READ:
JOSHUA 6:21-27
It is close
to two months now since we began to examine the subject of curses. You may
wonder why so much time has been devoted to such a subject. What informs such a
concentration is the fact that I am aware of the fact that if we can deal with
curses, our prayer efforts will yield more dividends. It is not enough to
awaken people to the consciousness of the fact that curses are in place; we
must go ahead to show them how such curses can be cancelled. To deal with a
curse, we have to find out who placed the curse. The one who wants to cancel
the curse has to be superior to the one who placed the curse. All he has to do
is to make a pronouncement by breaking the curse, in the name of Jesus. If a
magistrate court pronounces you guilty, it will take a High Court to nullify
the pronouncement. Somebody with a higher authority has to set you free. Your
pastor can cancel any curse placed on you, either by the devil or his agents.
If the one who placed the curse has the same authority with the one who wants
to set the curse aside, then there might be a little problem. An evil curse
must be countered by an equal blessing. Joshua was a great man of God and he
had the authority to curse Jericho and he did. Elisha was also a great man of
God. Both of them had certain things in common. Joshua was a successor to Moses
while Elisha succeeded Elijah. Hence we discover that Elisha could not have put
aside the curse on Jericho easily. If it is your pastor that cursed you, it
will take the General Overseer to cancel the curse, easily. If you ask another
pastor to do it, he will have to do some extra work. What happens if God placed
the curse on you? If this is the case, then there is a real problem. If God
says that you are guilty, and you say that you want to appeal, who would be
your lawyer? Who is going to be the appeal judge? However, there is a way out:
to be free from a curse placed on you by God, you have to do two things. You
have to repent and do restitution. You have to repent of what you did that
brought the curse on you. You will then do restitution. At that point God will
grant you a release. You will go from curse to blessing.
MEMORIZE:
JOSHUA 6:26 –Then Joshua charged them at
that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the LORD who rises up and builds this
city Jericho; he shall lay its foundation with his firstborn, and with his youngest he shall set up its gates.
