Great Blessings Promised

Text: Deuteronomy 7
22 August 2017

GREAT BLESSINGS PROMISED

1. The LORD will keep His covenant

2. He will exercise mercy

3. He will love

4. He will bless

5. He will multiply   (Deuteronomy 7:12)

6. Specific blessings to encourage the heart

a) He will bless the fruit of the womb
b) The fruit of the land
c) The grain
d) The new wine
e) The oil
f) Increase of cattle
g) The flock

7. Blessed above all people

8. Special notation

a) No one barren
b) No barren livestock
c) Sicknesses taken away
d) None of the plagues visited upon Egypt
e) They will be able to defeat all their enemies

BLESSINGS ARE CONTINGENT UPON THE FOLLOWING

1. Listening to the Lord

2. Paying attention to the judgments

3. Keeping and doing them   (Deuteronomy 7:12)

4. They must not pity the enemies

5. They must not serve idols   (Deuteronomy 7:16)

6. There must be trust in God’s deliverance   (Deuteronomy 7:16)