Subject — Soul and Body

16.     Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

1.     For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

2.     For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven:

3.     If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.

4.     For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.

5.     Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.

6.     Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:

7.     (For we walk by faith, not by sight:)

8.     We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

1.     Psalm 118: 14, 17, 19-21, 23

14     The LORD is my strength and song, and is become my salvation.

17     I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD .

19     Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the LORD :

20     This gate of the LORD , into which the righteous shall enter.

21     I will praise thee: for thou hast heard me, and art become my salvation.

23     This is the LORD ’ S doing; it is marvellous in our eyes.

2.     Genesis 25: 20 (to 1st ,), 21 (and Rebekah), 22 (to ;), 23-26 (to :)

20     And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife,

21     ...and Rebekah his wife conceived.

22     And the children struggled together within her;

23     And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger.

24     And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.

25     And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.

26     And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau’s heel; and his name was called Jacob:

3.     Genesis 27: 1 (to 6th ,), 4 (make), 5, 15, 17-19 (to ;), 26, 27 (to 3rd ,), 41 (to :)

1     And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him,

4     ...make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.

5     And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it.

15     And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son:

17     And she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.

18     And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I; who art thou, my son?

19     And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy firstborn;

26     And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son.

27     And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him,

41     And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him:

4.     Genesis 29: 1

1     Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the people of the east.

5.     Genesis 30: 43

43     And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses.

6.     Genesis 31: 17

17     Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels;

7.     Genesis 32: 1-3, 6, 7 (to :), 24-30

1     And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.

2     And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God’s host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.

3     And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.

6     And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.

7     Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed:

24     And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.

25     And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him.

26     And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.

27     And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.

28     And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.

29     And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.

30     And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.

8.     Genesis 33: 1 (to 1st .), 4, 8-10

1     And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men.

4     And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.

8     And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I met? And he said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord.

9     And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast unto thyself.

10     And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me.

9.     Romans 12: 1, 2

1     I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

2     And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

10.     I Corinthians 6: 19 (know), 20

19     ...know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?

20     For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.