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The Blessings That God Has Promised To Those Who Love Him
Contributed by Dr. Stanley Vasu on Jan 20, 2012 (message contributor)
Summary: 1. PARDON AND PROTECTION 2. PROMOTION 3. PROSPERITY 4. PEACE 5. PROFIT 6. PRIVILEGE 7. PRIZE
But as it is written: " Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man The things which God has prepared for those who love Him."
THE BLESSINGS THAT GOD HAS PROMISED TO THOSE WHO LOVE HIM
OUTLINE
1. PARDON AND PROTECTION
2. PROMOTION
3. PROSPERITY
4. PEACE
5. PROFIT
6. PRIVILEGE
7. PRIZE
THE MESSAGE
THE BLESSINGS THAT GOD HAS PROMISED TO THOSE WHO LOVE HIM
1. PARDON AND PROTECTION
The Lord has promised to show mercy to those who love Him and forgive their sins and iniquities . He will keep His covenant and protect them and deliver them from their enemies.
SCRIPTURE REFERENCES
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"Therefore know that the LORD your God, He is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and mercy for a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His commandments;
but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.
but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.
This is the covenant I will establish with the people of Israel after that time, declares the Lord. I will put my laws in their minds and write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.
No longer will they teach their neighbor, or say to one another, 'Know the Lord,' because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest.
For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more."
The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love.
He will not always accuse, nor will he harbor his anger forever;
he does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities.
For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him;
as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.
His father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied:
"Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has come to his people and redeemed them.
He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David
(as he said through his holy prophets of long ago),
salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us--
to show mercy to our ancestors and to remember his holy covenant,
the oath he swore to our father Abraham:
to rescue us from the hand of our enemies, and to enable us to serve him without fear
in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.
The LORD watches over all who love him, but all the wicked he will destroy.
Love the LORD, all his faithful people! The LORD preserves those who are true to him, but the proud he pays back in full.
If you carefully observe all these commands I am giving you to follow--to love the LORD your God, to walk in obedience to him and to hold fast to him--
then the LORD will drive out all these nations before you, and you will dispossess nations larger and stronger than you.
Every place where you set your foot will be yours: Your territory will extend from the desert to Lebanon, and from the Euphrates River to the Mediterranean Sea.
No one will be able to stand against you. The LORD your God, as he promised you, will put the terror and fear of you on the whole land, wherever you go.
2. PROMOTION
The Lord has promised to honour and exalt those who love him. When we humble ourselves and submit ourselves to the Lord , He will exalt us in due time.
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"Because he loves me," says the LORD, "I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.
He will call on me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him.
With long life I will satisfy him and show him my salvation."
and said, "I swear by myself, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son,
I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the cities of their enemies,
and through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed me."
Humble yourselves, therefore, under God's mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time.
