{"id":2462,"date":"2013-07-09T21:03:04","date_gmt":"2013-07-09T19:03:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.galmin.co.za\/?p=2462"},"modified":"2013-08-05T17:14:56","modified_gmt":"2013-08-05T15:14:56","slug":"the-full-blessing-of-the-gospel-of-jesus-christ","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.galmin.co.za\/?p=2462","title":{"rendered":"The Full Blessing of the Gospel of Jesus Christ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Paul writes to the church in Rome and he gives guidance and advice on how to live in Christ.\u00a0 He also deals with some important stuff in the beginning of his letter to the church in Rome, such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The sin of being lesbian and gay;<\/li>\n<li>That everybody has sinned due to our lineage from Adam and Eve;<\/li>\n<li>But we find righteousness in Christ through the Grace of God;<\/li>\n<li>He also distinguishes between Law and Grace, and<\/li>\n<li>Even had to defend his role as Apostle in the service of God.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>At the end of his letter\u00a0 &#8211; <i><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">he <b>makes a statement<\/b><\/span><\/i><b> (Rom 15:29): <\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><i>&#8220;<span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\">And I am sure <\/span><\/i><\/strong><\/span><b><i>that, when I come unto you,&#8221; <\/i><\/b><b><\/b>\n<ul>\n<li>When Paul writes these words, it speaks of his faith in Christ and His Gospel;<\/li>\n<li>He speaks from a point of experience in Christ;<\/li>\n<li>He speaks of FULLNESS &#8211;\u00a0 that it is more than enough, overflowing, etc.<b><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b><i>\u00a0&#8220;I shall come in the <\/i><\/b><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b><i><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">fullness of the blessing<\/span><\/i><\/b><b><i> <\/i><\/b><\/span><b><i>of the gospel of Christ.&#8221; <\/i><\/b><b><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><i>Who wants the Fullness of the blessing from the Gospel? <\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<address style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">And what exactly is the fullness of the Gospel?\u00a0<\/address>\n<address style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Is it something specific?\u00a0 Can you touch or taste it?<\/address>\n<address style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Is it\u00a0kind of materialistic or only spiritual?\u00a0\u00a0<\/address>\n<address style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><i>Is this meant <\/i><i><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">for you<\/span><\/i><i> <\/i><i>or not?<\/i><b><i> <\/i><\/b><\/address>\n<p>The Word of God is full of blessings because it is the main purpose of our Father to bless His children:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To Isaac &#8211; &#8221; <strong><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Fear not, for <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">I am with you and will bless you and multiply your offspring<\/span> for my servant Abraham&#8217;s sake.&#8221;<\/span> (<\/em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Gen 26:24) <\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>To Israel\u00a0 &#8211; &#8220;<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><em>The LORD will open to you his good treasury, the heavens, to give the rain to your land in its season and to bless all the work of your hands. And you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow<\/em><\/strong>.&#8221;<\/span> (<b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Deu 28:12) <\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The\u00a0word\u00a0&#8220;blessing&#8221;\u00a0appears more in the Old Testament and\u00a0these blessings were usually more materialistic of kind, such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Harvest of the fields;<\/li>\n<li>Fruit of your loins;<\/li>\n<li>Increase of your livestock;<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">But also:<\/span> Protection from enemies, which even included having peace from them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<address><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>But in the New Testament, we have received another kind of blessing:<\/strong> <\/em><\/span><\/address>\n<address><em>And His name is<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\"> Jesus Christ!<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/address>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<address>He is the fulfillment of all blessings from God!<\/address>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<address><strong><em>&#8221; <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\">blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places<\/span>, (<\/em>Eph. 1:3) <\/strong>\u00a0<\/address>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Christ IS the ultimate and greatest blessing that mankind can receive from God:<\/span> <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Through His stripes\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0= you are healed;<\/li>\n<li>By His blood\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0= your sins are forgiven; and you are redeemed from the curse of the LAW;<\/li>\n<li>Through His power &amp; authority\u00a0 = we are victorious over sin and fear;<\/li>\n<li>Through His name\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0= we have protection and do not receive a spirit of fear;<\/li>\n<li>Through His name\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 = demons have to flee;<\/li>\n<li>In Him\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 = we have the Yea and the Amen on each promise;<\/li>\n<li>In Him\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 = we have the power to be called the sons of God;<\/li>\n<li>In Him\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 = We are blessed for evermore;<\/li>\n<li>Because <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">He is the Author and Finisher of our faith!<\/span> <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Jesus Christ even spelled out His blessing in the beginning of His ministry.\u00a0 He said:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-size: medium;\">&#8220;<strong><em>The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">to proclaim good news<\/span> to the poor. He has sent me <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">to proclaim liberty to the captives<\/span> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">recovering of sight<\/span> to the blind, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">to set at liberty those who are oppressed<\/span>, <span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">to proclaim the year of the Lord&#8217;s favor<\/span>.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/strong>(Luk 4:18)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">This message is still relevant through all the decades, it is still necessary, it is still powerful and on top of all, it is still available for you today!\u00a0 The Gospel of Christ has the full power from God for salvation and everything else you need today! Seek the full power of the Gospel, because it has the full potential and blessing to change your life\u00a0&#8211; forever!\u00a0 It makes you a new creation and get rid of all the baggage &#8211; the old stuff that hinders, binds, shames\u00a0and condemns.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b><i>Don\u2019t be a victim\u00a0 or slave of your past!<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b><i>Be victorious in your future!<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b><i>It starts today! <\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b><i>Make the right choice!<\/i><\/b><b><i> <\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 <b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Mankind is so focused on the material side of things.\u00a0<\/span> <\/b>The <em>&#8220;put your money where your mouth is&#8221;<\/em> scenario&#8217;s. Some churches unfortunately also preach &#8220;put your money where your faith is&#8230;&#8221; ??? But God did not intend for you to run after gimmicks and false prophets who proclaim the blessings and promises from the Word of God as if the Lord has spoken it right now over your life.\u00a0 That is not true because God will give you a fresh word of prophecy and not repeat His Word, because it is already written and you can just go and read it, believe it and receive it according to His will.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Beware of false blessings via the prophets of today!<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">You already have the recipe to receive the full blessing from the Gospel of Jesus Christ! Its is plain and simple:<\/span> <\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b><i>Repent and be baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ\u00a0 (Acts 2:38 and other scriptures) <\/i><\/b><\/li>\n<li>You are then an heir of the King of kings!<\/li>\n<li><b>The Estate has been settled and paid out\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 Take up your share! \u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Gal; 3:26 \u2013 29: <\/span><\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><b><i>For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. <\/i><\/b><b><i><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><b><i>For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. <\/i><\/b><b><i><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><b><i>There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.<\/i><\/b><\/span><b><i><\/i><\/b>\n<ul>\n<li>Even if you are or were the biggest sinner, if you are poor or rich; educated or not;<\/li>\n<li><b><i>And if ye be Christ&#8217;s, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">then are ye Abraham&#8217;s seed, and <span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\">heirs according to the promise.<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/b><b><i><\/i><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And Abraham\u00a0was blessed because of his faith!<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">WOW:<\/span><\/b>\u00a0 Praise the Lord!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>God still has the choice how He wants to bless you and with what!<\/li>\n<li>But where is your focus?\n<ul>\n<li>On the blessing or the ONE who gives it?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">In a nutshell:\u00a0 <\/span><\/b> <b><i><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Eph 1:3 \u2013 14<\/span><\/i><\/b><b><i> (KJV)\u00a0 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: <\/i><\/b> <b><i>Eph 1:5<\/i><\/b><b><i>\u00a0 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, <\/i><\/b> <b><i>Eph 1:7<\/i><\/b><b><i>\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace; <\/span><\/i><\/b> <b><i>Eph 1:8<\/i><\/b><b><i>\u00a0 Wherein he hath <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">abounded (oorvloedig)<\/span> toward us in all wisdom and prudence; <\/i><\/b> <b><i>Eph 1:11<\/i><\/b><b><i>\u00a0 In whom also we have <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">obtained an inheritance,<\/span> being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will: <\/i><\/b> <b><i>Eph 1:12<\/i><\/b><b><i>\u00a0 That we <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">should be to the praise of his glory<\/span>; <\/i><\/b> <b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">This Blessing of God\u00a0 \u2013 has two sides: <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/b><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">For yourself and your family: <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For salvation and healing<\/li>\n<li>For a new life and even abundance (John 10:10)<\/li>\n<li><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Psa 24:1-5<\/span><\/b>\u00a0\u00a0in verse three another translation says that <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">we will carry away<\/span><\/strong> the blessings of the Lord.<\/li>\n<li>It speaks of abundance and it is for free;<\/li>\n<li>The righteousness of Christ also means it makes us blameless and innocent again.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong> Also for other people around you!<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>When you are blessed in Christ \u2013 <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b><i><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">you transfer blessings! <\/span><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Have you ever noticed when entering a shop and then see there\u00a0are\u00a0no other customers in the shop?\u00a0 You are the only one!\u00a0 And then very soon the customers would come piling in to do business where your are.\u00a0 David called out and said: &#8220;<strong><em>Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life.\u00a0( Psa 23:6); <\/em><\/strong><em>Test it for yourself to see how much blessings you carry and transfer to other people .<\/em><em> <\/em><\/p>\n<p>When Joseph was sold by his brothers, he was eventually uplifted by God to be second in command in the house of Pharaoh.\u00a0 &#8220;<strong><em>From the time that he made him overseer in his house and over all that he had the LORD blessed the Egyptian&#8217;s house for Joseph&#8217;s sake; <span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\">the blessing of the LORD was on all that he had,<\/span> in house and field.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(<b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Gen 39:5<\/span><\/b>\u00a0)<\/p>\n<p>What is important to note from the above scripture, is that God made sure the name of Joseph is mentioned in this verse, but he only talks about the &#8220;Egyptian&#8221;.\u00a0 His name is not important, but the names of God&#8217;s children\u00a0are important to Him.\u00a0 Our names are inscribed on the palms of His hands.<\/p>\n<p>So, you are blessed to be a blessing.\u00a0 Transfer the blessings to your workplace, your home, your church, family and everywhere you go.\u00a0 Let the light and fragrance of Jesus be evident in your life!\u00a0 Be a blessing as you are blessed!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class='wp_likes' id='wp_likes_post-2462'><a class='like' href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(2462);\" title='Like' ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.galmin.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-likes\/images\/like.png?w=750&#038;ssl=1\" alt='' border='0'\/><\/a><span class='text'>1 person likes this post.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class='like' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(2462);\">Like<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='unlike' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.unlike(2462);\">Unlike<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paul writes to the church in Rome and he gives guidance and advice on how to live in Christ.\u00a0 He also deals with some important stuff in the beginning of his letter to the church in Rome, such as: The sin of being lesbian and gay; That everybody has sinned [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6],"tags":[668,191,669],"class_list":["post-2462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-inzpired","tag-blessing-of-god-full-blessing-of-the-gospel","tag-promises","tag-transferring-blessing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9rp4V-DI","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.galmin.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.galmin.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.galmin.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.galmin.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.galmin.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2462"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.galmin.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2462\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2499,"href":"https:\/\/www.galmin.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2462\/revisions\/2499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.galmin.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.galmin.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.galmin.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}