Curses are not just an invention of hollywood they are in the Bible. Bible talks about it secondly the
curses are not just something that demonic people um release it's also been um released by people
like God and then servants of God and we mentioned that people in authority can release curses but
not only that but people who are into the kingdom of darkness as we call them
servants of satan they can also pronounce curses we know that Balaam tried to curse Israel um in
fact his king hired him to curse Israel he paid him some money so that he can curse Israel and
in Numbers chapter 22 verse 6 it says therefore please come at once and curse this people for
me for they are too mighty for me so look at this this guy is like a president he's a king
and instead of going to war he's hiring a witch doctor he's hiring a guy who can just open up
his mouth and spiritually paralyze another nation so that then the army can come in and neutralize
this nation physically guys this is not because these people had no military power it's because
they understood if you can win somebody in the spiritual realm you can conquer them physically
because the physical is a result of the spiritual why why did Goliath before fighting David cursed
David the Bible says he cursed David by his gods because this was his tactic the way the Goliath
was killing everybody it wasn't just simply because he was strong and above and mighty
it was because Goliath would first curse he would paralyze them in the spiritual realm
and then he just simply goes in and physically he would conquer them and so because we believe
that spiritual world is superior to the physical world and the spiritual world
dominates the physical world and so sometimes the witch doctors can pronounce a curse
over you I want to mention something that honestly has been a life-changing revelation for me
look at this Numbers 23 verse 8 so Balaam is about to go curse Israel and the scripture says
how shall I curse whom God has not cursed so he's speaking back to the king who's hiring him
to curse Israel and I'm pretty sure he's done this before and it worked he had a really good resume
and he got a lot of money good offer to go and curse Israel to cripple them spiritually so that
this king can cripple them physically he says how can I curse Israel if God has not cursed him how
canIi denounce whom the Lord has not denounced and then of course he falls for it because the
money is really good and he first plays this kind of like thing but I'm going to go and see what the
Lord will say but he really hopes that the king is going to raise the offer and then he could curse
them I want you to notice this when he's about to go into that place this is what he speaks
he says he has not observed iniquity in Jacob God doesn't see iniquity in Jacob this is what Balaam
is saying nor has he seen wickedness in Israel the Lord his God is with him and the shout of the king
is among them whoa whoa now you read the Old Testament you read the five books of Moses
you know that Israel had iniquity you know they had some wickedness I mean complaining whining
snakes uh the earth opening up and people dying going in there you remember I mean Mariam had
some issues and she got leprosy they had a cow that they worship I mean Israel had problems
look at this Balaam comes in the spiritual realm he's looking in the spiritual realm and God says
Israel no iniquity Israel no wickedness you can't curse them why it won't stick
why the Lord God is with them and they have no iniquity you're like God that's not true
they got a lot of weaknesses they got a lot of problems but because of the blood of the lamb
in the spiritual realm there was a curtain over their sin and that those curses couldn't stick
I really believe that when you walk with God when you walk in the relationship with Jesus
you're covered by the blood of Jesus every witch and warlock they can throw curses at
you they won't stick to you why because there is no iniquity Jacob I'm going to read this again
in Numbers 23 21 somebody drop that in the comment below Numbers 23 21 cause someone you need to
memorize this first he has not observed iniquity in Jacob nor has he seen wickedness in Israel
the Lord his God is with him and the shout of the king is among them when you're sleeping at night
God doesn't observe iniquity when you are walking when you are driving God doesn't see wickedness
the spiritual world even your weaknesses they are covered why because you are under the blood
of Jesus Christ now that does not mean though that Israel they couldn't get cursed from the outside
by a witch doctor and I really believe that when you walk with Christ when you walk with the Holy
Spirit when you are perfecting your righteousness and perfecting you working out your salvation
something happens the witch doctors and the warlocks who live in your community who will try
to throw spells at you they'll bounce right back at them why because you're covered by the blood
I remember reading this book where a witch a very famous witch who actually married satan
she tried to project her body and leave her body with the other witches and try to destroy this
godly Christian family who were prayer warriors in the community and so when they left their body
they went into the night as the spirits they went into this house trying to attack this Christian
family and cause some pain and suffering right before they got to the gate of this people's house
tall angels with drawn swords stood all around the house the interesting part
is the family they could see physically through the window
was just simply eating dinner and humongous angels stood all around the house of this family
and the witches tried to throw their spells they called all other witches from the villages and
other regions tried to cast their best spells the more spells they threw at this family
the worse their power got and then these spells came back at them and started to hurt them to
that point where the moment they got back into their bodies they were so bruised and beaten and
then of course they got beaten by devil himself and satan and demons because they failed in their
assignment because witches and and warlocks when they failed their assignment they get punished
they don't get there is no mercy in the kingdom of darkness and this lady that day she said being
a witch I realized first of all these people are so sleep sound they're just chillaxing in their
house but something is protecting them at night they got these spiritual bodyguards and that's
exactly what happened to Israel is while they were sleeping there a witch doctor somebody's trying to
throw spells at them trying to curse them cripple them in the spiritual realm and it doesn't stick
not because Israel was perfect but because God drew a curtain because of the blood of the lamb
now it's important to notice that though the curses from the outside couldn't stick Balaam
he offered an advice so that Israel can draw that curse upon themselves by opening a door
directly to the kingdom of darkness through practice of occult and immorality and so
that's why Balaam in the New Testament is talking Bible talks about the error of Balaam in Jude 1 11
it talks about the way of Balaam in 2 Peter 2 15. it talks about the counsel of Balaam in Numbers 31
16 and it talks about the doctrine of Balaam in Revelation 2 14 15 and 16. so poor Balaam
literally had this bible college i mean had this like demonic college he couldn't curse from the
outside so guess what he did he developed an error he developed a council he developed a doctrine
he developed this whole thing and this whole thing was this if you can't curse them from the outside
let them curse themselves from the inside by opening their life to the demonic kingdom
to the kingdom of darkness and to immorality and so that's what we're learning today about
these curses maybe you had somebody pronounce a curse over you people sometimes are afraid
of going to mission trips or they're going to you know oh this witch doctor she pronounced
the curse for me you shouldn't worry about that i really think you should sleep like a baby and you
should trust the Holy Spirit and the angels of God they're guarding you what you should really
be alert about is make sure that you don't let things in your life that open the door for curses
what you really should be learned about is you don't bring some dream catchers or some other
astrology things or horoscopes or bring all kinds of ouija boards or crystals or other stuff where
you look to the stars for your future that stuff should bother you because my friend
that is an open door to the demonic see Israel couldn't be cursed by Balaam from the outside
so what he did is he sneaked on the inside like a trojan horse through his advice that these people
they came and started to sleep with the Israelites and started to introduce idolatry and all kinds of
witchcraft practices and then Israel started to get defeated from the inside because they
opened their life to the curses the world we live in is cursed there's curses everywhere
but when we commit particular sins we open our life to the curse and that curse begins
to land and remain upon us that's why the word curse is mentioned honestly over 200 times
in the Bible if you study the Old Testament you will see that in the Old Testament Bible divides
people into two categories cursed and blessed you don't see people being even saved or damned but
cursed and blessed most of the time it's not even righteous and wicked but it's cursed and blessed
why because obeying the commandments in the Old Testament did not guarantee you a place in heaven
you don't see God saying keep the ten commandments why so that you can go to heaven it says keep the
ten commandments why? so that you will be blessed if you break the ten commandments you don't see
God saying you will go to hell Israel didn't go to heaven because they kept the commandments
they went to heaven because their sins were covered by the blood because without the shedding
of the blood there's no forgiveness of sin but the blessing and curses is something that is happening
on this earth to the obedient to the obedience or through disobedience and so this still applies
today now for those of you who are maybe you grew up believing that the moment you become a
christian all of your curses are gone all of the depression is gone your negative thinking is gone
every abuse that you went through is completely gone the fact that you had you know four or five
divorces that's completely gone you're completely new creation theologically yes practically not so
you are perfect in your spirit but your soul still needs to be saved this is the place of deliverance
this is the place of inner healing this is the place of breaking of strongholds this is the
place of forgiving the offense this is a place of maturing this is the place of growth this is
a place of counseling this is a this the soul is the place where the curses can still abide
if you don't believe me look at people who get saved sometimes they get saved and they still have
depression they still have nightmares they still have unrenewed mindsets why? because your spirit is
saved you're like Israel you got the promised land you just have to now take a possession of what has
been given freely yours and so as a Christian if you continue to live in a disobedient lifestyle
even if you are saved even though you're going to heaven you're going to live a life on earth
that's cursed you're going to see a particular area of your life that is not under the lordship
of Jesus Christ you may still go to heaven and some of us unfortunately will go to heaven faster
because of that curse and we will live in hell on earth until the curses are broken and so the main
cause for curse is disobedient the main cause for blessing is obedience and so as a Christian
you don't obey God so that you don't lose your salvation you obey God because you are saved
and by obeying God you attract blessing in your life blessing is not stuff blessing
is not cars blessing is not houses blessing is not fat account bank account
blessing is a spiritual force that empowers you for expansion whichever area of your life that
you're in some of you're watching me from Pakistan some of you are watching me from Philippines some
of you watching me from here in America some of you watching me from Sydney blessing is not
things the Bible says the blessing of the Lord makes rich the blessing of God is not riches
it makes rich meaning it empowers you for expansion and it adds no sorrow with it the
blessing of God when Jacob got the blessing when he traded his bowl of soup he didn't become rich
in the spiritual realm the wind that was going against him started to go in his back now meaning
the shift took place in the spiritual realm for 20 years he was still struggling but things
shifted in the spiritual realm why? because in a spiritual realm now he was empowered to prosper
he was empowered to expand and in a matter of time the blessing of the Lord made rich so I
don't pursue riches i pursue the blessing of God and in fact I don't pursue the blessing of God
i pursue obedience because obedience unlocks the blessing of God and these blessings will
manifest differently in different seasons of my life and so the goal is not just I want to
break curses the goal is I want to attract blessings of God upon my life because the
blessing of God see I look at and my parents are um in this chat as well and my wife and they're
actually my parents are upstairs right now they came here for support thank you mom and dad
and you know I look at my mom and my dad and I see a generational blessing like I see a um marriage
that i've never seen my mom and my dad separate i've never seen my mom and my dad
you know fight where there were threats and curse words and lifting hands and physical abuse but
it's the same thing and my grandparents my grandfather who was 90 and passed away last
last year the year before in the same way it was there and from what I heard the same way it was
even before so what's happening there it's a generational blessing now it makes it easier
for me to follow that band if I could say uh in marriage I don't think of divorce why because it's
the way that the generational blessing operates and so maybe you don't have the privilege of
having that generational blessing in your life but I can tell you one thing just because things
got passed on to you it doesn't mean you have to activate them it doesn't mean you have to pass
it on to the next generation those curses can end with you and you can release the blessing
now to the next generation and it does not mean that if you are committing sin of alcohol today
pornography or gambling or other things and you're saying well you know it's just a generational
curse there's nothing I can do about it my friend if you got some things passed on to you you are
without excuse you gotta end that today I think it was a one billionaire who said if you're born poor
that's not your fault if you die poor it is your fault meaning it's not your fault if you were
born this way things came at you like that but if you're gonna live like this my friend when
you can break it through the blood of Jesus and the fire of the Holy Spirit it is going
to become your responsibility to end those curses today and to start a new blessing for your family
Deuteronomy chapter 30 verse 19 it says I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you
that I have said before you life and death blessing and curses therefore choose life
that both you and your descendants may live watch this God is not saying I'm setting heaven and hell
you may say oh that's an old covenant my friend these principles they apply for eternity life and
death blessing and curses and then God says choose life why not so that you he says so that both you
and your descendants will live because your decisions breaking of those curses
activating the blessing of God upon your life is not just for you
it's for your descendants it's for people that are coming after you
if you want to see a breaking of the curse this is the last thing that we're going to talk about
right now and that is this the cross of Jesus Christ is the only cure for the curse the cross
appropriating the cross of Jesus Christ is the only cure for the curses that the enemy shares