STUDY IT FOR YOURSELF! Have the attitude of the Bereans… … take what you are taught and search the Scriptures each day to see if what was taught is what the Word of God says [Acts 17:11]! Have the attitude of the Bereans…

The FATHER’S Spirit of COUNSEL and MIGHT!

El Shaddai – the God Who IS MORE than ADEQUATE Part Four: El Shaddai – the God Who IS MORE than ADEQUATE

Psalm 73:26 BUT GOD IS [26] My flesh and my heart may fail, the STRENGTH of my HEART and MY PORTION FOREVER.

Genesis 17:1 [1] Now when Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD [Yeh-ho-vah'] appeared to Abram and said to him, “I (am) God [El] ALMIGHTY [Shaddai]; Walk before Me, and be BLAMELESS.”

God ALMIGHTY is yD^v^ – Shaddai (Strong’s Hebrew noun 7706) This is one of the names the Old Testament people of faith used to refer to the LORD God.

Genesis 15:6 [6] Then Abram BELIEVED THE LORD; and THE LORD RECKONED it to Abram as RIGHTEOUSNESS. Romans 4:3 [3] For what does the Scripture say? “AND ABRAHAM BELIEVED GOD, AND IT WAS RECKONED TO HIM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS.”

ABRAHAM BELIEVED GOD, AND IT WAS RECKONED TO HIM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS.” James 2:23 [23] and the Scripture was fulfilled which says, ABRAHAM BELIEVED GOD, AND IT WAS RECKONED TO HIM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS.” and HE WAS CALLED the FRIEND OF GOD. [Also see 2 Chronicles 20:7; and Isaiah 41:8]

COMMUNICATES with His Friend El Shaddai COMMUNICATES with His Friend Abram!

#1 - Genesis 12:1-2 (2091 BC) [1] Now the LORD said to Abram, “GO FORTH from your country, And from your relatives And from your father's house, To the LAND which I WILL SHOW YOU; [2] And I WILL MAKE YOU a great nation, And I WILL BLESS YOU…;”

Discipleship Lesson #1 – from Genesis 12:1-2 TO RECEIVE GOD’S BLESSING, YOU should move FORWARD, following the ALMIGHTY LORD GOD to WHERE HE will LEAD YOU! Discipleship Lesson

#2 – Genesis 12:7-8 [7] And the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “To your descendants I WILL GIVE THIS LAND.” So Abram BUILT AN ALTAR there TO THE LORD Who had APPEARED to him.

[8] Then Abram proceeded from there to the mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent… … and there he BUILT AN ALTAR TO THE LORD and CALLED UPON THE NAME of the LORD.

Discipleship Lesson #2 – from Genesis 12:7-8 WHEN YOU come to SEE and UNDERSTAND Who God IS, BUILD an ‘ALTAR’ in YOUR HEART! And CALL UPON THE NAME of the LORD! Discipleship Lesson

#3 – Genesis 13:14-15 [14] And the LORD SAID to ABRAM, after Lot had separated from him, “Now LIFT UP YOUR EYES and LOOK from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward; [15] for ALL THE LAND WHICH YOU SEE, I WILL GIVE IT TO YOU and to your descendants forever.”

Discipleship Lesson #3 – from Genesis 13:14-15 LIFT UP YOUR EYES and LOOK and SEE the GOD Who IS MORE THAN ABLE to BLESS YOU with EVERY SPIRITUAL BLESSING… and PROCLAIM HIS NAME [Ephesians 1:3]! Discipleship Lesson

#4 – Genesis 15:1 I AM A SHIELD TO YOU; [1] After these things the WORD of the LORD CAME to ABRAM in a VISION, saying, “DO NOT FEAR, Abram, I AM A SHIELD TO YOU; YOUR REWARD SHALL BE VERY GREAT.”

Discipleship Lesson #4 – from Genesis 15:1 REALIZE... that the ALMIGHTY GOD will be YOUR SHIELD, YOUR PROTECTOR! Discipleship Lesson

Now this 5th Time – Genesis 17:1-8 (2067 BC) [1] Now when Abram was ninety-nine years old, THE LORD APPEARED to ABRAM and SAID TO HIM, “I AM GOD ALMIGHTY; WALK BEFORE ME, and BE BLAMELESS (complete or whole, perfect).

[2] “And I WILL ESTABLISH MY COVENANT between Me and you, And I WILL MULTIPLY YOU EXCEEDINGLY.” [3] And ABRAM FELL ON HIS FACE, and GOD TALKED with ABRAM, saying,…

EXCEEDINGLY Strong’s Hebrew number 3966 – repeated once for emphasis. [4] “AS FOR ME, behold, MY COVENANT IS WITH YOU, And you shall be the father of a multitude of nations.” … [6] “And I WILL MAKE YOU EXCEEDINGLY FRUITFUL…. EXCEEDINGLY Strong’s Hebrew number 3966 – repeated once for emphasis.

[7] “And I WILL ESTABLISH My COVENANT BETWEEN ME and YOU and your descendants… … TO BE GOD TO YOU and to your descendants after you.

Discipleship Lesson #5 – from Genesis 17:1-8 The ALMIGHTY GOD WANTS to ESTABLISH HIS COVENANT with YOU! For YOU and ME, this is the NEW COVENANT in the BLOOD of JESUS [Matthew 26:28; Mark 14:24; Luke 22:20; 1 Corinthians 11:25; Hebrews 12:24] Discipleship Lesson

Some Thoughts and APPLICATIONS from Ephesians 1:5-19

As Paul prayed [Ephesians 1:16], I pray… … THAT the ALMIGHTY GOD may give to YOU a spirit of WISDOM and of REVELATION in the KNOWLEDGE of HIM [Ephesians 1:17]! … SO THAT the EYES of your HEART may be ENLIGHTENED SO YOU MAY REALIZE [Ephesians 1:18]…

WHAT IS… … the SURPASSING GREATNESS of His POWER toward those WHO BELIEVE, … the POWER through the WORKING of the STRENGTH of HIS MIGHT [Ephesians 1:19]!

GOD’S SURPASSING GREAT POWER… … WANTS TO LAVISH HIS GRACE UPON YOU [vss 7, 8], … HAVING PREDETERMINED YOU to ADOPTION as His CHILD [vs 5]!

GOD’S SURPASSING GREAT POWER… … WANTS TO give YOU… … REDEEMPTION IN JESUS THROUGH HIS BLOOD [vs 7]… … the FORGIVENESS of YOUR TRESPASSES [vs 7]!

GOD’S SURPASSING GREAT POWER… … WILL DO THIS… … IF YOU LISTEN to the MESSAGE of TRUTH, … HAVING also BELIEVED [Ephesians 1:13],

… and IF… … YOU, HAVE FAITH in the Lord Jesus [Ephesians 1:15], … YOU, in submissive OBEDIENCE [Acts 5:32], REPENT and are BAPTIZED in the name of the FATHER and SON and the HOLY SPIRIT [Acts 2:38; Matthew 28:19],

… YOU WILL THEN… … be SEALED with the HOLY SPIRIT of PROMISE, [Ephesians 1:13], … WHO is given as a PLEDGE of the INHERITANCE of REDEEMPTION YOU CAN RECEIVE [Ephesians 1:11, 14]!

Here IS Your INVITATION to TRUST GOD’S SURPASSING GREAT POWER!