New Generation Church
Villa Kanaga,Butuan City Philippines
THE FIRST FRUITS
David was anointed 3 times, Bethlehem, Judah,
Israel. Victory after victory.
THE BIBLE GAVE US INSTRUCTIONS TO INVOKE THE
BLESSINGS OF GOD IN OURLIVES.
Firstfruit is one of the most powerful offerings
in the bible. It invokes the blessings of God to come and rest in your life.
Duet 28:, blessings will follow and overtake your life!
31 verses on firstfruits. Hebrew word.
I.
What is firstfruits?
The Firstfruit offeringswere intended to help God’s people connect
with the gracious provision and covenant loyalty of God (see Exodus 22:29;
Leviticus 2:12–16; Numbers 18:12; Deuteronomy 18:4).
Meaning &
Significance of Firstfruit:
The Hebrew word for Firstfruit means “the choice part, the first,
the beginning, the best, the chiefest.” God’s people were to take the first
fruits, vegetables, animals, etc. that God brought forth from their farms and
offer them to God. They were not to hold
back until later or to give Him that which did not represent the best of the
increase He provided (which may have been the reason why God did not accept
Cain’s sacrifice in Genesis 4:1-7; Hebrews 11:4). He wanted something of value to them that
would point to their faith and commitment to God. It was to serve as an expression of the
people’s gratitude to the Lord for His provision and supplying of their needs.
Romans 11:16 “For if the Firstfruit is holy, the lump is also
holy; and if the root is
holy, so are the branches.”
The reference here is to Numbers 15:17–21. The first part of the dough
(a Firstfruit offering) was to be offered up to God as a symbol that the entire
lump belonged to Him. The same idea was
involved in the Feast of Firstfruit, when the priest offered a sheaf to the
Lord as a token that the entire harvest was His (Leviticus 23:9–14). The basic
idea is that when God accepts the part, He sanctifies the whole and promises to
bless the rest of the harvest because we honored Him with a representative
part.
1.
FIRST MEANS The best-
THE FINEST OF THE HARVEST, SHEAF OFFERING
2.
CHRIST IS THE TYPE OF
FIRST FRUIT, 1 COR 15:20-23
1
Corinthians 15:20-23 (New King James Version)
20 But now Christ is risen from the dead, and
has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. 21 For since
by man came death, by Man also came the resurrection of the dead.
22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive. 23 But each
one in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, afterward those who are
Christ’s at His coming.
3.
WE ARE FIRST FRUITS,
ROMANS 8:23, JAMES 1:18,
II.
WHEN IS THE GIVEN?
1.
YEARLY.
NEHEMIAH DO IT YEARLY TO REESTABLISH THEIR
COMMITMENT TO GOD.
NEHEMIAH 10:35 "We also assume responsibility for bringing
to the house of the LORD each year the
firstfruits of our crops and of every fruit tree.
36 "As
it is also written in the Law, we will bring the firstborn of our sons and of
our cattle, of our herds and of our flocks to the house of our God, to the
priests ministering there.
37
"Moreover, we will bring to the storerooms of the house of our God, to the
priests, the first of our ground meal, of our grain offerings, of the fruit of
all our trees and of our new wine and oil. And we will bring a tithe of our
crops to the Levites, for it is the Levites who collect the tithes in all the
towns where we work. 38 A priest descended from Aaron is to accompany the Levites when they
receive the tithes, and the Levites are to bring a tenth of the tithes up to
the house of our God, to the storerooms of the treasury. 39 The people
of Israel, including the Levites, are to bring their contributions of grain,
new wine and oil to the storerooms where the articles for the sanctuary are
kept and where the ministering priests, the gatekeepers and the singers stay.
"We will not neglect the house of
our God."
2. EVERYTIME THERE IS INCREASE.
Proverbs
3:9-10 (New King James Version)
9 Honor the LORD with your possessions,
And with the firstfruits of all your
increase;
10 So your
barns will be filled with plenty,
And your
vats will overflow with new wine.
III.
WHERE IS THE FIRSTFRUIT
GIVEN?
1. FIRSTFRUIT
ARE GIVEN TO THE PRIESTS
Numbers 18:12; Deuteronomy 18:4).
2. PRIESTS
ARE TO RELEASE BLESSING TO YOU, THAT THE BLESSING WILL REST UPON YOUR LIFE.
Ezekiel
44:30 (New King James Version)
30 The best of all firstfruits of any kind, and
every sacrifice of any kind from all your sacrifices, shall be the priest’s;
also you shall give to the priest the first of your ground meal, to cause a blessing to rest on your house.
IV.
THE
BLESSING OF FIRSTFRUITS
1.
BARNS
WILL BE FILLED WITH PLENTY.
Barns are places of storage and supply for the future. They represent savings andinvestments. In return for honoring Him with our
Firstfruit, He promises
to make sure that our storage and supply places are filled with
“plenty” (NKJV)
2.
VATS WILL
OVERFLOW WITH NEW WINE.
Vats were places where harvests were turned into useable and
sellable assets. Biblically, a full vat
was a
sign of prosperity (Genesis 27:28; Deuteronomy 7:13), and “new wine”
was symbolic of Holy Spirit-induced joy.
God promises that our useable assets would be overflowing and would be a
source of joy in the Holy Spirit.
3.
Let us
dream big of God. Think big , Make you way prosperous! Joshua 1:8
DUET 8:18 18 “And you shall remember the LORD your God, for it
is He who gives you power to get wealth, that He may establish His covenant
which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day.
V.
PEOPLE
WHO GAVE FIRSTFRUIT
A. Abraham
1. ABRAHAM.
GAVE TITHES AND HE WAS BLESSED
2. WHEN
ABRAHAM GAVE HIS FIRSTFRUITS, GOD RE CONFIRMED HIS BLESSINGS,THE BLESSING OF
GOD WAS ENTRENCHED UPON HIS LIFE.
UNTIL HE GAVE HIS FIRSTFRUITS:
THE
BLESSING WAS ENTRENCHED UPON HIS LIFE:
Meaning #1: dug in
Meaning #2: established firmly and securely (gen 26, God
said to Isaac, I will established my covenant with you.
GEN 22:15 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.
B. Exodus 23.
If you obey
the Lord by givingfirstfruits:
1. God will send His Angel.
2. He will lead you in the WAY.
3. Bring you to the place he has prepared for us.
4. PAY attention to him and listen to what he says.
5. Do not rebel against him.
6. He will wipe them out. He will be an enemy to
your enemies.
7. Stay away from idolatry
8. Blessing of food and water.
9. Take away sickness away from you.
10. No miscarriage and No Barrenness.
11. Full life span!
