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S. Michael Houdmann
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A blessing, according to Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, is "the act or words of one that blesses," or "a thing conducive to happiness or welfare." In the Bible, there are several words th...
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Agnes Stuart
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Deuteronomy 28 spells out all the blessings God promised the Israelites if they fully obeyed Him and followed His commands. As you will see, they are all 'good things from the hand of the Lord'.
Ben Amanambu
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What is blessing according to the bible? To bless someone simply means to say something good about the person or to wish the person well...the opposite is to curse, that is to say something evil about the person. Usually, obeying God attracts His blessings.
Olusegun Engr. AFOLABI
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Blessing is an act of adoration giving to something of great and immortal value. To be blessed means “to be favoured by God”. Blessings, therefore are directly associated with God and come from God. Thus, to express a blessing is like bestowing a wish on someone that they will experience the favour of God. Deut. 28: 1-2, “If you fully obey the Lord your God and carefully keep all His commands that I am giving you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations of the world. You will experience all those blessings if you obey the Lord your God.
Jack Gutknecht
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I used to own the 5 volumes of the old International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. I loved the set. Here's an excerpt: BLESSING (berakhah; eulogia): [Hebrew (berakhah) → בְּרָכָה Greek (eulogia) → εὐλογία] Sometimes [it] means the form of words used in invoking the bestowal of good, as in Deuteronomy 33:1; Joshua 8:34; and James 3:10 ["From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so."]. Sometimes it means the good or the benefit itself which has been conferred, as in Genesis 27:36, "Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?" and Proverbs 10:22, "The blessing of Yahweh, it maketh rich." "The cup of blessing" (to poterion tes eulogias [τὸ ποτήριον τῆς εὐλογίας], a special use of the word in 1 Corinthians 10:16), means the cup for which we bless God, or which represents to us so much blessing from God. [16 "The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a participation in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a participation in the body of Christ?"] James M. Gray AMPC of 1 Cor. 10:16 -- "The cup of blessing [of wine at the Lord’s Supper] upon which we ask [God’s] blessing, does it not mean [that in drinking it] we participate in and share a fellowship (a communion) in the blood of Christ (the Messiah)? The bread which we break, does it not mean [that in eating it] we participate in and share a fellowship (a communion) in the body of Christ?" communion (κοινωνία). Or participation. See on fellowship, 1 John 1:3; Acts 2:42; partners, Luke 5:10. The Passover was celebrated by families, typifying an unbroken fellowship of those who formed one body, with the God who had passed by the blood-sprinkled doors. Vincent, Word Studies in the New Testament. As chatgpt said, "This phrase refers to "the cup of blessing," a term used in connection with the Lord’s Supper, likely echoing the Jewish Passover tradition." Our 2 pastors of my church, the English pastor and the Spanish pastor, use the word, "blessing," a lot!
Carolyn Hostetter
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My answer is short and sweet. When God blesses, he is conferring fullness of life which entails all kinds of things. And, when we bless God, we're acknowledging his blessing.
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