THE BLESSING AND THE CURSING

 The Blessings And Cursings

JOSHUA 8:32,34

And He Wrote There Upon The Stones A Copy Of The Law Of Moses, Which He Wrote In The Presence Of The Children Of Israel. 

[34] And Afterward He Read All The Words Of The Law, The Blessings And Cursings, According To All That Is Written In The Book Of The Law.

GALATIANS 3:10 

FOR AS MANY AS ARE OF THE WORKS OF THE LAW ARE UNDER THE CURSE: FOR IT IS WRITTEN, CURSED IS EVERY ONE THAT CONTINUETH NOT IN ALL THINGS WHICH ARE WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF THE LAW TO DO THEM.

GENESIS 2:16-17 

AND THE LORD GOD COMMANDED THE MAN, SAYING, OF EVERY TREE OF THE GARDEN THOU MAYEST FREELY EAT: BUT OF THE TREE OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL, THOU SHALT NOT EAT OF IT: FOR IN THE DAY THAT THOU EATEST THEREOF THOU SHALT SURELY DIE.

Let's break down these Scriptures in GENESIS 2:16-17. Here we see,

THE LAW- A Command Of God,

The Law Of God Always Has Two Parts- The Blessing and The Curse.

THE BLESSING-Of Every Tree Of The Garden Thou Mayest Freely Eat. 

The Curse-But Of The Tree Of The Knowledge Of Good And Evil, Thou Shalt Not Eat Of It.

The Result Of Breaking The Law Of God-Thou Shalt Surely Die.

Sin-Breaking The Law Of God.

Sinner-A Person That Breaks The Law Of God.

When You Break The Law Of God you have sinned and The Curse is Upon You Until The Sin is Atoned For.

The Blessing, Always Brings Peace With God.

The Curse, Always Brings Sin And Death.

NOW LET US LOOK AT JESUS.

MATTHEW 5:18 

FOR VERILY I SAY UNTO YOU, TILL HEAVEN AND EARTH PASS, ONE JOT OR ONE TITTLE SHALL IN NO WISE PASS FROM THE LAW, TILL ALL BE FULFILLED.

LUKE 24:44 

AND HE SAID UNTO THEM, THESE ARE THE WORDS WHICH I SPAKE UNTO YOU, WHILE I WAS YET WITH YOU, THAT ALL THINGS MUST BE FULFILLED, WHICH WERE WRITTEN IN THE LAW OF MOSES, AND IN THE PROPHETS, AND IN THE PSALMS, CONCERNING ME.

JESUS FULFILLED EVERY PART OF THE LAW. 

THE BLESSING, AS HE OFFERED HIS PERFECT SACRIFICE TO GOD, AND THE CURSE, HE TOOK OUR SINS UPON HIMSELF AND HE DIED.

THE LAW HAS BEEN TAKEN CARE OF BY CHRIST JESUS.

HERE IS WHERE GRACE COMES IN. GRACE IS UNMERITED FAVOR. A PAYMENT OF   SOMEONE ELSE'S DEBT. JESUS KEPT THE WHOLE LAW, NOT JUST PART, FOR US. OUR SALVATION IS BELIEVING THAT CHRIST JESUS IS THE SON OF GOD. WE BELIEVE THAT HE DID SACRIFICE FOR THE SINS OF THE WORLD, AND WE BELIEVE THAT HIS SACRIFICE IS FOR US TOO. WHEN YOU KNOW JESUS CHRIST AS YOUR SAVIOR, THEN YOU COME UNDER GRACE. BEFORE SALVATION YOU ARE UNDER THE LAW, TO KEEP THE WHOLE LAW YOURSELF. 

WHEN YOU ARE UNDER GRACE THE BLESSING IS UPON YOU BECAUSE OF CHRIST JESUS. AFTER SALVATION YOU ARE NO LONGER A SINNER BECAUSE THE LAW HAS BEEN FULFILLED BY CHRIST, FOR YOU.  AFTER SALVATION THE CURSE DOES NOT APPLY TO US EITHER, BECAUSE CHRIST JESUS WAS CURSED AND HE DIED FOR US. HE TOOK OUR SINS UPON HIMSELF AND PAID FOR THEM. 

GALATIANS 3:13 

CHRIST HATH REDEEMED US FROM THE CURSE OF THE LAW, BEING MADE A CURSE FOR US: FOR IT IS WRITTEN, CURSED IS EVERY ONE THAT HANGETH ON A TREE:

2 CORINTHIANS 5:21 

FOR HE HATH MADE HIM TO BE SIN FOR US, WHO KNEW NO SIN; THAT WE MIGHT BE MADE THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD IN HIM.

ROMANS 6:14 

FOR SIN SHALL NOT HAVE DOMINION OVER YOU: FOR YE ARE NOT UNDER THE LAW, BUT UNDER GRACE.

ROMANS 7:4-6 

WHEREFORE, MY BRETHREN, YE ALSO ARE BECOME DEAD TO THE LAW BY THE BODY OF CHRIST; THAT YE SHOULD BE MARRIED TO ANOTHER, EVEN TO HIM WHO IS RAISED FROM THE DEAD, THAT WE SHOULD BRING FORTH FRUIT UNTO GOD. FOR WHEN WE WERE IN THE FLESH, THE MOTIONS OF SINS, WHICH WERE BY THE LAW, DID WORK IN OUR MEMBERS TO BRING FORTH FRUIT UNTO DEATH. BUT NOW WE ARE DELIVERED FROM THE LAW, THAT BEING DEAD WHEREIN WE WERE HELD; THAT WE SHOULD SERVE IN NEWNESS OF SPIRIT, AND NOT IN THE OLDNESS OF THE LETTER.

ROMANS 8:9 

BUT YE ARE NOT IN THE FLESH, BUT IN THE SPIRIT, IF SO BE THAT THE SPIRIT OF GOD DWELL IN YOU. NOW IF ANY MAN HAVE NOT THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST, HE IS NONE OF HIS.

LIVE IN THE FREEDOM THAT CHRIST JESUS DIED FOR YOU TO HAVE!!!

Donna K Purifoy 

9/29/2022