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9. Emmanuel's Blessing
Gen 28:10-22; Matt 28:18-20
Emmanuel's blessing is the greatest blessing. It is a blessing that God will be with me.
Text - Jacob, who defrauded his brother Esau and his father Isaac, and took away the blessing of the birthright, fled to Paddan Aram for fear of retaliation from his brother Esau. He appeared at Bethel while sleeping on a stone pillow
It is a scene where I built an altar and made a vow to God at the moment of emotion and comfort when I received the covenant that God would be with me.
Through Jacob's life, let's take a look at the blessings God had with him. This blessing is the blessing of the covenant that is inherited from generation to generation by the descendants of Abraham, the father of faith.
I am trying to find out how great the blessings of Immanuel, the God who came in human form and stayed with us until the end of the world. (Matthew 28:20)
1. The God of Immanuel. (meaning that God is with us)
1) The God of Immanuel gives courage and strength in any adversity and setback.
(1) No matter how hard, difficult, and painful life is, if God is with us, we will be greatly comforted and gain new strength.
(2) Jacob- He was in a position to run away from his parents and his beloved hometown to live.
Tired, tired, fearful, lonely, lost in an empty field in a strange land (describe our life's life)
(3) Imagine Jacob falling asleep with a stone as his pillow!
Convincing Immanuel of God in such a situation, a great comfort
2) The covenant that God will be with us
(1) It means that He will not abandon His people or leave them unattended in a difficult situation.
(2) He gives assurance that he will surely deliver them and lead them safely to their destination.
(3) There is no reason to fear or despair of the enemy.
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(Isa 41:10) -Fear not, for I am with you; I will strengthen you, indeed I will help you, indeed I will uphold you with my righteous hand.
(4) As long as God is with us, we will not lack anything.
(Deuteronomy 2:7) -The Lord your God has blessed you in all that you do and knows that you have walked through this great wilderness. The Lord your God has been with you these 40 years, and you have lacked nothing." (Psalm 2:7) 23:4)
(5) If God is with us, we will be victorious in any war.
(Judges 1;22,6:16; 1 Samuel 17:37; 2 Samuel 7:9; 1 Chronicles 22;18; 2 Chronicles 13;12,32:7-8; Zechariah 10;5)
3) Immanuel's God proves his unchanging love and faithfulness.
(1) The covenant to be with Jacob was to fulfill the promise made to his grandfather Abraham (Isa. 41:8-16).
(2) The covenant to be with Jacob was to keep the promise made to his father Isaac (Genesis 26:24-25,28).
(3) The promises made to Jacob's grandfather Abraham and his father Isaac were equally fulfilled to Jacob. (Genesis 28:15)
(4) This promise is God's covenant to fulfill the same promise to all descendants of Abraham, the ancestor of faith. (Romans 4:16-25)
2. How does this faithful God's promise apply to us today?
1) Jesus Christ is the God of Immanuel to us.
(Isaiah 7:14) -Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, her virgin will conceive and bear a son, and she will call his name Immanuel.
(Matthew 1:23) -Behold, a virgin will conceive and bear her son, and she will name him Emmanuel, which is translated as saying, God is with us.
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2) That God appeared in the world in the flesh. (Incarnation)
(John 1:14) -The Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.
3) Jesus is the God of Immanuel
together with the death of the cross. He is the God of Emmanuel, who has been with us in the field of resurrection, in the kingdom of the millennium, until the end of the world, and forever. (John 17:24)
(Matthew 28:20) -Teach them to obey everything I have commanded you, and behold, I will be with you always, even to the end of the age.
4) The Holy Spirit gives us the God of Emmanuel
Just as Jesus, the God of Emmanuel, made a covenant, the Holy Spirit, the God of Emmanuel, is with us until the end of the world and stays within us, faithfully keeping the promise made to Abraham.
(John 14:16) -I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Comforter to be with you forever.
(John 14:17) - He dwells with you and will be in you.
5) Emmanuel, who was with us through the Word (John 1:1,14)
6) God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are Immanuel God who has been with them forever
(Ephesians 2:1-6)
(John 14:23) -
3. Immanuel God blessed Joseph with prosperity.
(Genesis 39:2-3) -The Lord was with Joseph, and he became a prosperous man. He was in the house of his master, the Egyptian, and his master saw that the Lord was with him, and that the Lord made everything he did prosper.
(Genesis 39:21-23) -The Lord was with Joseph and extended mercy to him so that he would be favored by the former prisoner, and the former prisoner put all the prisoners in Joseph's hands. He paid no attention to anything entrusted to him, for the Lord was with Joseph, and the Lord gave him success in all he did.
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1) To bless the offspring
(Genesis 26:23-24)
Isaac went up from there to Beersheba, and that night Yohowah appeared to him and said, "I am the God of your father Abraham; do not fear; I am with you for the sake of my servant Abraham. I will bless you. He said that he would multiply his offspring.
2) To receive the blessing of protection and guidance
(1 Samuel 18:12) -Saul feared him because the LORD was with David, leaving Saul.
(1 Samuel 18:28-29) -Saul saw and knew that the Lord was with David, and Saul's daughter Michal also loved him.
4. The life of one blessed by Immanuel
1) Align your goals in life with those of Jesus Christ.
(1) In order to be with Jesus, the God of Immanuel, the destination must be the same.
(2) We must be of one mind with Jesus, the God of Immanuel.
(Meekness, humility, service, a kind heart, and obedience must be learned, and learned with hatred)
(Philippians 2:5-11)
(Matthew 11:28-31)
2) A person who has the same way of thinking as Jesus.
(1) Spirit’s way of thinking, not carnal thinking (Rom. 8:4-7)
3) You must become a person who lives according to the guidance of the Holy Spirit.
(1) A life in which the Holy Spirit is my law (Rom 8:1-2)
4) Always meditate on the new commandment given by the Lord day and night
(1) Ps 1:1 -
5) We must acknowledge and serve the God of Emmanuel in everything.
(1) Our company. frozen. line. center. We must live a life of faith that is acknowledged in the world.
(Psalm 139:1-12)
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(Proverbs 3:5-6)
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; acknowledge him in everything, and he will direct your paths.
(2) That Emmanuel God counts every single hair on our head.
(Matthew 10:30) - Even the hairs of your head are all numbered.
(3) That Emmanuel God solves all our worries.
(1 Peter 5:7) -Cast all your worries on the Lord, because he counsels you.
(4) That Immanuel God meets the needs of all our souls and bodies.
(Matthew 6:25-33)
6) Return to Bethel, where you made a vow to God, and live a life of keeping the covenant.
(1) When Jacob did not reach the last Bethel and went to Shechem, his daughter was raped. Shame, fear of death.
(2) Ultimately, all blessings are completed when you go up to Bethel.
(3) Bethel symbolizes the church. Do the church life right.
Concluding Words - Dear Saints!
In the New Year of 2023, we firmly believe that the unchanging and faithful God of Immanuel will bless us, receive the blessing of Abraham, the ancestor of faith, and enjoy a prosperous life.
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