God And His Word - A Question And Answer Approach To Understanding The Bible

6. CAN WE BE DELIVERED FROM THE CURSE OF INIQUITY? Yes! Christ gave His body to be bruised at Calvary to deliver us from the curse of iniquity. Isaiah 40:2; 53:5; Psalms 103:3; 32:2. 7. HOW MAY I BE DELIVERED FROM THE CURSE OF INIQUITY? We can be delivered from the curse of by sincerely confessing our unrighteousness to Jesus Christ and appropriating to ourselves the work He did for us on Calvary. Zechariah 13:1; Ezekiel 18:30. 8. WHAT ASSURANCE DO I HAVE THAT MY INIQUITY WILL BE TAKEN AWAY? The deliverance from iniquity is a part of the atonement which Jesus Christ purchased for us at Calvary. If we ask for deliverance from iniquity and believe Him to do it, deliverance is ours. John 14:14; 1 John 1:9; Isaiah 53:11. 9. WILL MY INIQUITIES BE VISITED ON MY CHILDREN AFTER THAT I AM DELIVERED FROM THEM? No! When God pardons our iniquities, He casts them into the depths of the sea, never to remember them against us and our seed, forever. Micah 7:18, 19; Jeremiah 50:20; Exodus 20:5, 6. 10. TO UNDERSTAND THE POWER OF PRAYER IN BREAKING INIQUITY, READ THE AMAZING STORY OF JABEZ IN 1 CHRONICLES 4:9, 10. Here we find the story of a young man born in sorrow, surrounded by evil, and officially without pedigree or ancestry in Israel - yet he prayed, and God delivered him from his environment and heredity.

LESSON 2 STUDY QUESTIONS BASED ON "BRUISED FOR OUR INIQUITIES"

1. What is iniquity? How does it differ from sin? 2. What is meant by "bruised for our iniquities"? 3. Where did we acquire iniquity? 4. What are some of these iniquitous habits and traits? 5. If iniquity is only the breeding ground for sin, why must I be forgiven for sins I have never committed?

6. Can we be delivered from the curse of iniquity? 7. How may I be delivered from the curse of iniquity?

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