Blessings of the Faithful
I FAITHFUL NOAH WAS BLESSED
Gen 6:22 NKJV
22 Thus Noah did; according to all that God commanded him, so he did.
Gen 7:23 NKJV
23 So He destroyed all living things which were on the face of the ground: both man and cattle, creeping thing and bird of the air. They were destroyed from the earth. Only Noah and those who were with him in the ark remained alive.
Gen 9:1 NKJV
1 So God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them: "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.
Heb 11:7 NKJV
7 By faith Noah, being divinely warned of things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark for the saving of his household, by which he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.
1 Peter 3:20-21 NKJV
...in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water.
21 There is also an antitype which now saves us — baptism(not the removal of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God), through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
2 Peter 2:5 NKJV
5 and did not spare the ancient world, but saved Noah, one of eight people, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood on the world of the ungodly;
II FAITHFUL ABRAHAM WAS BLESSED
Heb 11:8-10 NKJV
8 By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to the place which he would receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going.
Gen 15:5-6 NKJV
5 Then He brought him outside and said, "Look now toward heaven, and count the stars if you are able to number them." And He said to him, "So shall your descendants be."
6 And he believed in the LORD, and He accounted it to him for righteousness.
Gen 22:1-3 NKJV
1 Now it came to pass after these things that God tested Abraham, and said to him, "Abraham!" And he said, "Here I am."
2 Then He said, "Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the
3 So Abraham rose early in the morning and saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son; and he split the wood for the burnt offering, and arose and went to the place of which God had told him.
Gen 22:10-12 NKJV
10 And Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to slay his son.
11 But the Angel of the LORD called to him from heaven and said, "Abraham, Abraham!" So he said, "Here I am."
12 And He said, "Do not lay your hand on the lad, or do anything to him; for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me."
Gen 22:15-18 NKJV
15 Then the Angel of the LORD called to Abraham a second time out of heaven,
16 and said: "By Myself I have sworn, says the LORD, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son —
17 blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies.
18 In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice."
III FAITHFUL CHRISTIANS ARE BLESSED
Eph 1:3 NKJV
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,
Heb 6:13-15 NKJV
13 For when God made a promise to Abraham, because He could swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself,
14 saying, "Surely blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you."
15 And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.
Rom 11:22 NKJV
22 Therefore consider the goodness and severity of God: on those who fell, severity; but toward you, goodness, if you continue in His goodness.
Rev 2:10 NKJV
10 ...Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.
1 Cor 15:58 NKJV
58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
Rev 21:7 NKJV
7 He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his God and he shall be My son.
Heb 6:12 NKJV
12 do not become sluggish, but imitate those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
Rom 4:13 NKJV
13 For the promise that he would be the heir of the world was not to Abraham or to his seed through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
Gal 6:9 NKJV
9 And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart.
"I find that it is not the circumstances in which we are placed, but the spirit in which we face them, that constitutes our comfort."
-- Elizabeth T. King (circa 1869)
James 1:2 NKJV
12 My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials...
Phil 4:4 NKJV
4 Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice!
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