“I the LORD do not change. – Malachi 3:6 (NIV)
The blessing involves _____________________ (Genesis 13:2)
Genesis 17:6-9
And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s descendants (seed [NIV]), heirs according to promise. – Galatians 3:29 (NASB)
He redeemed us in order that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit. – Galatians 3:14 (NIV)
What does the blessing of Abraham look like in his descendants (Us)?
________________ in a _____________________ (Genesis 26:1 & 12-13)
________________ in a _____________________ place (Genesis 30:43)
_________________________ in the most _________________ circumstances (Genesis 39:2-3)
Jesus teaches __________________ as the ___________ listens in (v.1)
(vv.16-21)
He was _____________ by God, but _____________ toward God because he __________________ God from all that God had blessed him with (v.21)
God calls him ______________ (v.20)
He says, “don’t __________ …” not “don’t _______…” (v.22)
(v.24)
Ravens are _______________, they have no _____________
They/We have never seen a _________________ raven
And…they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination…Every raven after his kind – Leviticus 11:13-15 (CWSB)
(vv.25-28)
Worry is doubting ______________________ (v.25)
Some are not rich toward God because in their _________________ of God they believe that God _____________________ take care of them _____________________ as the lilies/grass
Jesus says God will take care of us ___________________
(vv. 29-30)
When I hold on to _____________ and _____________ (God’s blessing) to the point that I __________________ from God
He says, “I’m __________ like the world”
and I’m ________________ like the world
And do not set your heart (strive for [CSB]) on what you will eat or drink; do not worry about it (v.29) (NIV)
To “seek [God’s] kingdom” means to live as His _________________ (NIV COMM) (v.31)
(v.32)
______________, (v. 22) ___________, (v.23) and ______________ (v. 28) are issues of
this ________________
The context implies that He wants to give us His kingdom in this ___________________
Fear (phobeo) not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom. – Luke 12:32 (CWSB)
Jesus said, “Truly I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or farms, for My sake and for the gospel’s sake, 30but that he will receive a hundred times as much now in the present age, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and farms, along with persecutions; and in the age to come, eternal life. 31But many who are first will be last, and the last, first.” – Mark 10:29-31 (NASB)
(v.33-34)
My ____________ follows my __________________
If my treasure isn’t in God’s kingdom, then my ______________ isn’t there either
If I want my ________ to be in God’s kingdom, I will have to put my __________ there _________