NOTHING CAN STOP THE BLESSING

Isaiah 9:6-7

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: And the government shall be upon his shoulder: And his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. ⁷ Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, Upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, To order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice From henceforth even forever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.

Galatians 3:6-8

⁶ Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness. ⁷ Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham. ⁸ And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed. ⁹ So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.

Blessings are not just a condition….

Not just something you are acted upon by but something you become (state, dimension, realm) That affects everything.

Proverbs 10:22

²² The blessing of the Lord makes one rich, And He adds no sorrow with it.

I.                   THE BLESSING THROUGHOUT THE BIBLE

Genesis 1:28

²⁸ Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

Malé (replenish) To fill with reference to space and time. Perpetually renew and supply

When God blessed them in the Garden of Eden he was transferring Power not just speaking. He transferred the same power He used to create the universe. He put the same blessing on them so they could finish the creation He started.

II.                THE BLESSING LOST AND REESTABLISHED

1.     The flood. Genesis 6

2.     Noah. Genesis 9

Genesis 9:1

And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.

Replenish – perpetually renew and supply (how?) with the blessing

The Blessing – The power or the anointing to take the worst place in the earth and turn it into the garden of Eden

Revelations 5:11-12

¹¹ And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands; ¹² Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honor, and glory, and blessing.

Covenant of God that destroys the curse – Power of God that makes things like heaven –

3.     Abraham

Genesis 12:1-3

12 Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee: ² And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and you shall be a blessing: ³ And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curse thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

a.      Abrahams Stuff Protected (Genesis 12:10-20) Pharaoh’s House plagued by taking Sarah in

b.     Abraham and Lot (Causes you to be cool no matter what happens)

Genesis 13 – Abraham knew He had the Blessing

c.      Abraham defeats 5 Kings

Genesis 14:14-16 

¹⁴ And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan. ¹⁵ And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus. ¹⁶ And he brought back all the goods and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.

d.     Sarah Received strength to bear in Genesis 21 but in Genesis 17:20 God blessed her

Genesis 17:15-17 (Dead things come to life – Impossible things possible)

¹⁵ And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be. ¹⁶ And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her. ¹⁷ Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is a hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?

e.      Genesis 20: (Protects Your Stuff)

f.       Isaac Carried on the Blessing 

Genesis 26:1-4; 12 (Turn a famine into a Harvest)

And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar. ² And the Lord appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of ³ Sojourn in this land, and I will be with you, and will bless you; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father; ⁴ And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; ¹² Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year a hundredfold: and the Lord blessed him.

g.      Three times more increase with the same effort.  Leviticus  25:1-7; 25:18-22

25 And the Lord spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai, saying, ² “Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘When you come into the land which I give you, then the land shall keep a sabbath to the Lord. ³ Six years you shall sow your field, and six years you shall prune your vineyard, and gather its fruit; ⁴ but in the seventh year there shall be a sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a sabbath to the Lord. You shall neither sow your field nor prune your vineyard. ⁵ What grows of its own accord of your harvest you shall not reap, nor gather the grapes of your untended vine, for it is a year of rest for the land. ⁶ And the sabbath-produce of the land shall be food for you: for you, your male and female servants, your hired man, and the stranger who dwells with you, ⁷ for your livestock and the beasts that are in your land—all its produce shall be for food.

¹⁸ ‘So you shall observe My statutes and keep My judgments, and perform them, and you will dwell in the land in safety. ¹⁹ Then the land will yield its fruit, and you will eat your fill, and dwell there in safety. ²⁰ ‘And if you say, “What shall we eat in the seventh year since we shall not sow nor gather in our produce?” ²¹ Then I will command My blessing on you in the sixth year, and it will bring forth produce enough for three years. ²² And you shall sow in the eighth year, and eat old produce until the ninth year; until its produce comes in, you shall eat of the old harvest.

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III.             HOW YOU GET AND RELEASE THE BLESSING

1.     Faith

Galatians 3:6-9

⁶ Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness. ⁷ Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham. ⁸ And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed. ⁹ So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.

2.     Laying Hands and Speaking (Isaac Blessed Jacob)

Genesis 27:27-33   

²⁷ And he came near and kissed him; and he smelled the smell of his clothing, and blessed him and said: “Surely, the smell of my son Is like the smell of a field which the Lord has blessed. ²⁸ Therefore may God give you Of the dew of heaven, Of the fatness of the earth, And plenty of grain and wine. ²⁹ Let peoples serve you, And nations bow down to you. Be master over your brethren, And let your mother’s sons bow down to you. Cursed be everyone who curses you, And blessed be those who bless you!” ³⁰ Now it happened, as soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob had scarcely gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting. ³¹ He also had made savory food, and brought it to his father, and said to his father, “Let my father arise and eat of his son’s game, that your soul may bless me.” ³² And his father Isaac said to him, “Who are you?” So he said, “I am your son, your firstborn, Esau.” ³³ Then Isaac trembled exceedingly, and said, “Who? Where is the one who hunted game and brought it to me? I ate all of it before you came, and I have blessed him—and indeed he shall be blessed.”

3.     Declaring

Numbers 6:22-27

²² And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: ²³ “Speak to Aaron and his sons, saying, ‘This is the way you shall bless the children of Israel. Say to them: ²⁴ “The Lord bless you and keep you; ²⁵ The Lord make His face shine upon you, And be gracious to you; ²⁶        The Lord lift up His countenance upon you, And give you peace.” ’ ²⁷ “So they shall put My name on the children of Israel, and I will bless them.”

4.     Choosing

Deuteronomy 30:19

¹⁹ I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live: