“Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath; But with him that standeth here with us this day before the Lord our God, and also with him that is not here with us this day: (For ye know how we have dwelt in the land of Egypt; and how we came through the nations which ye passed by; And ye have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were among them:) Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the Lord our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood; And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst: The Lord will not spare him, but then the anger of the Lord and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the Lord shall blot out his name from under heaven.”
Deuteronomy 29:14-20 KJV
It was in reading this book that THE LORD opened my eyes many years ago! It was in reading The Curses that I was made aware of their existence in my life and the lives of those in the church around me! Reading this morning I weep in gratitude for His mercy and grace that called me out, instead of leaving me in darkness!
“Yet the Lord hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.” Deuteronomy 29:4 KJV
I am amazed He gave me, a heart to perceive and eyes to see and ears to hear!
Me!
He showed me my sins!
And He showed me The Curse operating in my life!
I had been told I was Blessed!
I was lied to, by the church!
“Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may prosper in all that ye do.”
Deuteronomy 29:9 KJV
You can say all day long that we are no longer under that covenant and that the law was fulfilled and you would be right!
We do have a better covenant!
“Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.”
Matthew 22:37-40 KJV
Love! That's all we have to do!
“Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.” Matthew 5:17 KJV
It's a better or New Covenant!
An easier covenant; or is it?
When was the last time you loved The Lord with all of your heart; having no one or thing above Him? Not your children? Not your spouse? Not your career? When was the last time you loved your neighbor (brother, sister, coworker, employer, ex) as you love yourself? When was the last time you put Jesus above your wants and desires?
Yes, when we miss it, there is mercy and grace! If not we would already be dead! Instead we move out from under His hedge of protection (Blessings) and into the world which is cursed!
““If you do not carefully observe all the words of this law that are written in this book, that you may fear this glorious and awesome name, THE Lord YOUR GOD, then the LORD will bring upon you and your descendants extraordinary plagues—great and prolonged plagues—and serious and prolonged sicknesses.”
Deuteronomy 28:58-59 NKJV
(Read all of Deuteronomy 28 and 29 and tell me you don't see it in all of the lives around you!)
The curse is supposed to be so uncomfortable that we don't want to stay there, but repent and move back under God's protection!
Don't you see, "great and prolonged plagues—and serious and prolonged sicknesses" everywhere you look?
Oh, people it's past time to repent! It's time to stop following the dictates of your heart and obey the WORD of THE LORD!
It stands to reason, however, conversely "if you are led by the "flesh", then you are back under the law!
“Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.”
Galatians 5:19-21 KJV
Not to mention - unforgiveness, gossip, grumbling and complaining, pride, bitterness, anger, fear, worry, and unbelief!
Church, we are running out of time!
Examine your heart! Ask The LORD to reveal to you the sins you have hidden there and repent! Ask Him to open your eyes, ears and give you His heart, before it's too late for you and everyone you love!
We must reach our world with The Truth and your family is your world!
Repent!
Even so - MARANATHA!
From 8/4/16
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