Sickness Is Part of the Curse of the Law from Which Christ Has Redeemed Us
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righteous
.” You can’t have it both ways. The only way you’re saved is because you’ve been
made righteous, not by what you have done, but by the blood of the Lamb.
There are really only two major reasons why the curse would have a right to be in your life. One
is that you don’t believe in Jesus. You don’t accept what He did for you; you don’t believe He
redeemed you.
The other reason is that you’re in sin, and you won’t repent. Some might suggest, “Well, maybe
it’s a hidden, secret sin.” No, don’t go down that road. Sin has to do with violation of light, and if
you’re in sin like this, you know it. You
know
you know it, and other people know you know it.
If the Lord has dealt with you, and you’re rebelling against Him and rebelling against His Word,
you can’t get away from the condemnation, so you’re not going to be bold to stand up for your
rights of redemption. But even if you’ve blown it terribly, 1 John 1:9 says if you will confess that
sin—I don’t care how bad, how dark, how dirty it is—if you’ll confess it sincerely, genuinely
from your heart and ask God to forgive you, it is written that He is faithful and just. What does
“just” mean? He has a right to do it. Why? He has a right to do it because of what Jesus did and
because of your faith in what Jesus did. He is righteous, and He is just to forgive you for all of
your sin and something else—to cleanse you from all unrighteousness. If you’re cleansed from
all unrighteousness, what are you? You are righteous.
Say this out loud:
I have been made righteous by the blood of the Lamb and my faith.
I have been made the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus.
You’ve been made that. That’s not my opinion. That’s in 2 Corinthians 5:21. And if you are
righteous, you do not deserve to be cursed. It would be wrong for you to be cursed. You need to
go around and just say it until you get it built into your consciousness, to where it’s just burned
in there. I’m righteous and I’m redeemed. I’m redeemed because I’m righteous. Because I’ve
been made righteous, I’m redeemed.
Say this out loud:
I’m redeemed.
I’ve been made righteous.
I’m redeemed.
The curse has no right in my life because I’ve been made right by the Blood.
I’m redeemed.
I’m redeemed.
From what are you redeemed? You are redeemed from the curse of the Law. Specific things are
mentioned in here: diseases, infectious diseases, tuberculosis. Verse 22 says “fever.” Are you
glad you’ve been redeemed from fevers, recurrent fevers? Three of the translations say
“inflammation, ague or malarial fever.” It includes colds, infections, and fevers.
Is that good to know? It says “extreme burning” in the King James Version. Three translations—
and very good ones—say “violent, fiery heat, erysipelas” (caused by streptococcus). Have you
