I have been thinking about how blessed we are that we live in the world after Christ came rather than before He came. There's always a lot to be thankful for but that comes close to the top of the list.

When you see in the Bible how before Christ man had no release from the curse of sin and death and think what that would mean to your own life and your children and grandchildren it is just amazing!

The Word tells us that the curse was passed from one generation to the next unto the third and fourth generation. So not only were you personally cursed by sin and separation from God, but for generations after your family line was cursed.

The curse was automatic. It was the result of not doing everything that was written in the law (which of course, no man could do.) Christ came to redeem (set us free, buy us back) from the curse so that not only we but also the generations of our family which came after us, would not be cursed.

In GAL. 3:10 the Bible says: 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.

That is a virtual sentence of death because nobody could follow all those rules all the time! But I thank God for verse 13 which follows after and promises: Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us.

When we receive Christ as our personal savior, the curse that has been passed down through our family lines from generation to generation is finally and completely broken! It could never be done with natural, brute strength or human ability. Those curses are so strong and have been strengthened through generations of unholy family members who refused to walk in the blessings of God.

But the moment we received Christ, the curse was broken and no longer had the ability to be passed on from one generation to the next. In its place there entered a blessing based on the righteousness of Christ, not our own righteousness. And so where before there had been generations of curses, now there was a clean sheet of paper and the first thing written upon the sheet was blessing!

As with all things involving God, faith is involved. Though it is irrefutably true that Christ redeemed us from the curse, we must invest faith in this fact in order for it to be activated in our lives. It took faith to be cursed (when you believe you are cursed that is having faith that you are cursed) and it takes faith to activate the blessing (when you believe you are redeemed from the curse you are investing faith in that fact and blessing is activated in your life.)

Today is a blessing day for me! Today I will pass down to the next generation of my family the great blessings of God. They will receive no curse through my blood line but rather blessing through my faith in Jesus Christ. I am not powerless to leave a wonderful inheritance for my children and grandchildren. I am a redeemed grandma and mother. What a blessing! Reason enough for another good day! Rev. Mary