THE PROBLEM OF IMPROPER PERCEPTION
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The document discusses the problem of improper perception through three examples from Genesis 27. It analyzes how Jacob deceives his father Isaac through semantics, substitution, and shifting responsibility in order to receive Isaac's blessing that was meant for Esau. The document concludes that what God has made clean we should not call common, citing Acts 11:9.
![in the days of their pilgrimage.
Intro: Mat 11:30
Matt 11:30
30) For my yoke is easy,
and my burden is light.
Matt 11:29
29) Take my yoke upon you,
and learn of me;
for I am meek and lowly in heart:
and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
Isa 48:22; 57:21
There is no peace,
saith the LORD [my God]
,
unto the wicked.
2Cor 4:17](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/theproblemofimproperperception-211219043006/85/THE-PROBLEM-OF-IMPROPER-PERCEPTION-3-320.jpg)
![we have fellowship one with
another,
and the blood of Jesus Christ
his Son
cleanseth us from all sin.
Acts 11:9 [10:15]
But the voice answered me again from heaven,
What God hath cleansed, that call not thou
common.
THE PROBLEM OF IMPROPER PERCEPTION
TEXT: GEN 47:9
INTRO:MAT 11:30
I. SEMANTICS- GEN 27:12
II. SUBSTITUTION- GEN 27:20
III. SHIFTING RESPONSIBILITY- GEN 27:43,45
CONCLUSION: ACTS 11:9](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/theproblemofimproperperception-211219043006/85/THE-PROBLEM-OF-IMPROPER-PERCEPTION-13-320.jpg)
THE PROBLEM OF IMPROPER PERCEPTION
- 1. The Problem of Improper Perception Text: Gen 47:9 "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." - Charles Dickens. "Perceptions about people can be powerful. They can also be powerfully wrong."
- 2. - Craig Dresang. "Some people see the cup as half empty. Some people see the cup as half full. I see the cup as too large." - George Carlin. Gen 47:9 And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers
- 3. in the days of their pilgrimage. Intro: Mat 11:30 Matt 11:30 30) For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. Matt 11:29 29) Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. Isa 48:22; 57:21 There is no peace, saith the LORD [my God] , unto the wicked. 2Cor 4:17
- 4. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; If the deceiver can’t keep you from having the victory, he wants to keep you from realizing you have the victory. I. Semantics- Gen 27:12 My father peradventure will feel me,
- 5. and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing. Gen 27:13 13) And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go fetch me them.
- 6. II. Substitution- Gen 27:20 And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the LORD thy God brought it to me. A penny is 6% larger than a dime yet The value is 90% less. Jacob equates Rachel or himself with God.
- 7. Gen 27:24 24) And he said, Art thou my very son Esau? And he said, I am. He claims God’s name. Gen 27:1 And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I.
- 8. Exod 3:4 And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I. Exod 3:6 Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God. Exod 3:11 And Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt? Exod 3:14 And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.
- 9. III. Shifting Responsibility- Gen 27:43, 45 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran; Gen 27:45 45) Until thy brother's anger turn away from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him: then I will send, and fetch thee from thence:
- 10. why should I be deprived also of you both in one day? Conclusion: Acts 11:9 Gen 33:8-9 And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I met? And he said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord. 9 And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast unto thyself. Gen 33:12
- 11. And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee. Gen 33:16-17 So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir. 17 And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him an house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth. Gen 47:9 And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, …few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.
- 12. Heb 10:17 (Heb 8:12) And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more. Heb 10:14 For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified. 1John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1John 1:7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light,
- 13. we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. Acts 11:9 [10:15] But the voice answered me again from heaven, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common. THE PROBLEM OF IMPROPER PERCEPTION TEXT: GEN 47:9 INTRO:MAT 11:30 I. SEMANTICS- GEN 27:12 II. SUBSTITUTION- GEN 27:20 III. SHIFTING RESPONSIBILITY- GEN 27:43,45 CONCLUSION: ACTS 11:9