Lesson 18: Jesus Took Our Curse and Gave Us Blessing

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Marco Polo of Mike’s teaching: Monday 3rd May 2021

“For all who rely on the works of the law are under a curse, as it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”
Galatians 3:10 NIV
“And he said to me, “This is the curse that is going out over the whole land; for according to what it says on one side, every thief will be banished, and according to what it says on the other, everyone who swears falsely will be banished. 4 The Lord Almighty declares, ‘I will send it out, and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of anyone who swears falsely by my name. It will remain in that house and destroy it completely, both its timbers and its stones.’”
Zechariah 5:3-4 NIV
“Clearly no one who relies on the law is justified before God, because “the righteous will live by faith.”12 The law is not based on faith; on the contrary, it says, “The person who does these things will live by them.”
Galatians 3:11-12 NIV
From the teaching today:
“Christ took away the curse the law put on us. He changed places with us and put himself under that curse. It is written in the Scriptures, “Anyone whose body is displayed on a tree is cursed.” Galatians 3:13 NCV Notice the word ‘displayed’. When you walk by a store you might see a display. And they put that display there because they want you to look. Well Jesus was displayed on a tree so that we would look. We’re to see Him wearing a crown of thorns. Thorns is associated with the curse. Thorns came up from the ground when the earth was first cursed. And Jesus is wearing that curse for you even as He is bearing your sin in His body on that tree. And just ask the question: why is He removing the curse from you? And verse 14 gives you the answer: “Christ did this so that God’s blessing promised to Abraham might come through Jesus Christ to those who are not Jews. Jesus died so that by our believing we could receive the Spirit that God promised.” Galatians 3:14 NCV Ahh. Don’t you just breathe a little lighter? Don’t you just have a burden lifted off? All nations on earth were blessed through Abraham and his descendent. When Jesus died to remove the curse and to bless us with His Spirit, the cross is the removal of your curse completely and it’s the giving to you of a real blessing – God Himself living in you by His Spirit.”

Question 1: Have you been living as if you could be right with God through your obedience or are you fully trusting and relying on the cross to do that for you?

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