Redemption from the Curse and What that Means for you Today- Part 3

The earth groans until the day this curse is removed. (Romans 8:21, 22)

When death and Hades are finally removed from all contact with human beings (Revelation 20:14) there will no longer be any more pain, weeping, or death (21:4), and no more curse (Revelation22:3). Hallelujah!

All of this brings us to some important conclusions that we will study in today's podcast:

(1.) The curse cannot be God's will because, if it is His will, then why remove it? 

(2.) The curse cannot be God's will because Jesus Christ redeemed us from it. (Galatians 3:13) Jesus came not to redeem us from something God was doing but from something the devil was doing. (1 John 3:8, Hebrews 2:14). Death is the enemy of God, of the earth, and of us (1 Cor. 15:26, 27). That is why it will finally and for eternity be removed from all contact with the new heavens and new earth and human beings. 

(3.) The curse was the direct result of disobedience to God's commandment. It is associated with sin, disobedience, and rebellion. It is not for the righteous or those who serve God. The curse is removed from the Godly and obedient (as they take a stand in faith on their redemption), and the curse has free reign upon the ungodly and disobedient. See Deuteronomy 28:1-3, an 15ff.

(4) This leads us to the conclusion that the curse cannot be God's work.

The devil is the murderer from the beginning (John 8:44). Death was under the devil’s rule. (Hebrews 2:14). He is THE THIEF (John10:10). The devil is the killer. These curses cannot be God. Hurting, killing, and destroying are the enemy's work. It cannot be God who robs or steals. That would be a violation of His own commandment: "Do not steal."

The destroyer and the exterminator are not God. (Revelation 9:11, 6:8) Notice in those Scriptures that hell follows death VERY closely. They are part of each other. They are inseparable. If you say "death" you talk about the work of hell. If you say "hell" you talk about the work of death.

If God were the killer and destroyer, then why did not Paul instruct the church of Corinth to turn over to God the man caught in adultery and incest? Instead, Paul orders them to turn the adulterous/incestuous man over to Satan for the destruction of his flesh! (1 Corinthians 5:5)

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How come Jesus never put the curse of sickness on anybody? Did you notice that? He never made anyone sick for the glory of God either! Everybody He healed was oppressed by the devil! 

God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and He went about doing good and healing ALL that were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him. (Acts 10:38)

Out of the multiplied thousands He healed during His ministry, none were afflicted by God! Not one time did Jesus turn to one and say, "Look, I can't heal you because God made you sick!" NEVER!