Dealing With Family Iniquity

Ever see how some families deal with more...

Pride and arrogance

Addiction - sex. alcohol, work, drugs

Infirmity - mental illness, cancer, diabetes,

Fear - stress, worry, anxiety,

Abuse - incest, molestation, emotional, physical or sexual

Covenant breaking - broken relationships, divorce, marriage

Example -

Conner drank, his dad drank, and so did his grandparents. In fact most of his family thought it was normal to drink in excess.

John’s dad didn’t drink but was always working, his dad was a good provider but never home either.

Sally was dealing with a divorce, her parents were on third and fourth marriages, and her grand parents divorced after the children grew up

Gene had a heart attack, his dad had one, and his grandfather died of one.

Doris was molested, by her father Don who was molested by his Dave.

The faces changes but the problems don’t

Iniquity In A Family

Abraham lied - Genesis 20:2

Genesis 20:2 NKJV

Now Abraham said of Sarah his wife, “She is my sister.” And Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah.

Isaac lied - Genesis 26:7

Genesis 26:7 NKJV

And the men of the place asked about his wife. And he said, “She is my sister”; for he was afraid to say, “She is my wife,” because he thought, “lest the men of the place kill me for Rebekah, because she is beautiful to behold.”

Jacob lied - Genesis 27:19

Genesis 27:19 NKJV

Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau your firstborn; I have done just as you told me; please arise, sit and eat of my game, that your soul may bless me.”

David committed adultery - 2 Sam. 11:2-4

Amnon rapes Tamar - 2 Sam. 13:1-14

Absalom rebels against David

Solomon had his own lust issues - 1 Kings 11:3

What really is iniquity? -

power behind sin

predisposition toward a certain sin

we are told to lay aside besetting sins - ones that easily ensnare us.

Hebrews 12:1 NKJV

Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,

DNA - Is there truth to it? Do we look like our parents? Are there characteristics passed down? Does the BIble back this up?

Yes, we have dominion and authority, through the Word of God to walk in the light and victory.

Is deliverance Scriptural? Yes , but much of it is a need to crucify the flesh and renew our mind.

Natural Realm

James 1:13–15 NKJV

Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God”; for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone. But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed. Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death.

James 4:1 NKJV

Where do wars and fights come from among you? Do they not come from your desires for pleasure that war in your members?

accountability

removing ourselves from or as Paul says flee temptation

Renewing our mind

Crucify our flesh - 1 Peter 4:1

1 Peter 4:1 NKJV

Therefore, since Christ suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind, for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin,

Spiritual Realm

Ephesians 6:12 NKJV

For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.

John 10:10 NKJV

The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.

Faith - take authority over the enemy.

Prayer - go to the elders of the church.

Confessions - speak God's word.

Galatians 3:13 NKJV

Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”),