BREAKING THE CHAINS OF THE PAST:

GENERATIONAL SINS

Exodus 20:5

visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children

unto the third and fourth generation….

INIQUITIES OF FATHER

• Exodus 20:5 (ESV) You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the LORD your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me,

Visit: to hunt out; to search for

• Exodus 20:5 (NLT) — ….the entire family is affected—even children in the third and fourth generations of those who reject me.

What Are Iniquities

HEBREW: “BENT, WARPED, CROOKED”

A TENDENCY OR SUSCEPTIBILITY TOWARD A CERTAIN PATTERN OF

BEHAVIOR, ESPECIALLY SINFUL BEHAVIOR

INIQUITIES ARE TENDENCIES TO REBEL AGAINST GOD AND TO MOVE

AWAY FROM HIM AND TOWARD “SELF”

AT THE FOUNDATION

OF ALL SIN IS

IDOLATRY

IMPORTANT TRUTH’S

1.WE DO NOT BEAR THE GUILT OF OUR ANCESTOR’S SINS

2.BUT WE CAN SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES AND AFFECTS

OF OUR ANCESTORS' SINS (INFLUENCES)

3.JESUS HAS REDEEMED US FROM THE PAST

4.WE MUST APPROPRIATE THE CROSS OF CHRIST

HOW INIQUITIES ARE TRANSMITTED

1. HEREDITY

a. PASSED DOWN THROUGH OUR GENES

b. PROPENSITY FOR CERTAIN SINS

2. ENVIRONMENT

a. LEARNED BEHAVIOR; CORE BELIEFS; LIFESTYLE

3. SOWING AND REAPING

a. SEEDS OF FAMILY VIOLENCE, CO-DEPENDENCY, OCCULT

INVOLVEMENT, ETC. PRODUCES LIKE FRUIT

4. DEMONS

BREAKING THE POWER OF GENERATIONAL INFLUENCES

FREQUENTLY OCCURRING SINS OF THE FATHERS

• ABUSE: EMOTIONAL; PHYSICAL; MENTAL, SEXUAL

• ADDICTIONS

• ANGER; RAGE; VIOLENCE

• IDOLATRY

• CONTROL; MANIPULATION; POSSESSIVENESS

• FEARS OF ALL KINDS

• PHYSICAL INFIRMITIES

• REBELLION

• REJECTION; INSECURITY

FREQUENTLY OCCURRING SINS OF THE FATHERS

• UNBELIEF

• PERVERSION AND SEXUAL SIN

• UNWORTHINESS; LOW SELF-ESTEEM; INFERIORITY

• WITCHCRAFT; OCCULT; SATANISM

• NOT CARING FOR CHILDREN

• MONEY EXTREMES, GREED AND LACK

• EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCY

• ABANDONMENT

HOW INIQUITIES AFFECT US?

1. “CROOKED” BEHAVIOR PATTERNS OF THE INIQUITY CAN

BE PASSED ON (EXODUS 20:5; 34:7; NUMBERS 14:18)

2. CONSEQUENCES OF THE INIQUITY CAN BE PASSED ON (I SAMUEL 18:3,4; 31:2)

3. CURSES ASSOCIATED WITH INIQUITY CAN BE PASSED ON

(DEUT. 18:15; GAL. 3:10)

BREAKING THE CHAINS OF THE PAST

UNGODLY BELIEFS

2 Corinthians 10:4–5 (NLT) — 4 We use God’s mighty weapons, not worldly weapons, to knock

down the strongholds of human reasoning and to destroy false arguments. 5 We destroy every

proud obstacle that keeps people from knowing God. We capture their rebellious thoughts and

teach them to obey Christ.

UNGODLY BELIEFS

Ungodly beliefs are beliefs that appear absolutely

true based on the facts of our experiences but

are absolutely false based on God’s Word…Kylstra

Ungodly Beliefs are Unbelief in God’s Word

SOURCE OF UNGODLY BELIEFS

Influence of others

1. Parents during the developmental stages of our life

2. Teachers & those held in high esteem

3. Pastors who interpret God’s Word for us

4. Friends can provide peer pressure to conform to their value system

Source of Ungodly Beliefs

Past Wounds and Hurts

1. Traumas from the past

a. 2 types: things given to us and things not given to us can cause traumas in our lives

b. Satan is always ready to speak lies to us about ourselves from the place of wounding

2. These wounds cause us to validate or invalidate our own self-worth

TRAUMA/WOUNDS

LIES/UNGODLY

BELIEFS

EMOTIONAL

UNHEAVAL

DYSFUNCTIONAL

BEHAVIOR = SIN

PROBLEM LIFE

SITUATION

RESULTS: UNNECESSARY LIMITATIONS

“Ungodly beliefs are like spiritual termites that work behind the scenes, undermining and eating away at the faith established with us.”

HOW UNBELIEF WORKS

1. Hides or Blinds to the Word of Truth

2. Distorts the Word of Truth--Partial Truth

3. Influences to Sin Against God’s Word

2 Corinthians 10:4–5 (NLT) — 4 We use God’s mighty weapons, not worldly weapons, to knock down the strongholds of human reasoning and to destroy false arguments. 5 We destroy every proud obstacle that keeps people from knowing God. We capture their rebellious thoughts and teach them to obey Christ.

• Casting down = to demolish or destroy• Imaginations = forts or citadels that need to be

conquered (Robertson)

REPLACE LIES WITH THE TRUTH

Rom 12:1-2 Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is — his good, pleasing and perfect will.

John 8:32 Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free .

WHAT LIES ARE YOU

WEARING?

BREAKING THE POWER OF THE GENERATIONAL SIN

1. Confess the sins of your ancestors and your own sins (Ja. 5:16)

2. Forgive and Release all ancestors for any sins that have affected your life (Mt. 18:21-22)

3. Repent for entering into the sins of your ancestors, (1 John 1:9)

4. Renounce any demonization that has occurred because of sin; (1 Peter 5:8)

5. Forgive yourself for your own personal sins (Phil. 3:13)6. Appropriate the blood of Jesus (Col. 1:14; I Jn 2:2; I Pt. 1:18-

19)7. Break the power of any sin currently (Luke 10:19; Rev. 12:11)8. Receive God’s (John. 8:32; Eph. 6:10-18)

I’M WEARING

THE LOVE OF

MY FATHER