Faith Baptist Church
4258 Botetourt Road
Fincastle, Virginia 24090
(540) 473-2325
The blessings you accrue during this life are parlayed into eternal life blessings at the Bema Seat Judgment of Jesus Christ. The fruit God reaps out of your life now will be blessed and converted into surpassing blessings in eternity, Matt.6:19-21
Remember God’s righteousness demands he bless his righteousness every opportunity he can, for every blessing from God reflects his glory, and his work accomplished in you. It is not your gifts or skills or talents that you produce that bring you God’s blessings. As Jesus Christ said in John 15:5 “I am the vine, you are the branches. He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same brings forth much fruit; for without me you can do nothing.”
We can do nothing to acquire the blessings of God apart from his power and his will. It is all of grace and not of works which we acquire the Lord’s blessings.
God is impressed only with himself and he has every right to be impressed with himself. He has no flaws. There is nothing in us apart from his divine imputations that merit his favor and his blessings.
The Sixth Imputation - Blessings in Time
When we become saved, [a spiritual status which is instantaneous and is entirely by grace through faith; which is also eternal the moment you receive Jesus Christ as your Savior], then we merely become potential candidates to receive the imputation of God’s surpassing blessings. What qualifies you and me to receive these blessings? The answer is our submission, under the authority of his inspired word, to reach and maintain spiritual maturity. If we expect God’s blessings we must be willing to be lead by the Spirit of God, Rom.8:14.
God must see our capacity to receive his blessings before he passes them down through his grace pipeline. You may say. “If God’s blessings are by grace then no one is deserving of them more than the other.” However, many miss the point that God’s grace blessings do not go where they are not wanted. And to want God’s grace blessings one must align him or herself with God’s principles, Amos 3:3; I Pet.5:6; I Jn.1:7.
God will not pour out his blessings just to see them spilled out and trampled under foot by unappreciative believers, James 4:3 “Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it [the blessing asked for] upon your lusts [pleasures].”
God’s blessings serve a greater purpose than just filling up believers' lives; more importantly his blessings are a reflection of his imputed righteousness.
The home of the sixth and seventh imputations of divine blessings in time and in eternity is the imputed righteousness of God. And the more the believer aligns him or herself with God’s righteous standards the more the believer qualifies for his blessings. This is a personal imputation coming directly from God to the believer who complies. God will not compromise his integrity by blessing those who reject his word. To receive these blessings God has the right to set the qualification because only God can give these blessings.
This demands spiritual maturity and full obedience to divine mandates. Now I did not say this demands perfection. No one is perfect. We all have to use I Jn.1:9 at times, but we keep on growing under his divine plan by attending the right local church where a right pastor-teacher opens up the Bible and teaches the word.
God does not bless good intentions no matter how many results the activity gets. God blesses the souls of the saints who obey the truth within their perspective dispensation.
The size of the congregation plays no part in the size and number of your imputed blessings. It is the size of your edification complex and your positive volition which operates on epignosis doctrine that determines your blessings.
Please listen carefully here. God has two kinds of blessings; logistical blessings and tactical blessings.
Logistical blessings in time: given to all believers
1. the imputed righteousness of God
2. the indwelling Holy Spirit
3. a human spirit
4. the free will to advance in the plan of God
5. a local church and a pastor-teacher to instruct you in righteousness
God keeps all of us alive through his logistical blessings for daily living, but being alive is not what Jesus Christ was referring to when he said he came to give us the abundant life. The abundant life relates to the life that has the capacity to enjoy life regardless of our circumstances in life. Paul said in Phil.4:11 that he had learned in what ever state he was in to be content. That’s because he had the capacity to enjoy life due to his advanced spiritual fellowship with God, not because he had education, health, great friends and so on. When you understand the abundant life you will not substitute the temporal things of this life for the eternal wealth found in the word of God.
Tactical blessings in time: given to qualified believers Isa.53:10-12
1. spiritual blessings - faith rest life of contentment under any circumstances
2. temporal blessings - appreciation to enjoy little as much as a lot
3. social prosperity - true friends you can count on
4. sexual blessings - for married couples due to a right mental attitude
5. vocational blessings - you have the capacity to enjoy your work
6. mental blessings - you have a greater perception in various fields of thought
7. leadership blessings - you can handle authority and exercise authority
8. good health - divine wisdom gives you guidelines for staying healthy
9. blessing by association - iron sharpens iron, you attract similar associates and you bless those by their contact with you.
10. historical impact blessings - your contribution to a better society to follow
11. undeserved suffering blessings - your spiritual momentum is rapidly advanced to put you into an intimate “friend of God” status
12. dying grace blessings - the ultimate human experience as you cross over to the presence of the Lord in death
As you can see we have a lot of ground to cover. I hope you don’t miss these messages. They involve learning what you have to gain, and what you stand to loose.