Blessing
A blessing is much more profound than a polite response to someone's sneeze. When the Bible talks about blessing someone, it generally means giving good things that result in a state of happiness. Sometimes these blessings are material possessions, but more often they are intangible gifts such as love, faith and peace.

In the Old Testament, God promised to bless Abraham and make Abraham and his descendants a blessing to all people. God intended for the Israelites to bless all people by revealing God and his nature to the surrounding nations. The Israelites, however failed to fulfill that role. They disobeyed God and received punishment instead.

Now we, as spiritual descendants of Abraham through our faith in Jesus Christ, have received the blessing God gave the Israelites. We have peace and a unique, intimate relationship with God. It is now our job to bless the nations by telling them the Good News of the death and resurrection of Christ, who is a physical descendant of Abraham. The gospel is meant to be a blessing for all people.

God promises to bless all nations through Abraham and his descendants.
Genesis 12:1-3
Acts 3:25
Galatians 3:6-9
We are descendants of Abraham by faith.
Romans 4:1-25
Galatians 3:26-29
Ephesians 3:6
True happiness comes from following God's ways.
Psalm 112:1-10
Matthew 5:1-12
Acts 20:35
James 1:25
1 Peter 3:9-14
We can bless others - both those whom we loves as well as our enemies.
Genesis 27:1-4; 48:9
1 Peter 3:9