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Gen 4 1- 15

WHAT WAS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN


CAIN AND ABEL’S SACRIFICE? 
Gen 4 1- 15

 At nakilala ng lalake si Eva na


kaniyang asawa; at siya'y naglihi
at ipinanganak si Cain, at sinabi,
Nagkaanak ako ng lalake sa
tulong ng Panginoon. 2At sa
muli ay ipinanganak ang
kaniyang kapatid na si Abel. 
tagapagala
mangbubu
ga ng mga
kid ng lupa
tupa;
nagdala handog
3At nangyari 6

4At nagdala rin


nang lumalakad naman si Abel ng
ang panahon ay mga panganay ng
nagdala si Cain kaniyang kawan
at ng mga taba ng
ng isang handog
mga yaon. At
na mga bunga ng nilingap ng
lupa sa Panginoon si
Panginoon.  Abel at ang
kaniyang Abel
Cain handog: 
At nilingap ng
Panginoon si Abel
at ang kaniyang
handog: 
5Datapuwa't hindi
nilingap si Cain at ang
kaniyang handog. At
naginit na mainam si
Cain, at namanglaw
ang kaniyang mukha.
6At sinabi ng
Panginoon kay Cain,
Bakit ka naginit? at
bakit namanglaw ang
iyong mukha? 
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 at kung hindi ka gumawa ng


mabuti, ay nahahandusay ang
kasalanan sa pintuan: at sa
iyo'y pahihinuhod ang
kaniyang nasa, at ikaw ang
papanginoonin niya. 

Cain
7Kung ikaw
ay gumawa ng
mabuti, di ba
ikaw
mamarapatin?
G od rejected Cain
I bakit???
A Di mabait
B Mas masama keAbel.
C Ayaw veggy.
D ……….
bakit???
A Di mabait
B Mas masama keAbel.
C Ayaw veggy.
D ……….
G od rejected Cain
bakit???
A Di inamin makasalanan
B my way.
C no faith.
D God not a priority in to Cain’s.
GOD IS SAYING

ff

nagdala handog
G od rejected Cain
bakit???
A not his first
B not his best

C no regard for God as

being first in his life


This first mention of firstfruits in the bible shows us three
important points;

 1) Firstfruits are always


accepted by God.
 2) Not every giving is
acceptable.
 3) Giving firstfruits is doing
well.
Why did he give God his leftovers?

 Possess

ions
 more
God has always demanded to be FIRST
PLACE.

 Exodus 20:5 – “for I the


Lord thy God am a
jealous God
 We will invest
Grndma gift
in
the things that we
love
The things we
care about.
The things
important to us.
supreme test

Where your treasure


is,
there your heart will
be also. Mt 6:21
Mt 6:21
21
 Sapagka't kung
saan naroon ang
iyong kayamanan,
doon naman doroon
ang iyong puso. 
Showing Honor is about love,
presentation and attitude
Your Leftovers Dishonors God
God cnt b secnd

 God is  and it is
preeminent impossible
and for him to
Immutable receive the
He is above second best
all and bless it.
declaring God
First
Fruits
The Power Of First Fruits
UNANG
BUNGA
Putting First Things First
Honoring GOD
First
FruitsS
First
Fruits
Putting First Things First
9 Honor the LORD with
your possessions, And
with the first fruits of all
your increase; Proverbs 3:9-10 (NKJV)

10 So your barns will be


filled with plenty, And
$$
your vats will overflow
with new wine.
Parangalan mo si Yahweh
sa pamamagitan ng iyong
mga kayamanan,at mula
sa iyong mga
pinakamainam na ani,
siya ay iyo ring
Proverbs 3:9-10 (NKJV
$$
handugan. 
 10Sa gayon,
kamalig mo ay lagi
nang aapaw,sisidlan
ng inumin ay hindi
nga matutuyuan.
$$ Proverbs 3:9-10 (NKJV)
priorities

 exercise look through


any bankbook
The first principle is that God owns
everything.


"The earth is the
Lord's and
everything in it"
(Psalm 24:1).
x
Our attitudes toward money
Martin Luther on Christian
conversion:
I
There are 3 conversions necessary:
1. heart
2. mind and

A body
B purse
C eyes
D soul
Martin Luther on Christian
conversion:
There are three conversions
necessary: 1. heart
2. mind and
A body
B purse
C eyes
D soul
b) The comment of Martin Luther on
Christian conversion:
•“There are 3conversions
necessary: the
conversion of the heart,
•mind and
•the purse”
Our attitudes
Love toward money

God
More Than
Money
GOD IS LOVE
I can't afford to give,"

 Maybe

you can't
afford not
to give."
total commitment
Our relationship with God is like a
MARRIAGE RELATIONSHIP … we are the

 “Brideof Christ”.
He demands
FIRST PLACE
 EXPECTATIONS &
RIGHTS in a
marriage relationship.
 Why do we expect
GOD to be satisfied
with less than our
best?
God STILL demands FIRST PLACE in
your life.
 Romans 12:1 – “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by
the mercies of God, that ye
present your bodies a
living sacrifice, holy,
acceptable unto God,
which
First Fruits—Confirm Our Relationship With God
 Scriptural references: Exodus 13:1-3,
Deuteronomy 26:17-19, Malachi 3:7-10
 Every time we give, we are
making a declaration that God
is first in our life. Gifts are a
joyful form of celebrating our
relationship with God.
God is first in our lives,

 These
are my
people!”
Deuteronomy
26:17-19.
(Mother & Apples)

 How active are you


in giving for the
Lord?
 Is it a joy to give or a

nuisance?
FEEL NO OBLIGATION

 “If you are a visitor or a


new Christian, please
feel no obligation to
give.”
Is giving only for the committed?

 new Christians turned off by an


invitation to give?
 Does God or, for that matter,the
church even want the gifts of the
uncommitted?
 Is giving = committed?

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giving as a joyful act of
worshipping God = invite any
and all to give—to worship.

 God
If we put GOD FIRST

Everythin s
n order
The Soccer Player that Puts God First
Brazilian midfielder, Kaká, is known as one
of the best soccer players in the world.

God is in control.
The Meaning of the Word Honor
$ "honor" means "to
praise or to revere

$ English dictionary
: To dignify; to raise to
distinction or notice .
When you put God first

everything else
will be in order!
God claims the first fruits of anything!

 It rightfully belongs to
Him in His divine order.
First fruits

 is a principle
that God
honors…
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Principle

 a moral rule or belief


that helps you know
what is right and
wrong it influences
your actions
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Principle

 a basic truth or
theory : an idea that
forms the basis of
something
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Principle

 : a law or fact of
nature that explains
how something
works or why
something happens
Pattern
Pattern


Divine Accurate Order and
Arrangement of things.
Jesus is your pattern
 the firstfruit of many
brethren, and that He has
already won the victory for
you. First Things First
Principle
 : a law or fact of nature that
explains how something
works or why something
happens

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LIVE WITH AN OPEN
HEAVEN OVER YOUR LIFE.

So that there is nothing and I


mean nothing that holds back
People of First Fruit

 I believe this Year that


First Fruit Harvest will
release you from
financial burdens,
family burdens …
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start the year off as instructed- by obeying God's Holy Principle

step into a different


spiritual level of
understanding as it
relates to giving. 
First fruits

the earliest
products or
results of an
effort.
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First
born
FIRST

 Coming before all


others in time,
order, or
importance…
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Exodus 13:1-2

1 At ang Panginoon ay nagsalita


kay Moises, na sinasabi, 2
Pakabanalin mo sa akin ang
lahat ng mga panganay,
anomang nagbubukas ng
bahay-bata sa mga anak ni
Israel: maging sa tao at maging
sa hayop ay akin
Fir
I. OT PRINCIPLE
st
bor
n
sacrificed redeemed
Exodus 13:11
11 At mangyayari,
pagkadala sa iyo ng
Panginoon sa lupain ng
Cananeo, gaya ng
isinumpa sa iyo at sa iyong
mga magulang, at
pagkabigay niyaon sa iyo,
set apart
First
born
Exodus 13:12
12 Ay ihihiwalay mo para sa
Panginoon yaong lahat na
nagbubukas ng bahay-bata, at
bawa't panganay na mayroon ka
na mula sa hayop; ang mga
lalake, ay sa Panginoon.
Exodus 13:1-2
13 At bawa't panganay sa asno
ay tutubusin mo ng isang
kordero; at kung hindi mo
tutubusin, ay iyo ngang babaliin
ang kaniyang leeg: at lahat ng
mga panganay na lalake sa iyong
mga anak ay iyong tutubusin.
sacrificed
First
born
Exodus 13:1-2
 1: 4 At mangyayari, na
pagtatanong sa iyo ng iyong
anak sa panahong darating, na
sasabihin, Ano ito? na iyong
sasabihin sa kaniya: Sa
pamamagitan ng lakas ng kamay
ay inilabas tayo ng Panginoon sa
Egipto, sa bahay ng pagkaalipin.
Exodus 13:1-2
15 At nangyari, nang magmatigas si Faraon
na hindi kami tulutang yumaon, ay pinatay
ng Panginoon ang lahat ng mga panganay
sa lupain ng Egipto, ang panganay ng tao at
gayon din ang panganay ng hayop: kaya't
aking inihahain sa Panginoon ang lahat ng
nagbubukas ng bahay-bata na mga lalake;
nguni't lahat ng panganay ng aking anak ay
aking tinutubos.
Exodus 13:1-2
16 At magiging pinakatanda
sa iyong kamay, at
pinakaalaala sa pagitan ng
iyong mga mata: sapagka't
sa pamamagitan ng lakas ng
kamay ay inilabas tayo ng
Panginoon sa Egipto.
 GOD BE FIRST I MY
LIFE
unclean Donkey
SHALL BE REDEEMED,
BREAK ITS
NECK,
Replaced by a
clean animal
We are born

1. clean
2. unclean?
We are born unclean
BABY
BORN
 Walang
nagturo
SINNERS
maging
 SELFISH
Jesus

1. clean
2. unclean?
 Genesis 4 g
 !

3
Jesus
SPOTLESS
JESUS
 Has to be sacrificed WAS
GOD’S
TITHE
Was Jesus born clean or unclean?

 That’s  Jesus was


Right the clean
for us the
Clean! unclean!!
21 AT NANG
MAKARAAN ANG
WALONG ARAW
UPANG TULIIN SIYA,
AY TINAWAG NA
JESUS ANG
KANIYANG
PANGALAN, NA
SIYANG ITINAWAG
NG ANGHEL BAGO
SIYA IPINAGLIHI SA
TIYAN.
 22 At nang maganap na ang
mga araw na kanilang
paglilinis alinsunod sa
kautusan ni Moises, ay
kanilang dinala siya sa
Jerusalem, upang iharap siya
sa Panginoon
 23 (Ayon sa nasusulat sa
kautusan ng Panginoon,
Ang bawa't lalaking
nagbubukas ng bahay-bata
ay tatawaging banal sa
Panginoon),
 24 At upang maghandog
ng hain alinsunod sa
sinasabi sa kautusan ng
Panginoon, Dalawang
batobato, o dalawang
inakay ng kalapati.
30 Sapagka't nakita ng aking mga mata
ang iyong pagliligtas,
NO REdeMPTION
Numbers 3:11-13
 At sinalita ng Panginoon kay
Moises, …
 12 At tungkol sa akin, narito, aking
kinuha ang mga Levita sa gitna ng
mga anak ni Israel sa halip ng mga
panganay na nagbubukas ng bahay-
bata sa mga anak ni Israel: at ang
mga Levita ay magiging akin
 13 Sapagka't lahat ng mga panganay
ay sa akin; sapagka't nang araw na
aking lipulin ang lahat ng mga
panganay sa lupain ng Egipto ay
aking pinapagingbanal sa akin, ang
lahat ng mga panganay sa Israel,
maging tao at maging hayop: sila'y
magiging akin; ako ang Panginoon.
For the firstborn of non-Levites a redemption price was five
shekels was paid (Numbers 3:46-47;

 47 Ay kukuha ka ng limang
siklo sa bawa't isa ayon sa
ulo; ayon sa siklo ng
santuario kukunin mo (isang
siklo ay dalawang pung gera):
“ law of
redemption,

B4 GEN 1 JESUS IS DESTINED TO DIE

 GOD THE FATHER


 FORORDAINED FR

D FOUNDATION
OF THE WORLD
Why all this focus on “firstborn sons”?

 Col 1:15…He is the


image of the invisible
God, the firstborn
over all creatioN
God is a first fruits giver.
 Please read this verse from 1 Corinthians with me.
"But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead,
the first fruits of those who have died." God has
given his first and his best in Jesus Christ. God is a
first fruits giver to you.  So let's trust God and
give back first fruits to Him as a sign of our love
and gratefulness. Let's take a look at our
checkbooks and examine our priorities. Let's pray
about and ask the Spirit to guide us in our
spending decisions. Let's win those spiritual
battles and participate in God's comi
When you offer God your first fruits

 and bring Him the


fullness of the first, you
establish the foundation
that the "whole thing" -
your entire life – will be
holy and blessed!
OT PRINCIPLE

NO 3RD
First born OPTIO

sacrificed redeemed
God gave Jesus First!
SPOTLESS
Jesus the clean was sacrificed so the
unclean could be redeemed,

 Jesus was
Gods FF
break its neck

anything not
 any first 

given first is
given is lost already,
oh you may
never still have it,
lost, but you have
lost the
blessing!!
Whtever happens determine the rest
 Genesis 4 Blessing
 !

3
The Life
of Isaac

122
First born
Isaac

sacrificed redeemed
 Genesis 4
 !

3
 GOD
SENT
 RAM
 WHY
REDEMPTION
WHEN GIVEN

Dramatic HARVEST
WHATEVER HAPPENS TO THE FIRST PORTION
DETERMINES WHATHAPPENS TO THE REST
ISAAC = 2 SONS

ESAU JACOB

12 SONS
JACOB = JOSEPH ESAU JACOB

Joseph
JOSEPH
 STAYED IN EGYPT
 70 PERSONS
 AFTER 430 YEARS= 2 MILLION
ESSENCE OF STORY

 Evn s sevre polticl


PERSECUTION
 Blessd
 People FB
Exo 4:22-24

 Go to pharaoh
 Israel is my son my
fb
 LET MY SON GO
 IF REFUSED I
WILLKILL UR SON
10 plagues

 10 major gods
Robert Morris said, • “The first thing given is never
lost. The first thing not given is always lost.”
THE DESTROYER OF THE
FIRST-BORN
 (Ex.11-12)

Exodus 11:5 And all the


firstborn in the land of Egypt
shall die, from the firstborn
of Pharaoh that sitteth upon
his throne, even unto the
firstborn of the maidservant
that is behind the mill; and
all the firstborn of beasts.

137
If YOU REFUSE IN PUTTING GOD
FIRST
 DOESN’T STOP GOD
FROM BEING FIRST
 IT ONLY BRINGS THE
DEVOURER IN U
 AND THOSE YOU LOVE IT
RELEASES A CURSE
IS GOD

 MABILIS LANG
NILANG
NATUTUNAN
KUNG SINO
ANG TUNAY
NA DIYOS
THE ONLY WAY

 REDEMPTION
Redeemed proprty= always prospers and always supernaturally
protected

 Israel fb
Whenever redmpn =10
JERICHO FF
Joshua 6:19 (NKJV)

19
Nguni't lahat na pilak, at
ginto, at mga sisidlang tanso
at bakal, ay banal sa
Panginoon: pawang ipapasok
sa silid ng kayamanan ng
Panginoon.
•Hebrew word #1 -- ‫ חרם‬CHEREM

•To be accursed.
•To be
completely
destroyed.

•All the people,


belongings and
items in the city
were CHEREM.
 19 But all the silver and
gold, and vessels of bronze
and iron, are consecrated to
the LORD; they shall come
into the treasury of the
LORD.”
2 First fruit
Must be
offered
sacrificed redeemed
The first fruit must be offered

 Exodus 23:19 (NIV)


 19 “Bring the best of the first
fruits of your soil to the house
of the LORD your God
  
Giving and bringing
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REDEMPTIV BLESSG
 SEED LEAVS HND

 WASTE PRYER F NT OBY


EXODO 23:19
19
Ang mga pinakauna
ng mga unang bunga
ng iyong lupa ay iyong
ipapasok sa bahay ng
Panginoon mong Dios.
He is First in our Life , but our actions
don’t back up what we say

 Who’s on
First?
paid = we take a test

 the test being; who do


you monetarily thank
first, also who do you
give an offering to?
First fruits

 Our first fruits will be our


first paycheck as a standard
or our first week’s pay.

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It is the principle of the first fruits!
 It doesn’t  It means to
mean pay give to God
your bills first and He
will redeem
and see the rest.
what is
left.
3.The tithe must be brought first

 2 Chronicles 31:5 (NKJV)


 5 As soon as the commandment was
circulated, the children of Israel
brought in abundance the firstfruits
of grain and wine, oil and honey,
and of all the produce of the field;
and they brought in abundantly the
tithe of everything
Malachi 3:10 (NKJV)

 10 Bring all the tithes into the


storehouse, That there may be food
in My house, And try Me now in
this,” Says the LORD of hosts, “If I
will not open for you the windows
of heaven And pour out for you
such blessing That there will not be
room enough to receive it. 
 10Dalhin ninyo ang buong
ikasangpung bahagi sa kamalig, upang
magkaroon ng pagkain sa aking
bahay, at subukin ninyo ako ngayon sa
bagay na ito, sabi ng Panginoon ng
mga hukbo, kung hindi ko bubuksan
sa inyo ang mga dungawan sa langit,
at ihuhulog ko sa inyo ang isang
pagpapala, na walang sapat na silid na
$$ kalalagyan.
What is Tithe ?
 A tithe (from Old English
teogoþa "tenth") is a one-
tenth part of something,
 Money 10% of a man or
woman GROSS Wages

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giving bringing

Bible never talks


about giving when it
is referring to tithes, it
talks about bringing,
why?
to think we can designate our tithes

 bring HIS tithe into his


store house.
 His house today is the
Local Church where his
name abides and you
reside!
God makes the point over and over, the
tithe isn’t yours
I tithe off the gross or the net
Say you had 10 one hundred dollar bills

 which 100 dollar


bills has the
redemptive power
to bless?
3
The tithe must
be brought first
ACTION PLAN: FINANCIAL
PRINCIPLES THAT SET YOU FREE

When do I do it?
“On the day first day of the week , each
of you should set aside a sum of money
in keeping with his income, saving it up,
so that when I come no collections will
have to be made.”
-1 Corinthians 16:2
What happens with the first portion of your income determines what
happens to the rest
100 % cursed 90 % cursed
I’ll have the plain

he wanted enoug
left over to leave h
a tip.
When is the last time you squeezed your lifestyle so that others
might have more? When have you made a conscious decision not
to buy something because you wanted to share more with others?

 The very essence of


giving is self-sacrifice
The Blessed Test
I will give God
my first and my best
so He can bless
the rest.
First Fruit
 Sanctifiess
 The root or firstfruit is sanctified
at the altar of God and it
sanctifies the rest of your
finances or increase – Matt 23:17
  
You can put God first in every area of your life by:

 PRAYING. morning.
 PLANNING.

 MAKING AN

OFFERING.
Bring the best and bring it first!
apply
 the first part of the day,
 the first day of the week
(Sabbath),
 the first month of the year,
 and the first of our harvest – be it
the wages for the first hour, the
first day, the first week, or the
month
When we offer God our whole selves, it is
our firstfruit
 AND our ‘promise to come!’
First Fruits Harvest Offering"
 and present it personally to
the Lord. You will come
forward at the end of the
service and present your gift
to God for His blessings and
multiplication.

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