Blessed

Blessed means that the disciple has been perfected: “But blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in him” (Jer. 17: 7 NIV) (Are Disciples to be Docile?).

  • We have to be blessed to be sheep on the right (Will Being Kind to Others Will Get Us into Heaven?).
  • It wasn’t their actions that put them on the right. It was being blessed by the Father (Will Being Kind to Others Will Get Us into Heaven?).
  • Being blessed is all about loving and obeying God (Are Disciples to be Docile?).
  • When we are blessed, things become easier. When things are easier, it is easier to be obedient (Isn’t It Impossible to be Obedient?).
  • For the disciple, perfection is holy, sanctified, and righteous (How Do Disciples Crave Righteousness?).
  • As we grow in our relationship with God, we are blessed (How Are Disciples Pure in Heart?)
  • Being blessed is all about loving and obeying God (Are Disciples to be Docile?).
  • We are only blessed when we ABCD (Will Being Kind to Others Will Get Us into Heaven?).
  • “Blessed are those who do His commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates into the city” (Rev. 22: 14 NKJV).
  • If we want to be blessed, we have to live righteously. We have to be set apart and holy in order to be blessed (Blessings, Not Curses)
  • Submitting to Him and believing He inspired the Scriptures (so that we have to follow them) means we are blessed (Who Wrote the Scriptures?).
  • God says that forgiveness has a reason. It is so we can be blessed (Mt. 5: 7) (How Do We Forgive Others?).

Cursed

Not submitting to Him because we don’t want to do what He calls us to makes us cursed (Who Wrote the Scriptures?).

  • Being cursed has a huge consequence (Who Wrote the Scriptures?).
  • The goats on the left are cursed (Will Being Kind to Others Will Get Us into Heaven?).
  • The blessings for the cursed are going to end one day (Why Is the Feast of Tabernacles Important to Us?).
  • Cursed people will be cast into Hell, a place of physical torment (Hell Does Have Fury)