I. EXORDIUM:
Is GOD doing everything for your sake?
No. GOD is doing everything for me for the sake of the SEED of abraham within me.
2 Corinthians 5:20 (Amplified Bible)
So we are Christ’s ambassadors, God making His appeal as it were through us. We [as Christ’s personal representatives] beg you for His sake to lay hold of the divine favor [now offered you] and be reconciled to God.
II. AUDIENCE PROFILE:
Believers/unbelievers
III. OBJECTIVES:
To show that GOD confirms His Promises to the SEED of abraham that lives within us, the LORD JESUS CHRIST who also does the confirmation.
Deuteronomy 8:18 (Amplified Bible)
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.
IV. TEXT:
Galatians 3:16 (Amplified Bible)
Now the promises (covenants, agreements) were decreed and made to Abraham and his Seed (his Offspring, his Heir). He [God] does not say, And to seeds (descendants, heirs), as if referring to many persons, but, And to your Seed (your Descendant, your Heir), obviously referring to one individual, Who is [none other than] Christ (the Messiah).
V. THESIS:
Praise, worship, glorify, adore, bless, honor, acknowledge and thank You very much LORD JESUS for You've bestowed upon Yourself and that You're living inside of me, grace upon grace, spiritual blessing upon spiritual blessing, favor upon favor and heaped gift upon heaped gift.
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.
VI. TITLE:
the SEED of abraham
VII. EXPLICATION:
A. Author: Apostle Paul
B. Date written: 55 A.D. to 60 A.D.
C. Purpose: To defend doctrine of justification by faith, warn against reversion to Judaism, and vindicate Paul's own apostolic authority
D. To whom written: Galatia church
E. Main theme: Magna charta of the church
F. Keywords: faith, grace, liberty, the cross
VIII. MAIN BODY:
Galatians 3:16 (Amplified Bible)
Now the promises (covenants, agreements) were decreed and made to Abraham and his Seed (his Offspring, his Heir). He [God] does not say, And to seeds (descendants, heirs), as if referring to many persons, but, And to your Seed (your Descendant, your Heir), obviously referring to one individual, Who is [none other than] Christ (the Messiah).
Galatians 3:16 (King James Version)
Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.
A. The Abrahamic Covenant or Promises are confirmed to SEED of Abraham
"Now the promises (covenants, agreements) were decreed and made to Abraham and his Seed (his Offspring, his Heir). He [God] does not say, And to seeds (descendants, heirs), as if referring to many persons, but,"
Galatians 3:8 (Amplified Bible)
And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify (declare righteous, put in right standing with Himself) the Gentiles in consequence of faith, proclaimed the Gospel [foretelling the glad tidings of a Savior long beforehand] to Abraham in the promise, saying, In you shall all the nations [of the earth] be blessed.
Genesis 12:3 (Amplified Bible)
And I will bless those who bless you [who confer prosperity or happiness upon you] and curse him who curses or uses insolent language toward you; in you will all the families and kindred of the earth be blessed [and by you they will bless themselves].
Genesis 28:14 (Amplified Bible)
And your offspring shall be as [countless as] the dust or sand of the ground, and you shall spread abroad to the west and the east and the north and the south; and by you and your Offspring shall all the families of the earth be blessed and bless themselves.
Genesis 49:10 (Amplified Bible)
The scepter or leadership shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until Shiloh [the Messiah, the Peaceful One] comes to Whom it belongs, and to Him shall be the obedience of the people.
Genesis 13:15 (Amplified Bible)
For all the land which you see I will give to you and to your posterity forever.
Genesis 17:8 (Amplified Bible)
And I will give to you and to your posterity after you the land in which you are a stranger [going from place to place], all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
Acts 7:5 (Amplified Bible)
Yet He gave him no inheritable property in it, [no] not even enough ground to set his foot on; but He promised that He would give it to Him for a permanent possession and to his descendants after him, even though [as yet] he had no child.
Abrahamic Covenant or Promises are the following:
1. Good name and good reputation
Genesis 17:5 (Amplified Bible)
Nor shall your name any longer be Abram [high, exalted father]; but your name shall be Abraham [father of a multitude], for I have made you the father of many nations.
Nehemiah 9:7 (Amplified Bible)
You are the Lord, the God Who chose Abram and brought him out of Ur of the Chaldees and gave him the name Abraham.
And let's not talk about Abraham but let's talk about JESUS, the FATHER and the HOLY SPIRIT, they have Good, Great Names and we are the sons of GOD, our good names are conferred unto us by GOD Himself.
2. Peace and Divine Protection
Genesis 14:17-18 (Amplified Bible)
After his [Abram’s] return from the defeat and slaying of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet him at the Valley of Shaveh, that is, the King’s Valley.
Melchizedek king of Salem [later called Jerusalem] brought out bread and wine [for their nourishment]; he was the priest of God Most High,
Imagined Abraham with his 318 trained servant of the house, was able to defeat 4 kings all at the same time. GOD did it not Abraham of course, he was just an instrument like you and me who have lived by faith in JESUS CHRIST. Finally, Abraham met JESUS face to face and JESUS told of this, since JESUS was pre-revealed as King Melchizedek at that time.
John 8:58 (Amplified Bible)
Jesus replied, I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, before Abraham was born, I AM.
3. Blessing on those who blessed me and curses on those who curse me
Genesis 12:3 (Amplified Bible)
And I will bless those who bless you [who confer prosperity or happiness upon you] and curse him who curses or uses insolent language toward you; in you will all the families and kindred of the earth be blessed [and by you they will bless themselves].
As CHRISTian believer in CHRIST, we are unbeatable because whoever wants us dead are already dead and those who will confer blessing and approval to us are already blessed.
4. Good long life and enjoyment of wealth
Genesis 17:6-7 (Amplified Bible)
And I will make you exceedingly fruitful and I will make nations of you, and kings will come from you.
And I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you throughout their generations for an everlasting, solemn pledge, to be a God to you and to your posterity after you.
Abraham has descendants even until now and we are that descendants because the SEED of Abraham lives within us. He enjoyed long life and a strong one too.
5. Good Prosperity and Good Success - good wealth and good riches
If there is good success, there's also bad success. For example, you've been praying to the LORD to grant you a job/work then you got your job problem with this job there's no saturday and sunday day offs in which you can't prepare for your sermons on saturdays and you can't attend worship service on sundays. Is that good success? No. it's not, it's bad success for you. What GOD meant for you a blessing you've turned it into your curse by forgetting GOD on sundays to worship Him, and you gave it for an exchange of double pay salary. what a pity, woe to you!
Joshua 1:8 (Amplified Bible)
This Book of the Law shall not depart out of your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may observe and do according to all that is written in it. For then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall deal wisely and have good success.
But good success/prosperity, and good wealth/honor that has been bestowed upon us causes us to: (a) honor the LORD with our wealth in the form of tithes and offerings every payday, (b) gives us the ability to be in church whenever GOD wants us to be in the form of transportation allowances and food allowances, and (c) draws us nearer to GOD because we know in ourselves that GOD is the Provider and the Provided, the Blessor and the Blessing and we will not neglect or ignore our sweet time of worship with Him, because money is nothing in Heaven, but GOD means everything and our treasure is the LORD alone in our hearts.
Proverbs 10:22 (Amplified Bible)
The blessing of the Lord—it makes [truly] rich, and He adds no sorrow with it [neither does toiling increase it].
Philippians 4:19 (Amplified Bible)
And my God will liberally supply (fill to the full) your every need according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
6. Good Wealth and Good Honor
Job 1:21 (Amplified Bible)
And said, Naked (without possessions) came I [into this world] from my mother’s womb, and naked (without possessions) shall I depart. The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; blessed (praised and magnified in worship) be the name of the Lord!
Yes, Job did not sin in neglecting the worship of GOD but he sinned with his wrong declaration, since he thought GOD gave him everything but the reality GOD entrusted unto him everything as faithful stewards, so the LORD could not take away because He has not given it away, what Job lost is his sweet fellowship with the LORD, the Blessor that loose his Blessing as well.
7. Grace upon Grace
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.
Grace upon grace, spiritual blessing upon spiritual blessing, great favors upon great favors and even heaped gift upon heaped gift.
These are all but results of Grace, our response is that we received them with thanksgiving and all the more we need to focus on the LORD JESUS and His Grace for us, and the more we develop the ability to be always conscious of His Grace and His Protection on us, not conscious of ourselves.
Psalms 97:11 (Amplified Bible)
Light is sown for the [uncompromisingly] righteous and strewn along their pathway, and joy for the upright in heart [the irrepressible joy which comes from consciousness of His favor and protection].
B. The SEED of Abraham is JESUS CHRIST
"And to your Seed (your Descendant, your Heir), obviously referring to one individual, Who is [none other than] Christ (the Messiah)"
Ephesians 4:15-16 (Amplified Bible)
Rather, let our lives lovingly express truth [in all things, speaking truly, dealing truly, living truly]. Enfolded in love, let us grow up in every way and in all things into Him Who is the Head, [even] Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One).
For because of Him the whole body (the church, in all its various parts), closely joined and firmly knit together by the joints and ligaments with which it is supplied, when each part [with power adapted to its need] is working properly [in all its functions], grows to full maturity, building itself up in love.
Ephesians 5:29-30 (Amplified Bible)
For no man ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and carefully protects and cherishes it, as Christ does the church,
Because we are members (parts) of His body.
Ephesians 5:32 (Amplified Bible)
This mystery is very great, but I speak concerning [the relation of] Christ and the church.
Colossians 2:19 (Amplified Bible)
And not holding fast to the Head, from Whom the entire body, supplied and knit together by means of its joints and ligaments, grows with a growth that is from God.
Colossians 3:11 (Amplified Bible)
[In this new creation all distinctions vanish.] There is no room for and there can be neither Greek nor Jew, circumcised nor uncircumcised, [nor difference between nations whether alien] barbarians or Scythians [who are the most savage of all], nor slave or free man; but Christ is all and in all [everything and everywhere, to all men, without distinction of person].
Whenever we receive one prayer answered remember it's not because of us, but because of the LORD JESUS that lives within us who receives the answered prayers in our lives, as He is so are we in this world.
Colossians 1:27 (Amplified Bible)
To whom God was pleased to make known how great for the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ within and among you, the Hope of [realizing the] glory.
1 John 4:17 (Amplified Bible)
In this [union and communion with Him] love is brought to completion and attains perfection with us, that we may have confidence for the day of judgment [with assurance and boldness to face Him], because as He is, so are we in this world.
IX. CONCLUSION:
Praise, worship, glorify, adore, bless, honor, acknowledge and thank You very much LORD JESUS for You've bestowed upon Yourself and that You're living inside of me, grace upon grace, spiritual blessing upon spiritual blessing, favor upon favor and heaped gift upon heaped gift.
