FREEDOM FROM GENERATIONAL CURSES AND EVIL FAMILY CYCLES

   

BY Rev. Michael Benson Ajayi

John 9:2 AMP “His disciples asked Him, Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he should be born blind?”

           Jesus' claim to divinity pitched him at loggerhead against the religious people of His time (John8:58-59) therefore, his miracles where a necessary tool to authenticate His claims .These miracles were unlike those of the magicians who mesmerised crowds without promoting the need for a personal relationship with God. Giving sight to a man born without eyes was something only God could do.  

             It is generally believed by most proponents of  Jewish theology and traditionalists that God's punishment for the sins of one’s ancestors or parents extends to the  great -grand children Thus, being born blind was God’s punishment for the sins of the parents:in effect the blind man was under an ancestral curse.  

              This doctrine portrays God as an unjust judge. It is tantamount to saying that a girl child born in prison to a woman serving life imprisonment must spend her entire life in prison because she was in the mother's womb when the crime was committed. .

              Undoubtedly, there are physical consequences for our errors, for instance a drunk father who decides to drive a car with his entire family  definitely risks killing his family through an accident. This is not a curse but a consequence of human error. Placing ones hands on a hot stove will definitely lead to a burn; this again is not a curse but a law of nature. We reap what we sow and sometimes people suffer for our bad decisions, this too cannot be said to be a curse, if it were, then every pain we suffer ,sneeze or cough  should be termed a curse. The preacher whose vehicle ran out of petrol while driving and the one who arrived late to a church meeting because of traffic should both be termed cursed. 

          In Matt25:41 Jesus defined a curse to mean an execration or to set someone apart for eternal damnation. The only sins that can bring about a curse upon an individual under the dispensation of grace is the rejection of Jesus Christ and using the gospel to extort money from people (2Peter 2:14, Luke 7:22-23  )  Gal3:13 says Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law therefore to reject Christ is to accept full responsibility for the violation of the entire law;and being guilty in one aspect, is to be guilty in all aspects. Sin does not exist in sizes likewise righteousness, therefore, when God forgives sins, it is without exemption according to the law of redemption. Jesus paid for our sins once and for all to avoid the repetitive process of atonements as required by divine justice: our redemption and justification is a onetime deal, hallelujah!

             Prophet Ezekiel spoke of this era in Ezek 18:2-4 "Why do you quote this proverb concerning the land of Israel: 'The parents have eaten sour grapes, but their children's mouths pucker at the taste'? As surely as I live, says the Sovereign Lord, you will not quote this proverb anymore in Israel. For all people are mine to judge—both parents and children alike. And this is my rule: The person who sins is the one who will die.”  Salvation is not transferable, likewise sins. To claim that the punishments for sins are transferable from ancestors to children then salvation should be transferable by the law of equity but this is not possible. However, children can suffer the consequences of having wicked and irresponsible parents, that does not mean they are cursed. Those who have received Jesus Christ have a new identity, the old is passed away. This informed Jesus’ answer to his disciples in John 9:3-4 NKJV “Jesus answered, "Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but that the works of God should be revealed in him.” thus implying misfortunes are not necessarily as a result of sins however, they all give us an opportunity to have God showcase His miraculous working power in our lives by grace through faith in Jesus Christ. It is the lack of knowledge that destroys families (Hos4:6). Trust God for a miracle .It is free (Matt10;8) 

Prayer : Heavenly Father forgive me of my sins against you I believe Jesus Christ died and was raised again for my salvation I receive him as lord and saviour and receive the Holy Spirit and   deliverance from demonic manifestations in my family in Jesus name.  

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