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Lectio Continua: Genesis 27 - When Your Family Is a Mess

In Genesis 27, Isaac's dysfunctional family schemes, deceives, and fights to control the covenant blessing — yet God's sovereign promise to Jacob prevails through all their failures.

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In Genesis 27, Isaac's dysfunctional family schemes, deceives, and fights to control the covenant blessing — yet God's sovereign promise to Jacob prevails through all their failures.

Published

Jun 14, 2026

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Pastor Chris Gordon

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Show Notes

Genesis 27 presents one of the most uncomfortable scenes in the Bible: a dying patriarch determined to bless the wrong son, a scheming mother conspiring with her favorite child, and a deceiver impersonating his brother before a blind father. Pastor Chris Gordon walks through this chapter verse by verse, refusing to sanitize the moral chaos on display. Isaac rebels against God's revealed will — that the older would serve the younger — out of a sensual attachment to Esau and his hunting. Rebecca, though ultimately a woman of faith, operates through manipulation and deception. And Jacob, whose very name means "schemer," executes the ruse with alarming skill.

Chapters:

0:00 - Introduction
7:30 - Sermon Begins
10:30 - A Family Trust Problem
14:50 - Isaac's Rebellion Against God
18:00 - Esau: A Life of Unbelief
21:15 - Isaac Idolizing His Son
24:30 - Rebecca's Secret Plan
28:10 - Jacob the Schemer
34:20 - Consequences for Everyone
37:35 - God's Promises Cannot Be Frustrated
39:00 - Isaac's Faith at the Last Moment
41:20 - The Abrahamic Promise Fulfilled
44:00 - Jesus: The Elder Brother, Our Curse
45:30 - Closing Application

Mentions:

- Abraham
- Isaac
- Rebekah (Rebecca)
- Jacob
- Esau
- Laban
- Dr. R. Scott Clark (referenced in passing regarding transmission of sin)
- The Reformers (general reference)
- The Godfather (cultural allusion)
- Psalm 46
- Psalm 145
- Hebrews 11 (by faith Isaac invoked blessings)
- Malachi (covenant treachery)
- Genesis 26:34 (Esau's Hittite wives)

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