Separated unto God Genesis 28: 10-20

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v.10 1.God sometimes gets a person alone with Him so truth may be communicated to His servant.

(And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.)

v.11 2.God is free to communicate when the servant is removed from competing

influences.

(And he lighted upon a certain place, …)

Sometimes a person needs to be separated from other influences, particularly if they 

have not been cooperating with God, so that God's message may be communicated.

v.12 3.God brings spiritual awareness and sensitivity.

(And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached

        to heaven:)

v.13 4.God identifies Himself.

(And behold, the Lord stood above it, and said, …)

v.13 5.God reveals His plan to His servant.

(I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God if Isaac: the land whereon

        thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;)

v.16 6.God clearly is known.

(And Jacob awakened out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the Lord is in this place;)

v.20 7.A commitment is made to God's plan.

(And Jacob vowed a vow,…)