first fruit

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THE MINISTERS CHAPEL INTERNATIONAL BIBLE LESSONS FOR 2016
SUNDAY 17TH JAN. 2016
TOPIC: FIRST FRUIT
TEXT: Proverbs 3: 9-10 Honor the LORD with your substance and with the first fruits of all your produce; then your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will be bursting with wine. (RSV)
INTROUDUCTION:
It’s the law of spirit that gives God the right to bring about increase in our jobs, wealth and harvest. The Jews were to keep practicing this to maintain the blessings of increase of the Lord over their land and we are to do so to cause God’s blessings of increase in our lives every new season or year.
QUESTIONS/DISCUSSION
1.    WHEN DID FIRST FRUIT STARTED: it started in Genesis (Gen. 4:1-7). It’s good to note that every bible doctrine has its origin in genesis. The first fruit began in Genesis and Cain who didn’t give his first fruit properly was punished.
2.    HOW SHOULD IT BE DONE: we are to bring our first fruit to the pastor and present it to him telling him before God that it’s our first fruit and then he’ll individually collect it from us and bless us with the blessings of abundance for the year or season (see Deut. 26:1-10)
3.    WHAT’S THE BLESSINGS INVOLVED: Doing this would show that we are obedient and that we honor the Lord with our substance and it would cause God to bless our barns (financial acct.) and our vat (jobs).
CONCLUSION:
We must make it our way of life to honor God with the fat portion of our first fruit which includes our first salary, wages, gifts, harvest and profit and as we do this, we’ll enjoy the blessings of God over our finance and business. This is the principle of financial wealth. We shall be using the first Sunday in February as our first-fruit harvest service

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