1. Blessings From The Lord

2. And the L ORD spoke to Moses, saying: “Speak to Aaron and his sons, saying, ‘This is the way you shall bless the children of Israel. Say to them: “The L ORD bless you and keep you; The L ORD make His face shine upon you, And be gracious to you; The L ORD lift up His countenance upon you, And give you peace.”’ “So they shall put My name on the children of Israel, and I will bless them.” - Numbers 6.22-27

3. “The L ORD bless you and keep you” 1.“The Lord bless you”... To confer well-being or prosperity. The promise of blessings - Deuteronomy 28.1-6 The promise of curses - Deuteronomy 28.15-19 2.The Lord “keep you”... Under God’s provision, care, guard, and protection! Psalm 121.1-8

4. “The L ORD make His face shine upon you, And be gracious to you” 1.To “make His face shine”... God’s smile of favor on His people. “Make Your face shine upon Your servant; Save me for Your mercies’ sake.” - Psalm 31.16 2.To “be gracious”... To bestow favor upon, especially that which is unmerited. The grace of God.

5. “The L ORD lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace.” 1.To ‘lift up His countenance”... Would be similar to a smile of favor, But also involves pleasure and affection. As well as approval and recognition. 2.Peace from God A positive state of rightness. Isaiah 26.3-4

6. The “priestly blessing” for us 1.The Lord desires to bless us. – Ephesians 1.3; Matthew 5.1-12 2.The Lord desires to provide and care for us. – Matthew 6.25-32 3.God’s grace is manifest through Jesus. – John 1.17; 2 Corinthians 6.1-3 4.The peace of God is now possible. – Romans 5.1 Philippians 4.6-7

7. “Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.” - Hebrews 4.14-16

8. If you desire “the priestly blessing" today, you must be in Christ and He must be your High Priest. That is the only way God is blessing His people today!

9. “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ” - Ephesians 1.3

10. How does one get “into” Christ? “For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.” - Galatians 3.26-27 You must believe in Christ Jesus...

11. How does one get “into” Christ? “For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.” - Galatians 3.26-27 You must be baptized to be in Christ.

12. Do you believe in Jesus Christ? Enough to be baptized for the remission of your sins today? Will you come as we sing #000?