Sermon
In-Law Probz
Cross Church
Speaker: Ryan Blackwell
March 2, 2026 · 38 min
Summary
God uses difficult seasons with difficult people—including deceptive in-laws—as tools to form Christian character. Jacob's 20-year struggle with Laban develops his heart from deceiver to man of faith, demonstrating that believers are called to submit to God's discipline rather than resist it.
Highlights
If service is beneath you in any form, then faithfulness to God will always be beyond you.
When you give your life to Jesus, he does not promise the absence of problems. What he promises is his presence in the middle of your problems.
God is treating you as sons and daughters. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline? All children receive discipline.