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SERMON ON THE BLESSINGS OF ABRAHAM.

SCRIPTURES… Gen 13 :1-9 ,Gal 3:10-18 ,Psalm 37:25, Rom 8:17, 8:28-29 ,Eph 2:6

Phil 4:11-13, Prov 23:7 ,2 Pet 1:3.

INTRODUCTION…..WHAT IS ABRAHAM BLESSINGS ? HOW COME BELIEVER’S LOVE TO SING THE SONG?

ANSWER… Now the Lord had said to abram (Abraham) “Get out of your country, from your kindred and from your father’s house, to a land that I will show you. I Will make you a great nation: I will bless you and make your name great: and you shall be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you: and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed (Gen 12:1-3 )

That the blessing of Abraham might come upon the gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. ( Gal .3:14).

Message…In Genesis chapter thirteen we see the disagreement between Lot’s herdsmen and Abraham’s men and this ended with a separation between both of them. If we have to learn something here we need to understand that a man under an anointing is not the anointed.

If I may break this down, the man under the anointing is getting his blessings for being with the anointed and so he/she is automatically blessed, the moment he separates from the anointed he/she is on her own. While the anointed is the man whom God has personally endowed with all authority ;meaning that God personally guides this individual.

When we look out for our own selfish interest alone , in most cases we end up bridging curse to our lives unknowingly . The word of God is plain and simple Deuteronomy 28:16- end…, but it is better to obey the word of God and enjoy the blessings from Deut 28:11:15.

Do not fight the anointed, you will be doing yourself more harm than good, as we see in the above scriptures Abraham the anointed has to intervene on behalf of the greedy family member because of material things. We need to be content, and know for sure that we are all on the ticking clock of God. Everyone will eat breakfast , lunch and dinner and celebrate but at different time.on God’s time table.

Phillipian 4:11-13( Apostle Paul)

a11 I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. 12 I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry,y whether living in plenty or in want.z 13 I can do all this through him who gives me strength.a

WORD OF WISDOM (BOOK OF ELDER’S)

1.Who is wise and understanding among you? Let them show it by their good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom.

2.Whenever you’re in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factor is attitude.

3.We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.

Gal 3:13-14 says, “Christ has redeemed us from the curse!”

The other consideration that is coupled to being redeemed from the curse, that we see in verse 14, is that the blessing of Abraham has come upon us who have received the promise of the Spirit through faith, or have entered into the covenant by the working of the Holy Spirit, through our faith in Christ.

**Abraham was blessed, and this blessing affected every area of his life, and even those around him. His cup ran over, and the saucer got some! Lot found out that just standing in Abraham’s shadow paid big dividends. Genesis 13: 2, 5-6 tells us that Abraham was very rich, and that Lot became rich, also.

Now I don’t want you to misunderstand what I’m saying. I’m not saying that godliness equals being rich in material possessions. But I am saying that God’s people don’t have to be poverty stricken, and I can base that on many verses of scripture. In Psalm 37:25, for instance, the Psalmist says, “I have been young, now I am old, and I have never seen the righteous forsaken or His seed begging bread.” I am trying to impress a biblical truth on you, and that is that believing God, evidenced by obeying Him, will bring In spite of the many mis-steps that Abraham made, like going into Egypt in time of famine, lying about his wife, fathering Ishmael, and a number of other things, his life is a major success story. Genesis 25:7-8 tells us that he lived to be 175 years old, and there is no record of his ever being sickly. As a matter of fact, after the death of Sarah, he remarried around the age of 140 and fathered six more children!

The blessing of Abraham passed to his son, Isaac, and Genesis 26:1-14 shows how God blessed him in everything he did. Even his enemies became afraid of him, because they saw how the Lord was with him. It was like no weapon formed against him could prosper! He was walking in the blessing of Abraham.

Then, the blessing was passed to Jacob. Jacob was a rascal in just about every way, before God changed his life, but he had the blessing, and it was powerful in his life. He started out with just a rock for a pillow and became so increased in material possessions, that he divided his stuff in two great companies. Other than his eyes growing dim with age, the Bible doesn’t record that he was sickly in any way.

From Jacob, the blessing passed to Joseph. By the way, the reason the Bible seems to put the spotlight on these particular people, out of all the other people who lived, is because it was following the blessing. In spite of many seemingly bad circumstances, God worked everything in Joseph’s life together for good. You know his story, how he was sold into slavery by his brothers, wound up in a man named Potiphar’s house as a servant, and Potiphar saw how everything he touched succeeded, and Genesis 39:3 says he made Joseph overseer of his house, and all that he had, he put under his authority.

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After Joseph, God placed the blessing on the nation of Israel. Their history has been tumultuous, to say the least, but that is because of their disobedience. They have suffered the curse of the law because of their failure to obey God, but in spite of that, the blessing of Abraham has been upon them. Today, they make up a small percentage of the world’s population, yet they hold a significant percentage of the world’s wealth. The only way one can explain their continued existence, much less their success, is the blessing of Abraham.

That blessing was always progressing toward one Seed, the Lord Jesus. The Bible teaching is that those, who are redeemed, are in Christ.

Finally..We need to understand and believe the word of God and leave our life as if it’s already happened as promised by God, our thinking and doubting will continue to rob us of the truth in partaking of the Abrahamic Blessings.

28 And we know that God causes everything to work together* for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them. 29 For God knew his people in advance, and he chose them to become like his Son, so that his Son would be the firstborn* among many brothers and sisters. Rom 8:28-29

For as he thinks in his heart, so is he Pro 23:7

Conclusion..26 For you are all children* of God through faith in Christ Jesus. 27 And all who have been united with Christ in baptism have put on Christ, like putting on new clothes.* 28 There is no longer Jew or Gentile,* slave or free, male and female. For you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 And now that you belong to Christ, you are the true children* of Abraham. You are his heirs, and God’s promise to Abraham belongs to you. Gal 3:26-29.

All we need is to walk in righteousness “ be ye holy as your father Abraham walk righteously with me by grace”.

May the blessings of Abraham continue to show in our lives as we believe and live according to H8 Study this Book of Instruction continually. Meditate on it day and night so you will be sure to obey everything written in it. Only then will you prosper and succeed in all you do.is instruction in the book of Joshua 1:8.

Message prepared & preached by ..

Dr.Israel O.Ogbara.

IT IS JOY.

Chicago il, 10/02/2022.