Here we see that Isaac thinks Jacob is Esau based on Jacob wearing Esau’s clothes and tricking Isaac into thinking he was his twin. Weird, isn’t it? Yet the end of this echoes what God had said to Abraham many years earlier in Genesis 12:2-3. It’s actually kind of why we sing “O God let us be a generation that seeks, that seeks Your face, O God of Jacob” in the Give Us Clean Hands song. I thank God for this modern hymn, yet there’s a lot of new and excellent Christian media content coming out every month. I still think Switchfoot’s got some of the best music on earth, though. This passage is found in page 15 of my NKJV Bible, pages 19-20 of my NASB Bible, and page 34 of my VOICE and Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copies.
I don’t think deception is any good, though. In fact, I wish no one felt the need to lie to keep any good or deserving thing or human safe. But there is such a thing as keeping a low profile about something, and thank God you don’t need to trick anyone in order to pull that off. I talked with my friend and co-worker, Spencer (whom I sometimes call the Spencinator), about this after I told him more of my testimony about how I went to college only to encounter one divisive thing after another after moving close to the campus — this was after three years of living far away and non-stop frustration with the commute (I had this as a run-on sentence at first; I didn’t realize it 😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣 sorry!) — and thank God, he told me he learned the low profile thing about Jesus at an early age. I think it’s a thing we should all know by now, at least if you’re 21 or older, I guess. But it’s no big deal if you learn it after that, for at least if you learn something you believe can benefit people, it’ll pay off handsomely. Too bad people can do evil agendas while we conceal the truth from those who don’t deserve to hear it — Jesus’ saying in Matthew 7:6 shouldn’t be used to silence people. Ironically, this can drive even the most prolific leaders away from going anywhere, no matter how authentic they are. Amos 5:13 says that the wise men can keep silent in evil times because everything’s so grotesque. There’s an article on Relevant that is titled, “America Needs To Stop The Fearmongering.” I don’t think I linked it right 😂😂😂🤣😆😅😄 but it’s in between the quotation marks.
In the article I posted above, by the way, you’ll find information on how divisive the last election was compared to most of the others in U.S. history. I frankly don’t blame the writer on anything she said! Even a speaker I believe still to be deceptive spoke the truth on how a conservative church is one to spread shame and condemnation. I don’t believe there are many good churches left; I think a 5-year-old can count them all, even if their IQ isn’t so high. I honestly think that soon, the evil right-wing views of many people could be so popular that there’s no real redemption this world can look forward to. As it is, it’s so deeply entrenched in our culture and in several other parts of the world today that in order to remove that, you’ll need to remove the nations those right-wing things are in. And I honestly wish it didn’t have to be this way. Indeed, the rest of the world is also following in its footsteps, and as a result, it’s hard for the believers in those places to follow Jesus there, too. It’s like when northern Israel was conquered by Assyria and then Judah followed suit in its corrupt theology, and then Babylon took the land. 2 Kings 17 explains everything. I was actually wondering if division was inevitable, but my friend, Mark Lease, told me that I can at least be on the right side of it, but to put a play on words here, the right views are never from the right-wing guys, for they usually deceive people in a hateful way by using something truthful or biblical to kill them. Something like this should never happen.
Despite this, though, I’m still contending for a billion-soul harvest that, thank God, Heidi Baker still believes. I don’t want to get stuck in trivial pursuits, though. I’m just trying to pay back debts and hopefully give my niece the good childhood she deserves to have. She lives with her parents, though, so they’re obviously doing more work because they can afford it, at least, but I’m lucky if I can even buy a can of tuna for $1.25. And I have a job at Fry’s — pray that I get a second job or even a full-time position at Starbucks or something. For honestly, I feel stuck dealing with trivial bullcrap and nothing more at my current job, knowing I won’t get 40 hours at all there. Maybe I can do more surveys online…
If you want to pray about one thing, it can be what I mentioned above. It can be anything else, too; just write an e-mail to ron.outland4727@gmail.com! I’ll read them and hopefully not lose my sanity. I just wish I could get my needs met…
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