{"id":36631,"date":"2025-07-13T22:00:59","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T05:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/?p=36631"},"modified":"2025-07-09T12:08:24","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T19:08:24","slug":"leviticus-26_14-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/leviticus-26_14-26\/","title":{"rendered":"In Christ Every Curse Is Broken"},"content":{"rendered":"

Leviticus\u00a0 26:14-26\u00a0\u00a0 (CLICK HERE FOR\u00a0BIBLE VERSES)<\/a><\/p>\n

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Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n

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Today\u2019s passage is Leviticus 26:14-26.\u00a0With a humble heart, see what sticks out to you in this passage.\u00a0 Is there a verse, a phrase, or a lesson you think the Holy Spirit may be highlighting for you in this passage?\u00a0 After you\u2019ve thought about the passage yourself a bit, read the GAME sharing below.\u00a0 Let\u2019s go!<\/p>\n

Leviticus 26:14-22 (NIV)<\/em><\/strong>
\n14\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0“‘But if you will not listen to me and carry out all these commands,
\n15\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0and if you reject my decrees and abhor my laws and fail to carry out all my commands and so violate my covenant,
\n16\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0then I will do this to you: I will bring upon you sudden terror, wasting diseases and fever that will destroy your sight and drain away your life. You will plant seed in vain, because your enemies will eat it.
\n17\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0I will set my face against you so that you will be defeated by your enemies; those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee even when no one is pursuing you.
\n18\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0“‘If after all this you will not listen to me, I will punish you for your sins seven times over.
\n19\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0I will break down your stubborn pride and make the sky above you like iron and the ground beneath you like bronze.
\n20\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Your strength will be spent in vain, because your soil will not yield its crops, nor will the trees of the land yield their fruit.
\n21\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0“‘If you remain hostile toward me and refuse to listen to me, I will multiply your afflictions seven times over, as your sins deserve.
\n22\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0I will send wild animals against you, and they will rob you of your children, destroy your cattle and make you so few in number that your roads will be deserted.<\/em><\/p>\n

On verses 14-22:\u00a0\u00a0After describing in verses 1-13 the blessings that would come if the Israelites obeyed God, God describes in verses 14-26 the problems that would come if the Israelites refused to obey God.\u00a0\u00a0As we look at some right now, keep in mind the mentality of the ancient Israelites, who believed that God was the ultimate cause of everything both good and bad.\u00a0\u00a0In their minds, God was the bringer of both sickness and healing, death and life, misfortune and fortune.\u00a0\u00a0In the New Testament, we get a more defined picture of who God is: that everything good comes from God, whereas anything that is not good (such as disease and misfortune) is not something God actively creates and sends but is a natural outflow of living in a world broken by sin.<\/p>\n

With that in mind, let\u2019s look at the various problems that would come to the Israelites if they persistently rejected God.\u00a0\u00a0These are the same curses that would hamper all of humanity\u00a0because sin entered the world<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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  • Because of sin,\u00a0we end up being slaves to fear<\/strong>\u00a0(\u201csudden terror\u201d \u2013 v16; \u201cyou will flee even when no one is pursuing you\u201d \u2013 v17);<\/li>\n
  • Because of sin,\u00a0sickness and death entered the world<\/strong>\u00a0(\u201cwasting diseases and fever\u201d \u2013 v16)<\/li>\n
  • Because of sin,\u00a0our work is not as productive and the things we produce can stolen by an enemy<\/strong>\u00a0(\u201cYou will plant seed in vain, because your enemies will eat it\u201d \u2013 v16; \u201cyour soil will not yield its crops, nor will the trees of the land yield their fruit\u201d \u2013 v20)<\/li>\n
  • Because of sin,\u00a0we can be defeated and even ruled by an enemy<\/strong>\u00a0(\u201cyou will be defeated by your enemies; those who hate you will rule over you\u201d \u2013 v17)<\/li>\n
  • Because of sin,\u00a0we are at odds with God and alienated from Him<\/strong>\u00a0(“‘If after all this you will not listen to me, I will punish you for your sins seven times over\u201d \u2013 v18; \u201cI will multiply your afflictions seven times over, as your sins deserve\u201d \u2013 v21)<\/li>\n
  • Because of sin,\u00a0we deserve to be rebuked by God\u00a0<\/strong>(\u201cI will break down your stubborn pride\u201d \u2013 v19)<\/li>\n
  • Because of sin,\u00a0life and work become much harder than they were meant to be<\/strong>\u00a0(\u201c\u2026and make the sky above you like iron and the ground beneath you like bronze\u201d \u2013 v19-20)<\/li>\n
  • Because of sin,\u00a0tragedy and misfortune entered the world<\/strong>\u00a0(\u201cI will send wild animals against you, and they will rob you of your children, destroy your cattle and make you so few in number that your roads will be deserted\u201d \u2013 v22)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
    Leviticus 26:23-26 (NIV)<\/em><\/strong>
    \n23\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0“‘If in spite of these things you do not accept my correction but continue to be hostile toward me,
    \n24\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0I myself will be hostile toward you and will afflict you for your sins seven times over.
    \n25\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0And I will bring the sword upon you to avenge the breaking of the covenant. When you withdraw into your cities, I will send a plague among you, and you will be given into enemy hands.
    \n26\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0When I cut off your supply of bread, ten women will be able to bake your bread in one oven, and they will dole out the bread by weight. You will eat, but you will not be satisfied.<\/em>On verses 23-26:\u00a0\u00a0As verses 23-26 say, if the Israelites continued to be hostile toward God even after they experienced such hardships (v23), God would oppose them (v24), and death and dissatisfaction will typify their existence (v25-26).<\/p>\n

    What can we learn from this?\u00a0\u00a0When we face hardship, God wants us to respond by turning back to Him.\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0How we respond to God in our hardships is crucial.\u00a0\u00a0In our hardships, do we humble ourselves before God, or do we shake our fists at Him?\u00a0\u00a0If we persist in disobedience to God, we\u2019re only asking for it in terms of the problems and punishment that we will face.<\/p>\n

    That\u2019s what makes Jesus so amazing.\u00a0\u00a0Not only did we receive every blessing in\u00a0Leviticus\u00a026:1-13 that flowed from His obedience, Jesus also removed from us every curse in\u00a0Leviticus\u00a026:14-47 that we deserved for our disobedience by dying on the cross for us.\u00a0\u00a0As\u00a0Galatians 3:13-14\u00a0says \u201cChrist redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”\u00a0<\/em>He redeemed us in order that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit. \u00a0(Galatians 3:13-14)\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

    Because of Jesus, instead of God’s animosity, we have His acceptance.
    \nInstead of God’s hostility, we have His presence.
    \nInstead of God being our enemy, we have His friendship.
    \nInstead of living under the curse, we live under His blessing.<\/p>\n

    Thank You, Lord Jesus, for breaking the curse that should have been ours because of our disobedience.\u00a0\u00a0Thank You that through Your obedience, Your death on the cross and Your resurrection, we have victory over every curse.\u00a0\u00a0In Jesus\u2019 name, AMEN!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

    copyright \u00a9 2022 Justin Lim. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n

    Today\u2019s passage is Leviticus 26:14-26.\u00a0With a humble heart, see what sticks out to you in this passage.\u00a0 Is there a verse, a phrase, or a lesson you think the Holy Spirit may be highlighting for you in this passage?\u00a0 After you\u2019ve thought about the passage yourself a bit, read the GAME sharing below.\u00a0 Let\u2019s go!
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    \nLeviticus 26:14-22 (NIV)
    \n14\u00a0\u00a0“‘But if you will not listen to me and carry out all these commands,
    \n15\u00a0\u00a0and if you reject my decrees and abhor my laws and fail to carry out all my commands and so violate my covenant,<\/p>\n

    On verses 14-22:\u00a0\u00a0After describing in verses 1-13 the blessings that would come if the Israelites obeyed God, God describes in verses 14-26 the problems that would come if the Israelites refused to obey God.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36633,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gametime-sharing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36631"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36631\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36634,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36631\/revisions\/36634"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}