The curse is not greater than the blessing part 3

Curses fall into three arenas:

1st. Generational Curses – those curses that according to the lies of the Devil, have been passed down from Generation to Generation. I’ll discuss what they really are in more detail later on.

2nd. Modern day curses – those curses that are cast as spells upon people by way of witchcraft.

3rd. Curses in the Scripture – these are actually promises from God concerning what will happen when we disobey Him, serve other god’s and live our lives in rebellion against Him.

First, curses cannot just come without a cause or a reason. Let’s look at Proverbs 26:2“As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.” The New Living Translation says it this way:
“Like a fluttering sparrow or a darting swallow, an undeserved curse will not land on its intended victim.”
An undeserved curse has no effect. Its intended victim will be no more harmed by this curse than by a sparrow flying through the sky.

A “Generational Curse” is not what people have been taught. The phrase does not even appear in the Bible. So where do people get this from? Because one word from Exodus 20:5 has been twisted to fit this idea of the Generational Curses, so much so, that whole Denominations have been built on this idea.

Concerning idols, and false god’s the verse says “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.”

The verse is talking about the iniquity of the fathers, not the curses of the fathers. Iniquity means evil, mischief, and perversity. Of course the Bible tells us in Deuteronomy 28 that those who insist on living this way find themselves cursed, but the curse is a result of the iniquity that they are intentionally living in and not something that automatically happens.

According to some that teach these Generational Curse theories, these curses are either automatic or there must be certain things done to break the curses. For example, when I was a young man I spent a little time in Arkansas. For many who were staying at the Job Corps where I was, there was a superstition about brooms. According to this superstition, if someone swept the broom across your toes, and you did not spit on the bristles right away, then you will be in jail within 2 days. Now when you think about it sensibly, you see how silly that really is. But people believe things like this, and whether or not they realize it, they are acting on other superstitions as well.

Generational Curses are superstitions, and they have nothing to do with the real problem in this verse. Neither the Curse nor the Superstition of the parent is visited on the children; however, the iniquity of the parent is. However, if the person does not choose to live under the curse of the law; if the person is taught about their Covenant Rights; if the person decides they do not want to live the way their ancestors did, iniquity is not visited on them.

Curses from witchcraft may be placed on someone, but as we read from Proverbs 26:2, the curse cannot come on you without a reason, and Deuteronomy 28 tells you all the reasons for which a curse may come on you. But we’ll deal with the Curses from Deuteronomy 28 in a little bit.

If the Blessing of God has everything you need, including deliverance from the Curse of the Law, why are people still affected by Curses? For three reasons: they are filled with fear, they lack knowledge of the Word of God, and they do not understand their Covenant Rights.

More on this next time..