Grosey's Messages

Blessings.. In the deep South  “Well bless your heart!”

And if you don’t like him.. “well Bless his heart”

Adolph Hitler .. “Well Bless his heart!”

Really? We need to get a real understanding of blessings.

In a world of financial trouble where rents keep rising and cost of living is very hard…where are our blessings?

Psalm 73 Asaph had a problem
 2 But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled, my steps had nearly slipped.  3 For I was envious of the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.  4 For they have no pangs until death; their bodies are fat and sleek.  5 They are not in trouble as others are;they are not stricken like the rest of mankind.  6 Therefore pride is their necklace; violence covers them as a garment.  7 Their eyes swell out through fatness; their hearts overflow with follies.  8 They scoff and speak with malice; loftily they threaten oppression.  9 They set their mouths against the heavens,

and their tongue struts through the earth.  10 Therefore his people turn back to them,and find no fault in them. 11 And they say, “How can God know?Is there knowledge in the Most High?”  12 Behold, these are the wicked;

always at ease, they increase in riches.  13 All in vain have I kept my heart clean and washed my hands in innocence.

 

Then he got to thinking at church one day.

 21 When my soul was embittered, when I was pricked in heart,  22 I was brutish and ignorant; I was like a beast toward you.  23 Nevertheless, I am continually with you;

you hold my right hand.  24 You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will receive me to glory.
25 Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you.  26  My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

 

Do you get overwhelmed with troubles?

Do you get worried and concerned about your financial situation?

Asaph found an anchor.. It was in Spiritual blessings…they anchor his soul when the waves of trouble hit him.

 You need an anchor.

You are already blessed.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places,

How to Be Blessed

7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace

Something Purchased  redemption (agorazo) through his blood,  Ransom price.

Something Precious  his blood,  1Peter 1:18 knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold,19 but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot.

Something Perpetual 7 In him we have redemption through his blood,   but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot.

A Lamb For A Man Genesis 4:4 Abel also brought of the firstborn of his flock and of their fat. And the LORD respected Abel and his offering,  Genesis 22: Then he said, "Look, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?“ 8 And Abraham said, "My son, God will provide for Himself the lamb for a burnt offering." So the two of them went together.

A Lamb For A Family Exodus 12: Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel and said to them, "Pick out and take lambs for yourselves according to your families, and kill the Passover lamb.22 And you shall take a bunch of hyssop, dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and strike the lintel and the two doorposts with the blood that is in the basin.

A Lamb For A Nation Leviticus 23 The feast of firstfruits: 12 And you shall offer on that day, when you wave the sheaf, a male lamb of the first year, without blemish, as a burnt offering to the LORD.

A Lamb For The World John 1:29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, "Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!” Isaiah 53: 5  But he was pierced for our transgressions; …7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he opened not his mouth.

A Lamb For The Redeemed  Revelation 5: And I looked, and behold, in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as though it had been slain, .. " You are worthy to take the scroll, And to open its seals; For You were slain, And have redeemed us to God by Your blood out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation, 

A Lamb For You?  1Peter 1: but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.20 He indeed was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you

Something Painful  through his blood, Isa 49: 16 Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; 

See from His head, His hands His feet, Sorrow and love flow mingled down..

Something Personal 7 In him we have redemption

Something Present 7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses,

Something Powerful 7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace

What Should You Do?

Rejoice in Him  and Rely upon Him

 -you are blessed!  “He chose us in him before the foundation of the world”

 -you are accepted! “He predestined us to adoption as sons”

 -you are sealed! ”In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,”

You have significance. Ephesians 1:8 which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight 9 making known3  to us the mystery of his will, according to his purpose, which he set forth in Christ 10 as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.

All of the universe is concerned about you. It revolves around you knowing the riches of blessings you already have in Christ.

Angels stoop longing to look into the blessings you have through our Saviour!