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Honoring God with First Fruits: Ancient Commandments and Christian Devotion

Delve into the ancient practices of offering first fruits to God as commanded in the Bible and understand how it relates to Christian beliefs in dedicating our possessions, time, and love to the divine. Discover the significance of first fruits in honoring God throughout history.

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Honoring God with First Fruits: Ancient Commandments and Christian Devotion

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  1. “HERE IS WHAT I HAVE SEEN TO BE GOOD AND FITTING: TO EAT, TO DRINK AND ENJOY ONESELF IN ONE’S LABOR IN WHICH HE TOILS UNDER THE SUN DURING THE FEW YEARS OF LIFE WHICH GOD HAS GIVEN HIM; FOR THIS IS HIS REWARD.” ECCLESIASTES 5:18

  2. FIRST FRUITS TO GOD

  3. Jehovah commanded Israel what to do with their first fruits. • “The firstborn of your sons you shall give to Me. . . You shall bring the choice first fruits of your soil into the house of the LORD your God. . . . The first offspring from every womb belongs to Me, and all your male livestock, the first offspring from cattle and sheep.” Exodus 22:29; 23:19; 34:19, 26

  4. Jehovah commanded Israel what to do with their first fruits. • Commandments in the Law connected to first fruits: • Feasts of Harvest and of Ingatherings (Exodus 23:16) • Offerings (Leviticus 23:10, 17; Numbers 18:12-13; 28:26) • Redemption of the firstborn (Exodus 13:12-13; Leviticus 27:26-27)

  5. Jehovah commanded Israel what to do with their first fruits. • Israel did not always give their first fruits to God. • King Hezekiah’s reforms (2 Chronicles 31:4-6) • Governor Nehemiah’s oversight (Nehemiah 10:34-37) • A prophecy of restoration (Ezekiel 20:33-44)

  6. Christians are God’s first fruits (James 1:16-18). • The Father’s first fruits are the firstborn ones of truth. • Revelation 14:4; 1 Peter 1:18-19 • “For you have been bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body.” (1 Corinthians 6:20)

  7. Christians are God’s first fruits (James 1:16-18). • “Honor the LORD from your wealth and from the first of all your produce;…” (Proverbs 3:9) • First of ourselves • 2 Corinthians 8:5; Colossians 3:23 • First of our love and devotion • Matthew 22:37; 10:37; 1 John 2:15

  8. Christians are God’s first fruits (James 1:16-18). • “Honor the LORD from your wealth and from the first of all your produce;…” (Proverbs 3:9) • First of our time • Ephesians 5:16, 17 • First of our income and possessions • Luke 12:15; 1 Corinthians 16:2; 1 Timothy 6:17, 18

  9. Christians are God’s first fruits (James 1:16-18). • First fruits are the first of the fruit implying more blessings to come. • Jesus is “the firstborn of many brethren” (Romans 8:28-30). • Jesus’ resurrection is “the first fruits of those who are asleep” (1 Corinthians 15:20, 23).

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