Week 3- Wrestling With God (Gen 32)


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Sermon Notes

In Genesis 32 we read an amazing account of Jacob engaging in a struggle with a man who was identified generally as God.  Whether it was an angel or our Lord manifesting himself as a man we know this person to be a representative of God.  This struggle is interesting because it was indeed a physical encounter that lasted all night and although the initial cause for the struggle is not clear it is apparent that God was pleased with Jacob due to his tenacity and refusal to give up until his hip was supernaturally dislocated.  Is this an example we as Christians today should follow?  Should we ‘struggle with God’ and if so what does that look like?  In this message we will examine scripture regarding the concept of struggling with God and how and why it is not only something God expects but desires.


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