Title: The Road to Blessings
Contents Bible Text: Genesis 26:1-5 Title: The Way to Blessing
1. Children will be blessed only when their ancestors/parents do well in their religious life.
Example: Abraham / Genesis 18:18-19
18 Will not Abraham become a mighty nation, and all peoples under the earth will be blessed through him?
19 I will command him to his children and to his household, that they may keep the way of the LORD, to do what is right and right.
I have chosen him to do what I, the LORD, have spoken of Abraham.
In Genesis 22:15-18
15 The angel of the LORD called a second Abraham from heaven
16 And he said, By me I swear, saith the LORD.
Because you have done this, and have not withheld your son, your only son,
17 I will bless you, and I will multiply your descendants as great as the stars in the sky.
I will make you like the sand on the seashore, and your descendants will gain the gates of their enemies.
18 And through your seed all peoples under the heavens will be blessed.
for you have done what I said.”
* Isaac was blessed, and Jacob was blessed, and the 12 sons became the patriarchs of the 12 tribes of faith.
2. The pastor/blessing authority belongs to the pastor.
In Numbers 6:22-27
22 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
23 Speak to Aaron and his sons, saying, 'For the sake of the children of Israel
Blessed like this,
24 The LORD bless you and keep you;
25 May the LORD make his face shine upon you, and be gracious to you.
26 The LORD will turn his face upon you and say, ‘Peace be upon you.
27 So they shall bless the children of Israel in my name, and I will bless them.
Galatians 4:12-15
12 Brethren, since I have become like you, I ask that you also be like me.
you did no harm to me
13 You know that I first preached the gospel to you because of weakness in the flesh.
14 It is in my flesh that you are tested, and you do not despise it.
not forsake me, but as an angel of God or as Christ Jesus
welcomed
15 Where is your blessing now? I testify to you.
If it were possible you would have plucked out your eyes and gave me
Hebrews 13:17-17 Obey those who lead you and be submissive.
They watch for your souls as those who will give account.
Let them do this with joy, not with sorrow
Otherwise, it is of no benefit to you.
3. Church / in Ephesians 1:22-23
22 And he put all things under his feet, and gave him head over all things to the church.
23 The church is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.
* What is it to love Jesus? It is to love the church.
Let's read Haggai 1:3-11.
3 And the word of the LORD came to Haggai the prophet, saying,
4 This temple is desolate; is it lawful for you to live in a house of decency at this time?
5 Now therefore, saith the LORD of hosts, that ye shall examine your deeds.
6 Though you sow abundantly, you bring little; if you eat, you are not full; if you drink,
They are not satisfied, they are not satisfied with their clothes, and they are not warm enough to wear them.
It will be put into a squad
7 See what you do, says the LORD of hosts.
8 Go up the mountain, take wood, and build the house.
Then I will rejoice and be glorified in it, says the LORD.
9 You hoped for many things, but they were few, and you brought them home.
I have blown away, says the LORD of hosts, What is this?
My house is desolate, but each of you hastened to his own house.
10 Therefore, because of you, the heavens have ceased from the dew, and the earth has ceased to produce.
11 I have called for banquets on the land, on the mountains, on the grain, on the new wine, on the oil, on all the produce of the earth;
to man, to livestock, and to all the work of manual labor.
And let's read Haggai 2:15-19 again.
15 Now, I beg you, from this day forward, before the
Remember when the stone was not laid upon the stone
16 At that time there were twenty seats in the heap of grain, and there were only ten.
When I came to make fifty bowls, there were only twenty.
17 For all the work of your hands, says the LORD of hosts,
I was struck by storms and mold and hail, but you did not turn to me.
18 From this day on, remember the former days, the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, the
Remember from the day you built the whole land
19 Is there any grain in the storehouse? The vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate tree,
The olive tree did not bear fruit.
But from today I will bless you.
Conclusion.
There are three ways to receive blessings.
Let's be careful not to get blocked and live happily for the rest of our lives. Amen