“When God made a promise to Abraham,”
“because He could swear by no one greater,”
“He (God) swore by Himself, saying,
“Surely blessing I will bless you,"
"and multiplying I will multiply you.””
Then it tells you in Hebrews 6:18— “…it is impossible for God to lie.”
God swore by Himself.
And you know something, friend.
God doesn't have to swear.
His Word is enough!
You and I swear because many a times, we have to
add a special support to what we are saying,
because we know at times, we don't keep our word.
So, we swear.
We swear to someone greater.
But God doesn’t have to swear, God swore because it is
almost as if He humbled himself, according to our infirmities,
to help us have a full assurance.
Amen.
And the context there is that it's impossible for God to lie
when He says: “Surely I’ll bless you.”
You'll be blessed!
“Multiplying I will multiply you.”
Friend, that job was never your supply!
God is your supply.
And when God says to you: “Surely”—not maybe.
Surely!
Like in Psalm 23, “Surely goodness and mercy will follow us”?
God placed the word “surely” there and God swore by Himself.
Notice that!
God said: “I swore by Myself.”
The context there is actually referring back to Genesis 22.
God said to Abraham when he offered his son, Isaac,
on the altar and God stopped him from
killing his son.
And God gave him instead of his son, the ram.
And here's what God said: “By myself have I sworn,” says the Lord.
Okay?
Look at Verse 17!
“That in blessing I will bless you, and in multiplying I will multiply you.”
Now, go back to Hebrews 6 again.
So, it says: “God swore by Himself, Surely blessing I will bless you.”
You don’t have to worry about the channels.
They are never your source.
God is your source.
Your job is just a channel.
If the channel shuts down, God has other channels.
But God is your source.
And when God says to you, child of God: “Surely"
"blessing I will bless you.”
It's impossible for God to lie.
You'll be blessed!
It's not by chance that you are watching this.
Amen.
And you will not only be blessed.
God says: “Multiplying I will multiply you.”
Amen.
The word “multiply” could be in terms of having more children.
If you're open to that, amen.
If you want more.
And also multiplying you in every area of your life!
The original call of God to man is to
“be fruitful and multiply”.
And not only that, “have dominion over the earth”.
Amen.
You cannot have dominion if you are flat on your back.
If you’re always sick, always broke and always poor.
So, this is God’s original blessing.
When God blesses a man, he is blessed.
He is endued to succeed.
He is—there’s a conferring of power.
When God blesses you, and God says: “Surely"
"blessing I will bless you.”
Friend, you’re empowered to succeed.
You’re empowered to be healthy.
You're empowered to be fruitful.
You're empowered to live life more abundantly.
You're empowered to be a blessing to others.
That's the blessing!
We sing the song “The Blessing”— that's a very popular song now.
The Blessing.
What does it mean?
Blessing on our children and our children's children
and their children's children.
What does it mean?
What is the blessing?
What does the blessing look like?
Look at Abraham!
Was he ever poor?
No.
Was he ever in lack?
No.
Amen.
Was he ever in a place where God didn’t—you know,
where God punished him?
No.
God did chastise him.
But that chastisement is not punishment.
Amen.
God corrected him but God corrected him
even with blessings!
What about his children?
Were they blessed?
Yes.
His wife?
Oh, yes!
Even her youth was renewed in her old age.
Amen.
Was he healthy?
Well, he lived to 175 years old and there was no record
that he was ever sick.
Amen.
So, God says that we are the seed of Abraham.
You and I!
We are the seed of Abraham because we are in Christ—
the seed of Abraham.
Therefore, when God says to you in the context of Hebrews 6,
He is talking to the believers now.
Abraham is already in heaven.
He's talking to the believers: “Surely blessing I will bless you"
"and multiplying I will multiply you.”
Receive it, child of God!
And then tell yourself that it is impossible for God to lie.
It’s not Pastor Prince saying it.
It is the Word of God!
And God swore by Himself!
God vested His integrity, His character, amen,
behind His word, telling me that even today,
amen, in the circumstances we are in, God is saying to you, child of God:
“Surely blessing I will bless you.”
You're a blessed man!
You're a blessed woman!
You are under the blessing of Abraham.
Expect preferential treatment from heaven!
Expect good things to happen to you.
It's called blessing.
And even in your troubles, God will prosper you
and bless you.
Amen.
Abraham had a son called Isaac.
And this was what happened to Isaac many years
after the promise was given.
“And there was a famine in the land.”
Now, isn’t it a famine now?
We are in a financial famine.
So, it doesn't mean that if you're a child of God,
you will not experience famine.
I should say it like this: It doesn't mean that you are
not in a circumstance where there is famine.
Amen.
Because it happened to Isaac who is actually the seed of Abraham,
a type of all of us in Christ.
So, “there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine”
“that was in the days of Abraham.”
“And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of”
“the Philistines unto Gerar.”
“And the Lord appeared unto him, and said (to Isaac),”
“Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land”
“which I shall tell you of: Sojourn in this land,”
Now, watch this. “and I will be with you,”
“I'll bless you for unto you, and unto your seed,”
“I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath”
“which I swore unto Abraham your father;”
What is the oath?
“Surely blessing I will bless you, multiplying I will multiply you.”
Now, God is talking to Abraham’s son now, Isaac.
And God is saying: “I'll perform to you”
“the promise, the oath that I promised your father.”
“Surely blessing I will bless you and multiplying I will multiply you.”
“Well, Pastor Prince, this blessing means that”
“Isaac was peaceful.”
“He had blessings that were unseen.”
“Unseen and unfelt in the physical realm.”
“It is all spiritual.”
No, friend.
If you drop down a few verses— let's see how God kept His oath
to Abraham in the life of Abraham’s son, Isaac.
Because you and I are a type of the
seed of Abraham as well.
Drop down in the same passage.
“Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year”
“an hundredfold: and the Lord blessed him.”
Now, friend.
Don’t add anything to God's Word.
When God's Word says: “an hundredfold in that year.”
Amen.
Don't try to spiritualize it away.
It says that this is the Lord’s blessing.
“The Lord blessed him.”
“And the man waxed great, and went forward,”
“and grew until he became very great.”
He became great—thirty-fold.
He went forward and grew great—sixty-fold.
Until he became very great!
An hundredfold!
Amen.
Now, maybe you’ll say: “But Pastor Prince,”
“I believe that Isaac experienced spiritual blessings.”
Next verse: “For he had possessions of flocks,”
“and possessions of herds, and great store of servants:”
“and the Philistines envied him.”
Philistines are people who are unbelievers.
They are people who are very natural.
They are the enemies of Israel.
And in this context, they saw with their eyes.
They saw with their eyes, the blessing of God on Isaac.
The blessing was tangible.
The blessing was very evident to their sight,
so much so that they envied and were jealous of Isaac.
God wants to bless you, child of God,
until the world is jealous!
In a positive way, God is using that
so that they will say: “I want to know your God.”
“I want to know why there's always joy in your life.”
“I want to know why there's a smile on your face.”
“I want to know why there's a radiance about you.”
“I want to know why things happen to work for you”
“Even at work, when things go wrong,”
“I notice that somehow, things work for good”
“whenever you're around.”
“Why is it that when you step into a room,”
“business comes in.”
Amen.
“My business prospers.”
Amen.
That should be the testimony of every child of God
everywhere you go.
You're a blessing everywhere you go.
It is famine.
Yes, and we are in the midst of famine.
Alright.
And I believe it's going to continue
for some time.
But child of God, remember the illustration
from the story of Abraham’s seed.
That's true of you, my friend.
That’s true of you, child of God.
You're Abraham's seed.
Now, let these words go deep in your heart.
It's impossible for God to lie when God says:
“Surely blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you.”
Receive that word!
And don't worry about your job.
Don't worry about your future.
Don't worry about your children and what is looming ahead.
Just know this: “I'm a blessed man.”
“I'm very blessed.”
“God has promised.”
And God doesn't have to promise you.
God's word is enough.
But “by two unchangeable things”.
“Thus God, determining to show more abundantly to”
“the heirs of promise”— who are the heirs of promise?
You and I.
So, God wants to show you so much.
that He wants to bless you that God and the
“unchangeableness of His counsel, confirmed it by an oath,”
“that by two immutable, unchangeable, things,”
“in which it is impossible for God to lie,”
“we might have strong encouragement,”
“strong consolation, who have fled for refuge”
“to lay hope of the hope set before us.”
Friend, look up here.
I'll close with this.
Listen.
God wants so much for you to have strong encouragement
and strong consolation as you look at the days ahead.
How?
God made Himself— it is almost like because of
our human weakness, God lowered Himself.
God doesn't have to swear.
His Word is enough, But God swore to give us
a strong encouragement that "Surely blessing"
"He will bless you and multiplying He will multiply you."
Amen.