We just recently received an email from one of our readers. The question she had asked us was whether or not we as Christians could curse someone else for something wrong they were doing to us. The reason she was asking this question was due to something she heard her own pastor do in one of his services.
Long story short, they had some problems with several women in their church. These women then left the church and started to bad-mouth the pastor and his church to others on the outside.
Then at one of their Sunday services the pastor commented on what was occurring with these women, and then made the comment “to let everything they were saying come back on their head 100 times and everything be returned back upon them. “
Our reader was not comfortable with this kind of statement her pastor was making, and she then wrote in asking if this was a form of cursing and if so, whether or not he should be doing something like this. We wrote her back and told her we did feel this was a form of cursing and that he should not be doing something like this.
I have also heard some very well-known TV preachers over the years do something similar and again, I was never comfortable with this kind of rhetoric, as I felt they were crossing a line into actually cursing those who were trying to do them wrong.
As you will see in the Scripture verses I will give you in this article, I believe Jesus is asking all of us to live and operate at a higher level and standard now that He has already died on the cross for all of our sins and trespasses..
Back in the OT, there were several instances of His people cursing their enemies. The prophet Jeremiah had several times asked God to bring doom and destruction upon those who were coming after Israel.
However, when you look at the specific wording in the verses I will now give you, I do not believe the Lord wants us to engage in this kind of activity. In these specific verses, Jesus is telling us to love our enemies, along with blessing them and praying for them.
He is not telling us to ask God to bring down any kind of death, doom, and destruction on those who are trying to hurt us.
As we have shown you in our article titled, “Battle Verses of the Bible,” God does have a war side to His personality and He will not hesitate to go into battle to protect you and your loved ones if you need Him to do it for you – but let God decide how He will want to handle each individual matter you may be dealing with.
Do not ask God to kill or bring down any kind of bodily harm or major calamity on your enemies.
Granted, God did strike and kill some of Israel’s enemies back in the OT, but let Him decide how He will fight each battle and what kinds of judgments He will want to render against anyone who is trying to unjustly hurt you. This is His territory, not ours.
In some of the different Bible Dictionaries and Commentaries, the word “curse” or “cursing” means the following:
- To call down evil upon others violently
- A call for evil to rest on someone
- Invocation of evil against one’s enemies
Notice in all 3 of these definitions, you are asking “evil” to come upon another for what they are trying to do against you. As you will see in one of the verses I will give you below, the Lord is flat out telling us that we are not to repay evil with evil. Instead He wants us to love them. bless them, and pray for them.
He does not want us asking God the Father to strike them dead or cause any kind of major calamity to occur in their lives.
Again, this is the Lord’s territory, and He will be the One who will decide what kind of corrective action will need to be taken with the enemies in your life, not you or any of your close friends or family members.
I know when you have been viciously wronged by another person, you will have an initial knee-jerk reaction to want to exact some kind of personal vengeance. You will either want to try and take matters into your own hands, or you will want to ask God to strike them with some kind of heavy blow due to whatever evil this person may have just struck you with.
But again, when you study the specific wording in the verses I will now give you, God does not want us taking this kind of action or having this kind of vengeful attitude. He wants you to have just the opposite kind of reaction. He will want you to love them, bless them, and pray for them.
I will now go ahead and break these verses down under 3 specific captions so you can really see what the Lord is trying to tell us on this topic.
1. Bless Those Who Will Persecute You – And Do Not Curse
This first verse will completely answer this question for all of us. This verse is coming from the apostle Paul. This verse is a very simple one-liner, but in it is a direct command from the Lord not to curse those who are trying to persecute us in any way. Instead we are to bless them.
Here it is:
“Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse.” (Romans 12:14)
When Paul is telling us not to curse those who are trying to hurt us, I believe he is talking about cursing them in the way the above definitions are stating. I do not believe he is talking about curse words and swearing, which would be a different definition of this word.
You can tell by the context this word is being used in, that he is referring to using cursing to try and get evil to fall down upon someone else for what they may have done to you.
2. Love, Bless, and Pray For Your Enemies
These next two verses coming direct from Jesus Himself are now going to add more to all of this. In addition to Paul telling us to bless those who will try and persecute us and not to curse them, Jesus will now be asking all of us to actually love our enemies.
He is telling us in these two verses that we are to:
- Love them
- Bless them
- Pray for them
- Do good to those who hate you
If Jesus is telling us to love and bless our enemies, and to still continue to do good for them, this does not leave room for any type of cursing.
If God wants us to pray for our enemies, I do not think He will want us to pray that He bring down any kind of major misfortune or calamity on them, all just so we can get some kind of personal revenge for what they may have just done to us.
Here are two very strong and powerful verses direct from Jesus Himself on this tropic:
- “But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust. For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? … Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.” (Matthew 5:44-48)
- “But I say to you who hear: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, and pray for those who spitefully use you. To him who strikes you on the one cheek, offer the other also. And from him who takes away your cloak, do not withhold your tunic either. Give to everyone who asks of you. And from him who takes away your goods do not ask them back. And just as you want men to do to you, you also do to them likewise.But if you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. And if you lend to those from whom you hope to receive back, what credit is that to you? For even sinners lend to sinners to receive as much back. But love your enemies, do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Highest. For He is kind to the unthankful and evil. Therefore be merciful, just as your Father also is merciful.” (Luke 6:27-36)
In the Sanctification Section of our site, we have a very good article on how God wants us to love other people in this life. The title of this article is, “The Power of Love.” In this article is a section on how we can learn how to love even the worst of our enemies in the way that God would really like.
Notice in the last verse it says that even God Himself is kind and merciful to the unthankful and evil and we should also be the same way in our dealings with them.
3. Vengeance Belongs to the Lord – Not To Us
These next set of verses will now put the icing on this entire subject matter. These next set of verses will very clearly tell us that any kind of vengeance in this life belongs to the Lord, not to us, or any of our family members who would like to try and get even for us.
Here are two extremely strong verses, telling us in no uncertain terms, that vengeance in this life belongs to the Lord and not to any of us.
- “Repay no one evil for evil … live peaceably with all men. Beloved, do not avenge yourselves … for it is written, “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says the Lord. Therefore if your enemy hungers, feed him; if he thirsts, give him a drink … Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.” (Romans 12:17-21)
- “God is jealous, and the Lord avenges; the Lord avenges and is furious. The Lord will take vengeance on His adversaries, and reserves wrath for His enemies; the Lord is slow to anger and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked.” (Nahum 1:2-3)
The first verse simply says it all. This verse is telling us to “repay no one evil for evil.”
Per the above definitions on what cursing is all about, these definitions are all using the word “evil” in them. When you curse someone else, you are in fact trying to call down some kind of an evil act to fall upon them for whatever they have personally done to you.
By the way this first verse is reading, you are in direct violation of this command from the Lord every time you try and curse someone, as you are trying to repay an evil act done against you with another evil act on your part. The very last part of this verse is telling us not to overcome evil with evil, but to overcome evil with good.
As you can from the way these verses are reading, the Lord wants us to do just the exact opposite. He wants us to love them, bless them, pray for them, and feed them – not to curse them and wish that any kind of major calamity or harm come upon them.
In the Psychological Issues section of our site, we have another good article on just this one topic. The title of this article is, “Vengeance Belongs to the Lord.” This article will give you more good commentary on this topic if there are any of you out there who are wrestling with the Lord on this issue due to what someone else may have done to you.
Conclusion
When you put all of these verses together like you would pieces to a jigsaw puzzle, I think the revelation comes through loud and clear. Though there was some cursing done back in the OT, I believe God wants all of us to live at a higher level in the NT now that we all have the Holy Spirit living on the inside of us to help sanctify us and transform us.
When God is now telling us to love our enemies, along with blessing them and praying for them, I do not think there is any room to directly try and curse them for whatever evil they may have done to us. As the last two verses have told us, any kind of vengeance and payback in this life belongs to the Lord, not to us.
As such, we should forgive all those who will trespass against us in this life and get on with the rest of our lives so we can complete and fulfill all of our divine destiny for the Lord.
When everything is all finally said and done, God will be righting all of the wrongs ever done to us by others in this life. That is why we can let go and let God, because it is now His job to take care of our enemies and what they may try and do to us in this life.
As you will see in reviewing the stories in our Testimonies section of our site, we can ask and petition God to come to our aid and help fight our battles when being unjustly attacked by others, but we have to let Him decide which strategies He will want to use and what kind of corrective action He will want to take when He does go into battle for us.
We are not to ask God to kill our enemies, or to bring down any kind of major calamity on them. I believe this is going too far, especially with how all of the above verses are being worded by the Lord.
The only Person who will be doing any kind of cursing in this life when it will be appropriate will be God Himself. Here is a good verse that will show you that God can curse someone if He will want to do so:
Now the Lord had said to Abram: “Get out of your country, from your kindred and from your father’s house, to a land that I will show you. I will make you a great nation; I will bless you and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you; and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.” (Genesis 12:1-3)
All in all, I think Christians should abide by what the Lord is telling us in these New Testament verses and stay away from trying to curse anyone, no matter what kind of evil they may have done to you.
With God going to be judging everyone for every bad thing they have ever done if it has not been covered under the blood of Jesus before they die and cross over, we can let all of this go into His hands and get on with the rest of our lives. This life is way too short to be wallowing in the hurts and injustices of our past.
Lord, how they have increased who trouble me. Many are they who rise up against me…but I cried to the Lord and He heard me…I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people who have set themselves against me all around…Arise oh Lord, for you have struck all my enemies on the cheekbone: you have broken the teeth of the ungodly…for you alone Lord, make me dwell in safety…you shall destroy those who speak falsehood…the lord abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man….for there is no faithfulness in their mouth and their inward part is destruction…their throat is an open tomb…they flatter with their tongue…pronounce them guilty oh God. Let them fall by their own counsels.
i beg to disagree about cursing your enemies. It is not the individuakls that you should curse but the spirits that lie behind them. Look at Psalm 28 v4. Also look at Psalms 35 and 59, here David was asking God to destroy his enemies. So, is the Bible record of these incidences incorrect?
The word of God says the BATTLE IS NOT YOURS.. it is GOD’s….
I know of a Ministry that teaches that we are not to curse our enemies when they are hating directly on US. But, if they are hating on the GOD we srve, or if they are hating on one of GOD’s modern Anointed leaders, and if they are hating on one of HIS true Ministries, then we are to “rebuke” them, and if those same “haters” actually send curses upon GOD’s anointed leader or Ministry then, we are to “return those curses back onto their own heads” as if it were like a boomerang. What say ye about this? Anybody any thoughts that are Divinely inspired??
I have been pondering this a little bit lately since reading about Jesus cursing the fig tree and then teaching about sending the mountain into the sea through prayer. These are tantamount to cursing objects or institutions–the fig tree also represents (the leaders of) Israel at the time of Jesus. He pronounced many well-known ‘woes’ after the beatitudes. These seem to me to be the opposite of the blessings, though I might hesitate to qualify them as curses. How about Peter cursing Simon the magician: may you and your money perish! Acts 8:20.
Perhaps there are yet specific times under the guidance of the Spirit when we have authority to curse, or perhaps it was an apostolic authority only and not to be emulated by us today except that we ask God to perform something in Jesus’ name. But Jesus pretty much teaches us to speak to the mountain: be uprooted! Mark 11
@marko, you explain it beautifully. I agree with the fact that under specific times and authority we can curse, living in Pakistan and facing religious discrimination sometimes I feel like cursing people who carry so much hate towards the Christian community. I struggled to get the answer of cursing someone and your answer is a great help to know it well.
I just want to add as a P.S. to my last comment that MY personal feeling and conviction is that we are to Bless ALL who hate and curse us. And, we are love our enemies, but, we ARE to defend GOD’s Truths and defend GOD’s Anointed, but, still keeping in mind that ALL Vengeance belongs to GOD alone, and that Hell and the Lake of Fire will MORE than “make up” for any evil and cursing an enemy has brought upon us or upon our GOD, that is, IF they die in their sin, without having received GOD’s Forgiveness and Salvation in YAHUSHUA (JESUS).
First of all, I would like to thank God for bringing me to site website, I know this is not coincidently I was brought here and to further my knowledge. Eventhough I am born Catholic, many people out there like to curse us Catholic because they said we worship idols. To me what most important here is your heart, whether you like it or not, if you does not have LOVE in your life as Christian, than if you keep on cursing others, you be in the losing side because you will have to be answerable to Almighty Father, our Abba, our Daddy God what life you have choose during your stayed on this earth. Life is too short for us to always curse other. Vengeance belong to God, it does not belong to you and me.
Sometimes I sense that by experience one gains a right to judge and comment on such issues and that person is me, when I was converted I changed friends because I obeyed the Lord when He said that we should not be unequally yoked with unbelievers, then the storms came and because I couldn’t discern what was happening I Backslid ,,yes dumb decision and before I knew it I was back to the old me with the old friends and one of them put a hex on me due to the loophole I opened ,, so here’s my point-God says vengeance is Mine to repay ,iv forgiven that person wholeheartedly mainly because I cannot stoop to that level, im the righteousness of God and all these things will work together for my good even the bad stuff-Lloyd
I fully understand the very shaky ground we step onto when we either knowingly or unwisely speak a curse out on a person or life.
How about sickness though? I was recently questioned about a prayer I spoke out at Church when I cursed sickness (in this case it was Cancer).
I can’t remember the exact words I used but it was something like, “Today I bless every healthy cell and call them into life and strength and at the same time I curse every sick and rebellious cell that is causing this cancer and command them to wither and die in Jesus name!”
I would appreciate thought s and feedback on this. if I am praying in error then I will repent immediately and without reserve as I want to see sickness gone and God’s power displayed.
Thanks.
Cancer isn’t a person but a demonic spirit. The Bible says “but we wrestle not against flesh and blood but against principalities and power” this scripture states that every demonic attack is an act of warfare and it shouldnt be allowed. My pastor always says “What you don’t want, you don’t watch”.
Consider this…Every Christian is told to pray ” The Lord’s Prayer “. In this prayer, we have the phrase ” Thy kingdom come. thy will be done in earth, as it is in Heaven ” ( Mt.6:10 ). Where is Jesus right now? At the ” right hand of the Majesty on high ” expecting until ” Thine enemies be made Thy footstool “. This language involves 1. conquering and 2. ruling over , enemies. One day, in Christ’s kingdom, Jesus will do just that; conquer and rule over His enemies. We may not realize it, but every time we pray ” The Lord’s Prayer’, we are, in fact, praying an ” imprecatory prayer ” as we expect Christ’s enemies to be subdued in Christ’s earthly Kingdom. Wow!
God said I will bless those who bless you and I will curse those who curse you. genesis 12:3. Jesus said, but I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you. Matthew 5:44. I
f god requires this of us, how do we reconcile these two verses?
In reply to this quickly. Venegance is Gods not ours, as in Luke 18 we can ask for justice but then leave it to God to determine how to do it. God has the ability and the right to curse or bless whomever he wishes, but he has NOT given us that right. The only time we can curse is when we are within the delegated power God has assigned us, that is sickness and if he prompts against anyone he specifically prompts us to (this is like 1 in 10 million million chance). interestingly people who come up against you can well be directed to by the spiritual forces behind them, we have every right to destroy the demonic operating behind it, if it turns out not to be demonic , then only God can act justfully against a person. BTW: demons are not our equals, they are inferior to us in power delegated to us by Jesus.
So basically your part is to forgive so that you cannot be hindered, God will do the rest and if its demonic (you will know via the Holy Spirit) then you can tear down those strongholds.
Am I allowed to believe terrorist acts are demonic?
@Carson Cole, Yes, GOD will determine blessing amd curses- HE is GOD ALMIGHTY. Our Creator. Our Father in Heaven.
JESUS is telling us – GOD’S children -to do good to those who hate us. We are created by GOD. GOD is SOVEREIGN and can do as HE sees fit. WE are to do what JESUS instructed us. GOD > Bless or Curse. Us Bless and Pray for enemies (as JESUS tells us to)
Meditating on the same Carson. The Genesis verse indicates either only God has authority to curse our enemies, or this was specifically a proclamation for Abraham just for his lifetime…or maybe both!
No doubt forgiveness and blessing subdue our anger and persuade us not to take matters into our own hands.
But Psalms is filled with asking the Lord to avenge – consume, cause to perish, destroy, stumble. Interestingly, kill, slay, murder are not used as best as I can tell (Psalm 59:11).
Even Paul has some interesting comments:
(1Ti 1:20) These include Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I handed over to Satan so that they may learn not to blaspheme.
(1Co 5:5) turn this man over to Satan for the destruction of his body, so that his spirit may be saved on the Day of the Lord.
(2Ti 4:14) Alexander the metalworker did me a great deal of harm. The Lord will pay him back for what he did.
For sure we should pray that no man would perish eternally and that God should judge and decide what our enemies deserve and by what methods He determines. And I must remind myself that plank in my eye is the first thing I should see.
There is a passage in the New Testament …. in reference to the apostles … whatever they curse – will be cursed – recognized on earth and in the heavenly realm.
Are you referring to Matthew 18:18. Whatever we bind will be bound here and in heaven. Yes, we have that right.
So in other words, let my enemies keep hurting me and i have to put up with suffering, i love Jesus Christ but it sounds like he is saying let evil keep hurting me so i can go to Heaven, evil people are the most luckiest people on Earth because they can continue to be evil and nothing will happen to them because God loves them too. So i have to suffer for the rest of my physical life. This makes me sad
I don’t agree with this “lay down and take it” thing at all. My Bible says the evil will hit THEIR HOUSE not ours. Only with our eyes will we see it. Ps 91. If someone is harassing you in this world, you would call the police and have them arrested. Think of your children. Would you “bless” someone who tries to molest or abduct them?? Likewise, we have the right to BIND AND GAG evil things, places and people. Matthew 18:18. Therefore, if not even “fallen man” would put up with harassment and evil doers, nor should we. Feel free to UNLEASH God’s war angels to come to your assistance. They stand around doing nothing all day, looking for something to do. God also said, “Command the work of My hands.” Further, we do not need to let the devil and his cohorts “devour us.” Turn it back on them by your spoken word and ask God to let you SEE IT right in front of your face. “Who is this uncircumcized heathen who dares defy the Living God of Israel !!” Develop a War Persona.
Wow. I agree as along as we know the different types of sins against us that should attract divine vengeance and those that should attract forgiveness.
Most Christians have been taught to be spiritually blind the book of psalms gives a few ruthless prayers for relentless enemies ps 66 108 109 144 94 to list a few. Most Christians dont know yhe burden of light God speaks of are the rituals the enlightened ones Luminaries as in illumanati are taught (and yes Jesus was a luminary in addition to being a Mason whose degrees in the bible are covertly code named as those of prophets a.k.a Moshae the order ofvthe serpent remember his staff? Jesus was a carpenter by trade a cleft in the rock of their organization who promised to give his slaves captives prisoners and servants beauty for their ashes a promise that only the ritual of the phoenix could manifest. A Burden of light onlyba luminary like jesus Christos the soveirng citizen who dwealt and waa called out egypt could bear the burden of performing on a wronged souls behalf. Wake the fuck up war is war an eye for an eye a tooth for a tooth a life for a life. If Jesus left and right hands perform infernal and celestial deeds and are equivalent to Maats balancing scales slay your enemies no harm other their retaliation will come to you and not even that if you put them to sleep. Peace implies war as does success fair exchange is not robbery ifvthe measure an enemy meets you with is intended to result in fatality better his ass than yours.
Dear Vena, it may be too difficult for you to accept this truth if you are still struggling to be a Christian. I will admonish you and all others in your shoe as true disciples of our Lord Jesus Christ to embrace Christ’s principles and teach same. For Christ said, if you love me, you’ll keep my commandments. John 14: 15.
Therefore, do yourselves a great favour by making sure you are standing for Christ and Christ alone as this is the way you can be of the Lord.
Shalom.
Far be it my darling sister, your love for the Lord can not be in vain and all power belongs to God, God loves you far beyond what you can actually comprehend or know. Besides out of His great love, God has saved you from Satan’s wicked hold and empowered you against him and his wicked army. You have authority to bind the powers that influence them and resist them from carrying out their wickedness. Remember :
Luke 10: 19 we have authority to trample on snakes and scorpions, not people. Here snakes and scorpions represent forcse of evil.
Remember you have weapons to wage war, the war is not against humans, Ephesians 6:12 and remember also, Satan has people blinded so they do his evil biddings sometimes consciously or unconsciously: 2 Corinthians 4:4 whom Satan the God of this world has blinded the minds of unbelievers. But you can pray for God’s salvation and deliverance for such ones. When Saul turned, we all see what tremendous work the Lord used him for and how the church is blessed today by this work.
1 Timothy 2 says God wants all men to be saved and come to a knowledge of the truth. Some might never do, but know your own role in all of these and remember God’s sovereignty, for He is able to deliver those who call on his name; Acts 1:21.
Rejoice child you have the victory in Jesus!
The Lord calls us to love all men (though hate their sins). There are times that we are hurt deeply by loved ones or those who we know do not like us. The innate human response is to seek revenge but Christians are told to love, not curse. If we cursed someone and calamity befalls them, or worse, they end up in hell, whilst we are in paradise, would we be happy? Is that God’s wish? Is that what Christ died for?
The curse of, and on cancer cells, animals, fruit trees and evil spirits are not the subjects of this doctrine: humans are the subjects. If they knew God and the love of God, they probably would not seek to harm us, so we should be gracious to them and not pray for recompense. I believe that God sees all, and will pay everybody, so why do I need to pray for someone’s misfortune?
God bless you all. Nothing moves me like discussing Bible issue. Eph.6. The bible talked about weapon, so I tried to get the meaning of weapon. Weapon is used to fight in a battle. And countless places in the scripture the bible refers us to be a soldier. So what do a soldier do with a weapon is it to post or to play? I simply realise a Christian is to fight when the need enemies call for it. Jesus made the statement in order to call his followers to pursue peace after everyone. He knows we are in the world but not of the world… If I have to preach in the church as a minister of God I think preaching peace is the best preaching. Luke19:27 spoke something difference about Jesus.
There are two sides to the whole issue of cursing people who wrong us. Depending on the type of sin committed, We either invoke divine judgement based on scriptures against them or we choose to suffer faithfully all the time. Remember, in Revelations 2:10, Our Lord Jesus said Satan will put the saints into prison but they should be faithfully to the end. Now I believe that if we are anointed or powerful enough to bind the demons who use people against us, we won’t need to keep on suffering faithfully till we die. But if we are not powerful enough we may have to keep on suffering till death.
If Jesus cursed a tree, why should Christians keep on suffering from the hands of purely evil men, when we can use our spiritual weapons to inflict pain and damage to the wicked to stop them from carrying out their wicked plans to harm us. By this revelation, Apostle Paul cursed Elymas with blindness – Acts 13:8-12. Bless you all
Dear Michael Bradley,
You have to listen to your commentators , as what I have been through, now I know that Christian should fight back.
You should listen to people who been suffering under devil oppression ( because some may not born-again) the family members suffering too, after years of praying and the doer using the dark power not repentance, and thinking that many Christian are weak, using their dark power keep humiliating and hurting, so I suggest you have to pray for your own enlightenment.
I know in Spiritual Warfare, you have that authority as a Spirit-filled believer to pray and rebuke the works of the enemy. We sometimes think the enemy is one person, but it could be another. It can be ourselves. The Bible teaches us this in several scriptures. As a Christian, you don’t want the person to be destroyed but their evil works and devices toward us to be cast down. We are suppose to walk in the Holy Ghost believing and trusting God. The walk causes us to have the authority to speak against the works of the Devil.
Imagine two people identified as children of God…they get angry with each other. One believing that the other one has done them so wrong. And that one starts using the word of God to reign down curses on the other one. What do you think will happen? We are responsible for what we say!!! If a bad thing does befall them you are now a culprit in the demise of one of God’s children. Remember drowning with the millstone about your neck will give you a better chance at survival then cursing one of God’s children. Luke 17:2 A curse is when an person(s) uses words in an attempt to invoke supernatural power to cause harm to someone else. Whose worse the person who may’ve done you wrong, (perception is everything) or the person getting in God face wishing you harm. Getting in God’s face asking him to harm one of his children. No child of God will be killed by friendly fire. God protects his least one. God doesn’t use human emotions to settle our differences. He is all seeing and all knowing. He knows the intent of our hearts and his punishment is just. He is sovereign. One thing God can handle is sin and workers of iniquity…against him, against you and me. When you have Godly love on the inside…OMG…the genuine love of God on the inside, You won’t wish anyone any harm. Authentic Godly love will cause you to pray for the enemy that desire to sift you as wheat!
Every born again christian has overcome the world… Therefore no weapon formed agaim them could be harmful, be it from the unbelievers or the Devil himself bcos every born again christian has DNA of christ all-over his body(a divine coverage/protection).. If u love ur neighbour as JESUS has commanded, u won’t think of cursing any person because love covers every wrong-doing. So, do not curse any one so that u shld be son of UR FATHER IN HEAVEN. May GOD BLESS U!!!
I’m not 100% sure if I understand an article you posted about a pastor cursing women or not. Cursing doen’t exist today according to the law. The New Testament and the Old both except scripture that tell us cursing are for those who hate God. Samuel went to God and told God that Israel refused advice about taking on a king. Samuel a prophet, priest, and king maker said, They rejected me, yet God said, “it was not you they rejected. it was I, they rejected.” Remember according to the scripture and in accordance with Christianity, those who reject God hate him. The question must be asked whether this person done this in front of this congregation purely out of evil or was it because he’s God’s chosen and he has the right to pray against his enemies.
“The Bible does allow prayers against our enemies, but only at very specific times. This type of prayer should not be common and should always be prayed with godly intentions and a godly heart. You cannot pray against your enemies out of hatred.” Also see Psalm 17:13-14, Psalm 5:10. It’s true that Jesus did say pray for those who hate us. However, God is an unchanging God and we have the right to pray against spiritual wickedness. Remember it’s not the Flesh and Blood we’re fighting against.
God bless,
Rev. J. A. S
I agree in letting God decide how to punish those who hurt us. In fact, praying punishment not as an evil to destroy, but rather as a means to discipline an enemy back to Christ and righteousness is actually a blessing, not a curse. Even Paul prayed against those who withstood the truth, however based on his mission, undoubtedly with a desire to restore, rather than to destroy the evil doer.
Read Psalm 83 or Ezekiel 38. If you, a man, can pray for only peace and goodness for your enemies even to the point of taking beneficent action on this, or can pray for those that curse and persecute you, then this ability is not from the fallen man in you, rather it is G-d’s Spirit within you that prompts and allows for this. But this calls for understanding, for it is only the Spirit of God in you that makes this possible, as the Spirit comes from the seat of mercy (כַּפֹּרֶת). For this reason He went to His Father to make this request on our behalf (John 14: 16-30). Verily this is true, for a righteous man is allowed to make his plea for vengeance by G-d known to G-d in prayer, and there is nothing about this supplication that will be held against him. The prophets of old who spoke the words of the Most High testify to this. But if this same man be more able to trust completely in our Lord Jesus Christ, he will realize that his plea for vengeance is completely unnecessary, for G-d is faithful to those who love Him and keep His commandments. So Christ tells us only what is truth, what will consume us with His peace, and what would make us complete and more perfect in the sight of G-d, worthy to stand at the day of His coming. Remember my brother, with Christ our Lord and Savior, who has come in the flesh and is the only Son of the living but unseen God, all things are possible. But for man, all is a stumbling block. Recall that only those who despise a wicked person are fit to dwell in His sacred tent or live on His holy mountain (Psalm 15), so go and learn what this means, “To fear the Lord is to hate evil.”