6 November 2022 – Biblical Prosperity Amidst The Famine – Pastor Joseph Prince Sermon Notes – New Creation Church Sermon Notes
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From the start, God stated to Abraham that He will bless him to be a blessing.
As we enter into a global economic downturn, we want to recognize what God said about prosperity.
The Scriptures say that Joseph was a affluent gentleman and all the things he did was designed to prosper. It is not just religious prosperity simply because the heathen Potiphar saw the physical impact in Joseph’s lifetime.
God was planning Joseph to step into his contacting to provide for the earth through the famine.
If you shut your spirit to Biblical prosperity, you will experience deficiency and no money breakthrough.
It is not sufficient to think. We have to also communicate out what we feel.
The Bible tells us to hold the unity of the Spirit and not the unity of the doctrine. Many believers have unique opinions about doctrine, but we need to have to be united in the Spirit. Use platforms to bless each and every other, not to tear each and every other down.
God phone calls those issues that are not [in the physical realm yet] as however they are.
God termed Abram “Abraham” (this means “father of many”) when he was not even a father of one boy or girl however.
When there was darkness on the facial area of the deep, God termed forth what He preferred to see. He reported “let there be light” and gentle arrived to be.
There is no well being and prosperity Gospel but the Gospel of Grace and Peace does produce overall health and prosperity. If you really don’t like individuals phrases, you can use “well-being” and “provision”.
This complete universe bows to religion simply because it was manufactured by God, not by cancel society or by people who are trying to get dominion about the entire world.
It is prosperity with a function that God needs us to see. We are blessed to be a blessing.
God will under no circumstances pressure you to acquire a blessing you really do not want to get. If your spirit is closed to Biblical prosperity then you will not get it.
In purchase to be saved, you experienced to hear the Term initially just before you could believe that and be saved. In purchase to prosper as in accordance to the Bible’s which means of it, you have to first listen to the fact about it so you can believe and confess it.
Galatians 3:29 – If you are a believer, you are an heir according to the guarantee.
A immediate seed of Abraham is Isaac. We have to have to examine his lifetime to comprehend what kind of blessings we have in Christ.
“If you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s offspring and heirs in accordance to assure.” (Galatians 3:29 WEBUS)
Genesis 26:1-3 – Famine is a time of lack. When famine transpires, do not go down to Egypt by giving up on God’s means and reverting to the world’s methods.
When you flip absent from God, you are likely down. When you flip to Him, you are going up.
“There was a famine in the land, in addition to the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines, to Gerar. Yahweh appeared to him, and claimed, “Don’t go down into Egypt. Dwell in the land I will convey to you about. Dwell in this land, and I will be with you, and will bless you. For I will give to you, and to your offspring, all these lands, and I will set up the oath which I swore to Abraham your father.” (Genesis 26:1-3 WEBUS)
The blessing of the Lord makes a individual abundant and doesn’t incorporate sorrow to him. There is no painful toil. This is how you evaluate no matter whether a blessing is from God or not. When God blesses you, there is a pleasure.
Physical exercise will involve labor and sweat, but it must not carry you acute pain and breathlessness. It is a pleasurable variety of get the job done.
Mounce, a Bible scholar’s definition of “Shalom”: In addition to peace, it can be translated as prosperity, effectively-being, wellness, completeness, and safety.
Aleph Tav is the divine signature of Jesus Christ in the Scriptures.
Galatians 3:13-14 – We are in Christ, so close to to God. Fans do not yell—they whisper. When you pray, don’t shout as nevertheless God is so far away—you are beginning with the improper premise.
“Christ redeemed us from the curse of the regulation, getting develop into a curse for us. For it is composed, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree,” that the blessing of Abraham could possibly arrive on the Gentiles by way of Christ Jesus, that we may possibly acquire the assure of the Spirit through faith.” (Galatians 3:13-14 WEBUS)
The New Intercontinental Dictionary of New Testament Theology: BARAK/EULOGIA (usually translated as “bless”)
“Generally BARAK usually means endue with effective electricity. The mother nature of the blessing is that of the conferring and transference of valuable electric power, which makes fertility in adult men and in livestock and lands. Blessing works vertically in the continued advancement of succeeding generations. Horizontally, it influences peace, security from enemies, very good fortune and properly-currently being for a tribe or group (expressed most comprehensively in the notion ‘shalom’, ‘well-being’.)”
Theological Wordbook Of The Previous Testament: BARAK (BLESS)
“To bless in the Outdated Testomony means ‘to endue with energy for accomplishment, prosperity, fecundity (to be really fertile and fruitful), longevity, etcetera.'”
If you are constantly sick or broke, can you progress the Gospel? No. Thus coming towards Biblical prosperity is an assault from the enemy to weak the body of Christ.
1 Timothy 6:10 – Money is not the root of evil. It is the love of money that is the root of all varieties of evil.
You will split the really like of income by tithing. The tithe is the proof that no matter how a lot you prosper, you will hardly ever forget about the source of your blessing.
The tithe is nevertheless legitimate for nowadays. It is a revelation that is strong meat, for experienced believers.
If you appreciate funds, you will pierce you as a result of with quite a few sorrows.
“For the like of dollars is a root of all kinds of evil. Some have been led astray from the religion in their greed, and have pierced themselves as a result of with several sorrows.” (1 Timothy 6:10 WEBUS)
Mark 10:23-25 – It is challenging for those who “trust in riches” to enter into God’s Kingdom. It is not those who are abundant who are not able to enter God’s Kingdom.
“Jesus seemed close to and stated to his disciples, “How challenging it is for people who have riches to enter into God’s Kingdom!” The disciples were being stunned at his text. But Jesus answered yet again, “Children, how tough it is for people who have faith in in riches to enter into God’s Kingdom! It is less complicated for a camel to go by way of a needle’s eye than for a prosperous gentleman to enter into God’s Kingdom.”” (Mark 10:23-25 WEBUS)
Genesis 2:10-12 – This is the very first prevalence of “gold”. It claims gold is very good. God place the gold there.
If gold is undesirable then there is some thing pretty completely wrong about Heaven simply because the streets of Heaven are designed of gold.
“A river went out of Eden to h2o the backyard and from there it was parted, and became the resource of four rivers. The identify of the first is Pishon: it flows by way of the whole land of Havilah, the place there is gold and the gold of that land is fantastic. Bdellium and onyx stone are also there.” (Genesis 2:10-12 WEBUS)
2 Corinthians 8:9 – Jesus took the curse of poverty upon Himself at the cross. Even physically, Jesus was destitute at the cross. The troopers gambled for His dresses. Jesus bore our sins and carried our diseases there.
“For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that while he was abundant, nevertheless for your sakes he became very poor, that you as a result of his poverty might come to be prosperous.” (2 Corinthians 8:9 WEBUS)
2 Corinthians 8:3-9 – The context is providing of dollars and materials prosperity, not just religious prosperity.
Providing is a grace gift.
“For in accordance to their ability, I testify, yes and further than their power, they gave of their own accord, begging us with considerably entreaty to obtain this grace and the fellowship in the service to the saints. This was not as we had predicted, but to start with they gave their individual selves to the Lord, and to us by means of the will of God. So we urged Titus, that as he had created a commencing before, so he would also total in you this grace. But as you abound in everything—in religion, utterance, understanding, all earnestness, and in your enjoy to us—see that you also abound in this grace. I discuss not by way of commandment, but as proving as a result of the earnestness of others the sincerity also of your adore. For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that although he was rich, yet for your sakes he turned poor, that you through his poverty could possibly grow to be prosperous.” (2 Corinthians 8:3-9 WEBUS)
2 Corinthians 9:5-11 – Jesus was made inadequate at the cross so that you can be prosperous. He who sows bountiful will enjoy bountifully.
“I imagined it essential consequently to entreat the brothers that they would go just before to you and set up in advance of time the generous present that you promised right before, that the exact may possibly be prepared as a subject of generosity, and not of greediness. Try to remember this: he who sows sparingly will also enjoy sparingly. He who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. Let each individual male give according as he has determined in his heart, not grudgingly or below compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is in a position to make all grace abound to you, that you, constantly possessing all sufficiency in all the things, may well abound to each individual fantastic operate. As it is penned, “He has scattered abroad. He has offered to the inadequate. His righteousness stays forever.” Now may he who provides seed to the sower and bread for food stuff, provide and multiply your seed for sowing, and raise the fruits of your righteousness, you currently being enriched in every thing for all generosity, which makes thanksgiving to God as a result of us.” (2 Corinthians 9:5-11 WEBUS)
Genesis 26:12-14 – It was for the duration of the yr of famine that Isaac reaped a hundredfold. Sow into Gospel ground. Pastor Prince claims that investing in the stock marketplaces and cryptocurrency are not mistaken, but your target and mainstay ought to be in tithing and trusting the Lord to provide for you. He will prosper you for a reason. It is not for hoarding or being greedy about it.
When you as a Christian prosper, individuals will be envious of you. The flesh does not like it when Christians prosper.
“Isaac sowed in that land, and reaped in the exact yr one hundred situations what he planted. Yahweh blessed him. The man grew terrific, and grew additional and extra till he grew to become incredibly good. He had belongings of flocks, belongings of herds, and a wonderful household. The Philistines envied him.” (Genesis 26:12-14 WEBUS)
Jesus was not a inadequate man. He died lousy at the cross. He did that for you so that you would receive His prosperity, therapeutic, and wellness. He was turned down by God at the cross so that you would be acknowledged by God the Father.
God is the just one who presents you the ability to get prosperity. As you tithe in remembrance of His faithfulness to you, He will pour out this kind of a enormous blessing from the windows of Heaven that there is no space to obtain it.
God needs to make you a Joseph. He will make all you do prosper so that you can be a blessing to a lot of in the coming time of famine.
