Young Christians Calendar – Sunday, August 5, 2018

Sunday, August 5, 2018

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The Curse

“And unto Adam he said … cursed is the ground
for thy sake” (Genesis 3:17).
“For as many as are of the works of the law
are under the curse” (Galatians 3:10).
“Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree” (Galatians 3:13).

The Old Testament law could only condemn and show how far short the human race came in measuring up to God’s standard of holiness. The last word of the Old Testament is “curse” (Malachi 4:6).

Notwithstanding, Christ, on the cross bore the curse of sin so that we would never have to bear it. “Who His own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed” (1 Peter 2:24). Now, instead of a curse, we have the blessings. “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ” (Ephesians 1:3). Thus the New Testament ends with “the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ” (Revelation 22:21).

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