Blessings (Part 10)

Blessings (Part 10)

According to Deuteronomy 28 obedience leads to blessings and  disobedience to curses. We inherit the propensity to sin through our genes, through example, and through the power of the law of judging.  Yet we are able to break the bond of generational sin from our family and the patterns of destruction because when  Jesus came He broke the bondage of sin when He said “it is finished”.  So, when we accept Jesus Christ as our Savior, the blood that set us free from sin is the same blood that is appropriated for breaking any generational curses on our life.

Just as the the work of the cross must be appropriated to cleanse us, the appropriation is the same for deliverance from generational curses.  Because Jesus Christ is our Savior and Lord, those curses that normally would flow down through the generations can now be placed upon Him and nailed to the cross.  That which we do not accept can be taken to the cross and the cross placed between us and those things that have been passed down from generation to generation.

If we choose not to repent, thereby not letting Jesus take our sin and the consequences of our sin, we condemn ourselves and future generations to reap what we have sown.  So we are to ask for the release of the destruction visited upon us. 
 

Because Jesus wants us free from sin and its curses, He has provided a way of escape.   

1 John 3:18 “The Son of God appeared for this purpose, that He might destroy the works of the devil.”.  

We have the benefits of Christ’s death and resurrection and we can pray and believe to have deliverance from these curses. 

Here is a list of biblical examples of the benefits that Christ’s death has made available to Christians that  do not become ours unless we pray, believe and act. So remember:

(1) God has established a spiritual law called the law and sin and death in Romans 8:2. 

(2) God also provided an escape. Romans 6:23 says, "..for the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."

(3) Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law according to Galatians 3:13, 14. 

(4) The precious promises of God contain everything pertaining to life and godliness in 2 Peter 1:3, 4.