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besides confirming his right TO share In
the promises made to his father and
grandfather in the covenant OF Holy
ants. who would become a numerous
progeny like the dust Of the earth.
ruling widespreading dominion. blessing
all the nations of the earth.
This has been fulfilled i'm Christ Jesus.
whose universal kingdom is Offering tho
blessing of His spiritual sovereignty to
all. Though We have no right to sin the
grace of God is not set aside when We
fail to come up to the high calling OF
God in Christ Jesus. thus missing tho
mark Of Jehovah, which Is sin. but he
calls us to get alone, where He can meet
us. reveal Himself to us, 80 that we may
know our sin and receive from Him the
gift Of grace and glory.
The promise of the providenttal pro-
lection OF God is contained in the second
part of the message. which contained the
very thing Jacob then needed. He was
longing for sympathy and fellowship as
We all do when We leave home for the
first time. God said. IL will be with
thee He was afraid OF Esau and the
dangers upon the way. but God said."I
Will keep thee" and though others might
forsake Jacob he had the promise Of Je-
hovah that He would mot leave him.
He fretted because he realized that he
was virtually an exile. and that he might
not be permitted to return again. God as
sured him that He would bring him
again into this land These promises
OF God have all been repeated to us by
Christ in the great commission that
sends us out as missionaries of the gos-
pei to all lands. The enigma Of history
has been the marvellous preservation OF
the Jews as q separate people, although
scattered among all nations. In spite OF
centuries of cruel treatment and fierce
destructive persecution. They are wit
nesses of the fidelity of God to his prom
ise to fulfill that which 1 have spoken
to thee Jacob Of The result of Ja-
cob's vision is seen in his conversion,
confession and conservation.
Conversion, Confession, Conservation
conversion of Jacob was seen when he
awoke from his slumber changed man.
convinced of the presence of the Lord,
whom he had been accustomed to asso-
ciate with some local sacred place, where
MS father had been in the habit OF con-
Quoting divine worship. The commence
ment of the moral Transformation of ia
cob, that fitted the sinful second son of
Isaac to be worthy inhertor of the
promises started by his recognition of
Gods presence with him. The Christian
who can practice the presence of Jesus
like the famous monk Brother Lawrence
who found Jesus everywhere. will become
like Christ by the power of association
and We will know amid all the trials
temptationsand testings of life that there
Is no power "able to separate us from the
love of God. which is in Christ Jesus
Every soul that has received a vision
of God has been filled with dread be-
cause the revelation brought a reaia-
tlon OF personal sin. Jacob was no
ceptlon in his fear, but he immediately
commenced to worship God by setting up
AS pillar in the new temple of God the
stony pillow, consecratng the stone by
amounting II as a memorial of Gods reye-
lation to him. By doing this he sought
to make permanent the convictions that
We're born in the vision. Christian char
acter demands for its development an
outward expression of our faith that can
only be met by our identification with
the church as a regular worshiper and
personal worker, strengthened by private
prayer, and the observance of the Lords
supper. which Christ established as
memorial of His death for us till He
comes to partake OF the fruit of the vine
In the kingdom of God at the great re-
union with His church in the coming
age.
The silent believer never becomes a
strong follower of the Christ. Faith for
it's development demands expression and
of the Fathers love for us, gust as the
establishment of Bethel the house OF
God, did for Jacob so the church of the
living God will always present TO us
the gate TO heaven: 1.-The pontifeX maxi
mus the great bridge Christ Jesus, who
has united earth with heaven.
Jacob followed his confession by
solemnly consecrating himself to the
service of Jehovah. Some have found
in his conditional clauses a spirit OF
commercialism that has almost the look
of an itemiZed bargain" The faith of
Jacob was low, Yet he was not satisfied
to accept all the grace OF God assured
in the vision without showing his graft
tude. All of the former covenants were
promises upon Gods part, but Jacob adds
two clauses upon his own.
AS an evidence of his gratitude. he pro-
posed that upon the completion of his
he would erect an altar to God at the
place of his conversion. confession and
and set il apart for divine
worship, and also contribute tithe 'of
his substance and of the first fruits of all
his increase" This is the second time,
before the establishment of the law,
were a tenth of ones possessions was
set apart for the use of God. No man
who has ever faithfully tried to tith..
his income will ever return to the old
selfish method that fails to give to God
His own. We ought to follow the ex-
ample of Jacob by making vows to es-
tablsh new houses of God by joining
the growing band of men and women
who are in business with our Father in
heaven as the silent partner If we do
then we shall enjoy his constant pres
snce and TroviGen;ial guidance that will
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