First Fruit (4)

God doesn’t do allow anything placed in His word without it having a purpose! The Mystery of the First Fruit can be seen in its origin and it’s completion. In other words the natural verse the spiritual purpose.

Lets look at it’s origin: Natural

(NLT)

3 When it was time for the harvest, Cain presented some of his crops as a gift to the Lord. 4 Abel also brought a gift—the best portions of the firstborn lambs from his flock. The Lord accepted Abel and his gift, 5 but he did not accept Cain and his gift. This made Cain very angry, and he looked dejected.

6 “Why are you so angry?” the Lord asked Cain. “Why do you look so dejected? 7 You will be accepted if you do what is right. But if you refuse to do what is right, then watch out! Sin is crouching at the door, eager to control you. But you must subdue it and be its master.”

a. Keys Words:

Time

Harvest

Firstborn

Dejected (attitude)

Accepted (doing what is correct)

The Hinge Pin is Relational Worship

Spiritual -

(NKJV)

The Son Exalted Above Angels

5 For to which of the angels did He ever say:

“You are My Son,

Today I have begotten You”?

And again:

“I will be to Him a Father,

And He shall be to Me a Son”?

6 But when He again brings the firstborn into the world, He says:

“Let all the angels of God worship Him.”

7 And of the angels He says:

“Who makes His angels spirits

And His ministers a flame of fire.”

8 But to the Son He says:

“Your throne, O God, is forever and ever;

A scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your kingdom.

Key Points:

a. Son

b. Firstborn

c. Worship

(NKJV)

5 Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, 6 who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, 7 but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross. 9 Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name,

Key Points:

a. Equal

b. Bondservant (submission)

c. Obedient

d. Exalted (Worship)

(NKJV)

16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

Keys:

a. loved

b. gave

c. begotten (firstborn)

d. everlasting life (the return)

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