I. What Jacob Heard
II. What Jacob Saw

Article 28: Every One is Bound to Join Himself to the True Church.
We believe, since this holy congregation is an assembly of those who are saved, and out of it there is no salvation, that no person, of whatsoever state or condition he may be, ought to withdraw himself to live in a separate state from it; but that all men are in duty bound to join and unite themselves with it, maintaining the unity of the church; submitting themselves to the doctrine and discipline thereof; bowing their necks under the yoke of Jesus Christ; and as mutual members of the same body, serving to the edification of the brethren, according to the talents God has given them.
And that this may be the more effectually observed, it is the duty of all believers, according to the Word of God, to separate themselves from all those who do not belong to the church, and to join themselves to this congregation wheresoever God hath established it, even though the magistrates and edicts of princes be against it, yea, though they should suffer death or any other corporal punishment. Therefore all those who separate themselves from the same, or do not join themselves to it, act contrary to the ordinance of God.

I. How Is This Truth Denied?
II. How Is This Truth Proved?
III. How Is This Truth Crucial?

I. The Two Reasons for His Leaving
II. The Parting Words of His Father
III. The Marital Reaction of His Brother

Article 28: Every One is Bound to Join Himself to the True Church.
We believe, since this holy congregation is an assembly of those who are saved, and out of it there is no salvation, that no person, of whatsoever state or condition he may be, ought to withdraw himself to live in a separate state from it; but that all men are in duty bound to join and unite themselves with it, maintaining the unity of the church; submitting themselves to the doctrine and discipline thereof; bowing their necks under the yoke of Jesus Christ; and as mutual members of the same body, serving to the edification of the brethren, according to the talents God has given them.
And that this may be the more effectually observed, it is the duty of all believers, according to the Word of God, to separate themselves from all those who do not belong to the church, and to join themselves to this congregation wheresoever God hath established it, even though the magistrates and edicts of princes be against it, yea, though they should suffer death or any other corporal punishment. Therefore all those who separate themselves from the same, or do not join themselves to it, act contrary to the ordinance of God.

I. The Significant Background
II. The Fascinating Narrative

I. What the Family Did Wrong
II. What the Family Should Have Done
III. What Hebrews Says About the Family

I. The Wrong Views
II. The Biblical Teaching
III. The Personal Conviction

I. The Preceding Years
II. The Scene Itself
III. The Spiritual Evaluation

I. A Child of Prayer
II. A Child of the Antithesis
III. A Child of Wrestling