Title: God's Taking is the Purpose of Giving
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(Acts 3:25-26) “[25] Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant that God made with your fathers, who said to Abraham, “In your seed shall all families on the earth be blessed.” [26] God first sent his servant to you to bless him, so that each of you turned away from his wickedness.
1. Let's not misunderstand God. - The work of the enemy, the work of misunderstanding God
(Mark 12:24) “Jesus said to them, ‘Are you not mistaken because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God?”
(Amos 8:11) “Behold, the days are coming, saith the Sovereign LORD, and I will send a famine upon the land, not a hunger for bread, nor a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the word of the Lord.”
(Luke 19:20-27) “[20] Another came and said, “Lord, here is your mina; I have wrapped it in a towel. [21] For I am afraid that you are a strict man. [22] The master said to him, "You wicked servant, I judge you with your words; did you think you were a strict man, taking what I did not put up and reaping what I did not sow? [24] They said to those standing by, "Take the mina and give it to the one who has ten." [25] They said, "Lord, does he already have ten minas?" [26] The master said, "I tell you, everyone who has a heart will receive it, and whoever does not have what he has will be taken away from him."
(1 John 3:8, King James Version) “He who sins is of the devil, and the devil sins from the beginning, because the Son of God appeared to destroy the works of the devil.”
2. What God wants to take is to give.
(Acts 3:25-26) “[25] Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant that God made with your fathers, who said to Abraham, “In your seed shall all families on the earth be blessed.” 26] God raised up his servant and sent it to you first to bless you, so that you may each turn from his wickedness.” -It is to put away evil from your heart.
(Luke 6:38, NIV) “Give, and it will be given to you; and it will be given to you, pressed down, shaken and overflowing, and given to you. With the same measure that you measure, it will be measured to you again.”
(Deuteronomy 8:3, NIV) “He humbled you and made you hungry, and fed you with manna, which you did not know, neither did your fathers know. You know that man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the Lord. to make it known.”
(Deuteronomy 8:16, King James Version) "He fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your ancestors did not know, that he might humble you and test you, to finally bless you."
- It is to create a state of mind to be blessed -The Gospel of Heaven
3. God also gave up his son, which means that he has given it all.
(Acts 2:23-24) “[23] He was delivered according to the divine purpose and foreknowledge, and by the hand of lawless men you crucified and killed him, [24] but God will set him free from the agony of death. for he could not be bound by death.”
(Romans 4:25, King James Version) “Jesus was delivered for our sins, and was raised up for our justification.”
(Romans 8:3, King James Version) “What the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh” (Romans 8:4) ) “That the requirements of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.”
(Romans 8:32, King James Version) “He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him also gift us all things?”
(1 John 4:15-19) “If anyone confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and I in God. whoever does, abides in God, and God abides in him. In this way love is perfected in us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment. As you are, so are we in the world. It casts out fear, for fear has its punishment; he who fears is not perfected in love. We love because he first loved us.”
4. It is for you. (More than 110 times for you)
(Acts 3:20-21) “[20] And the Lord will send the Christ whom he has ordained for you, [21] Until God restores all things, which God has spoken through the mouths of the holy prophets from eternity. I will take him.”
(2 Corinthians 8:9, NIV) “And you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that you through his poverty might become rich.”
(Exodus 14:13-4) "Moses said to the people, "Do not be afraid, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will work for you today; for the Egyptians you saw today you will never see again. will fight for you, and you shall be still.”
(Deuteronomy 3:22, King James Version) “Do not fear them, for the LORD your God he will fight for you.”