Thursday, March 31, 2016

THERE IS A PLACE CALLED THERE


THERE IS A PLACE FOR YOUR SACRIFICE AND BURNT OFFERING 

MARIAH - A PLACE CHOSEN BY JEHOVAH

GENESIS 22:1-18

2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. 
14 And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the Lord it shall be seen.
DAVID BURNT SACRIFICE AND ALTAR:
2 SAMUEL 24 - 24 And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy it of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the Lord my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver. 25 And David built there an altar unto the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So the Lord was intreated for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel.
SOLOMON BULT THE TEMPLE ON THE SAME LOCATION (MT MORIAH)
2 CHRONICLES 3 - 1Then Solomon began to build the house of the Lord at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where the Lord appeared unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite. 2 And he began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.

CHOSEN PLACE OF SACRIFICE - DEUT 12:5, 16:2,6
WHERE IS THE PLACE GOD HAS CHOSEN FOR HIMSELF?
The only place that God would ever meet anybody, is by His Own choosing.
He chose His place. 
He put His Name.

Chose Life, follow Him, and serve Him and worship Him 
Reject HIM is death. 

God meets a man under the shed Blood of the Lamb. Blood was God’s way in the beginning, and Blood is God’s way even TODAY

And the Name was placed in a Man, not a church, not a denomination, not a creed, but a Man! 
He chose to place His Name in Jesus Christ.

John 5:43 - I have come in My Father’s name,

PHILLIPIANS 2:9-11 "For this reason also, God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and that every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father"
CHRIST OUR HIGH PRIEST - MEDIATOR OF A NEW COVENANT. (Hebrews 9:11-28
"But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building"

Jesus (Emmanuel) becomes the place of God’s worship, where you worship Him.
  1. There is your place of worship.
  2. There is your hiding place.
  3. There is the Lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world.
  4. Not a church, not a creed, not a building but the Lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world.
HOW CAN I ENTER IN?
- you don’t join but baptized in by fire

1 Cor 12:13 - "For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit" 
THERE IS NO CONDEMNATION WHILE THERE -
ROMANS 8:1 - There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

MY FIRSTFRUIT OFFERING

TEXT: DEUTERONOMY 26:1-11
1 Then it shall be, when you enter the land which the Lord your God gives you as an inheritance, and you possess it and live in it,
2 that you shall take some of the first of all the produce of the ground which you bring in from your land that the Lord your God gives you, and you shall put it in a basket and go to the place where the Lord your God chooses to establish His name.
3 “You shall go to the priest who is in office at that time and say to him, ‘I declare this day to the Lord my God that I have entered the land which the Lord swore to our fathers to give us.’
4 “Then the priest shall take the basket from your hand and set it down before the altar of the Lord your God.
5 “You shall answer and say before the Lord your God, My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt and sojourned there, few in number; but there he became a great, mighty and populous nation.
6 And the Egyptians treated us harshly and afflicted us, and imposed hard labor on us. 
7 ‘Then we cried to the Lord, the God of our fathers, and the Lord heard our voice and saw our affliction and our toil and our oppression;
8 and the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm and with great terror and with signs and wonders;
9 and He has brought us to this place and has given us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.
10 ‘Now behold, I have brought the first of the produce of the ground which You, O Lord have given me.’ And you shall set it down before the Lord your God, and worship before the Lord your God;
11 and you and the Levite and the alien who is among you shall rejoice in all the good which the Lord your God has given you and your household. 


WINING STARTS WITH BEGINNING, AND BEGINNING START WITH A SINGLE ACTION. THAT ACTION IS YOUR FIRSTFRUIT OFFERING. 
 
ITS SO TRUE FOR PEOPLE WHO:
 - WANT TO RECOVER ALL (1 SAM 30:17)
 - WANT TO RECEIVE DOUBLE PORTION (ISAIAH 61:7) IN THIS YEAR OF DOUBLE PERFECTION
 - WANT TO FULFILL THEIR DESTINY

WHAT IS FIRSTFRUIT?
- it is the first portion of the HARVEST that is given to God
  1. It can be a produce of the ground - Lev. 27:30
  2. It can be an offspring of the womb - Num. 18:13
  3. It's your ACTION (acts of worship) It could be Talent, Time or Treasure
     Our God does not accept our SECOND BEST. God want to be FIRST in everything. 
        3 things our God don't accept:
         - Don't give God a TIP
         - Don't give God a SURPLUS
         - Don't give God your LEFT-OVER
 
THE IMPORTANCE
- it guarantee that there will be a continue supply (your harvest) Proverbs 3:9-10
- it connects you to GOD'S covenant or blessing of prosperity (Deut 26:; Lev. 27)
- it guarantee an open heaven (Mal. 3:8-10)
- it connects the Jew via circumcision on the 8th day to GOD'S covenant of blessing
- it is the key to putting God first in your life - Pro. 3:9

YOUR FIRSTFRUIT AS YOUR ROOT SYSTEM

- no plant can survive without the root 

Seeing at a distance a fig tree in leaf, He went to see if perhaps He would find anything on it; and when He came to it, He found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs. (Mark 11:13)
As they were passing by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered from the roots up. 
(Mark 11:20)

- whatever life is in the root covers the rest of the plant
- once the root dies the plant dies
- your FIRSTFRUIT when sanctify at the alter of God, sanctify the rest of your finances

If the first piece of dough is holy, the lump is also; and if the root is holy, the branches are too. (Romans 11:16)




"2016 YOU HAVE CROSSED OVER FROM LABOR TO FAVOR IN JESUS NAME" -
I DECREE THE GOODNESS OF THE LORD TO FOLLOW YOU FROM JANUARY TO DECEMBER IN JESUS NAME.
SAY A LOUD AMEN!
"And the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm and with great terror and with signs and wonders" Deuteronomy 26:8
“Like an eagle that stirs up its nest, That hovers over its young, He spread His wings and caught them, He carried them on His pinions. The Lord alone guided him..." Deuteronomy 32:11-12

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