Monday, December 01, 2008

The Forgotten Curse


In the body of Christ today, we hear a lot of preaching about cases whereby people in the world are under the curse and even Christians are under the curse. These curses are all related with what they have done or what they have not done or what their ancestors have done.

In the Old Covenant, God knew that men could not up hold His commandments and ordained sacrificial offering of burnt offering and fellowship offering right after Moses came down from the mountain with the two tablets of Laws. Those who had departed from God ordinance in offering of burnt offering and fellowship offering, were under the curse because they had departed from God and followed other gods. The Israelite were spared from receiving their curses not because of their law abiding but the sacrificial offerings ordained by God.

Galatians 3:10 ~ For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse; for it is written, "CURSED IS EVERYONE WHO DOES NOT CONTINUE IN ALL THINGS WHICH ARE WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF THE LAW, TO DO THEM."

But when our Lord Jesus Christ died on the Cross, He has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us, for it is written, "CURSED IS EVERYONE WHO HANGS ON A TREE". When Christ took away, He took away all the curses. What He has leaved behind are those blessings stated in Deuteronomy 28 because all the blessings and promises are “Yes” and “Amen” in Christ Jesus.

Apostle Paul, the Apostle to the Gentile and the Apostle of Grace, pronounced a double curses in the Book of Galatians to those who preached other then the Gospel of Christ. This is the only curse as well as the forgotten curse in the body of Christ today.

Galatians 1:9 ~ As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let him be eternally condemned!



Apostle Paul was astonished that the believers in Galatia were so quickly deserting the One who called them by the GRACE of Christ and were turning to a different gospel—Which he said was really no gospel at all. Evidently somebody was throwing them into confusion and was trying to pervert the gospel of Christ. Obviously, some people had came to the Galatians and preached a gospel mixed with law. The perversion set in when the preaching is mixed with grace and law. Apostle Paul stressed that even if he or an angel from heaven, not the angel from hell, should preach a gospel other than the one he preached, let him be eternally condemned!

What was happening in Galatia is still happening in the body of Christ today. There is a spiritual conspiracy going on that a wrong emphasis has been stressed in remembering the curses that had been taken away by our Lord on the Cross and forgetting about the double curses that was pronounced by the Apostle Paul.

I rather stay away from this curse by preaching the grace of Christ of which, the Apostle Paul was preaching i.e. the Gospel of Christ…

2 comments:

  1. Only when the stone is rolled away... then Grace can be revealed! Grace is so near yet so far for them. They are still holding on the stone that blocked the view of Grace. How sad?

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  2. Yes! If it's not the gospel then it's no gospel at all! If it's added to or taken away from, it's no gospel at all. Like you, I just want to preach the pure gospel of God's grace!

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