4-13-25, Pastor Tim Baker, "The Hard Path of Obedience", Genesis 35

Chapter 35 is so completely different from chapter 34. Donald Grey Barnhouse describes the contrast like this: “Chapter 34 does not mention God, and is full of lust, murder, deceit, and wretchedness—but this chapter [35] is filled with God. His name appears ten times, plus once as God Almighty, El Shaddai, plus eleven times in the names Bethel and Israel. The contrast is striking, as it always must be in the life of a believer living out of the will of God, and again when he returns to the will of God.” Happily, chapter 35 records Jacob’s turnaround and newfound obedience, but it also chronicles the sad and difficult hardships that accompanied his obedient life. Yet even in this, there is hope because God had become the center of Jacob’s life. YouTube https://www.youtube.com/live/x0KojABkyFo?si=ibusrpnmM2_PBZ8j Website https://www.bethanybaptistchurch.com/sermons