What Would You Sell Your Birthright For? Part [12] 07/02/2026 (Morning thought

Genesis 27:38 And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.

A birthright is something that you do not earn nor purchase, and in the context of our salvation, Jesus died on Calvary so that all who so desire may have a birthright through Him. This includes restoring God’s image in us through willing obedience to His perfect law, granting us the abundant life, and if we do not sell it, eternal life forever. It raises the grim question: Can hunger cause you to bow down and sell your birthright in the process?

It raises other questions too as we ponder the issue of what persons might be willing to sell their birthright for. Some sell theirs for a feel-good moment, others, for temporary gain, and others for praise and adoration from mortal men. There are some who would sell their birthright for the pinnacle of success, as far as mere earthly greatness goes. As we consider the issue carefully, we should bear in mind that everything this current world has to offer is temporal in nature.

And thus, the choices we make concerning our birthright will determine our destiny just as it did with both Esau and Jacob. Esau went on to be the head of an army, and he did procure many temporal blessings and achievements but on resurrection morning, when all who chose to serve and love Christ with a willing mind, begin to ascend to heaven, Jacob will be looking for his twin brother, and he will be nowhere to be found.

Genesis 27:41 And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.

May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!

What Would You Sell Your Birthright For? Part [11] 07/02/2026 (Evening thought)

Genesis 27:33 And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where is he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou came, and have blessed him? yea, and he shall be blessed.

[Patriarchs & Prophets pp 178] Esau had no love for devotion, no inclination to a religious life. The requirements that accompanied the spiritual birthright were an unwelcome and even hateful restraint to him. The law of God, which was the condition of the divine covenant with Abraham, was regarded by Esau as a yoke of bondage. Bent on self-indulgence, he desired nothing so much as liberty to do as he pleased.

To him power and riches, feasting and reveling, were happiness. He gloried in the unrestrained freedom of his wild, roving life. His whole interest was in the present. He was ready to sacrifice the heavenly to the earthly, to exchange a future good for a momentary indulgence. In disposing of it he felt a sense of relief. Now his way was unobstructed; he could do as he liked. For this wild pleasure, miscalled freedom, how many are still selling their birthright to an inheritance pure and undefiled, eternal in the heavens!

We tell you the truth, we are mighty glad Jesus did not sell His birthright for a loaf of bread in the hour of temptation, for like Esau, He too was very hungry except that Jesus was forty days more-hungry, than Esau was, and yet Jesus refused to bow down, by selling His birthright.

Genesis 27:34 And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father. 35 And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away thy blessing.

May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God Bless!