07/10/2022
BREAKING THE CURSES OF LIFE 2
THE CURSE OF MAN 1
THE CURSE OF PARENTS
"Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise;
That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth." (Ephesians 6:1-3)
There are many today in the kingdom of God that are being tormented and tortured, because they have despised their parents. Somebody says, "But they're not born again!" I don't care whether they're born again or not. God's Word says we have two kinds of parents - our natural and our spiritual parents.
When He said, "Obey your parents in the Lord," He's talking about spiritual parents. And when He said, "Honour your father and your mother ", that's talking about your natural parents who gave birth to you, whether they are white or black, short or tall, illiterate or educated, born again or not born again.
There are many women today, for instance, who can't stand their fathers or mothers-in-law. They see themselves as being too enlightened to have such illiterates or villagers in their "posh" homes.
There are also many "lions of the tribe of their homes", who can't stand their in-laws. They're just too much for those "local" people. So, they keep heaping coals of fire on their heads! They work so hard yet nothing works!
Many people need to say "I'm sorry" to those parents (and mean it from their hearts), then watch what refreshing will come upon their lives.
Listen, that your father needs to say, "I bless you from my heart", that old woman needs to say, "I bless you from my heart." You're not a tout, you're a saint. So recover yourself!
Your natural parents are relevant in the covenant, they are relevant to your Christianity. Noah cursed Ham, and Ham's children's children too! Oh yes, Noah was wrong (he was drunk and uncovered himself), it wasn't Ham that tore the clothes off him. Yet, God honoured that curse, because the Scriptures cannot be broken.
Proverbs 20:20 tells us:
"Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness."
That is, God Himself will put out such a person's lamp! God has put His heavy covenant stamp on your covenant relationship with your parents. It's good for you to get into it and begin to operate it.
Absalom went wild in rebellion against his father. He undertook a suicidal mission and ended up being destroyed (2 Samuel 18:9). Why? Because, "Whoso curseth his father, or his mother, his lamp shall be put out..." That was what happened to him. Blackout!
"For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death." (Matthew 15:4)
He was to become the next king, he was colourful enough, he had the respect of the people; but he went off course and ended up under a curse!
Many of you need to get back now and make things straight, otherwise things will continue to go crooked with you. Many need to go back home now with peace offerings, and settle things once and for all with their parents, so that things can begin to work for them.
May every curse of parents over your life be broken in the name of Jesus!
Shalom!
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