Cursed? Pt. 2

(continued form Part 1)

The truth of the matter is that natural disasters happen because of one thing, sin. I’m not going to approach this the way you think I would. It is not the sin of America, the sin of Haiti, the sin of Swaziland, or the sin of any individual nation that cause these cataclysmic events to happen. According to the Bible, we have all sinned and fallen short of God’s glory (Romans 3:23). We are all under judgment for our sin. Why? Because Adam and Eve sinned in the garden of Eden in the beginning. The earth and all of its inhabitants fell under that curse. Romans 8 tells us:

“For the creation eagerly waits with anticipation for God’s sons to be revealed. ²⁰ For the creation was subjected to futility—not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it—in the hope ²¹ that the creation itself will also be set free from the bondage of corruption into the glorious freedom of God’s children. ²²For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together with labor pains until now. Romans 8:19-22 (HCSB)

Earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes, malaria outbreaks, and the like are all a result of the earth groaning, waiting for Jesus Christ to come again and redeem the world. We will one day get back to a new heaven and a new earth that is not under the curse when Jesus makes this earth His home (Revelation 21:1). But until then, all the disasters that strike us are reminders that He’s coming gain, He will make all things right, and He’s not finished yet.

The Bible is very clear that we as believers are delivered from curses. Whether it be the law or something much more insidious like a pact with the devil. Listen to what Paul shares with the church in Galatia, “Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us” Galatians 3:13 (HCSB). It is my understanding that I have been delivered and set free by the death of Jesus Christ on the cross. The truth of the matter is that had it been my own father that made a pact with the devil, I would not be under the curse of that pact because I have trusted Jesus Christ as my leader and forgiver. If I individually choose to remain under a curse, that is my problem, not anyone else’s. There may be consequences for that choice, but not a curse.