Cluster Sermon Note
Pastor Ronald
John 15:5
“I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.
When we are united together, His life will flow in us.
When we are talking about blessings, the 7 species of Israel
Deuteronomy 8:7-8
For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, that flow out of valleys and hills; a land of wheat and barley, of vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive oil and honey;
7 species –
Wheat barley vines fig trees pomegranates olive oil and honey (from date palms)
Genesis 43:11
And their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: Take some of the best fruits of the land in your vessels and carry down a present for the man—a little balm and a little honey, spices and myrrh, pistachio nuts and almonds.
Some of the best fruits
Pistachio nuts and almonds
Rain in its season
Deuteronomy 11:14
then I will give you the rain for your land in its season, the early rain and the latter rain, that you may gather in your grain, your new wine, and your oil.
Rain – gather in grain, new wine and oil
Grain new wine and oil
The Three Pilgrimage Feasts
Deuteronomy 16:16
“Three times a year all your males shall appear before the LORD your God in the place which He chooses: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, at the Feast of Weeks, and at the Feast of Tabernacles; and they shall not appear before the LORD empty-handed.
Wheat starts to harvest
Feast of Ingathering is linked to harvesting
Sept / Oct
The 50 days between Firstfruits and Pentecost – Feast of Firstfruits
Leviticus 23:9-11
The Feast of Firstfruits
And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: When you come into the land which I give to you, and reap its harvest, then you shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest to the priest. He shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted on your behalf; on the day after the Sabbath the priest shall wave it.
Leviticus 23:15-17
The Feast of Weeks
(Ex. 34:22; Num. 28:26–31; Deut. 16:9, 10)
‘And you shall count for yourselves from the day after the Sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering: seven Sabbaths shall be completed. Count fifty days to the day after the seventh Sabbath; then you shall offer a new grain offering to the LORD. You shall bring from your dwellings two wave loaves of two-tenths of an ephah. They shall be of fine flour; they shall be baked with leaven. They are the firstfruits to the LORD.
7 sabbath means 7 weeks
Why count 50 days from firstfruits to Pentecost
Genesis 41:5-7
He slept and dreamed a second time; and suddenly seven heads of grain came up on one stalk, plump and good. Then behold, seven thin heads, blighted by the east wind, sprang up after them. And the seven thin heads devoured the seven plump and full heads. So Pharaoh awoke, and indeed, it was a dream.
1 Samuel 12:16-17
“Now therefore, stand and see this great thing which the LORD will do before your eyes: Is today not the wheat harvest? I will call to the LORD, and He will send thunder and rain, that you may perceive and see that your wickedness is great, which you have done in the sight of the LORD, in asking a king for yourselves.”
And we have a God who can do it perfectly because
Deuteronomy 11:12
a land for which the LORD your God cares; the eyes of the LORD your God are always on it, from the beginning of the year to the very end of the year.
Deuteronomy 11:14
then I will give you the rain for your land in its season, the early rain and the latter rain, that you may gather in your grain, your new wine, and your oil.
He can bring it in, in the right time right season.
We are all trees
What do trees represent?
Psalms 1:3
He shall be like a tree
Planted by the rivers of water,
That brings forth its fruit in its season,
Whose leaf also shall not wither;
And whatever he does shall prosper.
Jeremiah 17:8
For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters,
Which spreads out its roots by the river,
And will not fear when heat comes;
But its leaf will be green,
And will not be anxious in the year of drought,
Nor will cease from yielding fruit.
Everything we need as a tree before the Lord, He is doing great work in you.
He is attending to our needs individually
You shall come out of circuit breaker like the tree of Psalms 1 and Jeremiah 17
– that brings forth its fruit in its season and shall not cease from yielding fruit (very fruitful)
- whose leaf shall be green and shall not wither (very healthy)
- That will not fear when heat comes (no fear)
- That will not be anxious in the year of drought (no anxiety)
- And whatever you do shall prosper (very prosperous)
Focus on the Son of righteousness
Keep your eyes on Jesus. He is the only constant that you need
Everything Jesus released from the cross is the truth
The fact will slowly line up with the truth
You shall experience no anxiety
The Lord is going to bring you into the 3rd chamber and lead you into prosperity
