Sermon: Healing the family – Generational blessings and Curses
God’s plan for blessings through family
God wants to bless us through family (Psalm 112:1-3)
Parents are God’s authorized agents to instruct and teach children to walk in godly ways (Genesis 18:18-19, Proverbs 6:20-22)
Spiritual inheritance of blessings to pass through the generational line (Psalm 103;17-18; Numbers 14:24)
Demonic Stronghold can be established through unwilling participation in sin through lack of godly covering or knowledge
Through sins of our forefathers – e.g. the sin of Adam
Unconfessed sins of our forefathers would result in generational iniquity and generational curses in the same way that righteousness of our forefathers result in generational blessings (Exodus 20:5-6; 34:6-7)
Iniquity = the propensity to sin
Generational Iniquities
God is holy and will not share His glory with any other. Iniquities rooted in disobedience and revolt against the Lordship of Jesus in any sphere of life (Exodus 20:5; Isaiah 48:11)
Leviticus 26:39-45
Generational Iniquities attract generational curses by giving the devil a legal right to the life of the offender and his descendents
The effect of sin in the family line
God’s warning against sin which has far reaching effect on future generations (Exodus 20:5-7)
Particular types of sin bring particular curses, e.g. sexual sin (Deuteronomy 23:2-3)
Iniquity brings disorder to the family line (Lamentation 5:7-16)
Biblical example of generational iniquities – Abraham and Isaac has committed the sin of abuse by failing to protect their wives (Genesis 12:12-13; 26:7)
Healing the family is made possible on the Cross of Jesus
Galatians 3:13-14; Jeremiah 31:29-30
Generational iniquity though it brings pressure, does not excuse our own sin
We can appropriate the atoning work of the Cross
Identifying ourselves with our forefathers’ sins, confess and repent of our own sins
Plead the Blood of Jesus for forgiveness and cleansing
Evict the demonics and close the door by choosing to walk in freedom