PSALM CHAPTER 20
MAINTAINING HAPPINESS:
Observing the GLORY of our God

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THE GIVING OF A BLESSING: FOR US TO DO ?

1. WHAT IS A BLESSING ?
   A. NOT ALWAYS AS OBVIOUS AS WE MIGHT THINK.
       —A PERSON’S LIFE CAN BE A BLESSING. THEIR
             BEHAVIOR, TESTIMONY, ETC. GEN. 12:2. *EX.—CORY
             TEN BOOM IN FLEA-INFESTED CONCENTRATION CAMP.
   B. ULTIMATELY, ALL GOOD THINGS COME FROM GOD.
            GEN. 12:3, JAMES 1:17.
   C. THEY COVER HEAVEN AND EARTH, NOW AND LATER.
        GEN. 49:25
   D. SOME BLESSINGS ARE OF A SPIRITUAL NATURE. EPH. 1:3.
       —GIVING OUT THE GOSPEL IS A BLESSING. ROM. 15:29.
       —TURNING FROM INIQUITY IS A BLESSING. ACTS 3:26.

2. WHY IT IS BIBLICAL.
   A. JESUS COMMANDED IT. MATT. 5:44.
   B. IT IS THE ATTITUDE OF PEOPLE RIGHT WITH GOD.
       1 PET. 3:9.
   C. BY DOING IT TO THE BRETHREN, WE DO IT TO THE
            LORD. MATT. 25:40.
   D. ALL BLESSING SHOULD BE RETURNED TO GOD.
        REV. 5:12-13, 7:12, LUKE 24:53, PS. 103:2.
        **WE HAVE SPECIAL OBLIGATION TO MAKE SURE GOD IS
            BLESSED THROUGH IT, NOT COMPLYING WITH THE
          WILL OF SINFUL MEN. MATT. 7;6.

3. WHY SOME CANNOT DO IT.
   A. SOME HAVEN’T GROWN ENOUGH. HEB. 5:12.
   B. SOME ARE NOT YIELDED TO THE HOLY SPIRIT.
       —NOT LIVING FOR THE LORD. JAMES 3:10.
       —NOT ENOUGH FAITH. MATT. 13:58.
   C. SOME PEOPLE DON’T COUNT IT TO BE IMPORTANT
       ENOUGH. HEB. 12:17.

4. WHEN IT SHOULD BE DONE.
   A. WHEN THERE IS A NEED FOR BLESSING (WHETHER
       THEY WANT IT, OR NOT !) GEN. 48:9, PROV. 24:24-25.
   B. IN RETURN FOR BEING A BLESSING. HEB. 6:14.