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Victory Over

GENERATIONALCURSESPraise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. Ephesians 1:3

chapter 5

If you do not carefully follow all the words of this law, which are written in this book, and do not revere this glorious and awesome name - the LORD your God – the LORD will send fearful plagues on you and your descendants, harsh and prolonged disasters, and severe and lingering illnesses. Deuteronomy 28:58-59

Sin Running Through Family Lines

Today we call it:* Addictions* Genetics * Diseases

Alcoholism vs

Drunkeness

Characteristics of Blessings or Curses:

* Conveyed by spoken words * Effects more than just the individual* Passed from generation to generation* Can be nullified

Biblical Biblical Evidences Evidences of a Curseof a Curse

Biblical Evidences of a Curse:Biblical Evidences of a Curse:

1. Continual and repeated business 1. Continual and repeated business failure and financial failure and financial lacklack..

The grain you harvest and the The grain you harvest and the bread you bake will be cursed. bread you bake will be cursed. You will plant many crops in You will plant many crops in your fields, but harvest little your fields, but harvest little because locusts will destroy because locusts will destroy your crops.your crops. Deuteronomy Deuteronomy 28:17,3828:17,38


2. Consistent pattern of 2. Consistent pattern of chronicchronic lingering and incurable diseases. lingering and incurable diseases.

The LORD will strike you with The LORD will strike you with disease, fever, and disease, fever, and inflammation. The LORD will inflammation. The LORD will afflict your knees and legs with afflict your knees and legs with severe boils that can't be severe boils that can't be cured.cured. Deuteronomy 28:22, 35Deuteronomy 28:22, 35


3. Patterns of 3. Patterns of mentalmental illness, deep illness, deep confusion and emotional dysfunction.confusion and emotional dysfunction.

The LORD will send you curses, The LORD will send you curses, panic, and frustration in panic, and frustration in everything you do. The LORD everything you do. The LORD will strike you with madness, will strike you with madness, blindness, and panic.blindness, and panic. Deuteronomy 28:20, 28Deuteronomy 28:20, 28


4. Troubled 4. Troubled pregnancypregnancy, miscarriage, , miscarriage, and barrenness.and barrenness.

You will be cursed. You will You will be cursed. You will have few children. Your land have few children. Your land will have few crops. Your cattle will have few crops. Your cattle will be cursed with few calves, will be cursed with few calves, and your flocks will have few and your flocks will have few lambs and kids. lambs and kids. Deuteronomy 28:18Deuteronomy 28:18


5. Constant pattern of 5. Constant pattern of failurefailure, , calamity, disaster and oppressioncalamity, disaster and oppression

You won't be successful in You won't be successful in anything you do. As long as you anything you do. As long as you live, you will be oppressed and live, you will be oppressed and robbed with no one to rescue robbed with no one to rescue you. People you never knew you. People you never knew will eat what your land and will eat what your land and your hard work have produced. your hard work have produced. Deuteronomy 28:29,33Deuteronomy 28:29,33


6. Patterns of disaster, disunity; and 6. Patterns of disaster, disunity; and calamity in the calamity in the homehome..

You will be engaged to a You will be engaged to a woman, but another man will woman, but another man will have sex with her. You will have sex with her. You will build a house, but you won't build a house, but you won't live in it. You will plant a live in it. You will plant a vineyard, but you won't enjoy vineyard, but you won't enjoy the grapes. the grapes. Deuteronomy 28:29Deuteronomy 28:29

Biblical CausesBiblical Causesof a Curseof a Curse

Biblical Causes of Curses:Biblical Causes of Curses:

1. 1. IdolatryIdolatry and false worship and false worship

Never make your own carved Never make your own carved idols or statues that represent idols or statues that represent any creature in the sky, on the any creature in the sky, on the earth, or in the water. Never earth, or in the water. Never worship them or serve them, worship them or serve them, because I, the LORD your God, because I, the LORD your God, am a God who does not tolerate am a God who does not tolerate rivals. rivals. Deuteronomy 5:8-9Deuteronomy 5:8-9


2. 2. DishonouringDishonouring of parents of parents

Cursed is the man who Cursed is the man who dishonors his father or his dishonors his father or his mother. mother. Deuteronomy 5:8-9Deuteronomy 5:8-9


3. 3. InjusticeInjustice and violence and violence

Cursed is the man who moves Cursed is the man who moves his neighbour's boundary his neighbour's boundary stone. Cursed is the man who stone. Cursed is the man who withholds justice from the withholds justice from the alien, the fatherless or the alien, the fatherless or the widow. Cursed is the man who widow. Cursed is the man who kills his neighbour secretly. kills his neighbour secretly. Cursed is the man who accepts Cursed is the man who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent a bribe to kill an innocent person. person. Deuteronomy 27:17,19,24,25Deuteronomy 27:17,19,24,25


4. 4. SpokenSpoken curses curses

He loved to put curses on He loved to put curses on others, so he, too, was cursed. others, so he, too, was cursed. He did not like to bless others, He did not like to bless others, so he never received a so he never received a blessing. He wore cursing as blessing. He wore cursing as though it were clothing, so though it were clothing, so cursing entered his body like cursing entered his body like water and his bones like oil. water and his bones like oil. Psalm 109:17-18Psalm 109:17-18


5. 5. ImmoralityImmorality, Incest and Perversion, Incest and Perversion

Whoever has sexual intercourse Whoever has sexual intercourse with his father's wife will be with his father's wife will be cursed. Whoever has sexual cursed. Whoever has sexual intercourse with any animal will intercourse with any animal will be cursed. Whoever has sexual be cursed. Whoever has sexual intercourse with his sister, his intercourse with his sister, his father's daughter, his mother's father's daughter, his mother's daughter or his mother-in-law daughter or his mother-in-law will be cursed. will be cursed. DeuteronomyDeuteronomy 27:20-2327:20-23


6. 6. CheatingCheating God God

Can a person cheat God? Yet, Can a person cheat God? Yet, you are cheating me! But you you are cheating me! But you ask, “How are we cheating ask, “How are we cheating you?” When you don't bring a you?” When you don't bring a tenth of your income and other tenth of your income and other contributions. So a curse is on contributions. So a curse is on you because the whole nation you because the whole nation is cheating me! is cheating me! Malachi Malachi 3:8-93:8-9


7. 7. IllegitimacyIllegitimacy

No one born of a forbidden No one born of a forbidden marriage nor any of his marriage nor any of his descendants may enter the descendants may enter the assembly of the LORD, even assembly of the LORD, even down to the tenth generation! down to the tenth generation! Deuteronomy 23:2Deuteronomy 23:2

Freedom from the Curse

1. We are Redeemed from the curseChrist redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. Galatians 3:13

Freedom from the Curse

2. We are BlessedChrist paid the price so that the blessing promised to Abraham would come to us. Galatians 3:14

A Choice to Make

Life Death

Blessings Curses

God has offered us blessingClaim them by faith!

I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live and that you may love the LORD your

God, listen to his voice, and hold fast to him. Duet 30:19-20

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