Choosing the Blessing Of God

00:00 thank you and we praise you that Jesus
00:03 is the blessing that Jesus is the favor
00:07 of God and father we thank you for
00:10 granting us wisdom and revelation and
00:13 the knowledge of Jesus tonight
00:15 opening up the eyes of our understanding
00:18 so that we can go ahead and walk in the
00:23 blessing of God and walk in your
00:26 blessing so we just thank you we praise
00:28 you we bless you for what you're going
00:30 to reveal in your word father to us this
00:35 night in Jesus's name Amen so the title
00:39 for tonight's talk is choosing the
00:42 blessing of God from Psalm one in Christ
00:46 the fullness of God dwells it is time
00:51 for you and I to courageously stand in
00:54 the fullness of the blessing of God
00:57 which is in Christ Jesus in whom the
01:03 fullness of the Godhead dwells the
01:05 Father the Son and the Holy Spirit this
01:09 is the greatest blessing we will ever
01:13 receive in our lives is the triune God
01:16 and by receiving Jesus Christ the good
01:21 news of the gospel as a living reality
01:24 for your life you will be able to enter
01:27 in to the blessing of God Romans 15 29
01:32 Paul said this I shall come in the
01:34 fullness of the blessing of the gospel
01:38 of Christ Colossians 2:9 through 10 for
01:43 in Christ dwells all the fullness of the
01:46 Godhead in bodily form and you are
01:50 complete in him who is the head of all
01:53 principality and power through Christ's
01:56 redemptive work of the Cross Jesus was
02:00 made a curse for you he was made sin for
02:04 you so that you could receive the
02:06 promise of the Holy Spirit Galatians
02:11 3:14 and the new
02:13 Living Translation says it this way so
02:16 that we who are believers might receive
02:18 the promised Holy Spirit through faith
02:22 Galatians 3:13 through 14 says Christ
02:26 has redeemed us from the curse of the
02:29 law having become a curse for us for it
02:33 is written cursed is everyone who hangs
02:36 upon a tree that the blessing of Abraham
02:38 would come upon the Gentiles through
02:41 Christ Jesus that we might receive the
02:46 promise of the Spirit through faith you
02:51 receive the promise of the Spirit the
02:55 Holy Spirit Ezekiel prophesied this in
02:58 ezekiel 36:26 he says I will put a new
03:03 spirit in you then Jesus comes along and
03:07 he prophesized this John
03:10 14:17 the Spirit of Truth will be in you
03:15 then John he looks back at what Jesus
03:20 did for us through the new birth and he
03:23 declares in first John 2:27
03:25 but the anointing which you have
03:27 received from him abides or dwells in
03:31 you through faith in the righteousness
03:35 of Jesus Christ which was purchased by
03:38 Jesus's blood you have been redeemed
03:41 back to God
03:42 back to the blessing of God this is a
03:47 blessing of God that Adam and Eve enjoy
03:50 before the fall of mankind through sin
03:55 the blessing of God was the Spirit of
03:57 God that dwelt in them and through them
04:01 so that they would be able to enjoy the
04:04 fellowship with God walking with him and
04:08 talking with him in that Garden of Eden
04:10 and enjoying all the blessings that
04:12 there were in the Garden of Eden and
04:15 being able to fulfill the promise that
04:17 God had spoken over their lives in
04:19 Genesis 1:28 to be fruitful and multiply
04:22 to fill the earth and subdue it and have
04:25 the
04:26 over the fish of the sea over the birds
04:27 of the air and over everything that
04:29 moves on the earth so let us go back to
04:33 the beginning where the blessing of God
04:36 originated in Genesis chapter 1 verse 1
04:42 Genesis 1:1 says in the beginning God
04:45 created the heavens and the earth
04:49 the Apostle John he reflects on what
04:52 happened in the beginning he begins
04:55 writing the book of John using the same
04:58 phrase that appears in Genesis 1:1 in
05:02 the beginning and John expands on what
05:05 happened in creation giving us divine
05:08 insight of how Jesus was implicitly
05:12 mentioned in the creation of the world
05:14 as described in genesis john states in
05:18 john 1 1 through 5 in the beginning was
05:22 the word and the Word was with God and
05:26 the Word was God he was in the beginning
05:29 with God all things were made through
05:32 him and without him nothing was made
05:34 that was made
05:36 in him was life and the life was the
05:40 light of man and the light it shines in
05:45 the darkness and the darkness did not
05:48 comprehend it in the beginning of psalm
05:52 1 just like in genesis 1 jesus is
05:55 implicitly mentioned where is Jesus
05:58 mentioned in Psalm 1 well it's in the
06:02 very first letter the first word of
06:04 Psalm 1 in the very last letter of the
06:06 last word of Psalm 1 and you'll discover
06:09 one of Jesus's descriptive names in the
06:13 very first letter of the first Hebrew
06:16 word which is 4 blessed is the Hebrew
06:21 word ashrae and the first letter of it
06:25 is all s at the end of Psalm 1 in the
06:29 very last letter of the last Hebrew word
06:32 for Parrish is tall seen in the Hebrew
06:36 word toe bed which is 4 perished
06:39 so olive and tall are the first and last
06:43 letters of the Hebrew alphabet therefore
06:46 in all of and tall the first and last
06:50 letters of the Hebrew alphabet there
06:53 appear in Psalm 1 at the very beginning
06:55 the very end we are reminded of Jesus
06:57 Christ the one who is the Alpha and
07:01 Omega the Alpha and Omega is what's
07:04 equivalent to the first word letter and
07:08 the last letter of the Greek alphabet
07:12 Jesus Christ is the Alpha and the taw
07:15 the olive in the taw in Hebrew and the
07:20 Alpha and the Omega
07:21 in Greek Jesus Christ is God's
07:25 representative for mankind and Jesus
07:29 Christ is the one who is the absolute
07:33 beginning of all things and the absolute
07:37 end of all things
07:39 isaiah 44:6 puts it like this Jesus is
07:44 prophetically speaking in he says I am
07:48 the first and I am the last besides me
07:53 there is no God
07:57 and in the last book the Bible the Omega
08:00 book of the Bible in Revelations 22 13
08:05 Jesus says I am the Alpha and the Omega
08:10 the beginning and the end the first and
08:13 the last everything that exists
08:18 originates from God every good thing
08:23 every blessing emanates from God when my
08:28 opposes ask to see God's glory God
08:30 responded to his request by saying
08:33 exodus 33:19 I will make all my goodness
08:38 pass before you and I will proclaim the
08:42 name of the Lord before you one thing
08:47 that we know about God is that God is
08:50 good Psalm 107
08:53 Oh give thanks to the Lord for he is
08:58 good the blessing is good the blessing
09:03 is from God the curse is bad the curse
09:09 is from sin
09:12 let us not call what is a curse a
09:15 blessing sickness poverty broken
09:18 relationships they are a curse last week
09:22 I mentioned an extensive listing of the
09:26 curses and blessings which are mentioned
09:28 in Deuteronomy 27 and 28 and if you want
09:33 to take some time this is a great way to
09:35 familiarize yourself what is what is
09:39 actually a curse and what is actually a
09:42 blessing so that you don't confuse the
09:45 two and therefore then you realize that
09:47 Jesus redeemed you from all the curses
09:49 that are listed hallelujah and that you
09:53 now receive all the blessings through
09:55 Jesus Christ not by your merit but
09:58 because of Jesus Christ merit James 1 15
10:03 through 17 contrasts the curse that
10:05 comes through sin and the blessing that
10:07 comes from God it says this then when
10:10 desire has conceived it gives birth to
10:14 sin and sin when it is fullest grown
10:19 brings forth death every good and every
10:23 perfect gift is from above and comes
10:28 down from the Father of lights with whom
10:31 there is no variation or shadow of
10:34 turning so if it's good it's god and if
10:37 it's not it's not roman numeral 3
10:42 choosing your destiny Jesus the Alpha
10:47 and Omega in Psalm 1 is the beginning
10:50 and end of all things
10:52 Psalm 1:6 ends with this word perish for
10:58 the Lord knows the way of the righteous
11:01 but the way of the ungodly Shall Perish
11:06 perishing eater
11:08 in the lake of fire is the destiny of
11:11 all those who have chosen to reject
11:13 Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior
11:17 every choice you make in life it's not
11:21 merely a choice in one way over the
11:24 other way but rather it is really a
11:27 choice of who you will worship and who
11:31 you will serve will it be God or will it
11:35 be Satan every choice is a choice
11:38 between God or a choice between Satan
11:42 and Jesus's temptation in the wilderness
11:44 Jesus Jesus's response to his first
11:48 temptation by Satan it should be the
11:50 response that you should make in your
11:52 heart when tempted Jesus said this get
11:56 behind me Satan
11:59 for it is written you shall worship the
12:02 Lord your God and him only will you
12:07 serve for believers in Jesus Christ your
12:12 destiny is not to perish but to have
12:15 everlasting life just like John 3:16
12:18 says the Greek word for for life it
12:23 includes everything God is and all that
12:27 God has it's the blessing the Zoe life
12:32 is the blessing of God I described it as
12:36 the greatest blessing of God possessing
12:39 the life of the triune God the Father
12:42 the Son and the Holy Spirit and from
12:45 them originates all other blessings the
12:51 destiny of the righteous is described in
12:53 Psalm 1:6 the Lord knows the way of the
12:56 righteous it looks prophetically forward
12:59 to Christ becoming our righteousness
13:02 through the great exchange of the Cross
13:05 only those who have received Jesus
13:08 Christ as their righteousness will be
13:12 able to survive the endtime judgment
13:14 because their sins will not be counted
13:17 against them
13:19 Psalm 33 verse 2 reflects on this as it
13:23 uses the same Hebrew word ASHRAE that
13:26 appears in the first word of film one
13:29 for blessed let's look at the NIV
13:33 version blessed is the one whose sin the
13:36 Lord does not count against them and
13:40 whose Spirit is no deceit Roman numeral
13:44 for choosing the blessed man Jesus
13:47 Christ Psalm 1:1 the introduction to all
13:50 the other Psalms begins with this phrase
13:53 blessed is the man the man is Jesus
13:58 Christ and all those who take their
14:01 place in Jesus Christ the man Jesus is
14:05 like no other man he's not like the
14:09 first Adam as reflected in the Hebrew
14:12 word Adam which means a human being or
14:15 mankind in general the Hebrew word for
14:18 man used in Psalm 1:1 is ish which is
14:23 descriptive of the man Jesus Christ the
14:26 last Adam so Psalm 1:1 says this blessed
14:29 is the man 1st Corinthians 15:45 through
14:35 47 says this and so it is written the
14:40 first Adam became a living being
14:43 the last Adam became a life-giving
14:48 spirit the first man was of the earth
14:53 made of dust the second man is from the
14:58 Lord from heaven Jesus Christ is the
15:04 only one who has ever and will ever
15:09 completely fulfill the character
15:11 description of the blessed man as
15:14 presented in Psalm 1 Jesus Christ was
15:19 and always will be the only one that is
15:23 perfectly demonstrated the righteous way
15:26 Jesus Christ is the only one who is able
15:31 to live completely
15:33 in the Blessed state as described in
15:36 Psalm 1 here on this earth why because
15:40 all have sinned and fallen short of the
15:42 glory of God the glory spoken of heat up
15:46 here in Romans 3:23 is a glory of God
15:51 the glory that far outweighs man's
15:55 ability to be holy as God is holy when I
16:00 put on I told you last week the
16:05 rose-colored glasses the new covenant
16:08 lens when I read Psalm 1 I saw Jesus
16:15 implicitly mentioned in the very first
16:18 phrase of Psalm 1 and when I did my
16:21 heart it really did it started it to
16:23 leap for joy and I started praising god
16:26 I'm going god this is so good I go on my
16:28 walks I'm going god this is so good I
16:29 can hardly believe what I found out
16:31 about she was full 1 why is it so good
16:38 to know that he's the blessed man and
16:40 that in him we can take our place it's
16:44 because none of us can walk perfectly as
16:47 Jesus Christ walked and he didn't want
16:50 us to live under any condemnation from
16:54 being thinking that we have to carry it
16:57 out perfectly God so loved you and I
17:01 that he sent His Son Jesus Christ to be
17:04 made sin for us to bear the curse for
17:07 our imperfect obedience well we are
17:12 going up into the fullness of his
17:14 character he did this so that we could
17:16 live in the blessing of God despite our
17:20 failure along the way by our faith in
17:24 Jesus Christ the blessed God the blessed
17:28 man you and I are empowered to deny
17:31 ungodliness the counsel of the ungodly
17:36 the path of sinners the seat of scoffers
17:40 as described by Psalm 1 the blessing of
17:44 God contains the
17:46 or of God the ability and the resources
17:50 of God to walk in the way of Jesus
17:53 Christ the righteous one in his
17:56 righteousness Romans 6:14 says this for
18:02 sin shall not have dominion over you for
18:05 you are not under the law but under
18:07 grace through the indwelling of the
18:11 promised Holy Spirit has spoken in of in
18:14 Galatians 3:14 your state of
18:17 powerlessness in your spirit man is
18:21 completely gone because the power source
18:25 the Holy Spirit the Anointed One is now
18:29 within you first John 2:27 but the
18:35 anointing which you have received from
18:37 him abides in you through Jesus Christ
18:41 and the anointing dwelling in you you
18:45 are empowered to prosper in whatever you
18:49 do because you are choosing to live your
18:52 life by faith in Jesus Christ who loves
18:55 you and gave himself for you
18:59 Psalm 1:3 says and in whatever you do
19:04 you shall prosper and it's through
19:08 Christ that you will be made prosperous
19:12 very prosperous and always continue in
19:15 prosperity in Psalm 1:1 God empowers you
19:20 not to pursue the thirst of the world
19:23 the thirst of sin but rather to have
19:27 your thirst satisfied in Christ rivers
19:31 of love grace and goodness Psalm 1 3
19:36 Jesus the Alpha and the Omega says to
19:40 you tonight I am the Alpha and the Omega
19:45 the beginning and the end I will give
19:48 the fountains of the water of life
19:50 freely to him who thirst revelations 21
19:55 6 God calls you to taste
20:00 and to see that he is good in Psalm 34:8
20:05 it says that o taste and see that the
20:09 Lord is good bless it is a man who puts
20:12 their trust in him that word blessed is
20:16 that same word blessed that occurs in
20:18 Psalm 1:1 blessed is the man how can we
20:26 taste and see that the Lord is good the
20:28 answer is in Psalm 1 verse 2 but his
20:34 delight is in the law of the Lord and in
20:36 his law he meditates day and night
20:40 because Jesus Christ is the Alpha and
20:45 the Omega the olive and taw God is
20:48 calling you to meditate day and night
20:53 from the very beginning of time to the
20:56 very end of time from the beginning of
20:58 someone to the end of Psalm 150 from the
21:02 beginning of Genesis to the end of
21:04 Revelation on Jesus Christ the one who
21:07 is the word of God the one who is the
21:10 blessed man number five
21:15 praying in Jesus's name the Alpha and
21:18 Omega God desires that every prayer you
21:22 pray and every song you sing to him from
21:26 the Psalms as well as any other prayer
21:29 or song and the entire Bible or anything
21:32 you come up with are to be prayed and
21:35 fun in the name of his son Jesus Christ
21:37 I believe this is one reason that God
21:43 introduces Jesus to us in Psalm 1 as the
21:47 olive and tall the Alpha and Omega and
21:53 it's within that very first song of the
21:56 Psalter which is to be our book of
21:58 prayer and song one of the first
22:04 principles of prayer is that we pray in
22:08 Jesus's name
22:10 what does this mean
22:13 it means we come before God not on our
22:17 own merit but rather on the merit of
22:21 Jesus Christ his righteousness
22:23 John 14:13 and whatever you ask in my
22:28 name that I will do that the father may
22:32 be glorified in the son if you ask
22:37 anything in my name I will do it our own
22:43 righteousness the Lord says this in the
22:46 Bible is this filthy rags isaiah 64:6
22:51 but we are all like an unclean thing and
22:55 all our righteousnesses are like filthy
22:59 rags we can't come to God with
23:03 self-confidence attached to our prayers
23:06 thinking that we have prayed long enough
23:09 fasted hard enough or done everything
23:12 right to deserve an answer and when we
23:16 come to and we can't come to God with
23:18 lack of confidence in jesus's blood
23:21 because of our own failure a falling
23:24 short of god's righteousness his holy
23:27 standard falling short of his glory we
23:31 are called to come to God in the name of
23:35 Jesus Christ and in his name only if you
23:40 and I look at her own life apart from
23:44 the blood of Jesus Christ apart from the
23:50 rose-colored glasses he calls us to wear
23:52 which is to remind us of his blood that
23:55 he's purchased for you know that he has
23:58 purchased our righteousness for us we'll
24:00 always find something some form of sin
24:05 or weakness some way in which we find
24:08 ourselves not pleasing to God as
24:12 believers we will be going through a
24:14 sanctification process throughout the
24:16 entirety of our lives therefore it is
24:21 our privilege and honor to come to God
24:24 in the name of Jesus Christ
24:26 who was totally pleasing to father God
24:30 John 829 jesus said and he who sent me
24:35 is with me the father has not left me
24:40 alone did you know the father has not
24:42 left you alone for I always do the
24:46 things that please him jesus said that
24:50 and in Jesus
24:52 we are able to say I always do the
24:55 things that please my father
24:58 Matthew 3:17 God spoke and said this is
25:04 my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased
25:09 in Christ we can confidently stand and
25:13 say I am God's beloved child he is well
25:19 pleased with me why don't you just say
25:21 that after me right now I am God's
25:24 beloved child he is well pleased with me
25:30 and now you when you say it you might
25:33 need to say that over and over and over
25:36 again and look yourself in the mirror
25:37 until you really believe it deep down in
25:40 your heart and that will transform the
25:43 way you live it will transform your
25:45 heart 0.6 meditating on God's love the
25:51 scripture declares the intrinsic nature
25:54 of God God is love
25:57 first on 4:16 one of the highest
26:00 characteristics of love is that is
26:04 always looking for ways to express
26:06 itself or give away what it has I'm
26:11 going to declare John 1:1 right now
26:14 substituting Jesus Christ for the word
26:17 and love for God in the beginning
26:22 was Jesus Christ and Jesus Christ was
26:29 with love and Jesus Christ was love
26:37 through the new covenant lands God calls
26:40 you to meditate day and night upon the
26:45 Word of God upon Jesus Christ who is the
26:49 love of God made flesh meditation
26:53 involves not only the pondering or
26:57 thinking about God and His Word through
27:00 the lens of his great love for you but
27:03 it also involves talking with God and
27:07 about God has revealed in his word not
27:11 letting his words depart from your mouth
27:15 and it involves walking in his words
27:20 Joshua 1:8 gives all these dynamics of
27:25 meditating on God's Word this book of
27:28 the law shall not depart from your mouth
27:31 but you shall meditate on it day and
27:35 night that you may observe to do
27:38 according to all that is written in it
27:41 the closest word to meditation in the
27:44 New Testament is abiding abiding carries
27:49 the concept of being fully united in
27:53 thought word and deed with God and His
27:59 Son Jesus Christ the one who is the word
28:02 of God the call to abide in God's love
28:07 is a call to full hearted obedience
28:11 continually living your life deeply
28:14 engaged in this eternal reality of his
28:18 immeasurable love for you John 3:16 for
28:23 God so loved that he gave His only
28:26 begotten Son
28:27 John 15:13 greater love has no one than
28:32 this than to lay down one's life for his
28:35 friends John 15 9 through 10 I love this
28:40 one it's been my meditation many many
28:43 days as a father loved in for many years
28:47 as the father loved me I also love you
28:50 you abide in my love if you keep my
28:54 Commandments you abide in my love just
28:57 as I've kept my father's Commandments
29:00 and abide in his love God loves you with
29:06 the same intensity that he loves his own
29:10 son Jesus Christ first John 4:16 god is
29:16 love and he who abides in love abides in
29:21 God and God in him from the very
29:26 beginning of time God had a plan to
29:29 share his love to share himself with the
29:33 world so the Spirit of God hovered over
29:39 God's plan of love and Jesus spoke love
29:45 into existence the very first day of
29:50 creation the very life of God the light
29:56 of Jesus Christ love itself was spoken
30:00 into existence Genesis 1:2 through 3 the
30:06 earth was without form and void and
30:09 darkness was on the face of the deep and
30:12 the Spirit of God was hovering over the
30:17 face of the waters then God said let
30:22 there be light and there was light
30:26 this light is the light of love this
30:30 light is Jesus Christ this light is God
30:35 Himself John 1:4 in him Jesus was life
30:40 and the life was the light of man and
30:43 the light shines in the darkness and the
30:46 darkness did not comprehend it
30:50 thoughtfully designed and planned by God
30:54 the world was enveloped in an atmosphere
30:58 of love an atmosphere that was filled
31:01 with his own very
31:04 sure he created the world for his family
31:08 for you and I so we could experience his
31:13 love so we could share in his eternal
31:18 state of happiness this love he shared
31:22 with us included the sharing of his own
31:25 nature as well as everything that
31:29 belonged to him the angelic house were
31:33 created to worship and serve mankind
31:37 those that God set his love upon Hebrews
31:41 1:13 through 14 but to which of the
31:44 Angels has he ever said sit at my right
31:46 hand until I make your enemies your
31:48 footstool are they not all ministering
31:53 spirits sent forth to minister for those
31:57 who inherit salvation but Satan who is
32:03 one of the Angels he rebelled against
32:05 God because of his pride
32:07 remember choices determine destiny and
32:11 we're talking about eternal destiny he
32:15 did not want to worship and serve God or
32:17 mankind but he wanted to be worshipped
32:21 and served this is revealed when Jesus
32:24 spoke to Satan during this time of
32:27 temptation away with you Satan for it is
32:29 written you shall worship the Lord your
32:31 God in him only you shall serve because
32:35 a Satan's rebellion he was kicked out of
32:38 heaven and thrown to the earth Ezekiel
32:40 28 18 by all your iniquity and
32:44 unrighteous businesses you defiled your
32:48 sanctuaries so I am going to bring out
32:51 fire from within you and burn you to
32:53 ashes on the earth before the whole
32:55 watching world at that time of his sin
33:00 Satan's name was it was Lucifer
33:03 Morningstar and it was changed to Satan
33:06 adversary he your adversary you battle
33:14 not against flesh and blood but against
33:16 the principalities and the power
33:18 the spiritual forces of darkness and
33:20 wickedness in the heavenly places and it
33:22 began here with Satan and one-third of
33:25 his angels of God's angels that he
33:28 carried along with him to bring the
33:30 curse on the earth point Roman numeral
33:36 seven the blessing given to Adam and Eve
33:38 when God created man he used himself as
33:41 a blueprint this is like you guys got to
33:45 meditate on this one God used himself as
33:52 the blueprint to create you when you
33:55 when you I knew I knew and you I mean
33:58 this is he did it for me
33:59 I'm the blueprint of God before the
34:02 foundation of the world he has decided
34:05 to make an exact copy of himself as
34:08 believers in Christ our spirit man has
34:11 been recreated into the exact image and
34:16 likeness Oh God and Satan your adversary
34:21 hates seen all these little Jesus's all
34:26 over the world cuz you're made in this
34:28 exact image and likeness you might not
34:31 see it but the spirit world world sees
34:34 it okay Genesis 1:27 so God created man
34:43 in his own image in the image of God he
34:46 created him male and female he created
34:49 them and this he did according to
34:52 Ephesians 1:4 he put this in his plans
34:56 before the foundation of the world he
34:59 saw your image like Psalm 139 says
35:03 before it was yet formed point be
35:07 immediately following the creation of
35:09 man the first words Adam and Eve heard
35:13 was the blessing God spoke over them
35:17 because Adam and Eve stood as
35:20 representatives of all of mankind this
35:24 blessing was for the entire human race
35:27 throughout all ages when these words
35:31 were
35:32 spoken it was the first time that the
35:34 blessing of God was released into the
35:38 earth this is the blessing that was
35:40 spoken over them from Genesis 1:28
35:43 and it is the blessing of God for your
35:46 life God blessed them and God said to
35:49 them be fruitful and multiply fill the
35:53 earth and subdue it have dominion over
35:57 the fish of the sea over the birds of
35:59 the air and over every living thing that
36:02 moves on the earth
36:04 this means you have dominion over every
36:08 virus every bacteria every cancerous
36:11 self God has given you dominion over all
36:15 things point number eight in the
36:22 beginning men lived in the blessing of
36:24 God blessed is the man appeared in Psalm
36:28 1:1 the first to the beginning of
36:31 creation in Genesis 1 where it says God
36:36 blessed them so can you imagine this in
36:40 Genesis 1
36:41 I mean Psalm 1:1 that we're studying
36:42 blessed it is a man this blessing refers
36:45 back to Genesis 1:28 where God blessed
36:50 them when you start actually looking at
36:53 the depth of someone it's like contained
37:02 in the words of the blessing given to
37:04 Adam and Eve contained in the blessing
37:06 that's been given to you is the
37:08 empowerment to be fruitful to multiply
37:14 to feel subdue and have dominion over
37:17 the earth the blessing allowed them not
37:22 only to have access to God and all his
37:25 resources both spiritual and natural in
37:28 heaven but the blessing gave them the
37:31 privilege as it gives to you to release
37:36 the resources of heaven throughout all
37:38 the earth fruitful and multiply what's
37:42 that all about it's talking about
37:45 productivity abundance increase feel the
37:49 earth what are we need to fill the earth
37:50 with God's love his goodness and
37:55 everything everything that's good from
37:57 God you know every good and perfect gift
37:59 that comes from him subdue and have
38:01 dominion why didn't a demand need me to
38:03 subdue and have dominion
38:06 because unlike the Garden of Eden they
38:09 needed to bring the perfect will of God
38:11 into all the earth and Adam and Eve's
38:18 the divine job assignment allowed them
38:20 to use God's authority and his power to
38:24 subdue and have dominion over every
38:26 living thing through God spoken blessing
38:29 over Adam and Eve he empowered them to
38:32 prosper he empowers you to prosper and
38:36 to succeed in the destiny he created
38:39 them for the destiny for them is God's
38:43 destiny for you what is your destiny in
38:47 Christ Jesus
38:48 it's the zowie life of God it's the
38:52 ability to think like God the ability to
38:57 speak like God the ability to do what
39:03 God does and the ability to get the
39:07 results that God gets this is the Zoe
39:12 life of God this is the blessing of God
39:16 through the new birth in Jesus Christ
39:19 our spirit man is not only recreated in
39:23 God's likeness and image but the
39:26 blessing of God has been restored to us
39:29 through Jesus Christ galatians 3:13
39:32 through 14 Christ has redeemed us from
39:36 the curse of the law having become a
39:39 curse for us for it is written cursed is
39:43 everyone who hangs upon a tree that the
39:45 blessing of Abraham will come upon the
39:49 Gentiles would come upon you and I
39:50 through Christ Jesus why so that we
39:55 would receive the promise
39:58 of the Spirit through faith the Holy
40:02 Spirit is key to you walking in the
40:07 blessing of God point number nine
40:13 understanding the fullness of the
40:15 blessing of God so let's go back to the
40:18 word bless it in Psalm 1:1 ASHRAE is the
40:22 Hebrew word for the four blessed or
40:24 happy seen in Psalm 1:1 the more
40:29 accurate translation for ASHRAE would be
40:32 blessedness or happinesses because
40:36 that's the plural form there's no such
40:39 thing as blessedness or happinesses in
40:42 the English dictionary even though the
40:46 session has covered different aspects of
40:49 the blessing that is ours in Christ
40:51 Jesus
40:51 this word is so multi-dimensional that
40:54 we will be discovering yet for all
40:57 eternity
40:58 ASHRAE occurs and what is called the
41:01 indicative form and would read something
41:03 like this Oh like wes's song oh oh happy
41:08 you know so oh the blessedness is oh the
41:11 happiness's many times over so the gist
41:14 of this word would carry the flavor of
41:16 wisdom literature
41:17 oh how envied is that blessed man and
41:22 when I thought of that drew me back to
41:26 Genesis 26 13 something I say to my
41:30 husband as we give our offering every
41:32 Sunday Isaac he sowed in a time that
41:35 there was a drought and he prospered so
41:40 much that everyone around him
41:43 became envious to the point that the
41:46 water that was coming up from the well
41:48 said he would dig they would stop him
41:51 think me we're gonna stop the blessing
41:54 but they could not justice 26:13 says
41:58 this the man this is what the blessing
42:01 does for you the man began to prosper
42:04 and continue to prosper until he became
42:08 very prosperous for he had the
42:11 sessions of flocks and possessions of
42:14 herds and a great number of servants so
42:18 the Philistines am beat him the last
42:22 meeting I want to present regarding a
42:24 Shreyas idea that it's a word that
42:26 reflects a state of being and that is a
42:29 masculine noun and gender which directly
42:32 links us to the blessed man that I've
42:35 described earlier Jesus Christ and whom
42:38 the multiplicity of blessings reside I
42:42 believe this is crucial for you and I to
42:46 realize because the moment you beat
42:49 Steve Jesus Christ into your heart as
42:52 our Lord and Savior your state of being
42:56 immediately changed from being in Adam
42:59 to being in Christ the blessed man is a
43:04 state of being you are no longer one who
43:11 is in Adam but your state of being is in
43:15 Christ and it's only in Christ through
43:17 his righteousness that you can expect
43:20 and receive by faith the fullness of the
43:25 blessings of God in Christ you can enter
43:32 into the State of the great I am the one
43:35 who is fully blessed and from whom all
43:39 blessings flow through the blessing God
43:43 has given to you to mankind has been
43:47 restored through His Son Jesus Christ
43:50 through the indwelling of the Holy
43:52 Spirit God says to you and I tonight all
43:57 I am and all I have is yours he blushes
44:05 you with himself because of God's great
44:09 love he had this plan of giving you his
44:11 all before he created you before the
44:16 foundation of the world God has blessed
44:20 you not out of but according to his
44:24 riches and glory
44:25 according to Ephesians 3:16 let us all
44:29 stand and declare Ephesians 1:3 through
44:32 five out loud together does it be the
44:37 God and father of our Lord Jesus Christ
44:39 who has blessed us in Christ with every
44:43 spiritual blessing in the heavenly
44:45 places even as he chose us in him before
44:49 the foundation of the world that we
44:52 should be holy and blameless before him
44:55 in love he predestined us for adoption
44:58 to himself and sons through Jesus Christ
45:02 according to the purpose of this will so
45:06 father we thank you for this message
45:08 that has gone forth we choose tonight
45:12 the blessing of God that is in your son
45:15 Jesus Christ and I pray that you would
45:17 strengthen each person here in each
45:19 person that will be listening by the
45:21 power of your Holy Spirit in the inner
45:23 man to father be able to walk in the
45:26 blessing that you have already given to
45:29 us and not to be deceived father and
45:31 giving it away
45:32 through sin and through unrighteous
45:34 living so father we just thank you we
45:37 praise you we bless you you are the
45:40 Blessed God and we are your blessed
45:43 people in Jesus name Amen and amen