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When you follow God’s ways,
you get the God-kind of results.
You know the ways of God
is such that God says:
“I want you to identify yourself”
“with Abraham.”
It’s referring to you
child of God!
“If you are Christ, you are”
“Abraham’s seed and heirs”
“according to the promise.”
Whether you’re sick
in your body,
provision is provided for
in the blessing of Abraham.
If you’re struggling with
unpaid debts,
God will supply.
There is financial supply even
in the blessing of Abraham.
That’s what Jesus has done!
You ought to be healed!
You ought to be forgiven!
You ought to be blessed
in every area of your life! Amen!
Greetings, church. We are in for
an exciting time in God’s Word.
You know, the Lord has laid
something on my heart. The Word
that He has laid on my heart has
been brewing there for some time,
and I’m looking at different
aspects of it, and the Lord’s
been showing me more and more.
Increasingly, I’m seeing more and
more that for the lack of
understanding this, for the lack
of the revelation of this Word
that I’m gonna bring forth today,
people are suffering and not able
to receive the provisions that
Christ has purchased for them
through His blood at Calvary’s
cross. And through the wrong
believing that has come in
because of the lack of this
revelation, I believe for the
most part it affects the people’s
ability to receive from the Lord.
Believers, believers, children of
God, they are not able to
receive, because we all know that
your ability to receive is
commensurate with your vision of
God and how you see Him, amen.
Just like the woman with the
issue of blood, she saw Jesus in
His glory, in His grace, as
willing to heal. That’s the
reason why she pressed through
the crowd and she touched the hem
of His garment. But Jesus turned
around, and looked at her, and
said, “Your faith has made you
well.” But notice that she wasn’t
conscious of her faith, she was
conscious of the Lord and His
beauty, especially the beauty of
His grace, the unmerited favor
that was coming forth from Him
for her, and she saw that. And
when–you know, the Lord gave me
this phrase a number of years
ago, and it’s this: When you see
Jesus in His grace, He sees you
in your faith, amen. When you see
Jesus in His grace, He turns
around and sees you in your
faith. And He said to the woman,
“Your faith has made you well.”
And I believe that many times
because of our wrong believing in
this area, we’re not able to
receive some of the, what we
call, “earthly blessings.” You
know, for the most part, the body
of Christ today believes that the
blessings of the believer is only
in the area of spiritual things,
because of that verse in
Ephesians that says, “Blessed be
the God and Father of our Lord
Jesus Christ, who has blessed us
with every spiritual blessing.”
But you see, the spiritual
blessing means that the word
there is that it’s of a spiritual
source. It is spiritual in
nature. It is permanent. It is
eternal, because whatever is of
the spirit is eternal. That’s
what it means. When you think
about it, everything that you
have in life, amen, before you
can see it tangibly, even
finances, it is preceded by the
wisdom which is spiritual
blessing. It is not tangible.
It’s a real, heavenly
materiality, if you would, amen?
But it’s not perceived by your
five senses, and as a result,
people don’t see that. But many
times it’s the wisdom of God that
comes in that translates later on
into a physical manifestation
like the money you have in your
hands and success in your career
or your ministry, amen? But the
thing is this, people– and if we
forget that spiritual blessings
produces things that are
material. It was God who is a
Spirit that spoke forth the world
that we see today, the earth and
creation, and everything on this
earth was brought forth by the
Word of God, which is invisible.
But we have this idea that
something that is invisible,
something that’s not perceived by
your five senses, is not real. It
is not permanent, even, but the
opposite is true. It is that
which is spiritual that is
eternal. The Bible says, “The
things which are seen are
temporal; but the things which
are not seen are eternal.” So as
we look at God’s Word, you know,
we cannot divide between spirit
and material as in terms of
invisible and physical, because
they’re all one in the realm of
God. But God sees the whole
thing, all right? We divide them.
We have this dichotomy of what is
material and what we feel is
ethereal, something that you
can’t touch, something we think
is not real. But to God, it is
real. Now, having said that, when
you look at the Scriptures, it’s
very clear that every spiritual
blessing in heavenly places
includes forgiveness of our sins,
includes being brought into the
favor of God, because the next
verses talks about that. We are
accepted, or we are highly
favored, as the Greek says,
“charitoo.” “We are highly
favoured in the Beloved.” It says
that God has abounded towards us
all wisdom and prudence. It says
that God has placed us in Christ,
holy, blameless, amen, in love.
Praise the Lord. All this is
true, amen, but it is eternal. It
is unseen, but it’s just as real,
even more real than that which is
physical, because what is
physical is temporal, amen.
Praise the Lord. Now, having
established that, it is important
that we understand that when the
Bible says that we are supposed
to use that kind of terminology
or a certain– say a certain kind
of phrase, for example, we are to
say after God, because how can
two walk together– Prophet Amos
says, “How can two walk together,
except they be agreed?” So we’re
gonna see some things today that
will bless you, I believe. Okay,
let’s go to Matthew chapter 1,
verse 1. “The book of the
genealogy of Jesus Christ, the
Son of David, the Son of
Abraham.” Notice that Jesus
Christ is the Son of David, the
Son of Abraham. As the Son of
David, He’s heir to the throne.
As the Son of Abraham, He
inherits the land and all the
blessings of the land. Now, don’t
forget, the Bible says clearly
that we are Abraham’s seed
because we are in Christ. So even
when we see this verse, for
example, “The Son of Abraham,”
the Bible tells us we are to
think of Abraham as the one to
whom God first gave the promise
of all the blessings of the land,
or we can call it earthly
blessings, amen? Earthly
blessings, today’s Christians
will define it as your health,
and your material things, your
family, your well-being, and your
mental soundness. All these are
earthly blessings, they call it,
but actually with God there is no
division. There’s no difference,
amen? Everything is a blessing
from God. But let’s establish
this in the life of Abraham. When
God specifically mentioned to
Abraham the blessings and God
says, “I’ll make you a blessing,”
let’s look at the blessing there
in Genesis 12. “I’ll make you a
great nation; I will bless you.”
God is talking to Abraham. “I
will bless you and make your name
great; and you shall be a
blessing. I’ll bless those who
bless you, I’ll curse him who
curses you; and in you,” in you,
Abraham, “all the families of the
earth shall be blessed.” Now,
today we have this idea that,
okay, we are blessed directly by
God, and it is so. It is so, but
God–you know, the ways of God is
such that God says, “I want you
to identify yourself with
Abraham, okay? If you want to
enjoy all the blessings that I
gave to Abraham–” because
Abraham is given in Scripture as
a depository of all the blessings
of God, all the earthly
blessings, if you would, because
God promised him the land, which
is earthly. God promised him
physical descendants, amen? And
God promised him that he would be
blessed in every area, and not
only that, that he will be a
blessing. God says, “I will bless
you and make your name great.” So
God says, “I want you to identify
yourself with Abraham.” Now, we
call ourself Christians because
we identify ourself with Christ,
amen, and rightly so, but God
also wants us to know that, “If
you are Christ’s, then you are
Abraham’s seed, and heirs
according to the promise.” So you
see, there you have it. You are
Abraham’s seed if you belong to
Christ. “If you are Christ’s,
then you are Abraham’s seed, and
heirs according to the promise.”
Now, does it matter whether you
are Abraham’s seed or not,
because you belong to Christ
anyway, amen? And as long as we
have Christ, we have everything,
amen? But God’s economy of
things, the way God wants us to
think scripturally along the way
the Bible has related our
blessings, is that to think in
terms of Abraham’s blessing. God
has deposited everything into
Abraham’s life, amen, and Abraham
is like a reservoir of all the
blessings. He holds the blessings
of God for his seed. Now, who is
his seed, singular? His seed is
Christ. But then the Bible says,
“If you belong to Christ, then
you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs
according to the promise.” So the
whole idea is that–why does God
want you to become a seed of
Abraham? So that you are an heir.
You’re an heir. In other words,
you inherit, you know? An heir
does not have to be someone good
to inherit the blessings of the
Father. He doesn’t have to be a
person who is perfect in all his
behavior towards his father, and
his family, and all that. To be
perfect, and then the father will
give him. No, all right, it’s the
fact that he’s his son, and he’s
the heir because he’s the son,
amen? A servant in the house may
be better behaved than he is, but
he’s not the heir. He’s a
servant. But the son is the heir,
okay? So likewise, we inherit
effortlessly. We inherit by the
fact that we are the seed of
Abraham. So God wants us to think
that way, amen? Whether it’s
healing, whether it is
prosperity, whether it is
well-being for our entire family,
whether it’s prosperity in
everything that you do, God wants
you to know that it’s because you
are the seed of Abraham. And God
promised Abraham that, “I’ll
bless you.” You know, the Bible
says, “God has given us all
things that pertain to life and
godliness.” Not just godliness,
friend, and that’s been
emphasized strongly in the church
already, but God has given us
everything necessary to life and
godliness. Would you say that
health is necessary to life?
Would you say that provision,
amen–with more than enough so
that we can be blessing. Just
enough, you can’t be a blessing,
right? More than enough to be a
blessing. Would you say that’s
pertaining to life? Well, God has
given us all things pertaining to
life and godliness, amen? And God
has given us all things that
pertain to godliness so we can
live godly for the glory of God.
Praise the Lord, hallelujah. Now,
this is important because, you
see, church, the body of Christ
has this idea, “Okay, God, I
receive God’s blessings,” and
they don’t use the phrase, “I
receive the blessing of Abraham.”
But if you are scriptural, and
you speak according to the Word
of God, and you inherit the way
God tells you to inherit, by
declaring, “I am the seed of
Abraham. I am blessed with
Abraham’s blessings,” I believe
you will see more results. I
believe you will see these
manifestations in your life,
amen. “If you are Christ’s, then
you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs
according to the promise.” So all
that God promised Abraham is true
of you, amen? Now, we might say
that, well, the seed of Abraham
is the nation of Israel today,
amen, the children of Israel.
Now, we’re not taking anything
away from that. They are the
physical descendants of Abraham.
They are, but the Bible tells us
clearly it is not those who are
of the flesh that are called the
seed of Abraham. Look at this
verse here in Galatians chapter
3, “Therefore know that only
those who are of faith are sons
of Abraham.” Only those who are
of faith are sons of Abraham.
Notice the word “only.” Therefore
know that only those–only those
who are of faith are the sons of
Abraham.” This reminds me of
another verse that Paul talks
about in Romans chapter 9. It
says that, “That is, those who
are the children of the flesh.”
Okay, this is natural Israel, a
Jew today, amen? They are
children of the flesh, amen? They
are the children of Abraham, but
children of the flesh. Now,
“Those who are the children of
the flesh, these are not the
children of God; but the children
of the promise are counted as the
seed.” So whether they are Jew or
Gentile, if they believe on the
Lord Jesus Christ, they are the
seed of Abraham according to
God’s definition, an heir
according to the promise, amen.
We cannot inherit the promise. In
fact, the Bible says that the
promise given to Abraham that he
should be the heir of the world
was not given, “to Abraham or to
his seed through the law, but
through the righteousness of
faith,” amen. And here we see
that the Bible is very clear that
it’s not those who are of the
flesh, the natural Jew, that is
the seed of Abraham. They are the
descendants of Abraham, if you
understand, but according to
God’s definition of the seed of
Abraham that should inherit all
the promises, it’s referring to
people of faith. Those who are of
faith are the children of Abraham
according to Galatians chapter 3.
Look at Galatians chapter 3,
“Know that only–only those who
are of faith are sons of
Abraham.” So if you look at this
context here, you find that this
faith here–what is this faith?
What is this faith? Well, the
passage goes on to say, “And the
Scripture, foreseeing that God
would justify the Gentiles by
faith.” Stop there. Look at what
happens right now, the way the
Bible clarifies what faith that
is that Abraham exercised. And if
we exercise the same kind of
faith, we are sons of Abraham. It
says, “Foreseeing that God would
justify the Gentiles by faith.”
So it’s justification by faith,
becoming righteous by faith. And
we all know that righteousness by
faith is the crux of the gospel.
It is the core message of the
gospel. “I’m not ashamed of the
gospel of Christ: it is the power
of God unto salvation. For
therein is the righteousness of
God revealed from faith to
faith,” amen? It is the
centrality of the gospel message.
And unfortunately, when we preach
the gospel, many times it’s just
repent from sin, believe on the
Lord Jesus Christ, and you’ll go
to heaven, amen? That’s not all,
friend. That’s not all the
gospel. The gospel, the main–the
main core of the gospel is
actually the revelation. “For
therein is the righteousness of
God,” which comes as a gift,
“revealed from faith to faith.”
So here again in Galatians 3, it
tells us the context. What kind
of faith? Who are those who are
of faith? And what kind of faith
is this? It’s those who are
justified by faith. They believe
they are righteous by faith
through Christ, amen? And the
Bible calls this the gospel. So
Abraham had the same gospel. It
goes on to say, “The Scripture,
foreseeing that God would justify
the Gentiles by faith preached
the gospel to Abraham beforehand,
saying, ‘In you all the nations
shall be blessed.'” Notice that,
amen? We know that it is not
Abraham, per se, of course, but
it’s the seed that will come
through Abraham’s lineage, which
is our Lord Jesus Christ, the
singular seed. And Paul
establishes that in the book of
Galatians, “To thy seed,” he
says, “which is Christ,” and not
to thy seeds, as in plural.
They’re referring to the children
of Israel in the flesh, amen? So
the seed here is Christ, and all
the while God saw that Abraham
would become a depository of
blessings, but from Abraham would
come the Savior of the world, the
Son of God, the Messiah of
Israel, and the King of kings and
the Lord of lords. God
established that through Abraham,
but it was because of the
blessing that God has put on
Abraham, that God wants all those
who are in Christ to identify
with Abraham. God wants us to
learn to speak the language of
Scripture and be blessed thereby,
hallelujah. You say, “I’m blessed
with the blessings of Abraham.” I
believe you will see the
manifestations of it. Many times
we say we are blessed, we are
blessed, we are blessed, but
there’s no foundation for it.
There’s no basis for it. It is
the blessing of Abraham that is
now made real in our lives
because what was hindering it in
times past was the law came in.
And the Bible says you cannot
inherit the blessing of Abraham.
Romans chapter 4, it says that
the promise given to Abraham, the
promise that Abraham should be
the heir of the world, that
promise was not given to Abraham
through the law, but through the
righteousness of faith. So the
law was a hindrance in the sense
that when the law was there, it–
you had to qualify. You had to
obey completely before you can
receive the blessings of Abraham,
before you can have well-being
for yourself and your family,
before you can have the blessings
of God that God has promised
Abraham manifest in your life.
But the law becomes a hindrance.
Nothing wrong with the law. It’s
very perfection is the problem,
amen? Man is not perfect, so the
more man try to keep the law, the
Bible says they come under the
curse, because, “For as many as
are of the works of the law are
under the curse.” In that verse,
it does not say that those who
are breaking the law are under
the curse. That goes without
saying. But it says, “For as many
as are of the works of the law
are under the curse,” okay? In
fact, if you drop down to verse
9, it says, “So then those who
are of faith are blessed with
believing Abraham.” See, again,
those who believe that they are
righteous by faith, they are
blessed with believing Abraham.
So what is the blessing of
Abraham and what is to be blessed
with believing Abraham? So
Abraham did not–Abraham is not
called the doing Abraham. He’s
not called the working Abraham.
He’s not called the performing
Abraham. He’s called the
believing Abraham, and we are
blessed with the believing
Abraham, amen. So again, notice
the context. “Those who are of
faith are blessed with believing
Abraham.” So even believers, many
of them, they believe on the Lord
Jesus Christ, but they don’t
believe they are righteous by
faith. Therefore they are on this
treadmill of never-ending
performance, trying to
be–through their works, to
become righteous, all right? They
are seeking it by the law. They
are trying to be righteous by
their works and not submitting
themself to the righteousness of
God which is a gift. So only
those who believe that they are
justified by faith, they are
righteous by faith, these people
are blessed, amen? Those who are
of faith are blessed with
believing Abraham. So when God
told Abraham, as we saw just now,
that, “I will make you a great
nation; I will bless you and make
your name great; and you shall be
a blessing. I will bless those
who bless you, and I will curse
him who curses you; and in you
all the families of the earth
shall be blessed.” Now, in case
in your mind you are thinking,
“Well, this blessing is just,”
like we said just now, you know,
“just spiritual and heavenly,”
all right, notice that the
definition of “barak,” the Hebrew
word for “bless”– let me just
show you this definition from the
“Theological Wordbook of the Old
Testament.” “To bless in the Old
Testament means ‘to endue with
power for success, prosperity,
fecundity,'” that means
fruitfulness, amen, in having
many children, all right,
“longevity, etc.” To bless means
what? “To endue with power for
success, prosperity, fecundity,
longevity.” To have longevity
means you gotta have health,
amen, but just having health
alone doesn’t guarantee
longevity. God promised longevity
in the word “blessing,” amen. I
believe one of the provisions
that Jesus gave us was that on
the cross, not only did He bore
our sins so that we can bear His
righteousness, amen, He bore our
curse so that we can be blessed,
but also He died young that we
might live long, amen. The Bible
says in Psalms 91, “With long
life will I satisfy him.” So
obviously God thinks that long
life is a blessing for man for
God to give that verse, “With
long life will I satisfy him,”
amen? Receive it, child of God.
And all this is found in the
Hebrew word “barak,” which is
“bless.” So that’s the word that
God used to bless Abraham, and if
you are the seed of Abraham, you
enjoy the same blessing because,
“In you,” Abraham, in your seed,
“all the nations of the world
will be blessed.” Whether they
are Gentiles or of different race
and all that, everyone is blessed
because of Abraham, amen.
Abraham’s blessing will come on
them. Of course, we know the
centrality of the person of Jesus
Christ in all this economy of
things. We know that without
Christ dying on the cross, these
blessings cannot come to us. But
in order to make grace real in
our lives, amen, Jesus had to die
on the cross, but He died as the
seed of Abraham. You know, Jesus
came to also free us from the
fear of death, and this death is
physical death. In Hebrews
chapter 2, it tells us, “Inasmuch
then as the children have
partaken of flesh and blood,
Jesus Himself likewise shared in
the same, that through death He
might destroy him who had the
power of death, that is, the
devil, and release those who
through fear of death were all
their lifetime subject to
bondage.” So one of the reasons
why Jesus came is to set us free
from the fear of death. And how
did He do that? By destroying
him, but destroying him does not
mean to annihilate him out of
existence. He’s–the devil is
still around, but this word means
to disarm him, to nullify him. In
other words, he’s now powerless.
He’s now without strength, amen,
to enforce death in the
believer’s life. But notice, all
these blessings is given to whom?
“Release those who through fear
of death.” Who are these “those”?
Who are these children who have
partaken of flesh and blood that
Jesus wanted to partake in the
same? Who are these people? The
next verse tells us. “For indeed
He does not give aid to angels,
but He does give aid to the seed
of Abraham.” Now, we say that
Christ died for the whole world,
and that is true, amen, but
notice specifically who receives
the aid. Who receives all the
benefits of His finished work?
The seed of Abraham, and that’s
not referring to natural Israel,
the physical descendants of
Abraham. It’s referring to you,
child of God. “If you are
Christ’s, you are Abraham’s seed,
and heirs according to the
promise.” We see some examples
here in the Bible. For example,
in Luke 13, there was a woman
bowed down for 18 years. She
could not straighten herself,
amen. She was bowed down, and
later on we found out that it was
caused by a spirit of infirmity.
And the Lord saw her in the
synagogue, okay, and then the
Lord called her to Him. And she
came up, and you must imagine, 18
years she’s bowed down, and she
saw the feet of Jesus, amen? And
Jesus said, “Woman, you are
loosed from your infirmity.”
That’s a Word of authority from
the Son of God. And she stood up
for the first time, and the first
face she saw– she identified
people all her life by their
feet, but the first face she saw
was the glorious face of our Lord
Jesus, amen? Now, you thought
that the whole synagogue would
rejoice. One of their members has
got–has received complete
healing and now is standing tall.
All–for 18 years, and 18 is the
number of bondage in the Bible.
You know, it’s six, plus six,
plus six, amen, the number of the
antichrist. All right, so it’s a
picture of the– a bondage that’s
caused by the devil. You would
have thought that her pastor– I
mean, the ruler of the synagogue
would rejoice that one of his
members got healed, but instead
he says, in a very sarcastic way,
he says to all the people, “You
know, there are six days men
ought to work.” Notice his
“ought” in his mind is “ought to
work.” Not “ought to be healed,”
but “ought to work.” “Six days
that men ought to work; come in
them, all right, and be healed,
but don’t do it on the Sabbath
day.” And look at Jesus’s
response. “The Lord then answered
him and said, ‘Hypocrite! Does
not each one of you on the
Sabbath loose his ox or donkey
from the stall, and lead it away
to water it? So ought not this
woman, being a daughter of
Abraham, whom Satan has
bound–think of it–for eighteen
years, be loosed from this bond
on the Sabbath?'” Now, there’s so
many nuggets here, I just want to
share. First and foremost, notice
what Jesus says, that, “Ought not
this woman, being a daughter of
Abraham.” But wait a minute, we
know that the others in the
synagogue, they are all physical
descendants. There are other
women there, I’m sure that they
have other infirmities. There are
men there in the synagogue with
all kinds of other diseases,
right? I mean, they all need
healing. If you put, you know,
average-sized church, for
example, an average-sized
synagogue and all that, you will
find people with diseases. I’m
sure this woman is not the only
one, but she’s the only one that
received that day, and Jesus
attributes it to she is a
daughter– “Being a daughter of
Abraham.” “Ought not this woman,
being a daughter of Abraham.” So
Jesus ought–notice that word
“ought,” in the Greek, “dei.” The
Pharisee, the ruler of the
synagogue, his idea of “ought” is
“ought to work,” but Jesus is
“ought to be loosed.” Why?
Because she is a daughter of
Abraham. I cannot allow a true
daughter of Abraham to be bound
one minute longer, all right? She
ought to be loosed, hallelujah,
amen. And notice, where does this
sickness come from? “Whom Satan
has bound.” We gotta see that,
people. If we see our infirmity
as something that, oh, we think
that maybe God gave us this
infirmity to teach us some lesson
and all that, we’ll not be
healed. We’ll not be loosed from
it. You gotta see it as from the
devil, all right? It doesn’t
belong to you. I repeat, you are
a seed of Abraham. You are a son
of Abraham. This does not belong
to you, amen. Amen? So he says,
“Ought not this woman, being a
daughter of Abraham,” so that’s
key. Even though all of them
there are the sons and daughters
of Abraham in the sense of
physical descendent, but we know
that from Scriptures that we have
read that God is referring to a
people of faith, amen. So
obviously the woman, though she’s
bowed down, she heard the
preaching of Jesus and she has
faith, amen. She has faith in the
Word, amen? And Jesus called her
of all the people there. It’s
almost like, “I cannot let
someone who is a daughter of
Abraham, a true daughter of
Abraham, a daughter of faith, to
be bound any longer,” amen? And
isn’t it a better thing to be
loosed from this bond on the
Sabbath day? The Sabbath is a day
of rest. This is truly–if all
your life, you are looking on the
dust, and the dust, and the dust,
having a dust perspective–
that’s what bondage does to you.
You have a dust perspective, you
know? Isn’t it truly a rest to be
freed from it on the Sabbath,
amen? We look at another example,
and here we see a story of
Zacchaeus, and Zacchaeus was a
short guy. And the Bible says
Jesus came out of Jericho, and he
wanted so much to see Jesus. Now,
he was a tax-collector. Now, in
that culture, to be a
tax-collector is like someone who
betrays your own nation. You’re
collecting taxes from your people
for another nation. And usually
these people are very wealthy,
and many of them, they get some
of the money through questionable
means and all that. They charge
more than they should. So they
are not respected, they are not
loved by society, the Jewish
society at that time. But this
man had a hunger to see Jesus.
Obviously he’s heard about Jesus.
He wanted to see Jesus. And the
Bible says he climbed a sycamore
tree and he saw Jesus, and Jesus
looked up. Of all the people that
were there, there was a crowd
there– You know, the reason why
he climbed the tree, the sycamore
tree, is because there was a
crowd. And because he was short,
all right, he could not see
Jesus. There was a crowd there,
but notice Jesus’s attention was
focused on this one man on the
tree. And Jesus said, “Zacchaeus,
make haste and come down.” You
know, it’s the first time Jesus
says, “Make haste,” in the
Scripture. Usually, Jesus is very
cool, amen? He’s very restful. He
moves in the rhythm of grace.
He’s never in a hurry. He’s never
in a hurry. But there’s one thing
He’ll tell you. He’ll tell you to
rest, come apart and rest awhile.
He will always tell you not to
worry, amen. There’s a rhythm of
grace. “Come unto Me, all you
that labour and are heavy-laden,
and I will give you rest.” But
this is one time He says, “Make
haste.” Why? Because when it
comes to salvation, don’t waste
time, amen? Make sure, make haste
to make sure that you are saved,
that you become the seed of
Abraham, that you become a child
of God, that you belong to Jesus
Christ. So, “Zacchaeus, make
haste and come down, for today I
must stay at your house.” Now,
this word, “I must,” “I must” is
the same word as “ought.” “Ought
not this woman,” or the Pharisee
said, “Men ought to work for six
days,” all right? It’s the same
word, “dei” in the Greek. “Today,
I must, I ought to stay at your
house.” There’s something about
Zacchaeus that make Jesus say,
“Today I must come to your house.
Today I must stay at your house.”
So what happened was that
Zacchaeus came down, and Jesus
went to his house, and they had a
meal together, I’m sure with all
the family and all that. At the
end of the meal, Zacchaeus stood
up and he says, “You know, half
my goods I give to the poor; and
if I have cheated anyone of
anything, I restore to him
fourfold.” And then Jesus said to
him, “Today salvation has come to
this house, because he also is a
son of Abraham.” He also is a son
of Abraham. So now we understand
why Jesus says, “I must stay at
your house,” amen. Why? He also
is a son of Abraham. In other
words, along the way, all right,
he started believing in Jesus in
a way that the rest did not see
Jesus as, but there was a
revelation given to Zacchaeus, so
much so that Zacchaeus became a
son of Abraham, amen. And he
became a son of Abraham to the
point that Jesus says, “I must
stay, I ought to stay at your
house,” amen. And Jesus says,
“Today salvation has come to this
house,” and what’s the reason
given? “Because he also is a son
of Abraham.” Notice the word
“also.” “He also is a son of
Abraham,” instead of, “He is a
son of Abraham.” That would be
sufficient for us to understand,
right? But “also” means what?
There’s someone else who was a
son of Abraham. Who is that? And
that’s why we read Matthew 1:1,
“The genealogy of Jesus Christ,
the Son of David, the Son of
Abraham.” Jesus is saying, “I’m
also a Son of Abraham. He also is
a son of Abraham. We are the same
family of faith.” Hallelujah. And
so are you, child of God. You are
of the family of faith because
you believe on the Lord Jesus
Christ, amen? You are a seed of
Abraham. You’re a son of Abraham,
a daughter of Abraham, amen.
Today salvation has come to this
house. You know, I believe that
that’s the person of Jesus. In
Hebrew, Jesus would have said,
“Today Yeshua has come to this
house.” Jesus himself is
salvation, amen? Why? Because He
also is a Son of Abraham. Praise
the Lord, hallelujah. So we see
blessings of healing. Where do
you need healing? That woman that
was bound for 18 years was
loosed, you know, and because
she’s a daughter of Abraham. What
about the rest of the women in
the synagogue, amen? They’re all
physical descendants, but are
they daughters of Abraham? Not
according to Scripture. The Bible
says, “Those who are of faith,”
amen? So likewise for Zacchaeus.
I’m sure that others–the crowd
that was there that made him have
to climb to see Jesus, I’m sure
that they’re all physical
descendants of Abraham, but not
the sons of Abraham. Do you get
what I’m saying so far, what I’m
sharing? It’s important that when
we come to God, we speak the
language of Scripture, amen? That
shows spiritual intelligence. And
when you follow God’s ways, amen,
you speak like after God, amen,
you get the God kind of results,
amen. Praise the Lord. So begin
to confess over yourself that, “I
am blessed with the blessings of
Abraham.” When you go to work
every day, just say, “Lord, I
thank You, Lord,” on your way to
work, amen. “I’m blessed with the
blessings of Abraham,” amen. “I’m
blessed with Father Abraham.” And
that shows, you know, to the Holy
Spirit, who is the Spirit of
Truth. You know, many times we
believe, like, okay, you know, I
blessed–I’m blessed. Some people
believe that I’m blessed because
of God’s mercy on my life. No,
friend, we’re not blessed just
because of God’s mercy. God’s
mercy on our life is what caused
Jesus to come into the world,
amen? God, rich in mercy. That’s
what He did when we were dead in
our sins. Yes, that’s involved,
but now we are made righteous
according to His righteousness.
God is righteous in making us
righteous, amen. So our blessings
is now on a solid, unshakeable
foundation, amen. You have the
ought. You ought to be healed.
You ought to be forgiven. You
ought to prosper. You ought to be
blessed in every area of your
life, amen. That’s what Jesus has
done. His cross has caused you to
have a solid foundation to
receive the blessing of Abraham.
There’s one more area I just
wanna show you. It’s very
interesting and it’s found in 1
Peter chapter 3. And it says
here, “For in this manner, in
former times, the holy women who
trusted in God also adorned
themselves, being submissive to
their own husbands, as Sarah
obeyed Abraham, calling him lord,
whose daughters you are if you do
good and you are not afraid with
any terror.” So notice, “Sarah
obeyed Abraham, calling him lord,
whose daughters you are.” So
whose daughters are you, for the
women? Must be speaking to the
women. They are daughters of
Sarah. Now, Abraham’s name is
there so some people might think,
“Well, no, it’s daughter of
Abraham here,” but in the context
here it’s referring to daughters
of Sarah. Why? Because if it’s
Abraham, the “whose” there, the
gender in the Greek would be
masculine, but the gender here in
this verse is actually feminine.
So it’s referring to Sarah,
“Whose daughters you are.” So
women, amen, if you are
patterning yourself after the
example of Sarah, the Bible says
you are a daughter of Sarah,
amen. “If you do good and are not
afraid with any terror.” So it’s
a special blessing where women
can enjoy the blessings of Sarah.
So what is the blessing of Sarah?
What is unique? Notice here it’s
not saying that you’re a daughter
of Ruth, a daughter of Rebecca,
amen, a daughter of Rachel. All
these women of good repute, amen,
but how come it’s not the
daughter of Esther or any other,
but it’s actually the daughter of
Sarah. Why? I asked the Lord this
many years ago. You know, I ask
the Lord things that sometimes
most people don’t even ask the
Lord about, and later on I find
that it becomes something that is
food for the people. And so, I
asked the Lord, “Why daughter of
Sarah, Lord? What’s the unique
thing about Sarah, amen?” And the
Lord says she’s the only woman in
the Bible who had her youth
rejuvenated, renewed in her old
age. Let me say that again. The
Lord said to me that she’s the
only woman in the Bible who had
her youth renewed in her old age.
Now, if you think that this is
spiritual renewal, you know, it’s
something that cannot be seen and
all that, let me remind you that
two kings, two heathen kings that
go by their eyeballs, amen–
they’re not people of spirit–of
a spirit, okay? They go by their
eyes. And two heathen
kings–Pharaoh, at that time she
was probably around in her 60s,
right? And later on in her life
when she was nearly 90 years old,
Abimelech wanted her for his
harem. Again, the Bible says he
saw that she was beautiful, amen?
All these kings, they saw her,
and with their eyes they saw that
she was beautiful, so it’s a
literal renewal in her youth. And
the Bible calls you women of
faith, daughters of Sarah, amen.
And God renew your youth like the
eagles, amen. Praise the Lord.
Now, back to the seed of Abraham
and the blessings that accompany
it. Let me read to you Galatians
chapter 3. And here we see, as we
continue, “Those who are of faith
are blessed with believing
Abraham. For as many as are of
the works of the law are under
the curse.” Notice that
justification by faith in verse 9
where we are blessed with
believing Abraham is contrasted
with the works of the law. Now,
“For as many as are of the works
of the law are under the curse;
for it is written, ‘Cursed is
everyone who does not continue in
all things which are written in
the book of the law, to do
them.'” So again, it does not say
as many– “For as many as break
the law.” That’s implied for
sure, but notice it says, “As
many as are of the works of the
law,” the moment you take your
ground for justification, the
ground for your blessing. On the
ground of the law, your trust is
in the law, the works of the law,
you are cursed. You come under
the curse. “For it is written,
‘Cursed is everyone who does not
continue in all things.'” You
cannot just say, “Well, I do the
best I can in most things in the
law.” No, it is, “‘Cursed is
everyone who does not continue in
all things which are written in
the book of the law, to do them.’
But that no one is justified by
the law in the sight of God is
evident, for ‘the just shall live
by faith.’ Yet the law is not of
faith, but ‘the man who does them
shall live by them.'” Now, look
at this beautiful verse here. I
love this verse. “Christ has
redeemed us from the curse of the
law.” Amen, can you say amen to
that? “Christ has redeemed.” He
ransomed us. The Greek word there
is “ransom.” He redeemed us. He
ransomed us from the curse of the
law. How? “Having become a curse
for us.” He took our place, so
the curse fell on Him. In other
words, all the law-breaking, the
curse that would have come if you
didn’t continue, all right,
performing the law–all of the
law, not just most of it. Even
most of it doesn’t cut it. Even
90% doesn’t cut it. It must be
all the law, all right? If you
don’t, you come short in one, you
come under the curse. But the
Bible says “Christ has redeemed
us from the curse of the law,
having become a curse for us (for
it is written, ‘Cursed is
everyone who hangs on a tree’),
that the blessing of Abraham”–
Ooh, I love this. Notice that,
“The blessing of Abraham.” Why
didn’t God just say that the
blessing of God might come upon
the Gentiles? Because everything
has gotta do with the scriptural
order, amen. Abraham is the
depository of all the blessings
of God. God chose him by
sovereign grace to be the man
that would be so blessed, and God
will make him the father of all
those of faith that will come
after. Even from his descendent
will come the seed, amen? We know
that Jesus was born of a virgin,
but from the lineage of Abraham.
In Matthew 1:1, it says, “The
book of the genealogy of Jesus
Christ.” The word “genealogy” is
the word “genesis” in the Greek.
It reminds you of the book of
Genesis, the first book of the
Bible. And this is the first book
of the New Testament, and it
says, “The book of the genesis of
Jesus Christ, the Son of David,
the Son of Abraham,” amen. As the
Son of David, heir to the throne.
As the Son of Abraham, all the
earthly blessings, the land and
all the earthly blessings. Praise
the Lord. But so are you a son of
Abraham inasmuch as Zacchaeus was
a son of Abraham, amen? So back
to Galatians 13. Notice that
Christ hung on that cross to
redeem us from the curse of the
law, amen? You know, we need to
find out all the reasons why
Christ died on the cross. It’s
not just to forgive us of our
sins, to bear our sins. The Bible
says also, “Surely He bore our
disease,” and that’s not often
taught, amen? He bore our
diseases, amen. He became a curse
for us. That’s not often taught.
And what curse is it that He
redeemed us from? Christ has
redeemed us from the curse of the
law. If you look at the curse of
the law in Deuteronomy chapter
28, it’s a long list of the curse
of the law. In fact, it includes
every form of sickness and
disease. It says, “Sickness, of
long continuance.” Disease of
long continuance. That means a
disease that goes on, chronic
disease. It’s all under the curse
of the law. It says that you will
go out, amen, you will sow a lot,
and you’ll gather in little,
amen. It says that you’ll be
depressed, amen. You’ll say
that–when it’s daytime, you’ll
say, “I wish it was nighttime.”
When it’s nighttime, you say, “I
wish it was daytime.” It says
that there’ll be a breakdown in
your marriage, amen. “You shall
marry a wife, but another man
will lie with her.” It says that
you’ll have– you’ll beget
children, but the children will
go into captivity. And we see
that happening, you know,
children going into all sorts of
addiction, into all sorts of
groups and– that bring them away
from God, you know? And they are
yours, but it’s as if they are
not yours. It’s a curse, my
friend. Don’t misunderstand,
these are not blessings. And God
says Christ has redeemed you from
the curse of the law. Have you
claimed that? Have you claimed
that? And one of the ways we
claim that is by being aware
that, “Christ has redeemed us
from the curse of the law, by
becoming a curse for us, that the
blessing of Abraham– the
blessing of Abraham might come
upon the Gentiles,” the non-Jews,
“in Christ Jesus, that we might
receive the promise of the Spirit
through faith,” amen? So
primarily, the blessing of
Abraham is righteousness by
faith, amen, and then with the
righteousness by faith comes
every other blessing of God,
hallelujah. But you know, even if
you don’t understand everything
to do with the blessing of
Abraham, just keep on confessing,
“The blessing of Abraham is on
me. I am blessed with Father
Abraham,” amen. And the more you
confess it, the more you will see
it manifest in your life, amen.
Praise the Lord. Thank You,
Jesus, hallelujah. Ah, I preached
myself happy. And it’s important
that we think scripturally, we
believe right, in order for us to
be able to receive from God,
amen. Now, I wanna share with you
something very interesting from
Isaiah 51. It says, “Listen to
Me, you who follow after
righteousness.” Now, following
after righteousness is not trying
to establish your own
righteousness, which Paul
himself–who wrote to Timothy,
for example, “To flee youthful
lusts, but follow after
righteousness.” Now, this
following after righteousness
means you have received
righteousness as a gift. Now,
follow after it. Keep on being
conscious of it and understand
what it entails you to, all
right, all the benefits that come
with that righteousness and all
the fruits that abound because of
that righteousness, amen? Like
the Bible says in Corinthians,
“The fruits of righteousness. God
increase the fruits of your
righteousness.” God cannot
increase your righteousness any
more than you have because that
righteousness is complete in
Christ. In Christ, you are
righteous. You cannot add to it,
you cannot take away from it, but
you can increase the fruits of
it. In other words, the more
you’re aware that you are
righteous by faith, you will find
fruits flowing out of that
consciousness. You’ll find
yourself following after
righteousness. So, like in our
church, you know, we study a lot
on righteousness. Why? Because we
are following–that’s following
after righteousness. The more
you’re aware of righteousness,
the Bible says, “Awake to
righteousness, and sin not.” The
only power to not sin is to first
awake to that righteousness
consciousness, that God has made
you righteous in Christ, and then
you will not sin, amen. So here
you find that Isaiah the prophet
actually says, “Listen to Me, you
who follow after righteousness,
you who seek the Lord.” So I
believe he’s talking to new
covenant people here
prophetically, but many times
Isaiah is referring to our times.
A lot of his writing, a lot of
his prophecy is referring to our
times, even at the times of the
end even, all right? Here he
says, “Look to the rock from
which you were hewn, and to the
hole of the pit from which you
were dug. Look to Abraham your
father, and to Sarah who bore
you; for I called him alone, and
blessed him and increased him.”
Now, “Look to Abraham your
father,” why? Abraham is, “The
rock from which you were hewn.”
And look, “To Sarah who bore
you,” because she is, “the pit
from which you were dug,” amen?
So in other words, God is saying
you came out of Abraham and
Sarah. Now again, the promise is
not the promise of the children
of the flesh. It’s a promise for
the children of faith, amen. So
we came from Abraham. Now, we say
that, you know, Abraham is the
father of the Jews, but we don’t
claim Abraham as our father. But
that’s a big mistake because God
honors Abraham and God wants us
to know that all our blessings is
wrapped up in Abraham, and if we
identify ourself, we who are in
Christ, we identify ourself with
Abraham, we receive Abraham’s
blessings, amen. Notice that it
says, the verse before that,
“Look to the rock from which you
were hewn, and to the hole of the
pit from which you were dug.” And
then God says, “Look to Abraham
your father.” In other words,
study as much as you can about
Abraham, amen. Look at Abraham’s
life. Know that as a new covenant
believer, your life is very much
like Abraham. Abraham lived
before the law; you are not under
the law. Abraham lived by grace
through faith; so are you. You
are living by grace through
faith, amen? Abraham is a father
of faith, amen, and you live by
faith. “The just shall live by
faith.” Abraham received the
blessings in his life and Abraham
died in a good ol’ age at 175,
and I believe so will you also if
you claim that blessing, amen.
Abraham was strong in his old
age. Even after Sarah died–you
know, Sarah lived long. She lived
more than 100 years. After she
died, Abraham married again and
produced more children. Now, by
this time he was more than 100
years old. So again, even that
blessing is yours. God
rejuvenated his body. God made
him healthy. All that is yours,
amen, because you are Abraham’s
seed. And the Bible says, “Look
to Abraham your father, and to
Sarah who bore you; for I called
him alone, and blessed him and
increased him.” By looking to
Abraham, we are not distracting
from the person of Jesus because
we see that what Jesus did is as
the result of the promise to
Abraham, and He came as Abraham’s
seed, amen? So the verse before
that says, “Look to the rock from
which you were hewn.” It’s very
interesting because many years
ago when I went to Israel, I went
to this place with the pastors
that were with me. We went to
this place called Zedekiah’s
Cave, and that’s where the Temple
of Solomon was built from, the
stones out of that cave, amen. In
fact, when you step into the
cave, it’s a very dark cave, but
of course there are lights now to
show you the walls and all that.
And we took some videos of it,
and I’ll show you right now. And
you can see the chisel marks, all
right, from which they drew out
square blocks of stone, right?
And it’s taken from all these
areas. Notice that it’s all
man-made. IT’s all done in a
square shape so that it becomes a
building block for the temple.
And it’s very interesting because
I’m reminded that the Bible says
in 1 Peter that, “We are all
living stones, built into a
spiritual temple,” amen. You and
I, we are living stones, built
into a spiritual temple. And
that’s really, you know, what God
says of us, that we are living
stones. What is interesting is
that this Zedekiah’s Cave is
directly opposite Calvary. And
right outside there, you can see
across the place of the skull
where Jesus was crucified. It’s
almost like Jesus died on that
cross, bearing all our sins and
to deliver us from him who had
the power of death, that is, the
devil, and He brought us out of
darkness, that cave. He brought
us out of darkness. We have been
left out. We had been–you know,
we would have perished into
oblivion. No one would know we
were even there, but the Lord
reached out to us. We were in
darkness. He brought us–that why
the Bible says in Peter, “God has
called us out of darkness into
his marvelous light,” amen. Why?
“To show forth his praises.”
Hallelujah, amen? Isn’t it so
beautiful? Amen, so the Bible
says, “Look to the rock from
which you were hewn, and to the
hole of the pit.” And where were
you hewn from? You were hewn from
Abraham your father. Remember
him, God is saying. Honor him and
see the blessings manifest in
your life, amen? In other words,
never take away anything from
Jesus. Everything is possible
only through Jesus Christ.
Abraham is not a perfect man,
Abraham is not a sinless man, but
God has ordained that Abraham
become the depository of all the
blessings of God so that God says
that if you honor Abraham, you
identify yourself with him, that
by him you will bless yourself,
amen, and your families. And we
all know that it’s possible only
through Jesus Christ, amen.
Praise the Lord. So whether you
are sick in your body, provision
is provided for in the blessing
of Abraham, even health, and
healing, and longevity. If you
are struggling to make ends meet,
you’re struggling with unpaid
debts, amen, God will supply.
There’s financial supply even in
the blessing of Abraham. If your
family is always in turmoil,
always in constant conflict,
well, there’s a blessing there
for family well-being, and
harmony, and shalom in your
family in the blessing of
Abraham. If you are struggling
with your body aging and all
that, there’s a blessing that God
blessed Abraham and Sarah with,
renewal of youth like the eagles,
amen. Amen, praise the Lord. And
it’s yours because you are the
seed of Abraham. Let me end with
this. Do you know what’s the
final appearance of our Lord
Jesus Christ? Do you know how the
Holy Spirit describes the final
appearance of Jesus Christ in the
final book of the Bible? Let’s
look at the final appearance of
Jesus Christ. This is so
interesting. And it says here,
and this is the last chapter of
the last book of the Bible, the
book of Revelation, and this is
going towards the end verses,
amen. It’s the final appearance
of Jesus Christ. I thought it’s
very interesting for us to end
here. And He says, “I, Jesus,
have sent My angel to testify to
you these things in the churches.
I am the Root and the Offspring
of David, the Bright and Morning
Star.” Now, first and foremost,
notice that this is the final
appearance of our Lord Jesus
Christ. And how does He appear?
First of all, He says, “I,
Jesus.” Oh, how that humbles my
heart. How that causes, you know,
me to think about that name of
Jesus that He took when He came
to earth. It is not here, you
know, the Son of Righteousness.
It’s not here the King of kings.
It’s not here any other name of
Jesus or titles of Jesus, but
that beautiful name that He took
when He came as a man. It reminds
us of Bethlehem, Nazareth. It
reminds us of Capernaum, Galilee.
Reminds us of Calvary. Reminds us
of the Resurrection. Reminds us
of the Mount of Ascension.
Reminds us of His life from birth
to the ascension, amen. “I,
Jesus,” and that is so, like, you
know, personal. When the Lord
comes to you and say to you, “I,
Jesus,” isn’t it beautiful? And
this is how He appears. “I,
Jesus, have sent My angel to
testify to you these things in
the churches.” And of course the
angel here is not just angel in
terms of the supernatural
messenger. It can also refer to a
physical messenger, a human. In
this case, John was the angel as
well, as well as there was also
an angel in this book of
Revelation. So in other words,
God uses “angel.” You know, we
say that Jesus comes to me
direct. Yes, He does, amen. He’s
always with us. He never leaves
us nor forsakes us, but I think
we must honor Bible ways,
scriptural methods, amen? God
sends His angels in protection,
for example. God wants us to know
and believe that angels are with
us, amen. “No evil shall befall
you, nor shall any plague come
near your dwelling; for He shall
give His angels charge over you,
to keep you in all your ways,”
amen? And notice He says, “I am
the Root and the Offspring of
David.” The Root and the
Offspring of David. As the Root,
He brought forth David. As the
Root, He’s the one before David.
As the Root, He promised all the
promises to David about the
throne, and the throne forever
even, all right? But as the
Offspring of David, He came from
the lineage of David. So the Root
speaks of His divinity and the
Offspring speaks of His humanity.
He’s the Godman. And as the
Offspring of David, He’s the heir
of all the promises of David and
heir to the throne of David. And
that’s why they called Him, when
He came to Israel, “Son of
David,” amen? So we see that
Matthew 1:1 says, “Jesus Christ,
the Son of David, the Son of
Abraham.” So what a beautiful
picture to show us His deity and
His humanity, the Root and the
Offspring of David, the one who
brought forth David and the one
who came from David. And then He
says, “The Bright and Morning
Star.” Now, do you know that this
is how the Bible ends the New
Testament, “The Bright and
Morning Star,” right, whereas
the– in the Old Testament, it
ends with, “The Sun of
righteousness.” In the final
chapter of the entire Old
Testament, the book of Malachi,
in the final chapter it says
that, “Unto you that fear my name
shall the Sun of righteousness
arise with healing in his wings.”
So “Sun,” S-U-N, “Sun of
righteousness” is a picture of
Jesus Christ coming, but so is
the Bright and Morning Star.
What’s the difference? Well, long
before the sun rises, what do you
see? The bright and morning star.
Now, early in the morning, when
you go out there even before the
sun rises, when it’s still very
dark, probably around 5:00, 5:00
plus, you can see a bright and
morning star, a star standing
alone, shining out there in the
night sky, shining bright. It is
shining in the midst of darkness.
So Jesus is the Bright and
Morning Star, and He’s shining in
the midst of darkness. In other
words, when the world is dark,
Jesus Christ is gonna come for
His church. He’s gonna come for
His church. Notice that the
nation of Israel is still not
saved yet, all right? So did God
forget them? No, later on, after
we are raptured– all right, we
are raptured first. That’s why
Bright and Morning Star, because
the star comes–the bright– the
bright and morning star comes
first before the sun. But later
on, the Sun of righteousness
arises, and then that’s for
Israel. And that’s why the old
covenant ends with a promise for
Israel, that the Sun of
righteousness will arise with
healing in his wings. Isn’t that
beautiful? What a beautiful final
appearance of our Lord Jesus in
the Bible. “And the Spirit,” the
Holy Spirit, “and the bride,”
that’s you and I, “say, ‘Come!’
And let him who hears say,
‘Come!’ And let him who thirsts
come. Whoever desires, let him
take the water of life freely.”
And the final words of the Bible,
“He who testifies to these things
say, ‘Surely I am coming
quickly.’ Amen. Even so, come,
Lord Jesus! The grace of our Lord
Jesus Christ be with you all.
Amen.” You know, the Old
Testament ends with the word
“cursed.” The New Testament ends
with the word “grace.” “The grace
of our Lord Jesus Christ be with
you all. Amen.
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