Spiritual Blessings

• “We thank you for all the spiritual blessings you have bestowed upon us especially the gift of your Son.”

• What are all these elusive spiritual blessings?

Spiritual Blessings

• 1. Prayer.• 2. The Bible.

Spiritual Blessings

• “Contrast with other writings from the ancient world underscores the fact that the New Testament is uniquely well-documented. The Histories of Tacitus are known only through two manuscript copies which date from about a thousand years after he wrote. There are only ten copies of Caesar’s Gallic Wars, eight of Thucydides’ Peloponnesian War, and twenty partial copies of Livy’s History of Rome

Spiritual Blessings

• “The New Testament, in stark contrast, has over 5,000 manuscript copies which began to be produced less than 50 years after the New Testament itself was written.”– Geisler, Norman L. A Popular Survey of the Old

Testament.

Spiritual Blessings

• 1. Prayer.• 2. The Bible• 3. A Way of Escape• 4. Plan of Salvation• 5. The power of God working for us.

The Power of God

• Help during temptation• Opportunities to grow• Reminders of the consequences of sin.

Spiritual Blessings

• 1. Prayer.• 2. The Bible• 3. A Way of Escape• 4. Plan of Salvation• 5. The power of God working for us.• 6. The Church family.• 7. Joy/Hope/Peace

Joy/Hope/Peace

• Top selling prescription drugs are anti-depressants.

• Alcohol and illegal drug use is rampant.• Rom. 5:2-5, 10-11; 8:24-25; 14:17; 15:4, 13;

2 Cor. 8:2; Gal. 5:22; Col. 1:4-5; 1 Pet. 3:15.• Phil. 4:6-7 The Peace that passes all

understanding.

Spiritual Blessings

• 1. Prayer.• 2. The Bible• 3. A Way of Escape• 4. Plan of Salvation• 5. The power of God working for us.• 6. The Church family.• 7. Joy/Hope/Peace.• 8. Alive/Clean/Heirs