Part 6: Generational Curses And Identity

Part 6: Generational Curses And Identity

Those who believe in generational curses can only quote the Old Testament Scriptures, especially Exo 20:5; Num 14:18; Jer 14:10, etc. But they forget to read Jeremiah 31. The whole game changes in Jer 31:31-34. It prophesied of the NEW COVENANT. v34: "For I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more.”

The curse of the law fell on Jesus on the Cross. He broke every curse in that place so that we can be free from every curse. (Gal 3:13). But if we think that we are still under a curse, we will suffer for the lack of understanding.

I have worked with people who sincerely believe in generational curses because of the wrong teachings they were taught by the church. Some of them have even, one way or another, gone through personal experiences. But we can choose to live by experiences or live by the truth in His Word. Every experience should line up with the truth. Just because a New Age person chanted on me and set me free from a certain bondage doesn't mean that it is the truth. Similarly, just because someone is taken through a session of renouncing the past sins of their ancestors and breaking the curses doesn't mean it is the truth. It may set you free, but it builds another lie/bondage in your life.

The truth of Christ makes you free and if the Son sets you free, you are free indeed (John 8:36). There is nothing that the finished work of Christ cannot do. The Gospel itself is powerful enough for all circumstances. The need for other "methods" simply undermine the work of Christ and our true identity.

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. - 2 Cor 5:17

"All things" means all things. Everything of the past has passed away. Nothing of the past can hold on to your new life in Christ, unless you hold on to that past. If you want to renounce the sins of the past generations, you may as well renounce all the way back to Abraham, Noah and finally Adam.

Your previous generation is Christ. Your only ancestor is Christ. Christ did a perfect work of redemption. He did not just remove your sins. He removed the sins of the whole world (1 John 2:2). Since God lives outside of time, all the past sins (including all generations) were dealt with on the Cross once and for all. The only issue now is unbelief. This is why Christ said that the work of God is to BELIEVE in Him whom God sent (John 6:29). The moment you believe in Christ, your past is completely wiped away. Your old life is completely dead. 

We died with Christ and were baptised into His death (Rom 6:4, 8). We were never meant to resurrect the old experiences/traumas of life. They were buried completely. We begin our new life afresh in Christ and we keep heading towards the fullness of who we were created to be. That's keeping the faith (2 Tim 4:7). That's fighting the good fight of faith.

Therefore, what makes us free is not a session of breaking/renouncing curses. Jesus never ever taught that. Neither did He ever do that. He only said, "You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free." (John 8:32) 

He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love. Col 1:17

We are not trying to be delivered. We are already delivered from the power of darkness by Christ.

What makes us free is simply knowing our true identity as sons and daughters of God. We have been freed from every curse. We are under the Law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus. Identity is everything in life. #identity

P.S: In Christ, I only have generational blessings.