The Faithfulness of the Sower
(Paid Version) Seventh Sunday After Pentecost- Genesis 25:19-34; Romans 8:1-11; Matthew 13:1-9,18-23
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Genesis 25:19-34 1
We see from the very beginning that, unlike Abraham (and Isaac, to an extent), Jacob is a mixture of motives. The story is not “clean” in any way, and we would not be blamed for seeing Jacob as a suspect character. For such a story, the Christian can be thankful. Life is full of mixed motives, se…