John 1:1-9, 8:12, 9:5
- Then spake Jesus again unto them,
saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in
darkness, but shall have the light of life.
- As long as I am in the world, I
am the light of the world.
Pastor Rick Jackson
Is your life
perfect? Have you been born with a silver spoon in your mouth and caught all
the breaks at just the right time? You may think others have but there are
probably some that think you have it made and probably always have. As you go
through life, and grow through life, and groan through life you should learn
that the light at the end of the tunnel is not as important as the Light with
you in the tunnel. Here’s a Bible Life to illustrate what we are saying.
I. LEAH’S
LONELY LIFE IN THE SHADOWS
1. Life with
Unwanted Comparisons [Gn. 29:16-17]
2. Life as
an Unwanted Bride [Gn. 29:23-31]
3. Life with
an Unsaved Father [Gn. 31:25-32]
II.
LEAH’S LIFE IN THE SHADOW OF THE ALMIGHTY [Psalm 91:1]
He that dwelleth
in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the
Almighty
1. Seen in
Her Baby Faith [29:32-34, 1 Cor. 3:1-3]
AND I,
brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even
as unto babes in Christ. I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for
hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able. For ye are
yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions,
are ye not carnal, and walk as men?
2. Seen in
Her Growing Faith [Gn. 29:35, 30:17-20, 1 Peter 2:2, 2 Peter 3:18]
-As newborn
babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
-But grow in
grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be
glory both now and for ever. Amen.
3. Seen in
Her Maturing Faith [Gn. 31:4-16, Jn. 2:5]
-His mother
saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it.
III.
LEAH’S LASTING LEGACY IN THE SHADOWS OF HISTORY
1. A
Relationship with Jacob [Gn. 49:29-33]
2. A Place
of Honor in History [Ruth 4:11]
And all the
people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The LORD
make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which
two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be
famous in Bethlehem:
3. An
Ancestor of the Messiah [Mt. 1:1-3, 15-17; Lk. 3:23, 33-34]
-THE book of
the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. Abraham
begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren; And
Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat
Aram;
-And Eliud
begat Eleazar; and Eleazar begat Matthan; and Matthan begat Jacob; And Jacob
begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from
David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from
the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen generations
-And Jesus
himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son
of Joseph, which was the son of Heli
-Which was
the son of Aminadab, which was the son of Aram, which was the son of Esrom,
which was the son of Phares, which was the son of Juda, Which was the son of
Jacob, which was the son of Isaac, which was the son of Abraham, which was the
son of Thara, which was the son of Nachor
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