8.Will Christians have Curse?

In scripture, in one of the Epistles, Paul says “Christ did redeem us from the curse of the law Galatians 3:13 (YLT)

What is curse of Law?

In old testament we read in Deuteronomy 27 about the 12 curses. Specifically in verse 26 Cursed is anyone who does not uphold the words of this law by carrying them out.

Jews and Christians, whoever it may be, if they obey the LORD, they will be blessed. If they don’t there is a curse. This is plain truth.

In Galatians 3 Paul explains further.

… the law was our guardian until Christ came that we might be justified by faith. Galatians 3:24 (NIV)

Law was a guardian. This was also a secret which many of us need to know.

So it is clear that there is curse for all people. However there is hope. In the final days there won’t be any curse. Revelation 22:3 states “No longer will there be any curse.” (NIV)

See what the old testament says about the LORD’s Kindness and punishment.

The LORD, the LORD God, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children and their children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation. Exodus 34:6-7 (NIV)

So a curse can come through 2 ways.

1.Our disobedience First source of curse is us, our deeds. If we are obedient to the LORD's words, why would we be cursed? Hence, let us OBEY THE LORD. Let us understand that our life and our generations life, are in our obedience.

2.Inherited Curse

This is more painful. Getting punished for a deed which we did not do. However this is righteousness of the LORD. We may obey the LORD, but our forefathers might have gone astray and disobeyed. This could have resulted in inherited curse.

We will see in the next chapter on how to deal with this inherited curse.

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