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Letter From a Friend. You are not cursed you are blessed
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Posted by: JG
This is a copy of an email I received from a friend in India. Please read it. I really was blessed by it.
Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2006 16:33:20
From: CFC
To: Jerry Gaffney
Subject: Have faith that God will make you A BLESSING TO MANY
Dear Pastor Jerry:
I wanted to encourage you with these words.
"Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law, having become
a curse for us - in order that the blessing of Abraham might
come to us, so that we might receive the promise of the
Spirit through faith" (Gal.3:13,14).
Christ became a curse for us, so that we might receive the
blessing of Abraham - that is, the promise of the Holy Spirit.
The curse for not keeping the Law is described in Deut.28:15-68
as confusion,
incurable sicknesses,
plagues,
constant failure,
blindness,
madness,
no rest or peace of mind,
being exploited by others,
children being captured by the enemy (Satan),
abject poverty etc.
The good news of the gospel is that because Jesus has
already become a curse for us, none of these curses of the
Law need touch us any more. That itself would have been good
news.
But there is more. We can have instead, the blessing
with which God blessed Abraham. Note that the blessing we
are promised in that verse, is NOT the blessing of the Law
(described in Deut.28:1-14), which consists mainly of
material prosperity and many children.
No. We are promised
something better - the blessing of Abraham. The blessing
with which God blessed Abraham is described
thus in Genesis 12:2, 3:
"I will bless you...so you shall be a blessing......
and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed".
This is the blessing that Christ has purchased for us on the cross
through His becoming a curse for us. He wants to bless us and
make us a blessing to every person that we come across on earth,
all our life.
This blessing (the verse tells us) comes to us through
receiving the Holy Spirit. Jesus described the Holy Spirit
as a well of water springing up within us and BLESSING US
(John 4:14), and then as rivers of water flowing out through
us and BLESSING OTHERS (John 7:37-39). If WE seek to
receive the Holy Spirit by trying to make ourselves worthy,
we will never receive Him. There is no difference between
that and Simon the magician offering money to Peter to
receive the Spirit's power (Acts 8:18-23). Peter told Simon
to repent. And we must repent too - for imagining that we
can buy the Holy Spirit with your good works. We come to Jesus
as we are and confess our unworthiness, and receive the
Spirit by faith, JUST BECAUSE JESUS BECAME A CURSE FOR US -
and not because WE are worthy.
How has your own life been in the past?
Have you found that whatever you have put your hand to has
been a failure?
Have you found that the words that you have spoken to others
have only brought confusion and chaos?
Have you found frustration and depression and gloom and loss
everywhere you have turned?
Here is the good news of the gospel
You can be free from all of that permanently. Christ
has taken the curse of the Law so that you might never
receive it. Not only can you be free from those curses,
you can now be a blessing to others.
The Lord's promise to even the worst sinner living in sin
and failure today is: "Even as you have been a CURSE in
times past, you can be a BLESSING to others in times to
come" (Zech.8:13).
Perhaps you have been a curse to others in the past,
by polluting everyone you've met, with your criticisms,
your gossiping and your backbiting.
Have you been a spreader of spiritual plague everywhere
you have gone?
Things can be different from now on.
You can be a
spreader of spiritual healing and blessing to others now.
God can make rivers of living water flow through you, so
that wherever you go, others are healed and blessed through
the Holy Spirit working through you (Ezek.47:8,9).
This is the will of God that we should be a BLESSING to
every family we meet on the face of the earth.
But you must believe God's Word
and claim your birthright in Christ.
Satan has robbed you of this for so long.
You must now
believe that since Jesus has already become a curse for you,
no curse can touch you henceforth. You are going to be a
blessing to your family, to your neighbours and to the
church. Hallelujah!
When people curse us,
Jesus told us to bless them in return (Lk.6:28).
This is our calling - to be a blessing even to
those who are evil towards us (See 1 Pet.3:9).
This is why
we are anointed with the Holy Spirit - so that as Jesus
"went about doing good" (Acts 10:38), we too can go around
doing good and blessing people everywhere. No-one who comes
in touch with you in future, will be polluted or hurt by
your words, as in past days. Instead, they will be blessed -
and blessed abundantly.
Posted by: eagle4him
Thank you Pstor Jerry. I really needed to hear these words of encouragement! Thank You, Jesus!
Posted by: bill & alexis
Pastor Jerry,
Thanks for the awesome post!
It really blessed me!
Semper Fi!
-Bill
Posted by: akabezalel
That spelled the Blessing out very clearly and answered some of my own questions.
Thank You Pastor Jerry and Please Thank the person who sent it to you for me.
Father, add an extra Blessing to the person who wrote this explination of Your Word for us. Thank You Lord Jesus! for becoming the curse so that we can live in the Blessing! AMEN!
Posted by: TashaGirl
what a wonderful post!! Exactly what I needed to read this morning. Thank you!!
Posted by: Raymondo17
Hi Pastor Jerry!!!
Letting you know that I love you and that I am in constant prayer for you...Healed in Jesus name, A'men...Hallelujah my friend in Christ Jesus!!!
JESUS LOVES YOU PASTOR JERRY!
GOD BLESS YOU ALWAYS AND OF COURSE YOUR WONDERFUL FAMILY!
Love Always,
Brother Ray
Posted by: guardianangel
Thank You Father for the blessings that You pour out on us. They come upon us and overtake us! I thank You that we are the head and not the tail, blessed in the city and in the field, blessed in every thing that we put our hand to! Thank You for Your concern for us. 
