Note 20 at Gal. 3:14: You can't be cursed and blessed at the same time. A curse is the opposite of a blessing. Christ removed the curse of a broken law by bearing its penalty. The law's curse and punishment was borne by Jesus as our substitute so that the blessings of grace and faith (received by Abraham) can be ours. The blessing of Abraham is having our faith in Christ reckoned to us as righteousness, apart from our own worth, entitling us to receive the Holy Spirit through faith.