What Would You Sell Your Birthright For? Part [10] 07/01/2026 (Morning thought)

Hebrews 12: 16 Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.

Christ offers peace and security, and the devil also offers his brand of peace and security. And thus, the basic format he used in the temptation in the wilderness, is what he regurgitates and he offers to all of earth’s inhabitants, on condition that they bow down, in some form or another. This leads us to our study for today: What would you sell your birthright for. In Esau’s case, the Bible says that he sold his birthright for a simple pot of lentils.

Esau bowed down to the pangs of hunger, and instead of controlling his appetite, he allowed his appetite to control him. But when you dig a little deeper, you would observe that much more than mere food was involved. The service of God, the prayer meeting, and the Sabbath school class were viewed by Esau as an unwelcome restraint on his freedoms. Thus, when he got rid of the birthright, he felt relieved from the burden that was on his shoulders.

Serving God was more of a burden than a joy, and being lightly esteemed by him, food was the means whereby the devil got him to bow down, and by so doing, Esau exchanged his eternal life for a bowl of soup. The soup tasted really good, and he felt good as he ate, but he would later deeply regret the trade he had made, because it was irreversible. The reason why the Bible says the deal was sealed and irreversible, is because Esau made a conscious adult decision, after thinking it through.

Hebrews 12:17 For you know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.

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

What Would You Sell Your Birthright For? Part [9] 07/01/2026 (Evening thought)

Revelation 13: 13 And he does great wonders, so that he makes fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men.

The Lord would often heal our diseases and sickness but the prince of darkness offers to heal your diseases, for a price. This is one of those features of the final conflict which is scheduled to play a major role in getting persons to part with their birthright. With the cost of healthcare and medicine becoming more and more unaffordable, and with various cuts to Medicaid and Medicare and with insurance going through the roof, a freebee healing, in exchange for your soul may seem like a viable option.

And there’s no doubt, that when a person’s back is against the wall, some would consider selling their birthright to be healed. [The Great Controversy pp 553] Paul testifies that before the second advent of Christ there will be similar manifestations of Satanic power. No mere impostures are here foretold. Men are deceived by the miracles which Satan’s agents have power to do, not which they pretend to do.

In different parts of the earth, Satan will manifest himself among men as a majestic being of dazzling brightness, resembling the description of the Son of God given by John in the Revelation. His voice is soft and subdued, yet full of melody. In gentle, compassionate tones he presents some of the same gracious, heavenly truths which the Savior uttered; he heals the diseases of the people.

Revelation 13:14 And deceives them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.

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