Bible Matters 413: Blessings 

The recent lessons, The Godly, Heartburn, Merry Christmas – Love and finally Lord’s Commandments have all led up to this New Year Message – Blessings.  Today you are celebrating 1/1/25.   The first day of 2025.  Bible Numbers for 2025 are:

20 – Redemption – to be redeemed out of bondage.  

25 – Blessing – by conferring the Holy Ghost and the authority to fulfill the calling that the Holy Ghost equips us to do. 

You have left behind your life of sin and been lifted out of bondage by the grace of God. Today you are leaving behind the year of the priesthood (24) to enter into the year of blessings (25).  Both 24 and 25 are the years of serving the Lord.  God will not forget your work and labor of love.  Blessings are the way that the Lord rewards to those that love and serve!  Manifold more in the present time and in the world to come, life everlasting. 

Romans 6:22 – But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.

Hebrews 6:9-10 – But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak.  For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.

Matthew 25:44-46 – Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?  Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

Sowing to the spirit, to reap life everlasting!

Galatians 6:8 – For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.

These blessings are supported by the testimony of several witnesses.  God’s commandment is life everlasting.

Luke 18:29-30 – And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God’s sake,  Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting.

Matthew 19:29 – And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.

John 12:44,46-50 – Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent me.  I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.  And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.  He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.  For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.  And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.

1 Timothy 1:16 – Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.

Heaven and earth shall pass away, but God’s word shall never pass away.

Luke 21:33-36 – Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.  And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.  For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth. Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

Luke 3:6 – And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.

By doing the will of God. 

1 Peter 4:2,6 – That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.  For this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.

In this year of 2025, plan on living in the spirit and serving the Lord!  To spread the gospel and the love of God. 

To God be the glory in all you do, Amen.