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God's Sovereignty Displayed Through Jacob and Esau
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Jacob &#8212; object of love, blessing, mercy, inheritance
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Esau &#8212; object of hate, no blessing, no inheritance
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This text refers to individuals &#8212; not nations
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The Plain Fact of Election
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There is a difference caused by grace
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<a id="si_2" onclick="return mV('1Co',4,7);">1Co 4:7</a>;
<a id="si_3" onclick="return mV('Act',13,48);">Act 13:48</a>;
<a id="si_4" onclick="return mV('Act',16,14);">Act 16:14</a>
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God has always had a people for himself &#8212; <a id="si_5" onclick="return mV('Rom',11,'1-10');">Rom 11:1-10</a>
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The Questions that Arise
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Why did God love Jacob?
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It is by Sovereign Grace
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It is not by Jacob's goodness or merit
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Why did God hate Esau?
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Because Esau deserves it
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All men deserve condemnation &#8212; <a id="si_6" onclick="return mV('Jhn',3,'19-36');">Jhn 3:19-36</a>
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God's justice has sound basis
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Man is to be blamed &#8212; not God
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Esau sold God's inheritance
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Esau never repented
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The Truth
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Salvation is all of grace
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Damnation is all of sin
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God gets all the glory for every soul that is saved
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Man gets the blame for every soul that is lost
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God's Choosing &#8212; <a id="si_7" onclick="return mV('Rom',9,'10-18');">Rom 9:10-18</a>
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He has the right to choose whom He pleases
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He exercises that right
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He is free
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He is not obligated to anyone
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He is totally, fully, completely sovereign
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Moses
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Pharaoh
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The Objection of Man &#8212; <a id="si_8" onclick="return mV('Rom',9,19);">Rom 9:19</a>
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The question of fairness
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God is to blame
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The Scriptural Reply &#8212; <a id="si_9" onclick="return mV('Rom',9,'26-29');">Rom 9:26-29</a>
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Can man talk back to God?
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Even man exercises some sovereignty &#8212; <a id="si_10" onclick="return mV('Rom',9,21);">Rom 9:21</a>
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Man doesn't understand God's purposes &#8212; <a id="si_11" onclick="return mV('Rom',9,'22-28');">Rom 9:22-28</a>
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Apart from God's electing decree &#8212; no one would be saved
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The Condition of Man
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Man is not neutral &#8212; he is in reverse
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Man always chooses against God
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The Salvation of Man &#8212; <a id="si_12" onclick="return mV('Rom',9,'30-33');">Rom 9:30-33</a>
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Admit the need of a Savior
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Respond to Christ
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Righteousness is given by God
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Faith in the atonement is the avenue
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