READ: 2
KINGS 6:11-17
God made a
covenant with Abraham and blessed him. But because god is the Everlasting God,
he purposed that the blessing would outlive Abraham. In fulfilling this, God
promised that through Abraham’s seed, every nation on earth would be blessed.
Therefore anyone who is the seed of Abraham is automatically blessed, because Abraham was blessed. Through Jesus, you can become the seed of Abraham (Galatians 3:13-14). In this world there are only two lineages: those who are connected with the lineage of Abraham and those who are not. Those who are in Abraham lineage are automatically qualify for the blessings. Romans 11:16-20 says that because of the unbelief of the Israelites, God had to graft the Gentiles in. We are the spiritual Israelites and as such we qualify for the covenant blessing God has released to us. We are blessed because we are positively connected with Abraham (through our faith in Christ).
Be careful whom you associate with. If you associate with someone who is blessed, you too will be blessed. If you are associated with someone who is cursed, the curse will also spread. In our readind the enemy came with a great host to arrest Elisha. Because Elisha’s servant was associated with him, he too was delivered and protected by the same angelic host guarding Elisha.
Associate yourself with a genuine man of God. If you do, the blessings and grace he enjoys will also be enjoyed to some extend by you. Keep away from those who are cursed. The children of Gehazi will regret generation after generation that they were ever born, because they were born into leprosy. Be mindful of those you mingle with. If you keep thieves, fornicators, liars, smokers, and fraudulent people as friends, their evil will also spread to you. Cut yourself off from such people today and associate with genuinely saved brethren.
Therefore anyone who is the seed of Abraham is automatically blessed, because Abraham was blessed. Through Jesus, you can become the seed of Abraham (Galatians 3:13-14). In this world there are only two lineages: those who are connected with the lineage of Abraham and those who are not. Those who are in Abraham lineage are automatically qualify for the blessings. Romans 11:16-20 says that because of the unbelief of the Israelites, God had to graft the Gentiles in. We are the spiritual Israelites and as such we qualify for the covenant blessing God has released to us. We are blessed because we are positively connected with Abraham (through our faith in Christ).
Be careful whom you associate with. If you associate with someone who is blessed, you too will be blessed. If you are associated with someone who is cursed, the curse will also spread. In our readind the enemy came with a great host to arrest Elisha. Because Elisha’s servant was associated with him, he too was delivered and protected by the same angelic host guarding Elisha.
Associate yourself with a genuine man of God. If you do, the blessings and grace he enjoys will also be enjoyed to some extend by you. Keep away from those who are cursed. The children of Gehazi will regret generation after generation that they were ever born, because they were born into leprosy. Be mindful of those you mingle with. If you keep thieves, fornicators, liars, smokers, and fraudulent people as friends, their evil will also spread to you. Cut yourself off from such people today and associate with genuinely saved brethren.
MEMORIZE:
1 CORINTHIANS 5:11 –But now I have written to you not to keep company if any
man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a
railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such a one no not to eat.
