FREEDOM FROM CURSES

 WEDNESDAY, 22^nd NOVEMBER, 2023.

 

Author: PASTOR DR. SAMUEL AYORINDE – General Overseer

 

TOPIC: FREEDOM FROM CURSES

 

MEMORIZE:  "Behold, I have received a command to bless; He has blessed, and I cannot reverse it." Numbers 23:20.

 

SCRIPTURE READING: 2 Kings 2:19-22

“Then the men of the city said to Elisha, "Please notice, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord sees; but the water is bad, and the ground barren." 20 And he said, "Bring me a new bowl, and put salt in it." So they brought it to him. 21 Then he went out to the source of the water, and cast in the salt there, and said, "Thus says the LORD: 'I have healed this water; from it there shall be no more death or barrenness.'" 22 So the water remains healed to this day, according to the word of Elisha which he spoke.”

 

EXPOSITION

When we look into the world, we hardly can see people who are free from the torment of curse and spell. Curse is the judgemental pronouncement upon a person or thing, family, community or nation, usually for offense committed. Curse has two main origins: It could be inherited and it can be self-caused. Curse don’t usually come without a curse. As it is written, “As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.” Proverbs 26:2.

Curse has power, it can be inherited by the children from their parents. Curse is deadly and sometimes works faster than imagined. Jesus demonstrated this when He cursed the fruitless fig tree, and it dried instantly. “And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; ... And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots. And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him, Master, behold, the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away.” Mark 11:13, 20-21.

Enemies also use the weapon of curse to destroy lives and destinies through sickness, insanity, poverty, hatred, implications, etc. To these God is the unfailing antidote. Balam said, “"God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good? 20 Behold, I have received a command to bless; He has blessed, and I cannot reverse it.” Numbers 23:19,20. When God blesses a man, it instantly neutralizes the curse. To this end, God has given us the power of tongue to bind and loose. It is written, “Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.” Proverbs 18:21. “Assuredly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.” Matthew 18:18.

Joshua cursed Jericho through word (Joshua 6:26 “Then Joshua charged them at that time, saying, "Cursed be the man before the LORD who rises up and builds this city Jericho; he shall lay its foundation with his firstborn, and with his youngest he shall set up its gates.”), The curse was fulfilled in “In his days did Hiel the Bethelite build Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun.” 1 Kings 16:34. After Jericho became habited, the curse was still on the land until Elisha healed it completely - 2 Kings 2:19-22. Surely, there is healing to curse and its judgment only in the name of Jesus Christ through th word of God.

 

PRAYER POINT:  Pray with the authority of the name of Jesus Christ and destroy every curse and spell upon your life, both inherited and self-caused.

 

DAILY BIBLE READING IN A YEAR –  Acts 10 - 12.

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