Oh let the Son of God and found you with his spirit and his life,

let him fill your heart and satisfy your soul.

Oh, let him have the things that hold you

and his spirit like a dove will descend upon your life and make you

whole. you home.

Welcome to the Word for today,

featuring the Bible Teaching of Pastor Chuck Smith,

founder of the Calvary Chapel Movement.

This radio program is a verse by verse study through the entire

Bible. And on today's edition of the word for today,

Pastor Chuck continues with Jacob is defeated as we pick up in

Isaiah chapter 12 verse 4 and now with today's message here's

pastor Chuck.

Now when Jacob was there in Mesopotamia

fell in love with his cousin,

bargain with her dad, that for seven years of labor

he should have her as his wife. Of course we know the old switcheroo he worked for seven years and so the old

man laben they had the marriage ceremony and of course she was all veiled and everything else, but when

Jacob woke up in the morning and went to kiss his wife, found out that it was her sister, and her older sister, and so he went storming into Laveen and says what is this what

have you done you know I worked for Rachel how come you've passed off Lea on me? It's just custom, you know.

The older sister has to be married first,

and so just custom.

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