MULTIPLICATION

I. BLESSING THE KEY TO MULTIPLICATION

Gen 1:28

27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. 28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

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 creation they started. 

Adam was to finish the work of planting the garden

Earth was to be like heaven

THE BLESSING LOST AND REESTABLISHED

1. The flood Gen 6

2. Noah gen 9

Gen 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

3. Abraham Blessed  

Gen 12:1-3

Now the Lord had said to Abram: “Get out of your country, From your family And from your father’s house, To a land that I will show you. I will make you a great nation I will bless you Andmake your name great; And you shall be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, And I will curse him who curses you; And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”

4. Abraham defeats 5 Kings

Gen 14:16-16  (Blessing teaches your hands to war to get back what He stole from you)

So he brought back all the goods, and also brought back his brother Lot and his goods, as well as the women and the people. 17 And the king of Sodom went out to meet him at the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King’s Valley), after his return from the defeat of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him.

5. Sarah Received strength to bear in Gen 21

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

15 And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt 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 an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?

6. Gen 20: (Protects Your Stuff)

7. Isaac Carried on the Blessing  

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

26 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 thee, and will bless thee; 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 an hundredfold: and the Lordblessed him.

8. Three times more increase with same effort.  Lev 25:1-5; 25:18-22

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.

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.

II. UNDERSTANDING COVENANT THE KEY TO MULTIPLICATION

Gen 17:2-7

And I will make My covenant between Me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly.” 3 Then Abram fell on his face, and God talked with him, saying: 4 “As for Me, behold, My covenant is with you, and you shall be a father of many nations. 5 No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for I have made you a father of many nations. 6 I will make you exceedingly fruitful; and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come from you. 7 And I will establish Mycovenant between Me and you and your descendants after you in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and your descendants after you.

III. MULTIPLICATION COMES AFTER TESTING

GEN 22:1-22

IV. THINGS NEED NOT BE PERFECTLY PEACEFUL FOR US TO MULTIPLY

Exo 1:12

12 But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.

V. MULTIPLICATION COMES THROUGH SPECIFICATION

Acts 6:1-7

And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration. 2 Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables. 3 Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business. 4 But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word. 5 And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch: 6 Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them. 7 And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.

VI. MULTIPLICATION IS MADE EASIER WHEN YOU SURRENDER ALL