GIFTS – PART TWENTY-FOUR
Friday – April 3, 2020, Nisan 9, 5780
Greetings dear and precious saints of God and once again welcome back to the Friday Bible Study titled “Gifts”. Our God is so, so, good. If you are reading this on Facebook please take a moment to hit the “love” and “share” buttons to give us feedback and to increase the reach of this Ministry. Again, we invite all that read, study, and benefit from this Ministry to financially partner with us that we may abound in every good work (2 Corinthians 9:8). Contrary to popular myth, effective ministry does take money. Doing the work of the Kingdom with excellence takes a lot of money. However, by Divine design our Heavenly Father is not poor and neither are we as joint-heirs with Christ. Dear ones be very much aware that all things belong to the Kingdom of God not the heathen. The heathens have taken possession of our stuff (riches of this world) by the deceptions of the enemy, they have it illegally. It is the will of God that each of us be super abundantly wealthy. Jesus said so Himself (John 10:10).
Ladies be sure you are registered for the Women’s Conference coming on the 30th of May 2020 at the New Beginnings Church of God in Waterville, Maine with a very special speaker, Rev. Denise Stiewig, of San Antonio, Texas. Denise and her husband Jeff will also be ministering at Beacon of Hope Church of God (Pastor David & Phyllis Bean) in Bangor Maine on the 10th of May, and Celebrate Jesus Church of God (Pastor Thomas & Lori DuPerry) in Pittsfield Maine on the 24th of May.
Our God, the only living God has given us many, many, gifts and they are all attained the same way. Jesus paid for it all and we attain or become a partaker of each one by faith, in love, led of the Holy Spirit starting with the entry or foundational gift of salvation.
Ephesians 2:8 (KJV)
8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Now let’s pick up with the legal foundation that God had to lay, prepare, before bringing the Savior into the earth. I have been laying this legal foundation out in a meticulous fashion for twenty-four weeks now. So, let’s turn to a portion of one of the most pivotal Scriptures in all the Bible and read it aloud.
Genesis 22:15-19 (KJV)
15 And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time,
16 And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son:
17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
18 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
19 So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba.
Understand that things could have been way different if Abram, later Abraham, had not entered into Blood Covenant with God and later failed the testing of that Covenant at Mount Moriah. It took God dealing with Abram/Abraham twenty-five plus years to bring Isaac, the son of promise, into the earth through whom the Jewish people would come and the Seed (Jesus). Now Isaac is grown and the Blood Covenant is tested.
Genesis 22:1-2 (KJV)
1 And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.
2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
I am sure you have noticed right away that the nomenclature used to describe Isaac is also used to describe Jesus. All authority (dominion) was given to mankind in the earth so a man had to give God permission to come into the earth (the Word became flesh). I know this drives the religious devils crazy but this is the Truth. As you know, Abraham and Isaac arise early the next morning and after a three-day journey arrive at Mount Moriah, the very spot of the Crucifixion some two thousand years in the future. Abraham was not only willing but immediately obedient to the command of God for He trusted (had faith) God. He knew that God would raise Isaac from the dead for it was through Isaac that his grandchildren would come and through Isaac that the Seed (Christ) would come. I know you have seen the connection between the three days of this journey and the three days Jesus was in the ground before the Resurrection. Abraham considered Isaac dead from the time of the command. As they stood at the foot of Mount Moriah three days later God showed Abraham the coming of the Messiah (the Seed) and that He would be raised on the third day. Abraham’s faith was confirmed, consolidated. Abraham was willing to sacrifice Isaac for God and Isaac was willing to die for God. In like fashion the Father was willing to sacrifice Jesus for mankind and Jesus was willing to die for mankind. By the Law of Reciprocity as part of the eternal unchangeable Blood Covenant the Father was obligated to send the Word and heal us. Lord willing, next week I will pick up with Genesis 22:17.
Until our next publication, as a Bible Teacher and Prophetic Voice I speak this blessing over each and every one of you, receive it, believe it, and speak over yourself and your family by faith in Jesus name! Quit asking God to bless you, you are already blessed, you have the Blessing, give Him something to do by the words of your mouth. Once you know the will of God, decree the thing (Job 22:28, Isaiah 45:11, Mark 11:23). (The Blessing is the Holy Spirit) We have left God way to long with nothing to do in our lives.
Numbers 6:24-26 (AMP)
24 The Lord bless you and watch, guard, and keep you;
25 The Lord make His face to shine upon and enlighten you and be gracious (kind, merciful, and giving favor) to you;
26 The Lord lift up His [approving] countenance upon you and give you peace (tranquility of heart and life continually).
By: Dr. David Wood, Author, Bible Teacher, and Prophetic Voice
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