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How To Deal With Demons, Curses, Hexes, Spells and Spiritual ...

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<strong>Deal</strong>ing <strong>With</strong> <strong>Curses</strong>, <strong>Hexes</strong> And <strong>Spells</strong><br />

<strong>Curses</strong> are an unusual topic, but they are<br />

real, you can even buy numerous books on<br />

how to curse people in most bookstores<br />

especially New Age bookstores. They are<br />

now part of "teenage witch" type TV<br />

programs.<br />

<strong>How</strong>ever curses are not playthings <strong>and</strong> are<br />

profoundly emotionally disturbing for those<br />

who experience them. They are not just<br />

angry words or swear words; they are acts<br />

of power in the spiritual realm.<br />

<strong>Curses</strong> are mentioned over 200 times in<br />

Scripture, <strong>and</strong> were foundational to the Old Covenant (see Deuteronomy 28-30).<br />

God Himself was the first one to pronounce curses - on the earth, on Eve's fertility <strong>and</strong><br />

upon the serpent.<br />

<strong>Curses</strong> are not just a primitive superstition; they are spiritual pronouncements recorded<br />

in Scripture, that profoundly affect the very structure of reality in some way.<br />

<strong>Curses</strong> And Creation<br />

The world was created by the word of God <strong>and</strong> is held together by the power of His Word<br />

(Genesis 1, Hebrews 1:1-3, Colossians 1:17-20).<br />

Thus God's words can change creation <strong>and</strong> Jesus' curse caused the fig-tree, representing<br />

barren Israel, to shrivel up. Blessings <strong>and</strong> curses are first of all God's words that operate<br />

at this fundamental level of creation <strong>and</strong> tilt the playing field of life one way or another.<br />

Secondly curses <strong>and</strong> blessings can be from evil spirits or flow from the human spirit.<br />

Goliath's curses against David were by his gods (1 Samuel 17:43) <strong>and</strong> were ineffective<br />

for reasons we shall see later.<br />

The David <strong>and</strong> Goliath encounter was a power encounter of one spiritual system against<br />

the other <strong>and</strong> both contenders came in the name of their respective deities. Shamans<br />

<strong>and</strong> magicians such as Balaam were hired to curse people in OT times <strong>and</strong> still do this<br />

today.<br />

Though curses from evil sources much less powerful than curses from God they still were<br />

feared <strong>and</strong> were able to do much damage.<br />

There are 22 references exhorting believers not to curse others.<br />

<strong>Curses</strong> are finally ended in the new creation (Rev 22:3).<br />

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