Rom 15:27, 1 Cor 9:11
• If people blessed you spiritually, you have a responsibility to bless them with material things.
Gen 49:1-3, Ex 13:2
• Firstborn / being first is the beginning of something, meaning something can be built on it.
• The first one to do something has opened the womb of that thing in a family, community, etc. because he/she is the first one to do that thing.
• The firstborn of crops is called the firstfruit.
• The firstborn of animals is called firstling.
• Whatever is of interest to God becomes of interest to satan.
• God said everything shall produce after its own kind.
• Something that is the beginning of a good thing will create a good pattern.
Ps 78:51

What does firstborn imply?
1. The beginning of human strength / vitality
2. Opener of womb or being the first person to do something
• This could be the first person to go to school, the first person to handle a certain amount of money, etc.

• The implication was that the firstborn becomes the heir of the family.
• The right of the firstborn was an inheritance and he occupied a special place in the family.
• If the father died, the firstborn would take up the responsibility of taking care of his mother until she died.
• He would take care of his sisters until they are released into marriage.
• He would also take care of his siblings until they reached age of maturity.
• If there is a blessing that follows a particular family, the chief of that family would invoke that blessing.
• You can lose the right of a firstborn, you can sell it, mismanage it or it can be stolen.
2 Kings 2:9, Deut 21:17
• The firstborn would receive a double portion of the inheritance.
• The firstborn was expected to show leadership in the family.
• Satan fights firstborns because he loves to fight what is good.
Ex 22:29
• It is a contest, if the firstborn is not given to God, satan automatically assumes the firstborn is his.
• Don’t have dreams / plans over the firstborn, consciously dedicate the firstborn to God and let God’s plan for their lives come to pass.
• When satan tries to fight the firstborn, remind God that you dedicated the first born to Him.
• In your business, remember what is your part and what is God’s part.
Gen 2:17, 4:4, 50:20
• When the firstborn is dedicated to God, God recognises that He has been brought into the picture.