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God Wants What’s

God Wants What’s. FIRST. “…and Abel also brought of the firstborn of his flock and of their fat portions.” Genesis 4:4. “You shall keep the Feast of Harvest, of the firstfruits of your labor, of what you sow in the field.” Exodus 23:16.

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God Wants What’s

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  1. God Wants What’s FIRST

  2. “…and Abel also brought of the firstborn of his flock and of their fat portions.” Genesis 4:4

  3. “You shall keep the Feast of Harvest, of the firstfruits of your labor, of what you sow in the field.” Exodus 23:16

  4. “The best of the firstfruits of your ground you shall bring into the house of the LORD your God.” Exodus 23:19

  5. “If you offer a grain offering of firstfruits to the LORD, you shall offer for the grain offering of your firstfruits fresh ears, roasted with fire, crushed new grain.” Leviticus 2:14

  6. “When you come into the land that the LORD your God is giving you for an inheritance and have taken possession of it and live in it, you shall take some of the first of all the fruit of the ground, which you harvest from your land the that the LORD your God is giving you, and you shall put it in a basket, and you shall go to the place that the LORD you God will choose, to make his name to dwell there.” Deuteronomy 26:1-2

  7. “‘And he brought us into this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey. And behold, now I bring the first of the fruit of the ground, which you, O LORD, have given me.’ And you shall set it down before the LORD your God and worship before the LORD your God.” Deuteronomy 26:9-10

  8. “Of the first of your dough you shall present a loaf as a contribution; like a contribution from the threshing floor, so shall you present it. Some of the first of your dough you shall give to the LORD as a contribution throughout your generations.” Numbers 15:20-21

  9. “Consecrate to me all the firstborn. Whatever is the first to open the womb among the people of Israel, both of man and of beast, is mine.” Exodus 13:2

  10. “…you shall set apart to the LORD all that first opens the womb. All the firstborn of your animals that are males shall be the LORD’s. Every firstborn of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb, or if you will not redeem it you shall break its neck. Every firstborn of man among your sons you shall redeem. And when in time to come your son asks you, ‘What does this mean?’ you shall say to him, ‘By a strong hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt, from the house of slavery…” Exodus 13:11-16

  11. “…For when Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the LORD killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both of the firstborn of man and the firstborn of animals. Therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all the males that first open the womb, but all the firstborn sons I redeem.’ It shall be as a mark on your hand or frontlets between your eyes, for by a strong hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt.” Exodus 13:11-16

  12. “Behold, I have taken the Levites from among the people of Israel instead of every firstborn who opens the womb among the people of Israel. The Levites shall be mine, for all the firstborn are mine. On the day that I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I consecrated for my own all the firstborn in Israel, both of man and of beast. They shall be mine: I am the LORD.” Numbers 3:12-13

  13. “We obligate ourselves to bring the firstfruits of our ground and the firstfruits of all fruit of every tree, year by year, to the house of the LORD; also to bring to the house of our God, to the priests who minster in the house of our God, the firstborn of our sons and of our cattle, as it is written in the Law, and the firstborn of our herds and of our flocks; and to bring the first of our dough, and our contributions, the fruit of every tree, the wine and the oil, to the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God...” Nehemiah 10:35-37

  14. “Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your produce…” Proverbs 3:9

  15. “But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.” Matthew 6:33

  16. “To another he said, ‘Follow me.’ But he said, ‘Lord, let me first go and bury my father.’ And Jesus said to him, ‘Leave the dead to bury their own dead. But as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.’ Yet another said, ‘I will follow you, Lord, but let me first say farewell to those at my home.’ Jesus said to him, ‘No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.” Luke 9:59-62

  17. God Has Made Us FIRST

  18. “Then you shall say to Pharaoh, ‘Thus says the LORD, Israel is my firstborn son, and I say to you, “Let my son go that he may serve me.” If you refuse to let him go, behold, I will kill your firstborn son.’” Exodus 4:22-23

  19. “Israel was holy to the LORD, the firstfruits of his harvest.” Jeremiah 2:3

  20. “There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all on in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s offspring, heirs according to promise.” Galatians 3:28-29

  21. “For neither circumcision counts for anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation. And as for all who walk by this rule, peace and mercy by upon them, and upon the Israel of God.” Galatians 6:15-16

  22. “But we ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as the firstfruits to be saved, through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth.” II Thessalonians 2:13

  23. “But you have come to…the assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect.” Hebrews 12:22-23

  24. You’ll Lose What You Put FIRST Unless it is God

  25. “But the Lord answered her, ‘Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things, but one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, which will not be taken away from her.’” Luke 10:41-42

  26. “For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.” Luke 9:24

  27. God Gave His FIRST

  28. “But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.” I Corinthians 15:20

  29. “And again, when he brings the firstborn into the world, he says, ‘Let all God’s angels worship him.’” Hebrews 1:6

  30. “For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many bothers.” Romans 8:29

  31. “For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.” Colossians 1:19

  32. God Wants What’s FIRST

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