tha convic tions of the Holy 8pirit, you loan sight of tho things you used to love. No otto around you understand* what ia happening to yon but' those who an saved. Seeing your lost condi tion yon despair of aver getting to Christ. Once you thooght you knew Christ, now you know that you don't, and your cry Mght and dayia: ‘Oh, that I knew Him. Where can I find Christ? Yon road God's Word and pray, and you don't know what stop may ba your last. Your •oni pants after Christ as the hart pants af ter tha water brooks, lknow it eras so when wpfcHarsrnawsst CteM. na me lora a exit wild toy heart. I died to everything I had ever cherished. I cannot explain this gracious work of the Holy Spirit in slaying a sinner ia order that He may raise that sinner to new hii> in Christ. But I know what took place in my heart and life, much of it I don't understand. But there was a definite time when I stood in eternity, as it wee, knowing the reality of my lost condition a* • kMt sinner. And yee did, too, if yon are saved. If yon are saved you know exactly what F® talking about. If you are a stranger to what I aaa laying down ham, then yon am notsarad. IT1 bo Just that dogmatic. You will die to everybody. Man, by nature, is proud andpuflbd up. No proud man is saved. Some of our leearhes am so proud, but you are jest ■ proad jnckaaa on the road toH&F' y«a era leading your congregation to Hell, too. Man, by nature, ia a child or the Devil, according to John 8:44, end you am steeped in pride; the pride in your heart has deceived you. Every men by nature ia deceived. You think yea have some gnndnsas in you that will make you acceptable before Cod. Therefore, them has been taught a doctrine in your churches today; "Them is acme good . in the wont of men.* That’s a He out of Halil Ood declares in His Word that there is no V>od ia man, (Bom. 3:10% Tm going to let my Load be brae and let you be the Her. any have said, *We me not hearing what Broth. er Utile is preaching in oer dturehae.* tre atise you aren't. Oar churebaa today am jest as dead and lifeless as an old, dead dog. Church** today h»r* rqactad tha Holy Spir it, thmfore, you har* no tn>* «piritu*l light, you only hara daetnaa*. tha worid aeana to (frowin* won* aad woraa in tha midat of man and mon chuichaa not nroarlilna tha tenth. From horn at my hom* and bafora 1 can drfrr* to tha 148 brtd**, Ipaaa about a <*■' i.j . •- » • • »,■ t doaen churches. The truth is hot preached hi e (ingle one of thetnl Now you can get mad at this statement all you want and I know many of you wilL There is coming a day whin you ere going In wish you had heeded th. Word of the Urd. 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