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1 | Church curses??? | Luke 9:55 | figgy | 98069 | ||
This is a re-post of a question I asked yesterday. Someone responded without answering the question and it has since gotten "buried". I would like to ask it one more time in the hopes someone can shed some light: I recently read an article by a pastor who I deeply respect. He brought up the topic of corporate imprecations (curses) on those who are driving a particular evil agenda (I am not going to get into what the agenda is because I do not want to get into an issue other than my question). He referred to them as God's enemies (since they are actively and agressively promoting ungodliness) and are appropriate targets of the Church's holy curses. I have never heard of church curses. Anybody have any thoughts, insights, explanations on this topic? Thanks. |
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2 | Church curses??? | Luke 9:55 | Aixen7z4 | 98070 | ||
I also confess ignorance of "the Church's holy curses". I have never heard the term, and do not believe in appears in the Bible. There are times when a certain behavior in the world around us affects us emotionally, much as the sin of Sodom and Gomorrha affected Lot. It upsets us. It vexes our righteous souls. Our response should be like Lot's, to beseech them, and more than that, to give them the Gospel. God does not give us the job of cursing people. Some Christians are affected by words from the Psalms calling on the Lord to punish wicked people. (See Psalm 59, for example). Some see David's vows to punish the wicked (in Psalm 101, for example) as a sanction to do the same. They forget, perhaps, that David was a king, and a ruler of his people. He was also a prophet and was expressing God's thoughts. The Lord has told us that we are to bless and not curse (Romans 12:14) even when we are being persecuted (verse 19). "Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord". In your place I would look carefully at the scriptures quoted by that pastor whom you respect. He, like I, and like Paul, should not go beyond what has been written (1 Cor. 4:6). The Lord has not given any curses to the church to administer. On the contrary, we are to bless. That does not mean that we give approval or wish them well in their activities (2 John v.10). But we are to wish that they would chnge their behavior while understanding that thy are unlikely to do so until they are saved. We all know John 3:16. We shoud also learn John 3:17. |
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3 | Church curses??? | Luke 9:55 | figgy | 98075 | ||
Greetings! Thank you so much for your answer. With respect to evil political agendas (i.e. abortion, homosexuality,etc), how is the church as whole called to respond? I am not referring specifically to the abortion minded woman in a crisis or a specific homosexual but rather those involved in perpetrating and promoting such things. The article discusses praying that God would judge them and graciously protect all those on whom they prey. Any thoughts? Thanks! Figgy |
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4 | Church curses??? | Luke 9:55 | Aixen7z4 | 98101 | ||
Most churches take the proper stance on moral issues. I do believe that the church as a whole is responding correctly to these questions. This is one area in which the Roman Catholics seem to have the dorrect stance. As I understand it, they do not curse the people who practice or promote those things, but they declare that they are wrong, and state that no person who practices those things has good standing in the church. If your pastor prays "that God would judge them and graciously protect all those on whom they prey" he is on the right track. The church should understand, however, that they will not change the behavior of people outside the church. They have enough difficulty helping those who belong in the church. The church is light and salt in the earth and they do affect the world for good. But they do that by being there, and by shining for the world to see. Again, they are not to curse anyone. The church is the pillar and ground of truth, and it holds out God's standards to the world. Hopefully, the world will know right an wrong by simply looking at them. But the church is also to preach the Gospel. In preaching the Gospel they must let all men know that they are sinners. But they need not point out specific sins, it is the sinful nature in all of us that we address. We must tell the world that the Lord requires repentance. But again, they are to repent of sin in toto and not of individual sins. God has promised to judge those who refuse to repent (See Acts 17:30,31). We hardly need to pray for that. |
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