This may come as a surprise
to people who do not read scripture, and do not have a biblical worldview. God is sovereign. He is One who gives blessings and curses. He is the One who determines our woes and rewards. God is the One who created the heavens and earth. He created all that we see and all that we breathe - the clay, the wind, the trees - everything - including you and me. God is the One who gave us breath, and He is the One who can take it away - at any time. He is the Creator of both life and death; and He is the judge. He determines what is bad or good; evil or not. God is the One who spoke a curse against mankind, and the devil. If you don’t believe me, then go and read Genesis 3. I am not making it up. Throughout the Bible, God administers blessings and curses; warnings and judgements. And they are directly related to our relationship with God and our obedience to Him. The common view of blessing, according to the American gospel (which is anti-biblical) is to be fat, happy and wealthy like the drunkards of Ephraim. But the actual meaning of God’s blessing is to be saved by grace - to live in eternity with our Everlasting King. The blessed man is the one who delights in the law of the Lord; the one who mediates day and night on the Kingdom of God. This is the intimate man who is faithful and obedient to Father God. Now the opposite of blessing is to be cursed with a woe; to be judged harshly by God, and then left alone. God’s woes are meant for humans who shut up the Kingdom of God; those who twist the gospel, and find many ways to trip people up with entangled sin. Jesus calls such people hypocrites - those who pretend to know God and be like Him but are really not! “You traverse land and sea to win a single convert, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as you are.” Matthew 23:15 The gospel message is simple - God is good. We are not. In fact, without His Holy Spirit, we are nothing but filthy rags. And while we were designed to be imagers of God and reflect His light to a dark world, most humans choose to express their pride, selfish ambition and continue to live in sin. They exchange the truth for a lie, instead of picking up their cross and dying inside. So God sent the Light! Jesus is meant to be a lamp at our feet to shed light on the path of all who follow Him. Humans need a Savior to bring us back - to bring us back into relationship with Father God. Jesus is the promised Seed found in Genesis 3 - the faithful and beloved Son of God. The Sacrificial Lamb whose blood sets us apart. Scripture says that road is narrow - The Highway to Holiness is cut off for those who choose to be unfaithful to God. But for the chosen few who put their trust in God - they will be adopted into His family and live with Him in the New Jerusalem with glorified bodies. “No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be within the city, and His servants will worship Him. They will see His face, and His name will be on their foreheads. There will be no more night in the city, and they will have no need for the light of a lamp or of the sun. For the Lord God will shine on them, and they will reign forever and ever.” Revelation 22:3-5 To learn more about biblical blessings and curses, read Deuteronomy 28, and don’t forget to read Genesis 3 and Revelation 22. The Way Home is laid out for each of us.
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