Listen HereEsau and a Root of Bitterness
Book of Hebrews Sermon 41
Hebrews 12:12-17
Pastor Gene Cook, Jr.
12/17/2006
1. Continuing in the Race
12 Therefore, strengthen the hands that are weak and the knees that are feeble,
13 and make straight paths for your feet, so that the limb which is
lame may not be put out of joint, but rather be healed.
2. Be Diligent
14 Pursue peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no
one will see the Lord.
3. Be Vigilant
15 See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God; that no root
of bitterness springing up causes trouble, and by it many be defiled;
16 that there be no immoral or godless person like Esau, who sold his
own birthright for a single meal.
17 For you know that even afterwards, when he desired to inherit the
blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for repentance,
though he sought for it with tears. NASU
