THE PURPOSE OF BLESSING

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THE PURPOSE OF MATERIAL BLESSING

• Deuteronomy 817-18

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The Purpose of Blessing

• Obedience is the pathway to blessing.
• Praise is the response to blessing.
• The danger of blessing We forget God!

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1. The Pathway to Blessing

• Blessing involves presence, provision, and
  protection.
• Cursing means the absence of the same.
• The pathway is obedience and we must choose to
  obey.

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2. The Purpose of Material Blessing

• A. Meeting Needs and Providing Pleasure
• And my God shall supply all your needs according
  to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
  Philippians 419

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• Instruct those who are rich in the present age
  not to be arrogant or to set their hope on the
  uncertainty of wealth, but on God, who richly
  provides us with all things to enjoy. I Timothy
  617

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• When we live for pleasure, it is an elusive god.
• When we live for God, pleasure is found in
  relationships and service to the King.

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2. The Purpose of Material Blessing

• B. Caring for the Needy
• The one who oppresses the poor insults their
  Maker, but one who is kind to the needy honors
  Him. Proverbs 1431
• he must do honest work with his own hands, so
  that he has something to share with anyone in
  need. Ephesians 428

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• B. Caring for the Needy
• Blessed is the man who endures trials, because
  when he passes the test he will receive the crown
  of life that He has promised to those who love
  Him. James 112

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2. The Purpose of Material Blessing

• C. The Support and Expansion of Ministry
• The Tabernacle Exodus 252
• The Temple I Chronicles 291-2
• The Chest of Joash
• The Tithes and Offerings

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2. The Purpose of Material Blessing

• D. The Reaching of the Nations
• Psalm 7211
• Matthew 2819

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Psalm 671

• May God be gracious to us and bless us look on
  us with favor

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Psalm 672

• so that Your way may be well known on earth,
  Your salvation among all nations.

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