The Curse Causeless

Shall Not Come And unto Adam [God] said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life. —Genesis 3:17

You must understand that God did not curse the earth. God did not get so mad with Adam that He cursed his life, his wife, his labors, and the earth. God created everything to be good, to multiply, and to be blessed. Adam is the one who messed it up—not God! “Because you [Adam] have listened to your wife . . .” “Because you [Adam] have eaten from the tree . . .” “Cursed is the ground for your sake” (emphasis added)! Because of you, Adam, sickness and the curse have come into this world. Because of you, Adam, spiritual death now rules over mankind. God then simply began to prophesy of a coming generation who would live in victory and walk on the devil’s head (see Genesis 3:15). God is not responsible for the curse; He is not responsible for sickness and disease—He is against the works of the enemy. It is never God’s will that you be sick; He does not use sickness to teach you, nor to build character in you, nor to draw you closer to Him. The thief comes to steal, kill, and destroy—God came to give you life and life more abundantly (John 10:10)! God wants you healed! His desire is for you to prosper and be in health (3 John 2). Do not mingle God and the curse together. He did not send it, desire it, or sanction it—mankind chose it.

Pastor Tom Kehres

The Fatal Choice

. . . for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. —Genesis 2:17

God gave a warning to Adam and Eve not to eat from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, for they would surely die if they did. Even though the warning was given, Adam and Eve disobeyed and ate. Just as God had told them, in that day they died. We know they did not die physically, because they lived many more years on the earth; so we must conclude they died that day spiritually. Spiritual death, or separation from God, came into their nature, and they were forced to live out of the soul realm. Spiritual death, which is the seed to sickness, disease, guilt, condemnation, and the curse, had come upon mankind. God did not get mad at Adam and spiritually kill him. God did not get mad at Adam and judge him by killing him spiritually. Adam chose spiritual death, and he received what he chose. Adam became a new creation, a new spiritual being that had never existed before—but instead of faith, he had fear; instead of fellowship with God, he hid from God; instead of blessing, he received the curse. Everything God had made was good; it was created for man because of God’s love for man. God never intended for man to be guilty, condemned, fearful, sick, and depressed. Man chose his position in life through disobedience to the warning of God. God is a good God.

Pastor Tom Kehres

Resist and Destroy!

How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil. —Acts 10:38

God anointed Jesus with the Holy Ghost and power. This anointing was used to destroy the works of the devil. God does not like the devil oppressing people. The Church claims that God allowed the devil to attack them. God is not working with the devil, against you; He is giving you a means to resist the devil so he will flee from you. The means He gives you is the anointing and faith. If you are sure that God’s will is to destroy the works of the devil, then you can enforce the will of God and run him off. Here, in Acts 10:38, it says that Jesus healed “all that were oppressed of the devil.” If God’s will is to heal one and not the other, then Jesus messed up by healing all. God’s will is to heal all—and that includes you. When you know this, you can live healed and confident. You are no longer wondering whether it is God’s will, whether God is testing you, whether God is teaching you, or whether He is trying to strengthen you. You can boldly resist the symptoms, the pain, the irritations, the worry, and the fear that come from the devil with your authority. You can choose to live in healing, live in faith, and live in victory! You are a world overcomer! You can now lay hands on the sick without wondering whether God wants to heal them or not, whether He will or not. It is God’s will, and the sick person has a right to be healed. You can declare them healed in the midst of the symptoms because it is God’s will to heal all. You are now the will of God in action. Jesus went about destroy ing the works of the devil, and so do you!

Pastor Tom Kehres

Resist and Destroy!

How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good,
and healing all that were oppressed of the devil. —Acts 10:38

God anointed Jesus with the Holy Ghost and power. This anointing was used to destroy the works of the devil. God does not like the devil oppressing people. The Church claims that God allowed the devil to attack them. God is not working with the devil, against you; He is giving you a means to resist the devil so he will flee from you. The means He gives you is the anointing and faith. If you are sure that God’s will is to destroy the works of the devil, then you can enforce the will of God and run him off. Here, in Acts 10:38, it says that Jesus healed “all that were oppressed of the devil.” If God’s will is to heal one and not the other, then Jesus messed up by healing all. God’s will is to heal all—and that includes you. When you know this, you can live healed and confident. You are no longer wondering whether it is God’s will, whether God is testing you, whether God is teaching you, or whether He is trying to strengthen you. You can boldly resist the symptoms, the pain, the irritations, the worry, and the fear that come from the devil with your authority. You can choose to live in healing, live in faith, and live in victory! You are a world overcomer! You can now lay hands on the sick without wondering whether God wants to heal them or not, whether He will or not. It is God’s will, and the sick person has a right to be healed. You can declare them healed in the midst of the symptoms because it is God’s will to heal all. You are now the will of God in action. Jesus went about destroy- ing the works of the devil, and so do you!

Pastor Tom Kehres