LIFENOTES – August 11th Sermon Text: Gen 1: 28a KJV
Sermon Title: Dominion In A Hip-Hop Culture Series: “A Blessed Family”
“And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply,
and replenish the earth, and subdue it”
The first thing God did after He created Adam and Eve was to bless them. The original perspective here is that they were already blessed. So it is with you and I; we are already blessed. Therefore, your present situation is temporary – it is the interim stage. No matter what you are going through, it is a pathway or a stair step to your blessing. Satan comes to break you from the original perspective; to make you think you can make things happen without God.
What must you do to have dominion in this hip-hop culture? How can you have a blessed family?
Point 1: U Must Believe U R Blessed – Gen 3:5
“For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
· Adam and Eve did not believe this; Satan was able to manipulate them.
· You are not blessed and it is God’s fault. God is holding out on you.
· Satan attacked their identity. He convinced them there were not who they were.
If you don’t believe you are blessed, you will
a. listen to Satan and hear the wrong thing
· Rev 3:6 NIV
b. lean to your own understanding
· do not follow a reprobate mind (does what ought not be done)
· Prov 3:5-7 NIV
c. live a lie
· believe the truth – I am blessed
· Num 22:12
Point 2: Choices Chart Your Trajectory – Gen 3:6
“When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.”
· God never takes away your choices
a. Choose today – Josh 24:15 NIV
b. Make up your mind – Deut 28:1, 2, 15 NIV
Point 3: Mistakes Don’t Misplace Your Blessings – Gen 3:15
“And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”
· No matter how many mistakes we make, we are still blessed and receive blessing from God.
· Biblical Example – Abraham and Sarah
o Lied – Gen 12:13; 20:2
§ Abraham told Sarah to tell Pharoah that she was his sister so that he would not be killed.
§ Abraham lied to Abimelech and told him Sarah was his sister.
o Laughed at God – Gen 17:17
§ Abraham fell down laughing when God told him that he had Sarah would have a son in their old age.
o Lingered – Gen 12:10
§ Abraham went to Egypt because of a famine and lived there.
o Lost It – Gen 16:2
§ Sarah became impatient while waiting for God’s promise and took matters into her own hands.
Life Applications/Conclusions:
The first thing God did was to bless them. Because we are blessed, there is no need to work for what we already have. Regardless of the circumstances, regardless of the mistakes, the truth of the matter is that we are blessed!!!
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