Birthright Despised - Pastor Chris Okogwu

Genesis 25:34 (ESV) 34 Then Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil stew, and he ate and drank and rose and went his way. Thus Esau despised his birthright.

The Hunter has bit the Chef's bait in a bad birthright barter for a bowl of broth. An insignificant price to pay for a pot of pleasure he must have thought. As the brothers pitch their tent apart in domestic skills leaving their parents to choose who is favorite, We, on the other hand, must go beyond the common rhetoric of "don't sell your birthright" and see the light of Gods truth shine at their hearts and ours. Neither the hungry hunter, savvy supplanter nor the preferring parent stands justified for their action. You'll see; listen...