Generational Curses

Hey yo, what's up? So I wanted to jump on here real quick and talk about breaking generational curses. So it's something I used to be guilty of saying because I was just unlearned or either didn't listen. And we probably all make that mistake and we've all made errors in our interpretation of scripture. If anybody say they have not made any errors in the interpretation of scripture, man, like they're lying. And I would probably say, you know, run away from them. Quick. Um, and, um, with that, uh, but there, there— but it's some— we have to be careful with that because there are some people that I believe that it's no longer error in scripture so much, it's just a willingness to, to stay in correction. But that's a whole nother topic for another day. Uh, but, but, uh, breaking away from generational curses. So the thing is, is as we become a believer, as we accept Christ as our Lord and Savior, and, you know, we take up our cross and become— accept this plan of salvation, uh, for lack of better terms, and become a disciple of Jesus Christ, uh, we are no longer under a curse. So it's impossible to accept— fully accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and be under generational curse. So essentially, we're wasting our time if we're trying to break a generational curse when Jesus already broke the curse. Uh, that's why we don't see this teaching in the New Testament. Uh, like, matter of fact, you know, just real quick, and I put them on my screen, tickle. I was going to read through it, but, uh, for example, Romans 6:4, we walk in the newness of life. Romans 12:2 tells us to renew our mind. Uh, 2 Corinthians 5:17 says live as a new creation in Christ. So essentially, Christ redeemed us from the curse, uh, by becoming a curse for us, as we can see in Galatians 3. And so again, if we are in Christ, we are no longer under a generational curse. We are no longer under condemnation. We do not have to deal with, uh, we have been free from generational judgment. And, uh, we're no longer trapped under the curse anymore, or just, you know, this generational sin. Like, that's, that's been nailed. It's, it's been done. Because if it's not, then that means Jesus' blood was incomplete. And then that means that, you know, we, we all on our way to hell, uh, which is— we know that's not the case. And so breaking generational curses, uh, again, it sounds good, but is it biblical? And it's not really biblical because, again, we don't see that, that, that teaching in the New Testament, uh. But what I do believe, uh, because we have to be graceful in this, uh, what I do believe is that what we are up against is, um, a lack of discipleship, for lack of better terms. I'm searching for another word, just kind of doing this in real time. Uh, but just because we feel the ripples effects of bad decisions— so for example, you know, say for instance I had a father or a mother that was very abusive, and Timothy and Marsha Pratt were not abusive by any means. Uh, they were very stern but not abusive by any means. Uh, but let's just say for instance they were, and then I'm out here and I come into the knowledge and I accept Christ as my Lord and Savior. Um, I am no longer under that anymore. It's broken. Now what started to take place is that as I have been converted, my humanity has been trained for a long time, uh, in, you know, these things with bloodline, all that, whatever we want to say, like the consequences from those decisions and those things of that nature, that like they are there, they are very much present. And just if I can go tangent a little bit, this is why, you know, we wasn't called to starve the flesh and all this type of stuff. Really, again, really sound really good, but it's not biblical. But we were called to mortify, crucify the flesh, uh, because it's hard to have— it's hard to exercise authority over something that we're entertained by. And a lot of times, like, you know, when it comes to our humanity, it's been well trained to— we've submitted to it for so long. And so that's why we feel this tension sometimes, you know, when we accept Christ and we battle with, oh, I don't want to do what I want to do. It's again a whole nother subject, another day. But the reality of it is that the curse has been broken. Uh, so what we are probably experiencing— is the natural consequences of like the decisions that have been made before us. Because there are consequences, there are natural consequences at play. And so again, going back to like, if my father and mother were like that, what happens is Jesus is saying, okay, through me I have broken all of that. You don't have to worry about that bloodline. It is broken. I became so you— so you are completely free from it. What has to take place is healing. That takes time, it takes accountability, it takes discipleship, it takes replacing lies with truth, uh, and it takes a renewed mind of just basically re-establishing new patterns to get away from old patterns of thinking. And again, we can sum all this up where it takes, uh, discipleship, finding someone that's more mature than me in the faith. I didn't say they're better than me, but more mature in the faith than me. Can they hold me accountable? Can they correct me? Can they teach me the word of God? Am I locked in and going to church? Am I studying my— studying the word of God? Again, if my flesh has been well trained, if I have been well trained and conditioned to always submit to my flesh, then that's not necessarily a generational curse. That is me understanding that my humanity is very much present and I'm just so used to submitting to my humanity. But now I have to feed my spirit. To walk into things, renew my mind and those things, and basically establish new patterns, new habits, uh, that looks more like Christ. And again, I'm going to have to contend for this. Like, this is not going to be a walk in the park. It's not easy. But as we mature and through the power of the Holy Spirit, uh, because of Christ, uh, we can overcome it. Uh, and again, like, I'm not going to go into the example yet. Uh, that's a— that's another story with my wife being deployed. But the reality of it is, to tie this point home, is that we don't have to break generational curses. What we are working against is just healing. That's essentially what it is. So to tie it all up is that if my mother and father were like that, and kind of being a— I know I'm kind of beating a drum here, but once I come into the Lord, I have to submit to others that are more mature, um, that are more mature in the faith, and rightly divide the word of God, learning how to submit to the Holy Spirit and just make better decisions. And over time, my life will look different, but that does not mean I'm breaking a generational curse. That just means, uh, I'm being properly discipled to look like Christ.