generational curses
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For believers, Jesus has become a curse for us: "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'), that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith." Galatians 3:13-14
Believers are set free; we've been delivered from any and all curses. The generational curse thing is just another gimmick. Sometimes the so-called generational curse is really just genetics, something passed down in a family. That's not a curse, it's just genetics.
Believers are set free; we've been delivered from any and all curses. The generational curse thing is just another gimmick. Sometimes the so-called generational curse is really just genetics, something passed down in a family. That's not a curse, it's just genetics.
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Generational curses I think there's two examples in the bible the ones of disobedience and God judge them and gave them generational curses of leprosy or their sons dying at a certain age. Then there are rejection of God Exodus 20:5-6: “For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.
For the first is a curse of health and for the second it a result of something. I don't think God actually put a curse on us for the second. It more like certain sins (I think this has something to do with demons)are more prevalent in certain families but the chain can be broken.
Deuteronomy 24:16: “Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor shall children be put to death for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin.
For the first is a curse of health and for the second it a result of something. I don't think God actually put a curse on us for the second. It more like certain sins (I think this has something to do with demons)are more prevalent in certain families but the chain can be broken.
Deuteronomy 24:16: “Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor shall children be put to death for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin.
My question is how would one even know they have a generational curse on their lives? most of my life has been tragic sorrow painful and downright bleak everything seems to go wrong I suffered from abuse torture being beaten being emotionally abused drrugged sexually abused ect. and even now it seems like life just works against me.
I wonder if I have such a curse or if it is just the enemy coming after my life because he knows what I can become? and for that matter what about other people who have experienced the same kind of life? is it a curse or the enemy? What I believe is that if one does have such a curse God can remove it he is after all the redeemer and the one who frees us from shackles placed on us prayer is the key
I wonder if I have such a curse or if it is just the enemy coming after my life because he knows what I can become? and for that matter what about other people who have experienced the same kind of life? is it a curse or the enemy? What I believe is that if one does have such a curse God can remove it he is after all the redeemer and the one who frees us from shackles placed on us prayer is the key
generational curses are totally for real! definitely. one can tell by sin habits running in a family whether there are drunks, drug addicts, thiefs, gossipers, cheaters, liars, you name it. here is another way you can tell: have you ever noticed that certain health problems run in families? yes, we all have. that's proof of generational curses. why? here are some reasons: jealousy is rottenness to the bones, asthma is the result of being rejected & abandoned, migraine headaches are the result of feeling like you are not being taken care of or you are not worthy of being taken care of, fibromyalgia is the result of a conflict within yourself. & it goes on & on. what we speak can make us sick, for sure, a billion per cent!!!!! a wrong attitude, wrong personality, bad habits, it all make us sick. not just being around someone with a cold. put into action 1st Peter 5:7- "casting all your cares upon Him, for He careth for you". Psalm 55:22- "cast your burdens upon the Lord & He shall sustain thee, he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved". Psalm 16: 8 & 9- "i have set the Lord always before me, because he is at my right hand. i shall not be moved. therefore, my heart is glad, my glory rejoiceth, my flesh shall also rest in hope." Jesus breaks curses & destroys sins. people also can implement the powers of their subconscious minds. stop claiming problems! how? people say these types of things: "i know, i'll get sick around Christmas time again", " i can't stop smoking", "i just can't stop drinking". your brain will learn anything you put in it. whether it's right, wrong, bad, good, sinful or not sinful. all the bad, negative, sinful & wrong were not meant to get along with us. it'll cause sickness at anytime. we can help ourselves by reconditioning our minds. repeat statements that are positive, proper, right, Godly, Christlike, etc. remove all the garbage in the brain. & by course, totally be faithful & trusting!!!!!!
never heard that idea before. it is possible to induce sickness on one's self so i would say yes to that question with that person being an atheist. a Christian can not place a curse on himself or herself, impossible, never will happen. no Christian would think of it!
So an unbeliever can but not a believer in Christ correct? so then why do we have sickness and disease? even as believers we still deal with all this just like unbelievers in fact some even struggle with addictions
yes, someone can place a curse on themselves. 1 example is people who sign with the devil.
Indeed, this was long before we had an intercessor who proclaimed all things are new in Him.
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because we live in a fallen world. adam & eve's sin brought sin into the world & it will remain until God wipes it out. Ecclessiastes is proper to read for this subject. God has not promised to answer every problem of life but has commanded us to live joyfully, responsibly & wisely. wisdom is to be applied all the day long to condone the world's problems. James 1:2,3,4: "my brethren, COUNT IT ALL JOY WHEN YOU FALL INTO DIVERSE TEMPTATIONS, KNOWING THIS THAT THE TRYING OF YOUR FAITH WORKETH PATIENCE.....".
Sickness and disease are from the enemy, scripture teaches we can live so that the evil one touches us not.
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There are examples of generational curses in the Old Testament, for instance the case of the sons of Eli, found in I Samuel chapter 2. However, they were relatively rare. On the other hand, there are no examples of any curses being broken in the Old or New Testaments.
Exodus 20:5 and similar passages are often quoted to support the idea of generational curses, but that verse is not speaking about them. Rather, Numbers 14 illustrates that what this means is the punishment due the parents will not be withheld even though the children will suffer from the effects.
So many Christians impose this false belief system upon new believers, yet they can never point to a single example of any curse being broken in Scripture. There are examples of fulfilled curses such as the 70 year exile in Babylon, but it was not broken.
I'm in my second decade of studying and writing on this subject and the one thing that doesn't change is the emotional attachment many Christians have to this subject. They insist and affirm that generational curses are something that must be broken in our lives but can never point to any Scriptural examples. Their response to questioning is always something to the effect of:
Trust me they are real!
My experience tells me we must break these curses!
Here is what happened to me!
I believe many of these people are well meaning, However, many enjoy the attention they receive from new believers when told of these so-called powerful forces controlling their lives.
I don't want you to 'believe me.'
I don't want you to 'trust me.'
I don't want your attention.
Simply crack open your bible and look for any discussion of breaking curses. Then, look at Exodus 20:5 and the other five occurrences of that motif in Scripture--in context. That's what I did and came to conclusions far different than the honest Christians mistaken about this and different from the curse hustlers.
I have dealt with many Christians that have been very damaged from these beliefs. Those promoting this should answer the simple questions I have proposed or stop teaching what they cannot verify from Scripture. We are all going to have to give an account on how we handle God's Word. I genuinely fear mishandling His truth.
Num 14:18 The LORD is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.
Does this mean cursing the children for their father's sin even if they did not do their father's sin.
Does this mean the entirety of everyone that came from the father to the third and fourth generation is cursed regardless if they did their father's sin or not.
Which does not make sense for if God is of great mercy, forgiving sin, then if they did not do their father's iniquity why would they be cursed.
Or does it mean cursing the children that follow their father's footprints in the same sinful behavior which makes sense.
Eze 18:4 Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.
Eze 18:5 But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right,
Eze 18:17 That hath taken off his hand from the poor, that hath not received usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, hath walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live.
Eze 18:19 Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live.
Eze 18:20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
This testifies that the curse that extends to the third and fourth generation only applies to those that follow in their father's footsteps in his sinful behavior.
It does not apply to the whole family that came from the father.
The father is not guilty for the son's sin, and the son is not guilty for the father's sin, for everyone will bear their own sin.
It is like a king in Israel that did wicked in the eyes of the LORD and his son took the throne and did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD.
The son was not cursed but blessed.
For the generational curse is not on the entire family that came from the father.
But only on those that followed in their father's footsteps in his sinful behavior.
The father's sin was probably unrepented sin being disobedient and was cut off because of it which makes sense.
Does this mean cursing the children for their father's sin even if they did not do their father's sin.
Does this mean the entirety of everyone that came from the father to the third and fourth generation is cursed regardless if they did their father's sin or not.
Which does not make sense for if God is of great mercy, forgiving sin, then if they did not do their father's iniquity why would they be cursed.
Or does it mean cursing the children that follow their father's footprints in the same sinful behavior which makes sense.
Eze 18:4 Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.
Eze 18:5 But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right,
Eze 18:17 That hath taken off his hand from the poor, that hath not received usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, hath walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live.
Eze 18:19 Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live.
Eze 18:20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
This testifies that the curse that extends to the third and fourth generation only applies to those that follow in their father's footsteps in his sinful behavior.
It does not apply to the whole family that came from the father.
The father is not guilty for the son's sin, and the son is not guilty for the father's sin, for everyone will bear their own sin.
It is like a king in Israel that did wicked in the eyes of the LORD and his son took the throne and did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD.
The son was not cursed but blessed.
For the generational curse is not on the entire family that came from the father.
But only on those that followed in their father's footsteps in his sinful behavior.
The father's sin was probably unrepented sin being disobedient and was cut off because of it which makes sense.