Gen 25:31-34 | KingComments | STEP | The first proof that Esau is a godless man and that Jacob himself wants to secure the blessing, is provided in this history with the lentil stew. The difference in character that appears here, will be expressed again and again in their future life. Esau is only interested in here-and-now. He cares nothing about what God has promised him. He wants an immediate satisfaction of his needs. For later he does not care. Esau is like all those people who serve their belly and not God. His eyes follow his heart. He wants to eat and when he sees “that red stuff there”, he wants it immediately. The lentil stew is like the wine that “is red when it sparkles in the cup” and glides down smoothly, but “at last it bites like a serpent, and stings like a viper” ( ). In order not to become prey to the lusts of the flesh, it is necessary that we learn to live in self-judgment. This is only possible by looking at Christ and His work for us on the cross. Only then can we keep ourselves dead to sin ( ). For Esau life is short, he doesn’t care what his children will have. He thinks only of himself. The blessings are of no value to him, nor are his parents. He squanders his birthright for immediate pleasure, why he is also called a “godless person” ( ). Esau never repented this godless denial of the birthright. There is no place for this with him ( ). Nor did he seek repentance, but blessing. Anyone who repents his sins and goes to God will receive forgiveness. However, Esau did not weep later on because he repented that he sold his birthright, but because he lost the blessings belonging to it. He wept, not because he is a sinner, but because he is a loser. Such tears will be in hell. In short traits his attitude is described in : “He ate and drank, and rose and went on his way.” That is his life, like that of more and more people today ( ). There is no room for God. His life is closed for looking upward and focused on what is down on earth. That is the tragedy of many people, especially those who grew up in a family where they heard about God and the Lord Jesus, but consciously rejected it. They have chosen the world and that is their life ( ).

‏ Genesis 25:31-34

Esau Despises the Birthright

The first proof that Esau is a godless man and that Jacob himself wants to secure the blessing, is provided in this history with the lentil stew. The difference in character that appears here, will be expressed again and again in their future life. Esau is only interested in here-and-now. He cares nothing about what God has promised him. He wants an immediate satisfaction of his needs. For later he does not care.

Esau is like all those people who serve their belly and not God. His eyes follow his heart. He wants to eat and when he sees “that red stuff there”, he wants it immediately. The lentil stew is like the wine that “is red when it sparkles in the cup” and glides down smoothly, but “at last it bites like a serpent, and stings like a viper” (Pro 23:31-32).

In order not to become prey to the lusts of the flesh, it is necessary that we learn to live in self-judgment. This is only possible by looking at Christ and His work for us on the cross. Only then can we keep ourselves dead to sin (Rom 6:10-12).

For Esau life is short, he doesn’t care what his children will have. He thinks only of himself. The blessings are of no value to him, nor are his parents. He squanders his birthright for immediate pleasure, why he is also called a “godless person” (Heb 12:16).

Esau never repented this godless denial of the birthright. There is no place for this with him (Heb 12:17). Nor did he seek repentance, but blessing. Anyone who repents his sins and goes to God will receive forgiveness. However, Esau did not weep later on because he repented that he sold his birthright, but because he lost the blessings belonging to it. He wept, not because he is a sinner, but because he is a loser. Such tears will be in hell.

In short traits his attitude is described in Gen 25:34: “He ate and drank, and rose and went on his way.” That is his life, like that of more and more people today (1Cor 15:32). There is no room for God. His life is closed for looking upward and focused on what is down on earth. That is the tragedy of many people, especially those who grew up in a family where they heard about God and the Lord Jesus, but consciously rejected it. They have chosen the world and that is their life (Psa 17:14a).