Breaking Generational Curses Today

Ex 20:5 “You must not bow down to them or worship them, for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God who will not tolerate your affection for any other gods. I lay the sins of the parents upon their children; the entire family is affected—even children in the third and fourth generations of those who reject me.”

Gal 3:13 “But Christ has rescued us from the curse pronounced by the law. When he was hung on the cross, he took upon himself the curse for our wrongdoing. For it is written in the Scriptures, “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.””

What is Generational : "Generational curses" refers to the belief that certain negative patterns or behaviors can be passed down from one generation to the next through family lines. Breaking a generational curse typically involves identifying the specific curse and then taking steps to break the cycle through prayer, repentance, forgiveness, and other spiritual practices. This belief is not supported by scientific evidence.

Generational sin and its effects come to us in three ways:1

1. We inherit our propensities to sin through our genes (personality, behavioral

tendencies)

Heb 7:9,10 – And, so to speak, through Abraham even Levi, who received tithes,

paid tithes, for he was still in the loins of his father when Melchizedek met him.

2. By example

3. Through the law of sowing and reaping: the effects of sin multiply in the future

--Seeds of sin ripen to produce thirty-, sixty- or a hundredfold, Mark 4:8,20 --When David sinned, his child died, 2 Sam. 12:1-24

--The law of sowing and reaping was designed to bring blessing, but through sin

brings destruction, Gal. 6:8

Generational sin and its effects come to us in three ways:1

1. We inherit our propensities to sin through our genes (personality, behavioral

tendencies)

Heb 7:9,10 – And, so to speak, through Abraham even Levi, who received tithes,

paid tithes, for he was still in the loins of his father when Melchizedek met him.

2. By example

3. Through the law of sowing and reaping: the effects of sin multiply in the future

--Seeds of sin ripen to produce thirty-, sixty- or a hundredfold, Mark 4:8,20 --When David sinned, his child died, 2 Sam. 12:1-24

--The law of sowing and reaping was designed to bring blessing, but through sin

brings destruction, Gal. 6:8

The Origin is Generational

· Exod.20:1-6 “..visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation of them that hate me.”

· If God applied the death penalty to Adam immediately then no descendents.

· God showed justice – He required a consequence for sin.

· God showed mercy – He spread the death penalty over several generations. He forgave their transgressions but the consequences were carried to successive generations in the form of a twistor bent towards sinning.

· The sin is charged to the offender – the iniquity is spread over three or four generations.

· Ps.106:6 “We have sinned with our fathers – we have committed iniquity.”

· Iniquity manifests as a twist towards sin – if the family members sins it carries on.

· E.g.               murder = anger is passed on

Idolatry = pride, fear is passed on

Sexual sin = lust of all kinds is passed on

· E.g. King David’s sin of adultery and murder = iniquity passed on to family.

Family experienced = rape, murder, betrayal

– Amnon/Absolum/Adonejah/Solomon

David’s origin – tribe of Judah = sexual sin with daughter in law Tama

Resultant iniquities – rejection (Dt.23:2) lust (Ps.57:5).