First, it's wrong to slander.
Second, when we focus on Rebecca and Jacob, finding fault with them, we miss the conduct that the bible clearly condemns - disregard for the holy, the valuable, the gift of God, the authority of God to do as He wills no matter the desire or law/tradition of man.
Third, we miss the exhortation of Christ to do whatever it takes to own the gospel in our hearts and lives - that it's worth it to give up all for the gospel, that we should sell all to buy the piece of land holding its buried treasure within that ground, that it's not our works, our sordid and soiled attempts to please man and to retain what we think is ours; it is God's choice to give, to take away.
Fourth, we also are tempted to think less of that which is most valuable. And what He has given that is most valuable is the gospel of His Son - something that can never be taken away. It is an eternal inheritance to those chosen in Christ for salvation. Scrap with the world in a holy way, when it tries to take it from you, mocks you, even tries to kill you. Boast in your weakness, your failing in righteousness, if you have to. Christ came for the wicked, the sick, not the righteous. Be like Jacob and hold it close, make it yours, face the threats, the accusations that you aren't whom you should be, that you're selfish. Know that He who chose you does not let you go, has an inheritance eternal in the heavens for you, an inheritance worth all the pain, loss, sweat, and tears of this life and the fight involved.
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