I. EXORDIUM:
Do you want the blessing of the LORD?
II. AUDIENCE PROFILE:
Believers
III. OBJECTIVES:
To show that the blessing of the LORD is to be desired rather than wealth of this world.
IV. TEXT:
Proverbs 10:22 (Amplified Bible)
10:22 The blessing of the Lord—it makes [truly] rich, and He adds no sorrow with it [neither does toiling increase it].
V. THESIS:
Praise, worship and thank You very much LORD JESUS for the blessing of the LORD in my life is JESUS, blessing from above, deep beneath and we are blessed with blessings of the breasts and of the womb. The LORD Himself have already made us rich and He wants us to enjoy these blessings with no body pain brought about by hard work and toiling.
VI. TITLE:
The blessing of the LORD
VII. EXPLICATION:
A. Authors: Credited generally to King Solomon before his character downfall/decline.
B. Date written: from 931 to 686 B.C.
C. Purpose: To give moral instruction
D. Main Theme: Fear of the LORD
VIII. MAIN BODY:
Every born again has it already when they received the LORD, because it was given to Abraham. We are Israel(s) of GOD.
Genesis 12:2 (Amplified Bible)
12:2 And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you [with abundant increase of favors] and make your name famous and distinguished, and you will be a blessing [dispensing good to others].
Genesis 28:4 (Amplified Bible)
28:4 May He give the blessing [He gave to] Abraham to you and your descendants with you, that you may inherit the land He gave to Abraham, in which you are a sojourner.
Galatians 6:16 (Amplified Bible)
6:16 Peace and mercy be upon all who walk by this rule [who discipline themselves and regulate their lives by this principle], even upon the [true] Israel of God!
It contains 3-fold blessing wrapped in one:
a. bless with abundant increase of favors
b. name made famous and distinguished
c. a blessing to others
A. The blessing of the LORD makes one truly rich
"The blessing of the Lord—it makes [truly] rich,"
Blessing or "berakah" in Hebrew meaning: (occurred 69 times in the Old Testament)
1. benediction
2. prosperity
3. blessing, liberal, pool, present
Rich or "ashar" in Hebrew meaning:
1. to accumulate
2. chiefly to grow
3. to be rich
Psalms 37:22 (Amplified Bible)
37:22 For such as are blessed of God shall [in the end] inherit the earth, but they that are cursed of Him shall be cut off.
Psalms 107:38 (Amplified Bible)
107:38 He blesses them also, so that they are multiplied greatly, and allows not their cattle to decrease.
Psalms 113:7-8 (Amplified Bible)
113:7 [The Lord] raises the poor out of the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap and the dung hill,
113:8 That He may seat them with princes, even with the princes of His people.
Since it comes from the LORD, it will truly makes one rich.
Illustration:
The wealth of this world, is taken by hard work, has sorrow with it, and it can fly to the heavens and once in the heavens, the LORD will send it to the righteous.
Proverbs 23:5 (Amplified Bible)
23:5 Will you set your eyes upon wealth, when [suddenly] it is gone? For riches certainly make themselves wings, like an eagle that flies toward the heavens.
How to get it?
1. Don't set eyes on the wealth, money or riches instead set eyes on JESUS and remember JESUS.
Hebrews 12:2 (Amplified Bible)
12:2 Looking away [from all that will distract] to Jesus, Who is the Leader and the Source of our faith [giving the first incentive for our belief] and is also its Finisher [bringing it to maturity and perfection]. He, for the joy [of obtaining the prize] that was set before Him, endured the cross, despising and ignoring the shame, and is now seated at the right hand of the throne of God.
Deuteronomy 8:18 (Amplified Bible)
8:18 But you shall [earnestly] remember the Lord your God, for it is He Who gives you power to get wealth, that He may establish His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day.
2. You can pray for it.
Joshua 15:19 (New King James Version)
15:19 She answered, "Give me a blessing; since you have given me land in the South, give me also springs of water." So he gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.
Judges 1:15 (Amplified Bible)
1:15 And she said to him, Give me a present; since you have set me in the land of the South (the Negeb), give me also springs of water. And Caleb gave her the upper and lower springs.
3. Tithes and offering can increase it. - Be a tither and seeder.
Malachi 3:10 (Amplified Bible)
3:10 Bring all the tithes (the whole tenth of your income) into the storehouse, that there may be food in My house, and prove Me now by it, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
Proverbs 11:25-26 (Amplified Bible)
11:25 The liberal person shall be enriched, and he who waters shall himself be watered.
11:26 The people curse him who holds back grain [when the public needs it], but a blessing [from God and man] is upon the head of him who sells it.
2 Corinthians 9:6-10 (Amplified Bible)
9:6 [Remember] this: he who sows sparingly and grudgingly will also reap sparingly and grudgingly, and he who sows generously [that blessings may come to someone] will also reap generously and with blessings.
9:7 Let each one [give] as he has made up his own mind and purposed in his heart, not reluctantly or sorrowfully or under compulsion, for God loves (He takes pleasure in, prizes above other things, and is unwilling to abandon or to do without) a cheerful (joyous, “prompt to do it”) giver [whose heart is in his giving].
9:8 And God is able to make all grace (every favor and earthly blessing) come to you in abundance, so that you may always and under all circumstances and whatever the need be self-sufficient [possessing enough to require no aid or support and furnished in abundance for every good work and charitable donation].
9:9 As it is written, He [the benevolent person] scatters abroad; He gives to the poor; His deeds of justice and goodness and kindness and benevolence will go on and endure forever!
9:10 And [God] Who provides seed for the sower and bread for eating will also provide and multiply your [resources for] sowing and increase the fruits of your righteousness [which manifests itself in active goodness, kindness, and charity].
4. Become a blessing to someone else
Zechariah 8:13 (Amplified Bible)
8:13 And as you have been a curse and a byword among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, so will I save you, and you shall be a blessing. Fear not, but let your hands be strong and hardened.
Psalms 21:6 (Amplified Bible)
21:6 For You make him to be blessed and a blessing forever; You make him exceedingly glad with the joy of Your presence.
Israel is a blessing in the midst of the earth:
Isaiah 19:24 (Amplified Bible)
19:24 In that day Israel shall be the third, with Egypt and with Assyria [in a Messianic league], a blessing in the midst of the earth,
5. Bless GOD's servants
Ezekiel 44:30 (Amplified Bible)
44:30 And the first of all the firstfruits of all kinds, and every offering of all kinds from all your offerings, shall belong to the priests. You shall also give to the priest the first of your coarse meal and bread dough, that a blessing may rest on your house.
6. Be faithful to the LORD
Proverbs 28:20 (Amplified Bible)
28:20 A faithful man shall abound with blessings, but he who makes haste to be rich [at any cost] shall not go unpunished.
7. Rebuke the wicked
Proverbs 24:25 (Amplified Bible)
24:25 But to those [upright judges] who rebuke the wicked, it will go well with them and they will find delight, and a good blessing will be upon them.
Characteristics of "blessing of the LORD":
1. It's not the same for everyone
Deuteronomy 12:15 (Amplified Bible)
12:15 However, you may kill and eat flesh in any of your towns whenever you desire, according to the provision for the support of life with which the Lord your God has blessed you; those [ceremonially] unclean and the clean may eat of it, as of the gazelle and the hart.
Deuteronomy 16:17 (Amplified Bible)
16:17 Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the Lord your God which He has given you.
2. It can only be commanded by GOD.
Deuteronomy 28:8 (Amplified Bible)
28:8 The Lord shall command the blessing upon you in your storehouse and in all that you undertake. And He will bless you in the land which the Lord your God gives you.
Psalms 133:3 (Amplified Bible)
133:3 It is like the dew of [lofty] Mount Hermon and the dew that comes on the hills of Zion; for there the Lord has commanded the blessing, even life forevermore [upon the high and the lowly].
Leviticus 25:21 (Amplified Bible)
25:21 Then [this is My answer:] I will command My [special] blessings on you in the sixth year, so that it shall bring forth [sufficient] fruit for three years.
3. GOD caused it
Ezekiel 34:26 (Amplified Bible)
34:26 And I will make them and the places round about My hill a blessing, and I will cause the showers to come down in their season; there shall be showers of blessing [of good insured by God’s favor].
Psalms 24:5 (Amplified Bible)
24:5 He shall receive blessing from the Lord and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
Psalms 21:3 (Amplified Bible)
21:3 For You send blessings of good things to meet him; You set a crown of pure gold on his head.
4. It's far from the wicked
Psalms 109:17 (Amplified Bible)
109:17 Yes, he loved cursing, and it came [back] upon him; he delighted not in blessing, and it was far from him.
Jacob deceived his father for the blessing of the LORD but it has consequences, later he returned it to Esau.
Genesis 27:12 (Amplified Bible)
27:12 Suppose my father feels me; I will seem to him to be a cheat and an imposter, and I will bring [his] curse on me and not [his] blessing.
Genesis 33:11 (Amplified Bible)
33:11 Accept, I beg of you, my blessing and gift that I have brought to you; for God has dealt graciously with me and I have everything. And he kept urging him and he accepted it.
5. It's on the head of the righteous
Proverbs 10:6 (Amplified Bible)
10:6 Blessings are upon the head of the [uncompromisingly] righteous (the upright, in right standing with God) but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
6. It's a choice
Deuteronomy 11:26 (Amplified Bible)
11:26 Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse—
Joshua 8:34 (Amplified Bible)
8:34 Afterward, Joshua read all the words of the law, the blessings and cursings, all that is written in the Book of the Law.
7. GOD uses people to deliver it
Abigail delivered it King David's men:
1 Samuel 25:27 (Amplified Bible)
25:27 And now this gift, which your handmaid has brought my lord, let it be given to the young men who follow my lord.
David is a blessing for Ziklag:
1 Samuel 30:26 (Amplified Bible)
30:26 When David came to Ziklag, he sent part of the spoil to the elders of Judah, his friends, saying, Here is a gift for you of the spoil of the enemies of the Lord
8. It can't be demanded by unspiritual/unscriptural people
Genesis 27:36 (Amplified Bible)
27:36 [Esau] replied, Is he not rightly named Jacob [the supplanter]? For he has supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright, and now he has taken away my blessing! Have you not still a blessing reserved for me?
Genesis 27:38 (Amplified Bible)
27:38 Esau said to his father, Have you only one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, O my father! And Esau lifted up [could not control] his voice and wept aloud.
Genesis 27:41 (Amplified Bible)
27:41 And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed him; and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are very near. When [he is gone] I will kill my brother Jacob.
Men of GOD who operated in the blessing of the LORD:
1. Abraham
Genesis 28:4 (Amplified Bible)
28:4 May He give the blessing [He gave to] Abraham to you and your descendants with you, that you may inherit the land He gave to Abraham, in which you are a sojourner.
2. Joseph
Genesis 39:5 (Amplified Bible)
39:5 From the time that he made him supervisor in his house and over all that he had, the Lord blessed the Egyptian’s house for Joseph’s sake; and the Lord’s blessing was on all that he had in the house and in the field.
3. 12 sons of Jacob
Genesis 49:28 (Amplified Bible)
49:28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father said to them as he blessed them, blessing each one according to the blessing suited to him.
4. Levites
Exodus 32:29 (Amplified Bible)
32:29 And Moses said [to the Levites, By your obedience to God’s command] you have consecrated yourselves today [as priests] to the Lord, each man [at the cost of being] against his own son and his own brother, that the Lord may restore and bestow His blessing upon you this day.
5. The Israelites
Deuteronomy 23:5 (Amplified Bible)
23:5 Nevertheless, the Lord your God would not listen to Balaam, but the Lord your God turned the curse into a blessing to you, because the Lord your God loves you.
6. Obedient Israelites
Deuteronomy 28:2 (Amplified Bible)
28:2 And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you if you heed the voice of the Lord your God.
Deuteronomy 11:27 (Amplified Bible)
11:27 The blessing if you obey the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you this day;
7. Napthali
Deuteronomy 33:23 (Amplified Bible)
33:23 Of Naphtali he said: O Naphtali, satisfied with favor and full of the blessing of the Lord, possess the Sea [of Galilee] and [its warm, sunny climate like] the south.
8. Believers
Isaiah 44:3 (Amplified Bible)
44:3 For I will pour water upon him who is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground. I will pour My Spirit upon your offspring, and My blessing upon your descendants.
9. JESUS
Isaiah 65:8-9 (Amplified Bible)
65:8 Thus says the Lord: As the juice [of the grape] is found in the cluster, and one says, Do not destroy it, for there is a blessing in it, so will I do for My servants’ sake, that I may not destroy them all.
65:9 And I will bring forth an offspring from Jacob, and from Judah an inheritor of My mountains; My chosen and elect will inherit it, and My servants will dwell there.
Purposes of blessing of the LORD:
1. To serve GOD
Joel 2:14 (Amplified Bible)
2:14 Who knows but what He will turn, revoke your sentence [of evil], and leave a blessing behind Him [giving you the means with which to serve Him], even a cereal or meal offering and a drink offering for the Lord, your God?
2. To give glory to GOD
Malachi 2:2 (Amplified Bible)
2:2 If you will not hear and if you will not lay it to heart to give glory to My name, says the Lord of hosts, then I will send the curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings; yes, I have already turned them to curses because you do not lay it to heart.
B. The LORD does not add any sorrow from hard work to increase it
"and He adds no sorrow with it [neither does toiling increase it]."
Sorrow or "etseb" in Hebrew meaning:
1. earthen vessel
2. painful toil
3. pang - agony of body, anguish, extreme pain as in spasm or childbirth
4. grievous, idol, labor, sorrow
The LORD is not a sadist who desire to hurt us first before blessing us, He doesn't even want us to have pain in body because of extreme work or hard work just to acquire His blessings. He has already given His blessing of the LORD to us, the Blessing of the LORD is JESUS Himself.
Proverbs 20:21 (Amplified Bible)
20:21 An inheritance hastily gotten [by greedy, unjust means] at the beginning, in the end it will not be blessed.
Proverbs 28:20 (Amplified Bible)
28:20 A faithful man shall abound with blessings, but he who makes haste to be rich [at any cost] shall not go unpunished.
Proverbs 21:5 (Amplified Bible)
21:5 The thoughts of the [steadily] diligent tend only to plenteousness, but everyone who is impatient and hasty hastens only to want.
IX. CONCLUSION:
Genesis 49:25 (Amplified Bible)
49:25 By the God of your father, Who will help you, and by the Almighty, Who will bless you with blessings of the heavens above, blessings lying in the deep beneath, blessings of the breasts and of the womb.
Praise, worship and thank You very much LORD JESUS for the blessing of the LORD in my life is JESUS, blessing from above, deep beneath and we are blessed with blessings of the breasts and of the womb. The LORD Himself have already made us rich and He wants us to enjoy these blessings with no body pain brought about by hard work and toiling.
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