 So I want to be able to talk to you where our continuing our series be rich somebody say be rich Look at you. Look at your neighbor to tell them. Are you the one or should I wait for another? I Want to talk to you this afternoon double portion blessing Tell you never double portion Blessing I want to read from the scripture Deuteronomy 21 15 through 17 It's an Ulta summit so just hanging with me here It says if a man has two wives and he loves one, but not the other sad story And both bear him sons But the first is the son of the wife He does not love when he wills his property to his sons He must not give the rights of his first first born to the son of the wife He loves in the presence of his actual first born the son of the wife. He does not love I want to underline verse 17 says he must acknowledge the son of his unloved wife as the first born by giving him a Double share of all that he has That son is the first sign of his father's strength the rights of the first born belongs To him in the Old Testament even in all in our days We live we lived and live in a generation where the first born the first person the son or the Daughter that gets born they receive the double portion of Blessing upon their life because they have the Responsibility upon the life for the families that correct so as we have all the brothers older sisters There were the kind of the ones to take care of the family if the parents are gone They're responsible for the house They're the pond responsible for the safety to feed the children to take care of them So if something goes wrong the first born needs to be the one to kind of step in and take action Being the first born which I was not I was the third. It was good and bad The the bad part about her if my dad's going somewhere the first born gets to go drive with him He gets the first car. He gets the best clothes The good part about it the first born also gets beat all the time and he is made The example for all the other children so in case I break something dad runs in who did it the first board So dad's like I'm gonna make an example tell of you come on. Let's do this Even has his own belt called the first born gets so The good and the bad but in the Bible He talks about the double portion begins to come to the first born because that's me and you We are the first born in Christ Jesus So you can write that down that we are in Christ Jesus We are the first born and the scripture it says in Colossians 1 verse 15 verse 15 says the son is the image of the Visible God the first born over all creation and you can read further down later on and also in Romans 8 29 says For those God for new he also Predestined to be conformed to the image of a son that he might be the first born among many brothers and sisters in Christ we possess a hundred percent blessing of the double portion Anointing for your life see devil tries to do everything that he can to belittle you for the crumbs To belittle you or just enough or not enough or God wants it to be humbled God wants to punish you You need to suffer you need to this and this that you don't come to God Knowing that you have you are the first born before God and you possess the double portion for your life He will do Satan is smart. He is deceiving. He'll do everything that he can he says Oh, you can't ask God for healing maybe God is trying to teach you something through the sickness He's trying to humbly be humble because if you are healed you're gonna be proud if God gives you extra money It gives you promotion the pride will get in your heart And you know and then you will run away from God if God gives you this ministry or if God starts healing through you You're gonna get proud you're gonna be like those, you know, they call him pulpit pimps I don't know you know always asking for money or they're gonna call you the prosperity gospel preachers and Satan tries to pollute your mind to the point where you say, you know, yes, I will just settle for the crumbs But in this scripture, we see that Jesus in Jesus mean you we possess the double portion Blessing because we are in him. We are the first born. Come on somebody That means when you come before God you should not just come as a beggar But you should come as a son and a daughter of most high God knowing what belongs to you Knowing that you're the righteousness of Christ Jesus. Yes, you made a mistake. Yes You may be falling short, but because of Jesus you begin to take his place in righteousness You take his place in holiness you take his place in double portion blessing. Come on somebody If you say Pastor, maybe I don't deserve it. Yes Jesus also didn't deserve what he got on the cross He didn't deserve to be beaten. He had no sin or no fault was found in him But because he took mine and your place We are able to stand this afternoon deserve the double portion for your life in Jesus name Maybe you know when it came to relationship you were going through through things Cheating maybe backstopping maybe some people left out of your life Maybe your family begins to fall apart does not mean the double portion still does not belong to you It is your portion for the taking it is your for the asking You just need to come before God as the first born in Christ Jesus And when you come to say him because of Christ, I am healed because of Christ I am delivered because of Christ. I have salvation in my life. It is because of his life in that church We are the first born in Jesus name, you know, and it's Devil always wants to use his past To belittle us as children of God. He always wants to use lies and manipulation though that we don't Hear God that we don't understand the perfect will of God that he has for our lives when when my son Vince asked me for For milk, you know the moment I hear him asking he doesn't stop He just is like that. You know it's that then I think in Spanish means milk or water I don't know what it means to me to me this milk I'm like whenever he speaks Spanish to him. I'm like banana. You know, just is this with you? I don't know but he doesn't stop and then sometimes when when I don't come he's just da da You know, I'm like, it's like come on. What's going on the moment? I hear him. It is as good as an answer When you when we come before God when we pray when he hears us It is as good as an answer because he is our father and we are his children. Come on somebody Double portion blessing belongs to each one of us, but as we read in the scripture We also know that double portion comes with Responsibility for our lives. Amen God does not just throw out Double portion blessings from heaven like lottery tickets. Come on somebody roll a good number Oh, that's what one's gonna get a double portion today. Why I don't know why no There is a purpose for a double portion Because he has the Responsibility for the people that God has surrounded him and he says, you know what I need to supply your life with Blessing in order for you to be a blessing to others See, I've heard this quote Before I really always challenged me and and this man of God said put yourself in a position Where God cannot afford to lose you When you become in a position that you are feeding families who do not have enough finances God says I can't afford to lose him because if I lose him I lose that family that he's also supplying the needs I can't afford to lose her because you know through her hands She will heal the sick and there's a cancer patient that are waiting for her to lay my hands on when you put yourself in The position where God can't afford to lose you double portion 19 will begin to flow in your life in Jesus name Man For the first born God gives a responsibility of the people around them It is maybe their families. It is maybe their brothers or their sisters that still do not know God But double portion blessing comes with the Responsibility for each one of our lives. It's not that just we live an American dream We have a good life. It is it will come with it But because we have a responsibility for the family Because we have a responsibility for our core workers. God says I need to bless you I need to bless you and I need to pour out the healing anointing into your hands because there's people that you're gonna come into contact with Who's just gonna be in the last, you know report from the doctor that they have this so much to live and they're going to die I need to give the anointing of healing to your life I need to bless you with freedom in your life that you know Who's the real freedom because you're gonna be around people who are gonna be depressed who are gonna be an antidepressant pills We're gonna be suicidal We're gonna be cutting themselves and I need to give you with that gift of freedom and liberty so you can introduce him to Jesus Who can set him free? I need to bless you because you have a world around you that needs to receive what you have inside of your men church First born blessing comes with the responsibility and Jesus being the first born in But there's disciples he wanted to illustrate that gift and illustrate that that you guys have the Responsibility around you for the crowds You know when Jesus walked on this earth and you you constantly see his heart and it said as Jesus walked with the crowd His heart was moved with compassion and it says over and over and over again because Jesus knew I'm Responsible for the crowd that is around me. I can't judge him or maybe he is sin or he didn't sin I need to bring healing. I can't judge him. You know if he did this or that I need to break free the chain that binds a wife because I am Responsible for the real to the world that is around me and in Matthew 14 14 to 21 it says when Jesus Landed and he saw a large crowd. He had compassion on them and healed their sick as Evening approach the disciples came to him said there's remote area in this place and it's already getting late Send them away So that I can go in the village and buy themselves food and Jesus watches and Jesus replied to them and said They do not need to go away. You give them something to eat Jesus saw the people the crowd as his Responsibility he says look, you know what I can I can bring I can I can bring food from heaven I can make it rain, you know with bread and sandwiches and fish whatever it is You know, but I it's my responsibility and I want to teach you guys something that this People around you. It is also your responsibility God wants to use what you have to bless others because You are the firstborn and the first born blessing belongs to you and I am a church Jesus said to them they do not need to go away You give them something to eat and they said we have just here five loaves and bread of two fish They answered and Jesus said bring him to me And he said and he directed the people to sit down the grass taking the five loaves and two fish and looking up to heaven He gave thanks broke the leaves a loaves and he gave them to disciples and disciples gave to the people They are all eight and were satisfied and the disciples picked up 12 baskets of broken pieces And they were left over and the number of those who ate was five thousand men besides the woman and children Until we take there on the responsibility For the people of God the people that God loves That's when the double portion blessing will begin to operate in our lives We have to understand blessing does not just come an accident because you were lucky It comes with the responsibility because God sees you as the answer to a dying world God sees you as the As your hands heal the sick God says I need to provide more blessing in your life because there's so much more people That you need to bless so much more people that you need to pray for so much more You know scholarships that you're going to give out hospitals that you're going to build the wells You're going to dig you know an indian thorough country I need to bless you because you have the responsibility to be a blessing name and church We have to understand the responsibility breaks selfishness Responsibility begins to break. You know that it's all about me. It's all you know God bless me. God did this when God gives you responsibility You are no longer about yourself. You are cut you are you are looking how to bless how to pray for others How can I pray for my family? How can I bless this person? And then when your responsibility begins to be more and more your selfishness begins to die Your selfishness and your pride begins to be broken And you are no longer in a position where God cannot lose you God says I need to bless him Oh, why because his family still hasn't received Christ I need to heal through his hand. Why because there's a daughter that I love that is she's suffering with asthma You know, there's a there's a family. There's a marriage that's going through a hard time I need to bring reconciliation to that family and God says I cannot afford to lose you Why because you took on the responsibility to care for your neighbor for your friend And you know in disciples and others are asking Jesus who is my neighbor? Who is my friend and Jesus told them it's those that people neglect as you've seen our home groups this week You know going out caring for those nobody cares for to be able to pray for those nobody prays for For those who are neglected in you know in the union gospel mission serving food and loved ones I challenge you this month as a month of giving this month as a month You know to being to share the blessing Find something and something that you can give to those nobody cares for for those that are being rejected Maybe it's your coach. Maybe it's shoes. Maybe it's you know school supplies Whatever it may be that you become responsible for the world that is around amen church And I believe that that's how Solomon begins to strike the heart of God when God comes to Solomon and second Chronicles verse one Chapter one verse seven it says that night God appeared to Solomon and asked him Asked for whatever you want for me to give you and Solomon asked answered God and said you have shown great kindness To david my father and have made me king in his place And and watch this he says now lord god let your promise of my father david be confirmed For you have made me king over a people who are as numerous as dust on the earth Give me wisdom and knowledge that I may lead This people for who are able to govern this great people of yours God God was shocked with Solomon's response and his request because Solomon's response wasn't god bless me so I can be the best king there ever was Solomon just says god He's the people that you're giving me give me wisdom so I can take care of them God give me knowledge so I can take care of the people that you entrusted me with he knew he had a Responsibility for fulfill and he said god bless me so I can bless them and god says I like that because these are the people that I I form from the dust Oh, this sir. These are the people that I'm going to send my son to die for these These are my heart and god says Solomon just because you you cared for them I'll give you not just only wisdom but riches knowledge and understanding What is god challenging you to be responsible with? Maybe it's it's your family members that you prayed for you prayed for and you gave up and god says Because of your family. I want to bless you God says maybe it's because of your your best friend that you god has put on your heart to pray for to bring salvation for They need the gospel many times more than we do. We're the only Jesus they'll ever see we're the only bible though. They'll ever know and god says I want to place the responsibility upon your life For them. I know they might not want church I know they might not want to hear about god, but you are responsible for them because you have known the lights You have experienced that joy and I want to pour that joy into their lives in jesus name. Come on somebody Last point is pay the full price of sacrifice Pay the full price of sacrifice when jesus came to his disciples and he asked For them to give something to eat, you know, and it's uh for men. It's not easy to give up food. Yes Come on somebody. It's not easy, right? and When jesus came to the disciples probably peter peter was like Can I pull you aside a little bit? You know, I said five loaves and two fish I know you might I know you have faith in everything, but you know, it's it's not even enough to feed ourselves 12 men, you know for five loaves of red and two fish. It's not enough We're gonna you have to cast lots who's gonna get the bigger portion, you know, because when you break sometimes it's uneven So peter the disciples are like jesus, you know, this is not enough for us You know, it's it's not good for us to be hungry. Just let him go so we can even survive It was a sacrifice for them to give up that food But jesus said you have to be part if you want to be part of the blessing You have to give something that is a sacrifice to you When you are giving, you know that dollar bill that you sometimes don't even need or you wash your pants and you reach down Huh dollar bill, you know and you throw in the offering basket. That's not sacrifice Sacrifice hurts sacrifice means something sacrifice touches us and and when when jesus when jesus came to the disciples says You know, yes, I can send them away and it won't need me nothing to us But I want this miracle to be part of the sacrifice that you give I want to teach your responsibility that you can't just let them go and let and who knows what will happen to them You'll be part of that miracle. You come to a place of responsibility and sacrifice And then I will pour out the double portion blessing upon their life. Amen Spirit of selfishness was both broken over the disciples lives and they saw how sacrifice And responsibility when they come together the double portion anointing begins to pour out upon their lives You know it's sacrifice for for many of us. It could be, you know time For some of us for money is not sacrifice for some of us energy for some of us You know stepping out and witnessing to others for some of us spending time with our family could be sacrificed Because of what they've done to us for some of us sacrifice means different things but just like david when and david when he counted the His his men his warriors his soldiers and god told him not to do that and you know a plague Angel of death came and begin to strike down, you know israelites and it said that 70 000 men fell And david could have been like, you know, uh made a mistake god has punished him or whatever Let this just go by but then he says that you know, I need to bring a sacrifice before god I need to bring an offering before god and he comes to this field and he says, you know I want this field so I can bring sacrifice to god and the owner of the field is like keep take it You're the king, you know people are dying just just take it but david in his heart He says, you know what? Yes, I can get the field and I can bring a sacrifice, but it won't cost me a thing In his second sammel 24 24 he says that but david answered he said no I have to pay you what it's worth. I can't offer to the lord my god It's sacrifice that cost me nothing We have to understand the greatness has a price Revival it has a price that we need to pay salvation of our family It has a price that we must pay it is through fasting It is through praying it is through continual inviting them it is through continuous crying out god Say my family it has a price to pay Some of us we think that you know we can get you know Revival at a discount we can get it on sale. We can you know, maybe just one time comment and pray and it's all awesome No, it's a three-day sacrifice. It is continued praying. It's years after years See no salvation take place at the church, but it's to declare that thousands locally millions globally would take place That is a sacrifice Sacrifice is is being faithful when your heart is broken Sacrifice is to begin to stand when you feel like you want to run you want to quit you want to give up You want to toss in the towel that is sacrifice Sacrifice is to continue to pray for the salvation of your son and on your daughter when they're getting more More in drugs they get locked up in jail They begin to overdose that is sacrifice when you stand and you take god out of his ward and you say god What you said I will do and I will pray according to it Sacrifice is being consistent when you're being embarrassed When what you believe for what you stand for it's it's it's contrary to what is taking place around you. That is sacrifice Sacrifices is holding on to the promises of god when you feel like you're moving backwards not forward. There's no progress It's just years of pain of Weeping and it's just things are not working out. That is sacrifice God begins to come to to davin and he says bring to me a sacrifice, but david understand the look I have to pay a price I have to pay a price before god because I don't want to offer to god something which cost me nothing I'm gonna live a life. These are the people. They are my responsibility I have made a mistake and yes, you know, this could just be easy for me a easy way out But because I am responsible for the world that is around me I am responsible for my whole family tree to know god I'm responsible for the sick that god's going to use my hands to heal I'm responsible for the prophecy word that's gonna come out of my mouth and restore somebody's future Restore somebody hope I am responsible. So I have to bring a sacrifice to god which cost me something To whom much is given much is required God god has a double portion blessing on each one of our lives And it's not that we're just gonna live in a lot of money. It's it's god wants to bless you financially so he can see through your finances Hospitals being open Through your finances orphanages being open rehab centers teen centers Abortion clinics to be closed through your finances. I mean, I remember a few years ago You know when when me my wife we collected it through Through hungry generation enough money to build a well in india until this day There's water for one village and it feeds about I think they said about a hundred thousand people that year Were able to receive clean water just with two thousand dollars a hundred thousand people just two thousand dollars That that time it kind of it hit me and I knew that god, you know I want to have more than enough. I want to live in the double portion blessing Why because there's people that I might never meet But my money can go there and can bring clean water to a village now remember My first sacrifice You know when before right before I was getting married I had a car that I that I got from auction fix I was gonna sell I was gonna make a lot of money on it and I was like man No, this is good. You know first getting married and you need money And you get a lot of money because you know everything costs money and and that time, you know a family in our church You know lost their car and that was their only car to go to work and for the whole family and it got put on my heart that Hey give that car away. I'm like god You know how much money i'm gonna make do you know And I was wrestling I remember that I remember that morning It was a it was a back pew second back pew I was praying there and god's like give that family a car and I was just like It's hard because it's it was everything to me at that time It's it's easy to give things away where you have extra, you know But when you have one and and you know, you need that it's like the crutch that you need to lean on god says I want you to give that I remember giving that and In a way kind of like as I gave it as a god, you know take it You know, I'm gonna lose it one way the other, you know, just take it, you know Lay it out the altar and from then on that's when That's when god began to open up doors with finances That as time went by a car dealership through that sacrifice began to open A body shop began to open that at this day There's 10 employees 10 employees working Currently 10 families being fed because of the sacrifice that went into at that time And as I look back right now, and I'm like was it worth it? Yes, it was worth it What I what I do it again. Yes, I'll probably give two probably be a better place now, you know And that's what many times god challenges us There's sometimes people that in our lives and god says You're responsible for it. Just give it give it that more sacrifice. Give you know that love Maybe it's to sow a seed into the life Maybe it is to open up a home group for you. That's going to be a sacrifice for you Maybe it is to invest your time and money to a relationship That you see in a church that is struggling and god says, you know I'm giving you the responsibility that that marriage stays together Or maybe it's the family that you need to visit and just pray for them Each one of us god it's to each to each their own even every single person god has that responsibility And he put in a heart, but with it come sacrifice I wish I could tell you that the greatness has a discount It costs what it costs I wish revival had like a black friday or a cyber monday that you know that we only pray one hour and that sits It's years of continued praying years of continued praying You know looking back right now if we didn't get to this place because a man or a pastor just said, you know We're gonna have a church, you know, we had teenagers who didn't speak english and we still robbed stores And we preached on Sunday after that It was sacrificed because it was continued to proclaim the vision that we're gonna one day reach the nation While your own teenagers that you're preaching you're profling about or robbing stores It was sacrificed because families begin to leave and they said you're crazy. You don't know what you're doing Just go start a church somewhere else or get a pastoral position But that was sacrificed those those years, you know the fasting that we're doing monday through friday every morning prayer in this place There's a price to pay There's a price to pay Where we are with our church hunger gen right now It's not even we have even scratched the surface to where god wants us to be but that place only comes when we sacrifice We have the responsibility for this world. We have the responsibility thousands locally millions globally We have to pay the price. We have to show god god. We will pay something which costs us something come on somebody When you see what's on the other side, you will say it is worth it When you see the marriage on the other side, you'll say it's worth it It was worth the price. It was worth the responsibility. It was worth the prayers It was worth the fasting when you see the healings that god will do through your hands You will say it was worth it when you see the dead being raised You will say god the years that i went through it was worth it I'll pay the price and it'll cost me everything But i know what's on the other side. Thank you for watching this content I hope this was a blessing to you if you're like me and you like to click on things Click on this subscribe to our channel and the content will come to you every time we post it and remember The best is yet to come