THE WAY OF ESAU I. SELF-WILLED- 27 PROVIDER PRUDENT POPULAR II. SELF-SUFFICIENT- 29, 30 DEMANDING DECEIVED III. SELF-RIGHTEOUS VALUE VANITY CONCLUSION: SAFETY

1. The Way of Esau
The Way of
Esau
Gen 25:27-34

2. 1
The Way of Esau
Text: Gen 25:34
Gen 25:27-34
27) And the boys grew: and
Esau was a cunning hunter, a
man of the field; and Jacob
was a plain man, dwelling in
tents.
28) And Isaac loved Esau,
because he did eat of his
venison: but Rebekah loved
Jacob.
29) And Jacob sod pottage:
and Esau came from the field,
and he was faint:

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30) And Esau said to Jacob,
Feed me, I pray thee, with that
same red pottage; for I am
faint: therefore was his name
called Edom.
31) And Jacob said, Sell me
this day thy birthright.
32) And Esau said, Behold, I
am at the point to die: and
what profit shall this birthright
do to me?
33) And Jacob said, Swear to
me this day; and he sware
unto him: and he sold his
birthright unto Jacob.
34) Then Jacob gave Esau
bread and pottage of lentiles;
and he did eat and drink, and

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rose up, and went his way:
thus Esau despised his
birthright.
The Way of Esau
2Pet 2:15 … the way of
Balaam … loved the wages of
unrighteousness;
Jude 1:11 the way of Cain,
1John 3:12 Not as Cain,
who was of that wicked
one, and slew his brother.
And wherefore slew he
him? Because his own
works were evil, and his
brother's righteous.

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I. Self-Willed- 27
27) …Esau was a cunning
hunter…
Provider
a man of the field;
Prudent
Matt 13:38 The field is
the world; the good seed
are the children of the
kingdom; but the tares are
the children of the wicked
one;
Luke 2:8 And there were
in the same country

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shepherds abiding in the
field, keeping watch over
their flock by night.
John 4:35 Say not ye,
There are yet four months,
and then cometh harvest?
behold, I say unto you,
Lift up your eyes, and
look on the fields; for they
are white already to
harvest.
28) And Isaac loved Esau…
Popular
Luke 16:15 And he said
unto them, Ye are they

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which justify yourselves
before men; but God
knoweth your hearts: for
that which is highly
esteemed among men is
abomination in the sight
of God.
John 12:42-43 42
Nevertheless among the
chief rulers also many
believed on him; but
because of the Pharisees
they did not confess him,
lest they should be put out
of the synagogue:
43 For they loved the
praise of men more than
the praise of God.

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Jude 1:16 These are
murmurers, complainers,
walking after their own
lusts; and their mouth
speaketh great swelling
words, having men's
persons in admiration
because of advantage.
II. Self-Sufficient- 29, 30
Gen 25:29-30
30) And Esau said to Jacob,
Feed me…
Demanding

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for I am faint:
Deceived
One sided reasoning
1Sam 25:3 Now the
name of the man was
Nabal; and the name of
his wife Abigail: and she
was a woman of good
understanding, and of a
beautiful countenance: but
the man was churlish and
evil in his doings; and he
was of the house of Caleb.
1Sam 25:17 Now
therefore know and
consider what thou wilt

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do; for evil is determined
against our master, and
against all his household:
for he is such a son of
Belial, that a man cannot
speak to him.
1Sam 25:25 Let not my
lord, I pray thee, regard
this man of Belial, even
Nabal: for as his name is,
so is he; Nabal is his
name, and folly is with
him: but I thine handmaid
saw not the young men of
my lord, whom thou didst
send.

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2Thess 3:2 And that we
may be delivered from
unreasonable and wicked
men: for all men have not
faith.
Jas 3:17 But the wisdom
that is from above is first
pure, then peaceable,
gentle, and easy to be
intreated, full of mercy
and good fruits, without
partiality, and without
hypocrisy.
III. Self-Righteous
Gen 25:32

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32) And Esau said, Behold, I
am at the point to die: and
what profit shall this birthright
do to me?
Value
Profit to me
Gen 25:34
34) … and he did eat and
drink, and rose up, and went
his way…
Vanity
Conclusion: Safety

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Rom 9:13 As it is written,
Jacob have I loved, but Esau
have I hated.
Prov 2:10 When wisdom
entereth into thine heart, and
knowledge is pleasant unto
thy soul;
Prov 2:12-15 12 To deliver
thee from the way of the evil
man, from the man that
speaketh froward things;
13 Who leave the paths of
uprightness, to walk in the
ways of darkness;
14 Who rejoice to do evil,
and delight in the frowardness
of the wicked;

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15 Whose ways are crooked,
and they froward in their
paths:
Prov 4:14-16 14 Enter not
into the path of the wicked,
and go not in the way of evil
men.
15 Avoid it, pass not by it,
turn from it, and pass away.
16 For they sleep not, except
they have done mischief; and
their sleep is taken away,
unless they cause some to fall.
Gen 27:42 And these words
of Esau her elder son were
told to Rebekah: and she sent
and called Jacob her younger

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son, and said unto him,
Behold, thy brother Esau, as
touching thee, doth comfort
himself, purposing to kill thee.
Esau
Full of sloth and no shame
Gullible as a moth drawn to a
flame
Having forgot what a high
price was paid
That liberty’s value doth abate
Instead of appreciate
Without a fight we sit in our
cottage

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And trade our birthright for a
mess of pottage
From the way of Esau take
flight
Christ is the way the truth the
life.
THE WAY OF ESAU
I. SELF-WILLED- 27
PROVIDER
PRUDENT
POPULAR
II. SELF-SUFFICIENT-29, 30

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DEMANDING
DECEIVED
III. SELF-RIGHTEOUS
VALUE
VANITY
CONCLUSION:SAFETY