Still Don't Believe in Generational Curses?

Still think that there is no such thing as a generational curse; that a loving God wouldn't punish one's offspring for their own sins? Think again.

Exo 20:5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; (for idolatry)

Exo 34:7 Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear 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.

Lev 20:5 Then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that go a whoring after him, to commit whoredom with Molech, from among their people. (idolatry)

Lev 26:39 And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them.

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.

Num 18:1 And the LORD said unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy father's house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary: and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood. (the "family" of Aaron would forever bear the "sins" of the nation as being the priests)

Num 14:33 And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcasses be wasted in the wilderness. (because they believed the false report about the land of Canaan and wanted to go back to Egypt...)

Because the Israelites coming out of Egypt were contaminated by the idolatry and the corresponding evil spirits that are associated with worship of false gods, God had to keep them from entering into the Promiseland. Thus they were forced to wander in the wilderness for 40 years to cleanse the people of the demonic influence.

I know a woman who was sexually molested by a distant relative at the tender age of three. Even though she was raised in a Christian home she wandered far from her Godly roots, until she reached the age of 43. At that time, she received teaching on evil spirits and deliverance and basically said, "if they are in me, I want them out!"

Because of the amount of infestation and the necessity of filling the "house" after the spirits are cast out, her deliverance was spread out over a two-year period. With each deliverance she gained a greater freedom in the Lord, was able to comprehend more and more of the Word and apply it to her life, which was effectively "filling her house". After two years, she has reached a depth in her relationship with the Lord that is a fulfillment of promise. She has entered her promiseland.

While this wasn't a generational curse, this shows how exposure to idolatry and its demonic attachements can interfere with one's ability to live for the Lord and that in order to enter your promiseland the demonic forces must be dealt with. So if you are having a problem serving the Lord in a consistent manner and you constantly struggle to live a righteous life, consider that there may be a generational curse in operation.

This is often the case for people who from cultures where there is any form of idolatry. Cultures that practice ancestral worship, praying to idols, praying to 'saints', praying to the "queen of heaven", including many cults, will have a generational curse operating in their life. Recognizing and breaking that curse will usually result in a noticeable difference in their ability to live for the Lord, to understand the Word, and live victoriously in Jesus.