ALL I AM: Crazy Uncle Laban Genesis 28-30

ALL I AM: Crazy Uncle Laban Genesis 28-30 Pastor Josh Billings

One of the things I do is read through my passage as many times as I can when I prepare for a sermon. I read through this one a couple times and was asking God what kind of analogy I should use, what kind of story to bring up and something hit me. Benedict Arnold came to mind! One of the greatest deceivers and traitors in American history. The interesting thing about Arnold....I thought I knew the story pretty well, but as it turns out, I had only scratched the surface about what really was going on in Benedict Arnold's life when he betrayed the American forces. The thing is is that Arnold had been dealt a pretty tough hand in life. That's no joke. He had some pretty significant challenges to overcome and he had struggled and struggled to be a successful general in the American Army. He had had some success in several battles previous to his treason, but it was limited. To make matters worse for him, his comrades or his colleagues, other generals had been known to take credit for his very few successes that he had experienced. To make matters worse for ole Arnold, he had very little money. He lived with an incredibly high level of debt and he was constantly borrowing money. At one point, his co-officers took him to court and demanded that he be court-martialed for some of the issues he had. They found him innocent of those charges, but the stigma stuck with him.