HOW TO RECOGNIZE AND GET RID OF GENERATIONAL CURSES
What would
make three brothers kidnap three girls, lock them up in ropes and chains, and
torture them for ten years? The devil and bad blood, that’s what. When Adam
sinned and turned his back on God, the bloodline of all humanity was affected.
The tendency toward sin literally got into his blood and was passed from
generation to generation.
Adam sinned,
and his son became the first murderer. It’s hard to imagine some of the
horrible things we hear about. Many of these evils come about because of
generational curses. “The guilty; visiting the
iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children,
unto the third and to the fourth generation” (Exod. 34:7).
There are lots
of different kinds of generational curses, some more notorious than others.
There is a way we can recognize them, and identifying a generational curse is
the first step to deliverance from it. Deuteronomy 28:15-68 lists many of the generational
curses that are still in existence to this day. Take time to read it this week.
When we read
the Bible, we can see the wrong thinking and bad habits passed from father to
son, mother to daughter, etc. Sometimes you’ll see that a curse skips a
generation and comes roaring back to a grandchild. The Old Testament is full of
examples of generational curses:
“And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he
had done before him: and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God” (1 Kings 15:3).
“And
Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa
king of Judah and reigned over Israel two years. And he did evil in the sight
of the Lord and walked in the way of his father” (1 Kings 15:25-26). King David lusted after Bathsheba and even
had her husband killed so he could have her. Then Solomon, his son, “loved many
strange women: of the nations concerning which the Lord said, ‘Ye shall not go
in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away
your heart after their gods.’ Solomon clave unto these in love. And he had
seven hundred wives. And Solomon did evil in the sight of the Lord and went not
fully after the Lord” (1 Kings 11:1-3, 6).
In our times,
we see molested children sometimes becoming molesters when they get older. We
see children of alcoholic parents becoming alcoholics themselves. Other
examples of generational curses are stealing, uncontrollable lying, drug abuse,
eating disorders, other addictions, erroneous thinking about finances,
irrational fears, physical sicknesses, and diseases, inexplicable early deaths
and mental problems, just to name a few.
But every evil
can be overcome. God made a way to cleanse the sin that causes bad blood
supernaturally.
The answer is
Jesus. Because He shed His perfect blood, we receive redemption when we accept
Him into our hearts. Our new spiritual blood flow is without the curses that
came before. It is up to us to allow it. We have to get strong against the
devil’s forces that want us to consent to a life peppered with all the bad we
seem to be stuck with.
But we’re not
stuck with it; God sent Jesus as a Savior for us. He can supernaturally wipe
away all generational curses.
We have to
first read God’s Word to convince ourselves, and then tell the devil and his
evil forces what we now believe the truth: “Christ hath redeemed us from the
curse” (Gal. 3:13).
We keep
reading the scriptures and let the truth enter our hearts and change them from
the inside out. Only the Spirit of God can get in between the cracks of our
brains, our other organs, our souls, to repair, heal, restore and create the
new being God intended for us to be.
And just
because we believe for the miraculous doesn’t eliminate the physical things
God’s already put in order, like food, sleep, medicines, environment. All these
things are part of how the Lord may lead you to deliverance. Be open to His Spirit
for direction.
Every change
is a miracle at the cellular level, no matter how long it takes. And God is a
miracle-working God.
Love, Carolyn
QUESTIONS AND
EASY CHALLENGES
1. Can you
name one or two examples of a generational curse you’ve read about in the news
or seen in your own experiences?
2. How do
generational curses get passed down? Give a couple of examples from the Bible
of generational curses.
3. Where does
it say Jesus redeems us?
4. Is there
hope of being different and released from evil curses? Where in the Bible does
it say we can be new creations?
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