6 Lies That Block Blessings

[Bendito]

God expects us to lay hold of what belongs to us.
Now we do have an enemy who tries to stop us. He sets up roadblocks in an effort to keep us from receiving from
God. Jerry Savelle calls them “blessing blockers.”
Many of these obstacles to God’s best in our lives fall under the category described in Mark 7:13: The tradition of
men makes the Word of God of no effect. Traditions are demonic error-really lies-to keep the Church in the dark. For
years traditional ideas and interpretations of Scripture have kept people from receiving healing.
So I’d like to expose some of those lies of the enemy and explain why they are wrong. As we go through them, make
a note of any that have become part of your thinking. Then replace those lies with what the Word really says.
1. “Miracles have passed away.”
I grew up in a church in which we frequently heard statements like these: “Miracles have passed away” and “Healing
has passed away.” But the truth is that in order for miracles and healing to pass away, God would have to change or
pass away. And that can’t happen. He has already declared, “For I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of
Jacob are not consumed” (Malachi 3:6).
He has also said, “I am the Lord that healeth thee” (Exodus 15:26). Sickness and disease were never God’s will for
man. Sickness only came when man disobeyed God, sinned and died spiritually. At that point man became subject to
the evil one. But even then, God made a way to provide healing for His people. If He ever healed anyone, He is still
that same healer today. God is no respecter of persons (Acts 10:34). But we have to do our part and give Him
something to work with by exercising our faith.
2. “God gets glory from sickness.”
Sickness doesn’t bring glory to God. Healing does.
As Jesus healed the multitudes, Matthew 15:31 says, “When they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole,
the lame to walk, and the blind to see…they glorified the God of Israel.”
3. “All things work together for good…”
A scripture that is often taken out of context and misunderstood is Romans 8:28: “All things work together for good to
them that love God.” If you believe this means sickness is somehow for your good, you won’t resist it. But the Bible is
very plain in what it says about sickness. The curse spelled out in Deuteronomy 28 includes “every sickness, and
every plague” (verse 61).
Curses do not come from God. He is good to everyone (Psalm 145:9). Acts 10:38 says, “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; for God was with him.”
When you read Romans 8:28 in context, its meaning becomes clear:
Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit
itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth
what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God. And we
know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose
(Romans 8:26-28).
This is not saying everything that comes along is working for your good. This is about those who love God. Those
who love God obey His Word: “For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments
are not grievous” (1 John 5:3). When we obey God we enjoy the blessing of God.
The will of God is always good, but not everyone is in the will of God. This scripture is talking about the things of the
Spirit working for our good. The Spirit makes intercession on our behalf when we pray in the spirit. When we obey
God all things work together for good.
Everything that comes your way does not come from God and does not bring good into your life. You have the
authority in you to obey or disobey. For instance, cancer does not work for your good. Car wrecks do not work for
your good. They come to steal, kill and destroy. If you think these things come from God you will receive them instead
of resist them.
4. “God puts sickness on you to teach you something.”
Sickness is not good. So when people say, “God puts sickness on you to teach you something,” that is totally
unscriptural. The Bible says God uses His Word to teach us. He has sent the Holy Spirit to teach us. In Deuteronomy
28 God says if you don’t obey Me, all these curses will come on you. That’s not the will of God. God’s will is your
redemption from the curse in Christ Jesus (Galatians 3:13). Through ignorance, unbelief or rebellion and
disobedience, we open the door to evil in our lives.
According to 2 Timothy 3:16-17, “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof,
for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all
good works.”
God sent the Holy Spirit to be the teacher of the Church (John 14:26). He will guide you into all truth (John 16:13).
God also placed teachers in the Church to instruct us (Ephesians 4:11-12). He doesn’t use sickness to do that.
Many believers labor under the misconception that whatever happens to them is God’s doing. As a result, they take
no responsibility for anything and put up no resistance to the enemy when he brings sickness and disease.
If you don’t resist sickness, it won’t go away. The enemy will continue to rule and reign in your life. You must resist the
devil if you don’t want him to live with you. James 4:7 says resist him, and he will flee.
Jesus delivered people from sickness everywhere He went. He rebuked it! He was never a friend of sickness and
disease. He always did the will of God and you never saw Jesus instructing anyone to stay sick.
5. “Lord, if it be Thy will…”
A traditional prayer that will help you die young is “Lord, if it be Thy will, heal my body.” Praying this shows you have
not been reading your Bible and you don’t have a clue about God or His will. It’s always His will to heal.
Perhaps you’ve been going to the wrong church. You should come out of a church service with your faith more built
up than when you went in. Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God (Romans 10:17). But if you don’t
hear and believe what the Word says, your faith won’t be strong.
6. Unbelief
Even Jesus couldn’t heal those who were in unbelief. In His hometown of Nazareth, “he did not many mighty works
there because of their unbelief” (Matthew 13:58).
Unbelief is the major blessing blocker. That’s why it’s imperative for you to know what the Word says and believe it
enough to act on it. All the traditions I’m talking about are the result of unbelief.
Unbelief comes by hearing just like faith comes by hearing. It’s dangerous to your health to listen to unbelief.
There is no good reason to sit under teaching that’s full of unbelief if you desire to live and live well. Go where the
uncompromised Word of God is being taught. Your life depends on it.
Galatians 3:11 says, “The just shall live by faith.” That means believers are to live by believing what the Bible says.
You are healed by believing and acting on what the Word says about your healing. It takes believing and acting to
fulfill the word receive!

 

[Ivar]

Traditions of man can be good or they can be bad. That is referencing the bad traditions of man

 

[Bendito]

Traditions of man can be good or they can be bad. That is referencing the bad traditions of man

Um Ivar....What am I talking about here? It would seem you missed the point by a mile or ten.

 

[Ivar]

@Bendito . Traditions of man can be good or they can be bad. When traditions of Man are talked about they are normally referring to the bad or negative traditions that we are capable of or do. That was in reference to when you was mentioning traditions of man. I had nothing else to bring up. Is there a particular point you want me to take away?

 

[Bendito]

@Bendito . Traditions of man can be good or they can be bad. When traditions of Man are talked about they are normally referring to the bad or negative traditions that we are capable of or do. That was in reference to when you was mentioning traditions of man. I had nothing else to bring up. Is there a particular point you want me to take away?

Some of our traditions, some of our doctrines or beliefs can block the blessings of God in our lives...I thought it was quite clear.

 

[Ivar]

Some of our traditions, some of our doctrines or beliefs can block the blessings of God in our lives...I thought it was quite clear.

Yes that some of our traditions can block the blessings of God in our lives... Which would be our bad or negative ones. Have I contradicted your message?

 

[Bendito]

Yes that some of our traditions can block the blessings of God in our lives... Which would be our bad or negative ones. Have I contradicted your message?

It sounded to me like you were not so much contradicting it but more like blowing it off.

 

[Ivar]

It sounded to me like you were not so much contradicting it but more like blowing it off.

Could you elaborate further?

 

[Dave M]

1 Corinthians 4:11–13
11 To the present hour we hunger and thirst, we are poorly dressed and buffeted and homeless, 12 and we labor, working with our own hands. When reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we endure; 13 when slandered, we entreat. We have become, and are still, like the scum of the world, the refuse of all things.

 

[Dave M]

“Lord, if it be Thy will, heal my body.” Praying this shows you have
not been reading your Bible and you don’t have a clue about God or His will.

13 Come now, you who say, s“Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”— 14 yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. 15 Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.” 16 As it is, you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil. 17 wSo whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.

 

[Fragrant Grace]

13 Come now, you who say, s“Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”— 14 yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. 15 Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.” 16 As it is, you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil. 17 wSo whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.

Greetings @Dave M

This verse is in reference to planning for the future and storing riches.

I think brother Bendito's context is about the wishy washy prayer that believers get caught in

"If you want me to get well Lord, if its Your will, if notI will continue to suffer...."

That prayer suggests that the Lord might want us ill, suffering or diseased

Rather than:

"Thank you Lord for healing me, I believe.........

However, it can be difficult at times in our worldly bodies and doubts can slip in....if we let the devil whisper his evil lies for too long.
In those times I have called out "Lord, I believe, help Thou my unbelief"


Bless the LORD, O my soul, and do not forget all His kind deeds— He who forgives all your iniquities, and heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit, and crowns you with loving devotion and compassion
Psalm 103:2-4

 

[Bendito]

Greetings @Dave M

This verse is in reference to planning for the future and storing riches.

I think brother Bendito's context is about the wishy washy prayer that believers get caught in

"If you want me to get well Lord, if its Your will, if notI will continue to suffer...."

That prayer suggests that the Lord might want us ill, suffering or diseased

Rather than:

"Thank you Lord for healing me, I believe.........

However, it can be difficult at times in our worldly bodies and doubts can slip in....if we let the devil whisper his evil lies for too long.
In those times I have called out "Lord, I believe, help Thou my unbelief"


Bless the LORD, O my soul, and do not forget all His kind deeds— He who forgives all your iniquities, and heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit, and crowns you with loving devotion and compassion
Psalm 103:2-4

Wonderful post, Little sister. and dead on.

 

[Dave M]

Curses do not come from God

Malachi 2:2
If you will not listen, if you will not take it to heart to give honor to my name, says the Lord of hosts, then I will send the curse upon you and I will curse your blessings. Indeed, I have already cursed them, because you do not lay it to heart.



it certainly appears that in OT that God promised blessings to those that obeyed and curses to those that did not, does this apply to believers under grace today?

 

[Bendito]

Malachi 2:2
If you will not listen, if you will not take it to heart to give honor to my name, says the Lord of hosts, then I will send the curse upon you and I will curse your blessings. Indeed, I have already cursed them, because you do not lay it to heart.



it certainly appears that in OT that God promised blessings to those that obeyed and curses to those that did not, does this apply to believers under grace today?

Yes...It does appear that way....Yet the curse is part of the death cycle. God is Life. I do have to wonder why its written this way...I think we need a download here.
By lifting the hedge of protection around you, God would allow the curse to come to you. But that is not cursing you. The curse is a direct result of sin. Cause and effect.
So Dave....Let's pray about this verse and others like it, that God would give us understanding. We do know that "God sends the curse' contradicts many scriptures.

 

[regibassman57]

What’s up Bendito,

Jesus’ death and resurrection has redeemed believers from any curse coming from God; from the cross until today.

There are two different types of curses manifest under the old covenant; each is based on sin. There was the curse of the Law of Moses that was imposed upon Israel personally, if they broke God’s covenant Laws (Deu 11:26,28; 28:15-19). This had nothing to do with the Gentiles. There was also the Adamic curse of sin, that came upon all men (Gentiles and Israel) through Adam’s transgression (Rom 5:12).

When Jesus died on the cross, He took upon Himself all sin, as well as all curses and the penalty that came with the curse; which was death.

Gal 3:13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangs on a tree:

The curse of sin came from the law.

If a person believes they still sin after Jesus died and rose, they have not believed from their heart according to knowledge, they've been redeemed from sin.

1Pe 2:24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes you were healed (healed from what?).

Every curse is based on sin.

Deu 27:13 And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.

Deu 27:14 And the Levites shall speak, and say unto all the men of Israel with a loud voice,

Deu 27:15 Cursed be the man that makes any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and puts it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.

Deu 27:16 Cursed be he that sets light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Deu 27:17 Cursed be he that removes his neighbor's landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Deu 27:18 Cursed be he that makes the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Deu 27:19 Cursed be he that perverts the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Deu 27:20 Cursed be he that lies with his father's wife; because he uncovers his father's skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Deu 27:21 Cursed be he that lie with any manner of beast. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Deu 27:22 Cursed be he that lie with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Deu 27:23 Cursed be he that lies with his mother in law. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Deu 27:24 Cursed be he that smites his neighbor secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Deu 27:25 Cursed be he that takes reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Deu 27:26 Cursed be he that confirms not all the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Gal 3:10 For as many as are “of the works of the law” are “under the curse”: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continues not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.

There are no New Covenant believers that are justified by the law (Gal 3:11) in God’s sight. If a New Covenant believer is doing things based on the law, God’s Grace is sufficient for them; even in their ignorance. However, they will not be blessed in the things they seek to accomplish. Not because Christ is cursing them, but because they are not playing by the rules; they are not seeking God according to His will by faith.

Heb 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please God: for he that comes to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

2Ti 2:5 And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.

 

[Bendito]

What’s up Bendito,

Jesus’ death and resurrection has redeemed believers from any curse coming from God; from the cross until today.

There are two different types of curses manifest under the old covenant; each is based on sin. There was the curse of the Law of Moses that was imposed upon Israel personally, if they broke God’s covenant Laws (Deu 11:26,28; 28:15-19). This had nothing to do with the Gentiles. There was also the Adamic curse of sin, that came upon all men (Gentiles and Israel) through Adam’s transgression (Rom 5:12).

When Jesus died on the cross, He took upon Himself all sin, as well as all curses and the penalty that came with the curse; which was death.

Gal 3:13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangs on a tree:

The curse of sin came from the law.

If a person believes they still sin after Jesus died and rose, they have not believed from their heart according to knowledge, they've been redeemed from sin.

1Pe 2:24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes you were healed (healed from what?).

Every curse is based on sin.

Deu 27:13 And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.

Deu 27:14 And the Levites shall speak, and say unto all the men of Israel with a loud voice,

Deu 27:15 Cursed be the man that makes any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and puts it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.

Deu 27:16 Cursed be he that sets light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Deu 27:17 Cursed be he that removes his neighbor's landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Deu 27:18 Cursed be he that makes the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Deu 27:19 Cursed be he that perverts the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Deu 27:20 Cursed be he that lies with his father's wife; because he uncovers his father's skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Deu 27:21 Cursed be he that lie with any manner of beast. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Deu 27:22 Cursed be he that lie with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Deu 27:23 Cursed be he that lies with his mother in law. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Deu 27:24 Cursed be he that smites his neighbor secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Deu 27:25 Cursed be he that takes reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Deu 27:26 Cursed be he that confirms not all the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Gal 3:10 For as many as are “of the works of the law” are “under the curse”: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continues not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.

There are no New Covenant believers that are justified by the law (Gal 3:11) in God’s sight. If a New Covenant believer is doing things based on the law, God’s Grace is sufficient for them; even in their ignorance. However, they will not be blessed in the things they seek to accomplish. Not because Christ is cursing them, but because they are not playing by the rules; they are not seeking God according to His will by faith.

Heb 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please God: for he that comes to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

2Ti 2:5 And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.

Good post. If I understand you correctly, we are 100% agreed. The curse is a result of getting into sin. Cause and effect.

 

[regibassman57]

Bendito,
We are definitely 99% in agreement on all except when you agreed with Dave asking, “does this apply to believers under grace today?” If I read it right you said, “Yes… It does appear that way."

I really enjoyed when you said, “So Dave... Let's pray about this verse and others like it, that God would give us understanding.”

To me this is how God works through His body; I’d been studying on this subject for a few years, while listening to some of these television evangelists. You are so right, so many believer's blessings are being robbed from them because of what these ministers are teaching. It’s pitiful and they don’t even know it. What I like also is you are all about the word. If you can't show me in scripture, it makes no sense to discuss subjects of Christ on any level. The wisdom of the world is foolishness on any topic about Christ.

 

[Bendito]

Bendito,
We are definitely 99% in agreement on all except when you agreed with Dave asking, “does this apply to believers under grace today?” If I read it right you said, “Yes… It does appear that way."

I really enjoyed when you said, “So Dave... Let's pray about this verse and others like it, that God would give us understanding.”

To me this is how God works through His body; I’d been studying on this subject for a few years, while listening to some of these television evangelists. You are so right, so many believer's blessings are being robbed from them because of what these ministers are teaching. It’s pitiful and they don’t even know it. What I like also is you are all about the word. If you can't show me in scripture, it makes no sense to discuss subjects of Christ on any level. The wisdom of the world is foolishness on any topic about Christ.

LOL I was referring to the way its written in the Old Covenant. "I will send the curse on you" makes it sound like God sends the curse or puts it on you. I suspect though, that its the translators working too fast.

 

[regibassman57]

My bust Bendito, and agreed 100%

 

[Bendito]

My bust Bendito, and agreed 100% :smile:

LOL