Esau

Cancel This! Explores What We Can Learn About Spiritual Maturity From the Bad Guys

Cancel This! Explores What We Can Learn About Spiritual Maturity From the Bad Guys

It’s not what you might think! Cancel This! explores what the bad examples of several characters in the Bible can teach us about Spiritual growth and the importance of forgiving others.

God calls us to differing roles in confronting the cancel culture of our day, but it all begins with learning to walk with God in the light of His amazing grace and mercy.

Living Beyond the Moment

Living Beyond the Moment

At critical times in his life, Esau made terrible decisions because he could not see beyond the moment. He lived for the immediate gratification of his desires without any regard for the consequences, for the future, or for eternity.

Esau’s life alerts us to the dangers of living solely for the temporal world, for things we can see versus those things that are eternal (2 Cor. 4:17-18).

Three Fatal Dangers of Living for The Moment

What comes to your mind when you think of Esau? You likely picture a rugged red-haired hunter selling his birthright to his brother Jacob for some stew.

The story began rather innocently. Esau, tired from a long day of hunting, came home experiencing what he later described as life-threatening hunger (Gen. 25:32). Once he smelled Jacob’s lentil stew, Esau demanded that his brother give him some.

Jacob, sensing his brother’s desperation, took advantage of him by requesting that Esau sell his birthright to him in return for the stew. Esau, focused solely on the need of the moment, willingly gave up his most prized possession for a cup of the soup.