2010-01-24 Ronnie Stevens Genesis 32:24-32

PENIEL: THE FACE OF GOD

GENESIS 32:24-32

I.  What Does It Mean to Wrestle with God?    v. 24

A.  It Means a Close Encounter

B.  It Means Exertion

C.  It Means Endurance

D.  It Means Something Costly

1.  Jacob Lost a Night’s Sleep

2.  Jacob Lost His Capacity to Run

II.  What Does It Mean to have Blessing from God?    v. 26

A.  God’s Blessing is Not the Assurance that

      my Independent Agenda will Run Smoothly

B.  God’s Blessing is the Desire and Power

      to Do God’s Will in God’s Way

C.  Blessing and Prevailing

III.  What Does It Mean to See God’s Face?    v. 30

A.  It Means Personal Knowledge of God

B.  It Means a Growing Understanding of God’s Character

C.  It Means a Growing Appreciation of God’s Beauty

D.  Jesus Christ as Our Vision of God

1.  No man can see Me and live.                            Exodus 33:20 

2.  No one has seen God at any time; the only begotten God, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has explained Him.                      John 1:18

3.  He who has seen Me has seen the Father.       John 14:7

4.  He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature.                                                        Hebrews 1:3

5.  …the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.                                                      2 Corinthians 4:6

IV.  The Naming of Places   v. 30

-Peniel: The Face of God