tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094248114996261058.post6299180683602585609..comments2023-08-27T06:33:12.637-05:00Comments on The Bible in a Year - and Beyond!: Tuesday, January 13th: Genesis 31-32, Romans 11:1-18 ~ NathanTammyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12045517118866436340noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094248114996261058.post-32735252900720419762015-01-13T22:37:36.535-06:002015-01-13T22:37:36.535-06:00Well done rookie! It's funny you should menti...Well done rookie! It's funny you should mention the period part because I was thinking the same thing - that they were all having a good laugh afterwards about that. <br /><br />I also found it interesting that everything that Laban had in wealth was something that he felt that he earned and claimed as his own (Genesis 31:43), while Jacob understood that everything he had was a blessing from God (Genesis 31:9). <br /><br />The passage in Romans is a great reminder of God's grace (vs 6). No matter how frustrated God would have been with the Israelites, He did not reject them. The same goes for us. No matter how badly we have sinned, we have the assurance that God will never reject us! Conradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00378594821836169485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094248114996261058.post-6363803593332016382015-01-13T22:20:54.599-06:002015-01-13T22:20:54.599-06:00Relating back to what Conrad mentioned yesterday, ...Relating back to what Conrad mentioned yesterday, I think Rachel really was just eye candy to Jacob and that her heart was not as beautiful as her outward appearance. I can't help but think that Rachel wasn't who God had intended for Jacob at all. I found it interesting that it was Rachel that chose to steal from her father and lie about it when Jacob fled. I too found the excuse she gave quite humorous. <br /><br />I think Jacob's crazy amounts of gifts to try and sway Esau's wrath was interesting because Jacob seemed to trust God when he left Laban to return "home" but Jacob was still unsure. I wonder if staying with Laban was a greater risk and if he just thought that with all the time that had passed that he'd have an easier relationship with Esau? Or did Jacob leave just because God told him to. <br /><br />In verse 18 in Romans, this stood out:<br />"do not be arrogant toward the branches. If you are, remember it is not you who support the root, but the root that supports you." I think sometimes we forget that "every good and perfect gift is from above" (James 1:17) Not only our salvation, but our gifts and abilities, as well as our material blessings, relationships, and health that all these things are gifts from God. We are arrogant if we think these things come from our own abilities. Pamelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02770898936799604859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094248114996261058.post-82806896548466153662015-01-13T15:03:09.566-06:002015-01-13T15:03:09.566-06:00Laban definitely seems to be very manipulative and...Laban definitely seems to be very manipulative and deceitful. He seems to just say whatever will help him out of the situation. He accuses Jacob of stealing from him even though Jacob had earned everything that he took with him, and it really was Laban that was the one being deceitful.<br /><br />I love the hope in our Romans passage - God has always and will always preserve a remnant.Tammyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12045517118866436340noreply@blogger.com