Pastor Steve Perez | February 27, 2024
The Fountain Apostolic Church
Learn more at tfachurch.com/plus
Abraham - planted the seed of our spiritual family tree.
He began chasing God’s vision for him with nothing but a promise and a person-in the seed son, Isaac.
Spiritual trailblazer (new lands, new wells, building herds, gold, etc.)
Sent his servant Eleazer to get a wife for Isaac.
Genesis 24:35
Every family / generation needs someone to get the ball rolling...trailblazers!
Isaac - watered the tree of our spiritual family tree.
When Abraham died, he not only received his dad's physical inheritance, but also the spiritual blessing of God’s covenant with his dad.
I believe Isaac got a second measure of blessing.
Genesis 26:13
Abraham was great, but Isaac was VERY GREAT!
Genesis 26:12
Jacob - grew the spiritual family tree (branched out).
When Isaac was dying, he started thinking of Esau & Jacob, & he blessed Jacob
Genesis 27:28-29
Jacob increased in wealth, got a word, worked hard, stayed loyal even though mistreated, focused on what he wanted, & under a special generational covenant blessing through Isaac.
Genesis 27:27
Jacob had 12 sons between Rachel & Leah.
Abraham: 1 son, Isaac: 2 sons, Jacob: 12 sons-increase of blessings!
Joseph - The next generation would protect our spiritual family tree.
Famine fell in the land, & Jacob had to move to Egypt to protect the family tree (time to stay, time to move).
By the time Jacob’s family left Egypt, they were 1.5 million, & carried the Egyptians’ gold & silver out with them.
Psalms 105:37
Fourth generations are unique: they tell if the legacy continues or dies.
Moses, Joshua, elders...
Judges 2:10
Christian, their tree is ours!
Romans 11:18
Israel is the natural seed of Abraham & the Christians / church are a spiritual seed.
Galatians 3:29
We are somehow in this with them...I want to know how to pass it in to my boys, grandkids, great-grandkids, etc.
When God makes a covenant with a person or nation, He is a long-range/long-term planner/thinker.Four generations of Hebrew fathers prove the existence of generational blessing.