Understanding God's Story: Grace, Community, and Promises
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### Quotes for Outreach
1. "We forget that this book, meaning the Bible. We forget that this book was cast upon the waters of history with one very specific, completely essential, and desperately necessary objective. To tell the epic tale of God's ongoing quest to ransom his creation. Keep going Bob. And to thereby give each generation the opportunity to know his amazing grace. One more I think. The Bible is the saga of Yahweh, God, and Adam. The prodigal son and his ever gracious heavenly father. Humanity and their rebellion of God and his grace. This narrative begins with Eden. And does not conclude into the new Jerusalem. So that's saying Genesis to Revelation. And it's firmly placed in one story. And if you are a believer. Which, friends, are we believers?" [33:42]
2. "So we see this story. Of trust being broken. But our God doesn't break trust. Does he? See we are thinking about this story. And the deal that was made. And how the head of the house made the deal. And he was able to re-change the deal. And all of these things. Because Jacob was at Laban's mercy in this. And we sometimes are at the mercy of our God. But when Christ throws a wedding feast for us. He doesn't change his deals. He is there waiting. And he even says he has a room ready. And his family compound for us." [49:23]
3. "Friends Jesus is sitting here. In a space that felt so familiar. To him and to others. Because the homes. It would have felt like a home he had been in a thousand times. Even if he had never been in it. And he is telling his disciples. Our father. A word that sounds so familiar to them. Because they lived in a society. That was so used to the father. The head of the house. Making these decisions. And he is saying. Our father. Has a room for us." [52:15]
4. "But she was then honored by God. For helping the foreigners. She was also put into the lineage of Jesus. And then noted for her again. Her righteousness. And we move on in there. Boaz was the father of Obed. Whose mother was Ruth. Ruth who was honored. She left her hometown. Again a foreigner. And stayed to the side of her mother-in-law. And then we get. Jesse was the father of King David. Verse 6. David was the father of Solomon. Whose mother was Bathsheba. The widow of Uriah. Bathsheba who was. Abused by the king. Lost her first son. And then redeemed. In her second of Solomon. And became mother of the next king." [44:21]
5. "We are celebrating so many wonderful things right now in the life of our church. You can find all of those in the e-mag. But I just, one thing we shared on our Facebook page this week that I wanted to point out, if you have not seen, is that Bannerman. Bannerman, the school we partner with, they had their graduation for, specifically for the parents who have had children in high school, and they got to graduate high school. Is that not amazing? It's one of the unique things about their program is that the moms get to bring their kids to the daycare there at the school and take classes and finish school and learn life skills. So is that not a great program that they have?" [24:51]
### Quotes for Members
1. "So this story exists in what we call the patriarchal period. In the big scheme of the Old Testament. It moves. We're going to be in different periods throughout. But the patriarchal period is where we have Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. These three people. Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Is where the story within the patriarchal period is found. It is what we call patriarchal. Because it's defined by the oldest living male in the house. See they didn't have kings. They didn't have rulers. You were overseen by the head of your house. If you got in trouble. The patriarch disciplined you. There wasn't a jail or anything like that. You were dealt with by the head of your house. The immediate family was 15 to 30 people. The family reunion would have been like 150 people." [36:12]
2. "So Jacob probably was given. One of these spaces. After he married. Laban's daughter. So he could have a space. To live with his new wife. Now. I just want to say. We shouldn't be too hard on Jacob. For the fact that Laban tricked him. It was tradition then. That when they had these big old wedding feasts. That the bride. Would have been completely veiled. The whole extended family unit. Would have come. And a big old party. We talked in the last series. They liked to have fun. Right? They would have had fun till late in the night. And it would have been dark. And the bride would have been given to Jacob. And he wouldn't have really been able to see. It wouldn't have been. As it said in the passage. To the morning that he realized. Who had been given to him. Because she would have been covered. The entire time." [48:10]
3. "So we have the three heads of house. Abraham, who we say we are the children of Abraham. And then his son Isaac. And his son Jacob. And our story of course today is on Jacob. You can click one more for me Bob. So we can zoom in. There you go. Now you can see that a little smaller. So we don't know the timeline of Eden or Noah. But we believe that Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob was around 2000 years before Christ. Okay? This is as best as archaeologists can figure out. So there's a couple of things important about this period. It is what we call patriarchal. Because it's defined by the oldest living male in the house. See they didn't have kings. They didn't have rulers. You were overseen by the head of your house. If you got in trouble. The patriarch disciplined you. There wasn't a jail or anything like that. You were dealt with by the head of your house. The immediate family was 15 to 30 people. The family reunion would have been like 150 people." [36:53]
4. "So we see this in the passage that we read just a bit ago when we look at Laban. Go back to Genesis chapter 29. So Laban is the head of his house. And we see in verse 14. Laban exclaimed you really are my own flesh and blood. After Jacob had stayed with Laban for about a month. Laban said to him you shouldn't work for me without pay just because we're relatives. Tell me how much your wage should be. So Laban is Jacob's uncle. So they're related but they were not in the same direct household. But they are related. So we go down to verse 18. Since Jacob was in love with Rachel he told her father Laban. I'll work for you for seven years if you give me Rachel your younger daughter as my wife. Agreed Laban replied. I'd rather give her to you than anyone else. Stay and work with me. So we see Laban deciding who is in his house. Who is working for him. And we see him deciding who is going to marry his daughter. This is the normal relationship. This is the response of the head of the house." [38:24]
5. "So this summer, we're going to kind of dig into the history. And so the culture. And figure out what that means when we read both the Old Testament and the New Testament. Now, the thing I do love to read is comic books. That's because they have lots of pictures. And I don't have as many words. I like it. It's relaxing to me. And there's this thing in the comic book world called the story arc. Meaning the overarching story thread that runs through all the books. And we have that in scripture too. We have a thread that connects. Everything with us. And so there's been a handful of books that have really impacted the way that I read scripture. And one of them is called the Epic of Eden. And we're going to have, if you want to join in, dig even deeper in this with me. We're going to have a Bible study starting next week on Wednesdays. And I'll have books in the back that unpack some teachings on this. And if you have questions, you can ask me about it at the end." [32:55]
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1. "We forget that this book, meaning the Bible. We forget that this book was cast upon the waters of history with one very specific, completely essential, and desperately necessary objective. To tell the epic tale of God's ongoing quest to ransom his creation. Keep going Bob. And to thereby give each generation the opportunity to know his amazing grace. One more I think. The Bible is the saga of Yahweh, God, and Adam. The prodigal son and his ever gracious heavenly father. Humanity and their rebellion of God and his grace. This narrative begins with Eden. And does not conclude into the new Jerusalem. So that's saying Genesis to Revelation. And it's firmly placed in one story. And if you are a believer. Which, friends, are we believers?" [33:42]
2. "So we see this story. Of trust being broken. But our God doesn't break trust. Does he? See we are thinking about this story. And the deal that was made. And how the head of the house made the deal. And he was able to re-change the deal. And all of these things. Because Jacob was at Laban's mercy in this. And we sometimes are at the mercy of our God. But when Christ throws a wedding feast for us. He doesn't change his deals. He is there waiting. And he even says he has a room ready. And his family compound for us." [49:23]
3. "Friends Jesus is sitting here. In a space that felt so familiar. To him and to others. Because the homes. It would have felt like a home he had been in a thousand times. Even if he had never been in it. And he is telling his disciples. Our father. A word that sounds so familiar to them. Because they lived in a society. That was so used to the father. The head of the house. Making these decisions. And he is saying. Our father. Has a room for us." [52:15]
4. "But she was then honored by God. For helping the foreigners. She was also put into the lineage of Jesus. And then noted for her again. Her righteousness. And we move on in there. Boaz was the father of Obed. Whose mother was Ruth. Ruth who was honored. She left her hometown. Again a foreigner. And stayed to the side of her mother-in-law. And then we get. Jesse was the father of King David. Verse 6. David was the father of Solomon. Whose mother was Bathsheba. The widow of Uriah. Bathsheba who was. Abused by the king. Lost her first son. And then redeemed. In her second of Solomon. And became mother of the next king." [44:21]
5. "We are celebrating so many wonderful things right now in the life of our church. You can find all of those in the e-mag. But I just, one thing we shared on our Facebook page this week that I wanted to point out, if you have not seen, is that Bannerman. Bannerman, the school we partner with, they had their graduation for, specifically for the parents who have had children in high school, and they got to graduate high school. Is that not amazing? It's one of the unique things about their program is that the moms get to bring their kids to the daycare there at the school and take classes and finish school and learn life skills. So is that not a great program that they have?" [24:51]
### Quotes for Members
1. "So this story exists in what we call the patriarchal period. In the big scheme of the Old Testament. It moves. We're going to be in different periods throughout. But the patriarchal period is where we have Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. These three people. Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Is where the story within the patriarchal period is found. It is what we call patriarchal. Because it's defined by the oldest living male in the house. See they didn't have kings. They didn't have rulers. You were overseen by the head of your house. If you got in trouble. The patriarch disciplined you. There wasn't a jail or anything like that. You were dealt with by the head of your house. The immediate family was 15 to 30 people. The family reunion would have been like 150 people." [36:12]
2. "So Jacob probably was given. One of these spaces. After he married. Laban's daughter. So he could have a space. To live with his new wife. Now. I just want to say. We shouldn't be too hard on Jacob. For the fact that Laban tricked him. It was tradition then. That when they had these big old wedding feasts. That the bride. Would have been completely veiled. The whole extended family unit. Would have come. And a big old party. We talked in the last series. They liked to have fun. Right? They would have had fun till late in the night. And it would have been dark. And the bride would have been given to Jacob. And he wouldn't have really been able to see. It wouldn't have been. As it said in the passage. To the morning that he realized. Who had been given to him. Because she would have been covered. The entire time." [48:10]
3. "So we have the three heads of house. Abraham, who we say we are the children of Abraham. And then his son Isaac. And his son Jacob. And our story of course today is on Jacob. You can click one more for me Bob. So we can zoom in. There you go. Now you can see that a little smaller. So we don't know the timeline of Eden or Noah. But we believe that Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob was around 2000 years before Christ. Okay? This is as best as archaeologists can figure out. So there's a couple of things important about this period. It is what we call patriarchal. Because it's defined by the oldest living male in the house. See they didn't have kings. They didn't have rulers. You were overseen by the head of your house. If you got in trouble. The patriarch disciplined you. There wasn't a jail or anything like that. You were dealt with by the head of your house. The immediate family was 15 to 30 people. The family reunion would have been like 150 people." [36:53]
4. "So we see this in the passage that we read just a bit ago when we look at Laban. Go back to Genesis chapter 29. So Laban is the head of his house. And we see in verse 14. Laban exclaimed you really are my own flesh and blood. After Jacob had stayed with Laban for about a month. Laban said to him you shouldn't work for me without pay just because we're relatives. Tell me how much your wage should be. So Laban is Jacob's uncle. So they're related but they were not in the same direct household. But they are related. So we go down to verse 18. Since Jacob was in love with Rachel he told her father Laban. I'll work for you for seven years if you give me Rachel your younger daughter as my wife. Agreed Laban replied. I'd rather give her to you than anyone else. Stay and work with me. So we see Laban deciding who is in his house. Who is working for him. And we see him deciding who is going to marry his daughter. This is the normal relationship. This is the response of the head of the house." [38:24]
5. "So this summer, we're going to kind of dig into the history. And so the culture. And figure out what that means when we read both the Old Testament and the New Testament. Now, the thing I do love to read is comic books. That's because they have lots of pictures. And I don't have as many words. I like it. It's relaxing to me. And there's this thing in the comic book world called the story arc. Meaning the overarching story thread that runs through all the books. And we have that in scripture too. We have a thread that connects. Everything with us. And so there's been a handful of books that have really impacted the way that I read scripture. And one of them is called the Epic of Eden. And we're going to have, if you want to join in, dig even deeper in this with me. We're going to have a Bible study starting next week on Wednesdays. And I'll have books in the back that unpack some teachings on this. And if you have questions, you can ask me about it at the end." [32:55]
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