Sickness Is Part of the Curse of the Law from Which Christ Has Redeemed Us
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Now, let me ask you, “Does God want you blessed or does He want you cursed? Do curses ever
become a blessing? Is it hard to tell which one it is? When things happen, do you ask, ‘Is this a
blessing or a curse? Which one is it?’”
No. We just read that all of your stuff will be multiplied and increased, and everything you put
your hand to just grows. That’s blessed. Then we begin to see the curse.
He said in verses 16-19, “Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field.”
You will be cursed in your basket and store. You will be cursed in the fruit of your body, the
fruit of your land, the increase of your kine, and the flocks of your sheep. You will be cursed
when you come in, and cursed when you go out. That sounds just like the reverse of what the
blessing will do for you. Why? Because when you get into rebellion, you reverse your blessing.
You change the polarity of the power to increase you.
People make a big deal out of saying that God is doing it to them, but it’s not true. Did you ever
jump start a car? Did you ever hook up the cables wrong? Did it not go well? Did sparks fly?
There have been cases, serious situations, of batteries blowing up. Did you jump back and say,
“That’s a bad battery. Batteries are bad. Oh, look what that battery did. Batteries are so bad.” No,
batteries are not bad. You crossed it. The power is good. The power will run your car. It will start
your car, run your lights, and help you with all your stuff. But if you cross it up, it works against
you.
There are cases when people have stuck something in the wall socket and been thrown to the
other side of the room. Do you say, “That’s a bad outlet. Electricity is bad.” No, electricity will
wash your clothes and dry them and run your lights. Electricity is not bad; you just crossed it.
God’s Word is good, but you don’t want to cross it. God’s power is good, but you don’t want to
be against God. You want to be
with
God. People who go against God are crossing the cables,
and there will be damaging results. People try to blame God, but it wasn’t God’s fault. You could
have obeyed. You could have put the cables on straight.
Do you remember what the Lord said through his servant in Deuteronomy 11:26? “Behold, I set
before you this day a blessing and a curse.” He’s saying, “I’m giving you the choice, the option.”
“On one hand,” He said, “you’ll get a blessing if you obey, or a curse if you don’t.” He said,
“I’m offering you life or death, blessings or curses.” He’s talking about the same covenant, isn’t
He? Keep the commands, obey God, believe God, and the power is going to flow positively. The
blessing will cause a flow of increase and help into your life. If you disobey and rebel against
that same commandment that would bless you, then what happens? Curses.
Notice what He goes on to say in Deuteronomy 28:21-22. “The L
ORD
shall make the pestilence
cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it.
The L
ORD
shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and
with an extreme burning…” Are these disease and sickness? Are they in the curse of the Law?
What’s the good news? If it’s in the curse of the Law, we’ve been redeemed from the curse of
the Law.
