In Genesis 35 we get a repeat of a lot that God has already done for Jacob. Why is this necessary? Because God's grace is dispensed liberally and repeatedly. In Genesis 35 we see four characteristics of God's grace that never change.

Jacob is a new Adam, but he's not THE new Adam, he's just another Adam. Jacob's sinful passivity and wrongful resting led to disaster for his family.

Jacob's growth in the faith, his sanctification, was incremental, not complete. Our growth as Christians is similar.

What does it mean that all who belong to Christ are "one" in Christ? How should we think about race and gender and rank within the body of Christ? Additionally, Pastor Saunders helps us to consider our inheritance in Christ.

Jacob fears Esau more than God. God responds accordingly.

God's protection of Jacob's family, in spite of Laban's pursuit, reveals to us that God protects those who belong to him. We see in this passage the roots of the doctrine of the preservation of the saints.

The Bible is a series of "Exodus-es," from Abraham, to Isaac, to Jacob, to Israel, to the church the way the Lord works in redeeming us follows a Gospel pattern.

The nature of the believer's union with Christ and its relation to the ordinance of baptism

By the end of Jacob's time in Paddan Aram it seems as if he has abandoned the faith, but has he really? Jacob helps us see how faith may express itself in folks with really messy lives.