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Reverse The Curse
Contributed by John Gaston on May 26, 2021 (message contributor)
Summary: What a curse is, can they affect us, and are curses talked about in the Bible. Story of how Gehazi was healed of his leprosy (curse) and how Jesus took away the curse of the Law!
ADDENDUM: SOME PLACES WHERE “CURSE” WAS USED
1. Curse on Satan...Gen. 3:14
2. Curse on Adam & Eve...Gen. 3:16-19
3. Noah’s curse on Canaan...Gen. 9:25
4. God’s curse on the enemies of Abraham...Gen. 12:3
5. Isaac curses Jacob’s enemies...Gen. 27:29
6. Jacob curses anger of Simeon & Levi...Gen. 49:7
7. Curse on unfaithful wives...Num. 5:22-27
8. God turned Balaam’s curse into a blessing...Deut. 23:5
9. Curses on sin on Mt. Ebal...Deut. 27-28 (if make an idol, dishonor parents, alter property boundaries, lead blind astray, withhold justice, immoral sex, murder, if not obey all God’s laws; including #13, 15-19 below)
10. Gibeah (deceived Joshua) under a curse...Josh. 9:23
11. Meroz cursed for not helping fight...Judg. 5:23
12. Jotham (son of Gideon) cursed Abimelek...Judg. 9:57
13. God’s curse is on the house of the wicked...Prov. 3:33
14. Curse of leprosy by Elisha on Gehazi, 2 Kgs. 5:27
15. A curse consumes the earth & its people Isa. 24:6
16. Curse is on all who don’t keep God’s covenant...Jer. 11:3
17. Curse on all who trust in man...Jer. 17:5
18. A land becomes cursed & desolate by wicked people... Jer. 44:22.
19. Curse on those who do God’s work laxly...Jer. 48:11
20. A curse is on all who don’t tithe...Mal. 3:9, 2:2, 1:14
21. A curse on all who teach a false Gospel... Gal. 1:8-9
22. “Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law, being made a curse for us”...Gal. 3:13.
23. New Jerusalem, “No longer will there be a curse” Rev. 22:3.
[Some of Part II was gleaned from a message by Gary Bell.]
