Break the Curse 2

17-04-30 Break the Curse 2

Has anyone here ever felt like you inherited a problem? You seem to be doing it all right, yet, it seems that things are going all wrong. We just can’t seem to shake off a certain cloud out of our life. I don’t buy that “God is trying to teach me something” theory as a way of explaining what we don’t understand. There are spiritual things that we need to learn how to deal with. Spiritual laws trump natural laws.

Recap

1. Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree
2. Cross of Christ satisfied every legal requirement for us (justice was served)
3. We need to move from legal to vital or experiential in our life

2 Samuel 21:1–3 (NASB95)

1 Now there was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year; and David sought the presence of the Lord. And the Lord said, “It is for Saul and his bloody house, because he put the Gibeonites to death.” 2 So the king called the Gibeonites and spoke to them (now the Gibeonites were not of the sons of Israel but of the remnant of the Amorites, and the sons of Israel made a covenant with them, but Saul had sought to kill them in his zeal for the sons of Israel and Judah). 3 Thus David said to the Gibeonites, “What should I do for you? And how can I make atonement that you may bless the inheritance of the Lord?”

1. Curse of Saul
2. Joshua had cut covenant with Gibeonites
3. 400 yrs. Before the time of David
4. Saul broke covenant by killing some of them
5. Saul had been killed in battle – physically out of picture
6. Saul had opened doors in his own life
7. Lost kingdom due to disobedience with Amalekites
8. Lost life for consulting a medium (hypocrite, had previously kicked them out)
9. These actions removed God’s protection and brought about his death
10. Curse of Gibeonites did not stop with his death
11. Three-year famine (severe curse)
12. Tough on a people who depend on agriculture to survive
13. Remedy was as follows
14. David sought the Lord – nothing logical about what was happening
15. David owned it vs 3 (even though not his fault) “How can I make atonement”
16. Gibeonites didn’t want silver or gold
17. 7 men in Saul’s lineage had to be hanged to break curse
18. Our action can affect future generations
19. Inherited Problems
20. David wasn’t perfect, but this time it wasn’t his fault
21. Spiritual law trumps natural law
22. If we are doing right and it is always going all wrong
23. Need to think outside the box (or flesh)
24. I don’t think we need to over evaluate and dig up stuff
25. Sometimes we do stupid stuff
26. Sometimes it is just the fact the devil doesn’t like what we are doing for God
27. But sometimes there is an open door we need to close
28. But before we close the door, we need to toss the devil out
29. If the boogie man is hiding in your closet and you lock the door, you just locked the boogie man in with you
30. Hiding in the closet of our mind- strongholds - Stop giving him permission to operate in our life by what we say and what we do
31. We don’t ever need to be afraid of the boogie man
32. As a matter of fact, the boogie man is afraid of us
33. Other places in scripture where people inherited problem
34. Mankind was cursed because of Adam
35. Children of Israel wandered in the wilderness 40 yrs.
36. Canaan was cursed because of Ham (situation with Noah)
37. This just names a few
38. Familiar Spirits
39. Want to shift gears here and see how familiar spirits enter in to this conversation
40. Familiar spirits are referenced 38 times in scripture
41. Acts 16 spirit of Python example – fortune teller
42. Gather information over years on subjects
43. Looks like they are all knowing but are not
44. Only God is omniscient
45. Familiar – the word family is in there
46. We inherit physical tendencies from family
47. Couldn’t spiritual tendencies be possible
48. Story of pastor who adopted child
49. Spirits like to manifest through us
50. Spirit of fear
51. Spirit of lust
52. Spirit of greed
53. Certain families can have familiar spirits attacking them
54. Generational curse or family tendencies
55. Financial lack even with sufficient income
56. Emotional issues including depression
57. Constant sickness that can’t be explained with rational medical reason
58. addictions
59. What doors do we open (here are a few)
60. Witchcraft = pharmekia = drugs
61. Cults
62. Ouija boards, role playing games with spirits, astrology, etc.
63. False religions
64. Transcendental meditation
65. My story of satan not wanting to let go
66. Get Free
67. Recognize – bad patterns
68. Repent
69. Renounce
70. Resist

There is more to this life than meets the natural eye. Spiritual things can override natural things. We need to be aware of this. To be fore warned is to be fore warned.

Next week read Deut. 28