Aim: To wrest from God all the blessings of the new covenant, in Christ.
Why God employs the means of wrestling: because softness leads to perdition and struggle builds Christ-likeness.
Exegesis: The rules of God's wrestling match: the Lord engages us on His terms (vv. 22-26a), inspires us to wrest benefits from Him (vv. 26b-29), and brands us with reminders of whose we are (vv. 30-32).
Further application: How to wrestle with God: take heaven by storm, persevere in prayer, and never ever give up.
Key verse: v. 24 ''Then Jacob was left alone; and a Man wrestled with him until the breaking of day.''
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Rev. Mark Henninger received his Masters of Divinity from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois, and he has been Pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Peoria, Illinois for more than 30 years.