Sermon by: Pastor Joel Christie Isaiah
Date: 30th May 2009
Venue: Kuantan Presbyterian Church / Grace Awakening Church
The blessings you would receive by believing in Jesus
Text: Deuteronomy 28: 1-14
Introduction:
Christian find it difficult to really believe this statement. BY believing in Jesus you will be blessed. We would like to receive a lot of blessings from the Lord. But this morning I have good news for you that you will be enable to receive the blessings of God overflowing in your lives.
Let us see what Deuteronomy 28: 1-14
1 If you full obey the Lord your God and carefully follow all his commands I give you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations on earth.
The problem is the speculation if you keep the commands
If he breaks any of the commands than he or she is disqualified to receive the blessings.
Who can really keep God’s command?
Who is righteous enough to get this blessings?
Let us refer to John 15:10
If you keep My commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept My father’s commandments and abide in His love.
Who is able to keep the commandments?
JESUS
John 15:12
This is MY commandment that you love one another as I have loved you.
Principle of receiving favour of God.
1. Believe that you are the righteous of God in Christ Jesus.
You are not saved because of your good works you are saved by believing in Jesus.
But to him who does not work but believes on Him who justifies the ungodly his faith is accounted for righteousness, just as David also describes the blessedness of the man to whom God imputes righteousness apart from works.(Roman 4:5-6)
If you believe this that God has made you righteous than you see favour after favour coming upon you.
2. Seek God daily in your life.
But seek first the Kingdom of and His righteousness and all these things shall be added to you.
(Matt 6 :33)
What is the meaning of the Kingdom?
Roman 14:17
For the kingdom of God is not food and drink but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
When there is peace, joy in the Holy Spirit than you just be seeing the favour coming upon you daily.
Psalm 1: 3
He shall be like a tree
Planted by the rivers of water
That brings forth its fruit in its season
Whose leaf shall not wither
And what ever he does shall prosper.
3. Dead to sin but alive in Christ.
When grace and favour of God is preached this question arise from many people.
The question is shall we continue to sin that grace be abound?
Romans 6:1,2,3,4
What shall we say then? Shall we continues in sin that grace may abound?
Vs2 Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it?
Vs3 Or do you not know that as many of us were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death?
Vs 4 Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father even so we also should walk in the newness of life.
4. Believe and ask favour from God and men.
John 14 :12,13,14
Vs 12 Most assuredly I say to you he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do because I go to my father.
Vs 13 And whatever you ask in my name, that I will do that the father may be glorified in the Son.
Vs 14 If you ask anything in my name I will do it.
What ever you want from God ask Him in Jesus name He will do it.
Testimony of a lady who wants favour from her boss. (share this)
Testimony of another person who needed her suppliers to pay RM1.6 million before Chinese made it through Jesus.
5. Speak and Confess God’s Favour in your life.
Isaiah 55:11
So shall My word that goes forth from My mouth;
It shall not return to Me void
But it shall accomplish what I please
And it shall prosper in the things for which I sent.
6. He has given you a phone number. He wants you to call Him.
Jeremiah 33:3
Call to Me and I will answer you and show you great and mighty things which you do not know.
When you call Him you are going to receive favour. He is just waiting for you.
Tell them the story of the prodigal son. How the father still wanted to bless his son although his son do not deserve
Great man of God who received abundance of favour and blessings from God.
1. Abraham
Romans 4:3 For what does the scripture say? “ Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.”
2. Joseph
Genesis 39:3-4 And his master saw that the Lord was with him and that the Lord made all he did to prosper in his hand. So Joseph found favour in his sight. He became the Prime Minister.
3. Job
Job 10:12 You have granted me life and favour, and Your care has preserved my spirit.
How do we confess and believe for God’s Favour to come into your life?
4. David
Man who has the heart of God. Found favour after favour in his life
5. Ruth and Esther
Found Favour and Grace from God.
Conclusion
You too will receive abundance of Grace and Favour from the Lord just believe it daily and you will know that God’s favour is upon your life.
Repeat after me loud.
• For You o Lord will bless the righteous; with favor you will surround him as with a shield. Psalm 5:12
• For His anger is but for a moment, His favour is for life; weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning. Psalm 30:5
• You have granted me life and favour, and Your care has preserved my spirit. Job 10-12
• And God is able to make all grace abound towards me, that I always having all sufficiency in all things may have an abundance for every good work.2 Corinthians 9:8
