Favor Before Men And Release

I. EXORDIUM:

Do you have favor before men?

Yes. Because the LORD JESUS CHRIST walks in front of me and leads me to success/victory

John 1:16 (Amplified Bible)

For out of His fullness (abundance) we have all received [all had a share and we were all supplied with] one grace after another and spiritual blessing upon spiritual blessing and even favor upon favor and gift [heaped] upon gift.

1 Corinthians 15:57 (Amplified Bible)

But thanks be to God, Who gives us the victory [making us conquerors] through our Lord Jesus Christ.

II. AUDIENCE PROFILE:

Believers/unbelievers

III. OBJECTIVES:

To show that GOD ALMIGHTY gives us mercy and favor before men and sent the release for us.

1 Peter 5:7 (Amplified Bible)

Casting the whole of your care [all your anxieties, all your worries, all your concerns, once and for all] on Him, for He cares for you affectionately and cares about you watchfully.

IV. TEXT:

Genesis 43:14 (Amplified Bible)

May God Almighty give you mercy and favor before the man, that he may release to you your other brother and Benjamin. If I am bereaved [of my sons], I am bereaved.

V. THESIS:

Praise, worship, glorify, adore, sanctify, bless and thank You very much LORD JESUS for You have sent favors my way because You are the Way, and leads me into all truth.

John 14:6 (Amplified Bible)

Jesus said to him, I am the Way and the Truth and the Life; no one comes to the Father except by (through) Me.

VI. TITLE:

Favor before men and release

VII. EXPLICATION:

A. Author: Moses

B. Date written: 1450 - 1410 B.C.

C. Purpose: Book of Origins

D. To whom written: People of Israel

E. Main theme: Man's sin and initial steps for his redemption initiated by GOD.

F. Keyword: Beginning

G. Key verse: First Messianic Promise -

Genesis 3:15 (Amplified Bible)

And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her Offspring; He will bruise and tread your head underfoot, and you will lie in wait and bruise His heel.

VIII. MAIN BODY:

Genesis 43:14 (Amplified Bible)

May God Almighty give you mercy and favor before the man, that he may release to you your other brother and Benjamin. If I am bereaved [of my sons], I am bereaved.

Genesis 43:14 (New International Version)

And may God Almighty grant you mercy before the man so that he will let your other brother and Benjamin come back with you. As for me, if I am bereaved, I am bereaved."

A. GOD ALMIGHTY is the source of mercy and favor before men

"May God Almighty give you mercy and favor before the man,"

GOD ALMIGHTY OR "EL SHADDAI" in Hebrew meaning: GOD ALMIGHTY as shown here as Source of mercy and favor.

Some characteristics of GOD ALMIGHTY in the bible:

1. Only GOD ALMIGHTY can bless, multiply and make you fruitful

Genesis 28:3 (Amplified Bible)

May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you until you become a group of peoples.

Genesis 35:11 (Amplified Bible)

And God said to him, I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall come from you and kings shall be born of your stock;

2. Only GOD ALMIGHTY can give you mercy and favor before men

Genesis 43:14 (Amplified Bible)

May God Almighty give you mercy and favor before the man, that he may release to you your other brother and Benjamin. If I am bereaved [of my sons], I am bereaved.

3. Only GOD ALMIGHTY can give you correction and teaches you through trial and suffering

Job 5:17 (Amplified Bible)

Happy and fortunate is the man whom God reproves; so do not despise or reject the correction of the Almighty [subjecting you to trial and suffering].

4. We make all of our supplication to GOD ALMIGHTY

Job 8:5 (Amplified Bible)

If you will seek God diligently and make your supplication to the Almighty,

5. GOD ALMIGHTY is our Gold and Silver

Job 22:25 (Amplified Bible)

And make the Almighty your gold and [the Lord] your precious silver treasure,

6. GOD ALMIGHTY is the Source of all breath and inspiration

Job 32:8 (Amplified Bible)

But there is [a vital force] a spirit [of intelligence] in man, and the breath of the Almighty gives men understanding.

Job 33:4 (Amplified Bible)

[It is] the Spirit of God that made me [which has stirred me up], and the breath of the Almighty that gives me life [which inspires me].

7. Even destruction and scattering of kings comes from GOD ALMIGHTY

Joel 1:15 (Amplified Bible)

Alas for the day! For the day of [the judgment of] the Lord is at hand, and as a destructive tempest from the Almighty will it come.

Psalms 68:14 (Amplified Bible)