THE GARMENT OF ESAU

Rev. Dr. A. A. Obe (JP)
September 3, 2023

THE GARMENT OF ESAU

TOPIC: THE GARMENT OF ESAU
Text: Genesis 27:15-36
MINISTERING: REV. DR. A. A. OBE
Definition and introduction:
What is a garment?
1. An article of clothing
2. Garments are used as biblical symbols in almost as many ways as there are styles of clothing. Clothes are used as expression of socioeconomic status, spiritual well-being, and emotional state. They can protect, conceal, or display an inner reality of the wearer.
Esau
A son of Isaac and Rebekah, the elder twin brother of Jacob, and in Hebrew tradition the ancestor of the Edomites.
While Jacob was a plain or simple man, depending on the translation of the Hebrew word tam (which also means “relatively perfect man”). Jacob’s color was not mentioned, but he was the traditional ancestor of the Israelites.
Note
At birth Esau was red and hairy, and he became a wandering hunter, while Jacob was a shepherd. Jacob, although younger, dominated Esau by deception. At one time, when Esau returned from an unsuccessful hunt and was hungry, Jacob bought Esau’s birthright (i.e., the rights due him as the eldest son) for some red pottage (soup). When Isaac was dying, Jacob, with Rebekah, his mother’s help, cheated Esau out of his father’s blessing. Esau would have killed Jacob, but Jacob fled; but when he returned 20 years later, Esau forgave him. But that did not change the generational hatred between Edomites and Israelites.
I. What is the “garment of Esau”
1. It is the garment of complain.
2. It is the garment of limitation and setback.
3. It is the garment of poverty and labour loss.
4. It is the garment of manipulation.
5. It is a garment of bad luck.
6. It is a garment of deception.
7. It is a garment of failure.
8. It is a garment of reproach.
9. It is the garment of sicknesses and diseases.
10. It is the garment of sorrow.
11. It is the garment of death.
12. It is the garment of lack and poverty.
13. It is the garment of demonic attack.
14. It is a garment of debt.
15. It is a garment of evil resemblance.
16. It is a garment of evil likeness
II. Why you don’t need the “garment of Esau”
1. The garment of Esau cannot help you to survive or live your life well.
2. The Garment of Esau cannot bless you.
3. The garment of Esau cannot bring you joy.
4. The garment of Esau cannot bring you anything good but trouble. (Esau wants Jacob dead)
5. The garment of Esau will make you lose your home and family. (Jacob ran from home)
6. The garment of Esau will bring you generational crisis and problems.
What you need
1. You need God’s presence.
2. You need God’s spirit.
3. You need God’s power.
4. You need God’s direction.
5. You need God’s protection.
6. You need the garments of Christ Jesus (Matthew 11:28-30)
Conclusion:
Esau’s garment will bring you no peace, Esau’s garment will bring you no joy,
Esau’s garment will always bring sadness, but when you are connected to Jesus and you put on Christ’s garment, you will know peace, you will know happiness, you will know joy and you will know laughter.
This is your season of laughter Genesis 21:6
Prayers
1. Every spiritual garment put on me, bringing me bad luck, setback and disappointment. Today I remove you from my life body by fire in Jesus name.
2. My father my father, every compromise I had entered that has put me in the condition I find myself today, father pull me out and deliver me by fire in Jesus name.
3. Oh lord help me out of this garment of Esau put upon me, in Jesus name.
4. O Lord, I decree and I declare that no powers, no demon, no principalities, no works of darkness, shall stop my life and my family’s life from moving forward in the name of Jesus.
5. Father I stand upon your word today, and I prophesy to all my children in the name of Jesus where ever they are, go forward, go forward, go forward
6. I decree and declare every power of “go slow” in my life, catch fire in Jesus mighty name
7. My father and my lord in this new season change my identity give me a new story in Jesus mighty name.
8. “Oluwa gbogbo ifarahan okunkun ti o jami lole, ati ohun ti mo ti fi ara ko loju orun ati oju ala, ti o n fi ara han loju aye, Loni Oluwa bami mu kuro. Psalm 46:9.

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