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Same here, thank God, and still our children are can be influenced more by the world than by family because extended family is more fractured today than it was 60 years ago. (give or take) Older siblings can do much damage to nieces and nephews, depending on their selfishness, and priorities that foster rejection. I speak only from personal experience. I have no guilty conscience concerning this because I didn't contribute to the schism, but was told to leave my nieces and nephews alone by my siblings.
Not to forget that we are "new creatures in Christ". In a way, we have a new "blood" line, which "cleanses us of all unrighteousness".
Sorry It is early, and I usually don't have time to look up scripture for this. But it is loud and clear in the bible.
Everything given to us is received by faith. It is vitally important that we begin to praise God for this new relationship, and the power in it. Even though we have been influenced by our past generations, we also have a more powerful person in us now - the Holy Spirit. If we remain in fellowship with Him and the Word, we WILL become a new creature in many ways. Or to put it more accurately, we will begin to be conformed into the image and nature of Christ.
Sorry It is early, and I usually don't have time to look up scripture for this. But it is loud and clear in the bible.
Everything given to us is received by faith. It is vitally important that we begin to praise God for this new relationship, and the power in it. Even though we have been influenced by our past generations, we also have a more powerful person in us now - the Holy Spirit. If we remain in fellowship with Him and the Word, we WILL become a new creature in many ways. Or to put it more accurately, we will begin to be conformed into the image and nature of Christ.
Adhere to all of God's word and stop saying that certain scriptures only apply to certain people. Stop preaching that a substantial portion of the Bible has been made obsolete by the New Covenant, and adhere to "all" of God's word because man doesn't live by bread only, but EVERY word that God has ever spoken.
"For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?" 1 Peter 4:17
"For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?" 1 Peter 4:17
I could be wrong, but my thoughts are from this direction... Say a family had issues of drinking problems, or smoking, cussing, sleeping around, not going to church or believing in God, eating too much, domestic violence, etc....... Then they have children and these children grow up watching their parents doing these different things....so children are more likely to act out these same activities when they are grown.....handed down from one generation to the next....
This pattern can be broken.... When you come to Jesus and ask for forgiveness and confess your sins you become a new creation it is not you living but Christ living in you. I don't think you should feel any rejection from God as God is constantly wooing us to come to Him. Jesus stands with open arms for us to run into them.... The Holy Spirit will work in your life to help free you from addictions and any patterns that have been learned from parents and you can be free from the bonds of sin through Jesus because when Jesus died on the cross He freed us from the law of sin and death....
Again I could be wrong but this is how Blond understands it....
The question of are you punished for your parents sin? The answer is no, you would be punished for your own sins.
This pattern can be broken.... When you come to Jesus and ask for forgiveness and confess your sins you become a new creation it is not you living but Christ living in you. I don't think you should feel any rejection from God as God is constantly wooing us to come to Him. Jesus stands with open arms for us to run into them.... The Holy Spirit will work in your life to help free you from addictions and any patterns that have been learned from parents and you can be free from the bonds of sin through Jesus because when Jesus died on the cross He freed us from the law of sin and death....
Again I could be wrong but this is how Blond understands it....
The question of are you punished for your parents sin? The answer is no, you would be punished for your own sins.
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A lack of Forgiveness and Repentance both seem to play a role in generational curses. But what only just occurs to me now is we often think of generational curses in terms of our family according to the flesh but what about our spiritual family. No doubt, many of us Christians have hurt and been hurt by each other. Have we forgiven our brethren their trespasses and have we repented of our trespasses against our brethren? This is certainly something I'll be praying about tonight.
Unfortunately, concentrating on a major portion of all these "rules" will do little more than show us that we CANNOT keep them (as the Bible tells us they were INTENDED to show us.), and usually only increases feelings of inadequacy and condemnation.
The Bible said that faith comes from hearing the words of CHRIST....... not the mistaken translation ".....the Word of GOD."
There are many good books explaining this further. One of the best is: The Power of Right Believing.
The Bible said that faith comes from hearing the words of CHRIST....... not the mistaken translation ".....the Word of GOD."
There are many good books explaining this further. One of the best is: The Power of Right Believing.
Really, BELIEVING is the key. The Bible tells us: "As a man thinketh, so is he."
Well, of course this does not mean you become whatever thoughts happen to run through your head. But it DOES mean that if you dwell on thoughts, you will begin to see them as true in your life... thus, you DO become what you constantly think about.
Well, of course this does not mean you become whatever thoughts happen to run through your head. But it DOES mean that if you dwell on thoughts, you will begin to see them as true in your life... thus, you DO become what you constantly think about.
It's like the old phrase, "you are what you eat."
"And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live." Deuteronomy 8:3
Matthew 4:3-4
[SUP]3 [/SUP]And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
[SUP]4 [/SUP]But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
What is ancient history to man is consistently present with God's children in Christ Jesus.
"And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live." Deuteronomy 8:3
Matthew 4:3-4
[SUP]3 [/SUP]And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
[SUP]4 [/SUP]But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
What is ancient history to man is consistently present with God's children in Christ Jesus.
What you say is Biblical
"The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him." Ezekiel 18:20
Then a person who truly believes will also see this as Biblical. They are not contradictory one to another.
Exodus 34:6-7
[SUP]6 [/SUP]And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord, The Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,
[SUP]7 [/SUP]Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.
"The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him." Ezekiel 18:20
Then a person who truly believes will also see this as Biblical. They are not contradictory one to another.
Exodus 34:6-7
[SUP]6 [/SUP]And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord, The Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,
[SUP]7 [/SUP]Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.
