HOW GOD DEFINES BLESSING (3 OF 6)
by Lenny Ports
Scripture: Genesis 22:16
This content is part of a series.
How God Defines Blessing (3 of 6)
Series: The Blessing
Lenny Ports
Genesis 22:16
We are in a sermon series called THE BLESSING, and you can't talk about the blessing of God's people without talking about Abraham. Abraham received the promise that he would have a son through his wife Sarah and that he would be a father of many nations, and that through him and his seed all the nations of the earth would be BLESSED! Abraham believed God's word.
I will say it again, he believed God's word. He put faith in God's word! THAT IS WHERE YOUR BLESSING BEGINS - WHEN YOU BELIEVE HIS WORD! By virtue of you putting your faith in Jesus Christ, you are not only considered to be a ''child of Abraham'' (who is our father in the faith), but you are a recipient also of the BLESSINGS OF ABRAHAM. You must first understand that we are those that are Abraham's seed. Abraham is the one that God spoke to get out of his country and to go to the place that God would reveal to him. He stepped out, left it all behind and followed the leading of the Lord. The story continues in that after 25 years of faith and patience, the promise child came to Abraham and Sarah.
But after about 9 or 10 years, Abraham's faith was truly tested. God tests Abraham by commanding him to take his son up to Mount Moriah and sacrifice him there. So he and Isaac go and just as he was about to plunge the knife into the heart of his son, the Angel of the Lord stopped him and spoke to him these words:
Genesis 22:16 and said: ''By Myself I have sworn, says the Lord, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son-- 17 blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies.
BLESSING I will BLESS you - a double iterative. I will bless you with blessings. I will bless you upon blessing you. In the process of blessing you, I w ...
Series: The Blessing
Lenny Ports
Genesis 22:16
We are in a sermon series called THE BLESSING, and you can't talk about the blessing of God's people without talking about Abraham. Abraham received the promise that he would have a son through his wife Sarah and that he would be a father of many nations, and that through him and his seed all the nations of the earth would be BLESSED! Abraham believed God's word.
I will say it again, he believed God's word. He put faith in God's word! THAT IS WHERE YOUR BLESSING BEGINS - WHEN YOU BELIEVE HIS WORD! By virtue of you putting your faith in Jesus Christ, you are not only considered to be a ''child of Abraham'' (who is our father in the faith), but you are a recipient also of the BLESSINGS OF ABRAHAM. You must first understand that we are those that are Abraham's seed. Abraham is the one that God spoke to get out of his country and to go to the place that God would reveal to him. He stepped out, left it all behind and followed the leading of the Lord. The story continues in that after 25 years of faith and patience, the promise child came to Abraham and Sarah.
But after about 9 or 10 years, Abraham's faith was truly tested. God tests Abraham by commanding him to take his son up to Mount Moriah and sacrifice him there. So he and Isaac go and just as he was about to plunge the knife into the heart of his son, the Angel of the Lord stopped him and spoke to him these words:
Genesis 22:16 and said: ''By Myself I have sworn, says the Lord, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son-- 17 blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies.
BLESSING I will BLESS you - a double iterative. I will bless you with blessings. I will bless you upon blessing you. In the process of blessing you, I w ...
There are 15633 characters in the full content. This excerpt only shows a 2000 character sample of the full content.
Price: $5.99 or 1 credit
