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1-23-2017 Firstfruit
1-23-2017 Firstfruit
1-23-2017 Firstfruit
Gen 4 1- 15
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
Possess
ions
more
God has always demanded to be FIRST
PLACE.
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)
"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)
nuisance?
FEEL NO OBLIGATION
56
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 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
71
LIVE WITH AN OPEN
HEAVEN OVER YOUR LIFE.
the earliest
products or
results of an
effort.
76
First
born
FIRST
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?
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
D FOUNDATION
OF THE WORLD
Why all this focus on “firstborn sons”?
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
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)
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.
Who’s on
First?
paid = we take a test
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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
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giving bringing
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?
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.