BLC presents All you can eat Structure Rev 227 Blessed are they that do his commandments Rev 199 And he saith unto me Write Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb And he ID: 336579
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Seven Blessings of Revelation
BLC presents:Slide2
All you can eatSlide3
StructureSlide4
Rev 22:7
Blessed are they that do his commandments..Slide5
Rev 19:9 And he
saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.
InvitationSlide6
Luke 14:16, 17 Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade many:
And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready.The Parable of the ExcusesSlide7
Luke 14:18 And they all with one
consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused. PropertySlide8
Luke 14:19 And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused.
WorkSlide9
Luke 14:20 And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.
FamilySlide10
Property
Job or businessFamilyExcusesSlide11
Luke 14:21 So that servant came, and
shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.Those who are called…Slide12
Poor – Opposite of having property
Maimed –Missing important body part(s)Halt – (Lame)Opposite of having a business, job.Blind - (Ignorant) Blind to what this world offers. [unparalleled]
Those who are called…Slide13
Luke 14:22 And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room.
There is still roomSlide14
Luke 14:24 For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper.
None shall tasteSlide15
Mat 22:5 But they made
light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise:Another ParableSlide16
Mat 22:10, 11 So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests.
And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:No wedding garment…Slide17
Mat 22:12 And he
saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.Judas was also addressed as “Friend”FriendSlide18
Those who accepted Christ by faith, Jesus addresses as Friend.
James 2:23 And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God. FriendSlide19
Pro_18:24 A man that hath friends must
shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. Accept His friendship through Christ.How do we befriend God?Slide20
“A man of many companions is so to his own destruction, but there is a friend (the true, loving friend).” For it is not the multitude of so called friends that helps us. They may only embarrass and perplex.
What we prize is the One whose love is stronger and purer even than all ties of blood family.How do we befriend God?Slide21
John 15:14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
John 15:15 Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you. How do we befriend God?Slide22
Pro_27:6 Faithful are the wounds of a
friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. FriendSlide23
In the parable the guy without the garment did not make use of the provision made.
He did not take on the armor of God, the righteous of Christ, the cross. HE DID FOLLOW THE WEDDING INVITATION.FriendSlide24
The parable of the excuses reveals those who had a
worldly occupation (Property, work, family) that prevented them from attending the feast.God told us when he would want to have a special date with us.FriendSlide25
Éxo
20:10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God.FriendSlide26
Dictionary.com
“the first day of the week, observed as the sabbath by most Christian sects.”FriendSlide27
Encyclopedia.com.
For centuries Sunday has had a distinct set of boundaries and meanings for children growing up in Catholic and Protestant households and nations. As styles of religious practice changed over time, so did proscriptions for Sunday observances.FriendSlide28
Encyclopedia.com
….Broadly speaking, before the Protestant Reformation there was little difference between Sundays and other days, but afterward both Catholics and Protestants engaged in a reformation of the calendar that resulted in a regular rhythm of six days work and one day's rest (Sunday).But did God say?FriendSlide29
James 4:4, “know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.”
John 15:14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. FriendSlide30
Heb 4:4 For he
spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works. Heb 4:8 For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day. Heb 4:9 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.
Friend