Final Rejection.

Heb 12:15  Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled

Heb 12:16  Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright. 

Heb 12:17  For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears. 

These words--

Mat 7:22  Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? 

Mat 7:23  And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. 

What is happening in both instances?

Final rejection.

Esau could care less about his birth right, it was something to be given away in the face of hunger. His birth right held absolutely no honor to him, it wasn't a precious gift at all. Esau used his birth right to indulge in a personal gain, to get instant gratification. He was very hungry, he saw something his brother had made to eat and he wanted that food. He would not be denied that food. His brother didn't want to give him the food he'd made, most likely he'd made it because he was hungry as well.

Imagine, you go to your fridge and pull out the ingredients to make yourself a sandwich, why? Because you're hungry and want to eat. You take the time to make a really nice sandwich, thick with all the things you are feeling hungry for. Then a family member walks into the kitchen and seeing your sandwich right there already made and ready to be eaten and they want it. You made the sandwich because you wanted to eat it, you wanted to assuage your own hunger. Your family member begs you for it telling you they're starving and will die without it. Obvious exaggeration on their part. You ponder for a moment and then tell your family member that sure, they can have it but only if they give you their birthright. The birthright being their place as first in the inheritance of their father. Well, the family member can't even begin to imagine how long it will be until their father dies and the birthright really matters, so sure, he tells you that you can have it. Instantly you've become the inheritor of your father's fortune whatever that may be. Amazing! Something you couldn't imagine your family member agreeing to! It was only a sandwich! The family member could have taken the time and made their own sandwich, or even gone to someone else for a sandwich, but they wanted yours right then and there in their exaggerated state of hunger. I'm not saying they weren't really hungry, but not on death's door to be certain or they wouldn't have been bargaining with their birthright. It was convenient and it would satisfy a desire acutely felt, and any benefit from a birthright seemed too far off to even worry about.

You gained something amazing by denying yourself that well-made, delicious looking sandwich, crafted by your own hands.

Truly, Esau gave away something he could not get back when he traded his birthright for food. It revealed just where Esau's heart was at, and it wasn't on the important things in life, the spiritual.

We too are in danger of giving away the important spiritual things all for the physical, instantly gratifying, things in life. We will risk final rejection for the pleasures and lust fulfillments of here and now. Final rejection. When people come face to face with the realization of final rejection, they will know instantly that the rejection was based upon their own choices. There will be a wailing, an overwhelming despair because they'll know they had a choice and the choice they made was not one for God.  Even if they pretended to be God's the truth will be revealed. All their pretenses will be gone.

Lord, we would be Yours! Heavenly Father, we would be Yours! We need the Holy Spirit in our lives revealing ANYTHING that would keep us from being wholly Yours in all truth! Please keep us from the evil of self-gratification, help us to recognize the ease we seek now, the pleasure we seek now is not worth giving up our spiritual walk with You. Help our choices be for You over our own desires. Help our desire be for YOUR WILL. Help us to comprehend the truth of final rejection as a reality should we live our lives contrary to Your Love. Help us, Lord, save us from ourselves!

All through Jesus Christ our Lord, now and forever, through our Savior's love!