The Cross - Jesus Delivers: Diving Deeper
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This week, Pastor Merodee told us the story of Balaam, a soothsayer who was hired by the king of the Moabites, enemies of Israel, to declare a curse over the Israelites.
The King of Moab led Balaam up to a high place where he could look down on the Israelites and curse them, but God spoke to Balaam and told him to only speak what God told him to say.
God had given the Israelites specific instructions on how to set up their camp, in the shape of a cross with the tabernacle at the very centre of their camp.
When Balaak tried to find a curse for the Israelites, he only found blessings to say! Balaam said, "How can I curse those whom God has not cursed?"
When he tried to curse them again, he instead said, "No misfortune is seen in Jacob, no misery observed in Israel. The Lord their God is with them."
When he tried a third time he said, "“How beautiful are your tents, Jacob, your dwelling places, Israel!"
When Balaam looked down at the Israelites camp, he saw the cross, and where the cross is applied no curse can prosper.
This is a picture of what happens when we put our faith in Jesus and the cross of Christ is applied to our lives.
Galatians 3:13 says, "Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us."
On the cross lays every curse! Jesus took these curses upon himself and they were crucified along with him, so that we would not have to live under the curse anymore.
Family, God has not cursed you. No misfortune is seen you, no misery is observed in you. The Lord your God is with you. How beautiful are your homes and dwelling places!
This week, it is good for us to remember and dwell upon the fact that God loves us, He does not hate us. God blesses us, He does not curse us. God speaks well of us, citing the perfect righteousness of Jesus on our behalf.
Let's not curse what God hasn't cursed. Let's not see and speak misfortune where God has declared strength and victory. Instead, let's agree with the blessing that God speaks over us, the ones He loves ❤️
-Pastor Nicole
Know Jesus
This week, you can dive deeper into the message through one or all of the following:
Listen or listen again to Pastor Merodee's message by visiting the Podcast page
Do a DBS on Galatians 3:13
Pray through the prayer prompt renouncing curses that Pastor Merodee shared at the end of her message.
Discovery Bible Study
TO BEGIN
Pray and ask Holy Spirit to teach you about God from His word.
Next, read the verse a couple of times.
Now, ask these questions:
What does this tell me about God/Jesus?
What does this tell me about people?
How can I respond to what I just read?
When you’re done asking these questions, it’s a great idea to pray and thank God for teaching you more about who He is and who you are!
Discovery Bible Study (DBS) is a way for anyone, anywhere to read God's word! You can dive deeper into this week's message by doing a DBS one any one or all of these scriptures. DBS is a great tool to use for your own devotions, as a bible study with friends, or as an evangelism tool!
Galatians 3:13-14
"Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a pole. He redeemed us in order that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit."
Prayer Prompts
Pastor Merodee shared this prayer with us at the end of service. You can pray through this on your own, or ask a friend or pastor to pray through it with you.
Thank you, Lord Jesus, for your work on the cross.
You were made a curse so that I might be blessed!
I cancel and revoke every curse made against me in the Name of Jesus.
Generational curses, direct demonic attacks, and self-imposed curses are broken now through the cross of Christ
I break of curses which have come at me through traumatic events.
I am FREE!
I am blessed in Christ. Blessed. Irreversibly blessed!
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