Daddy Issues 10: Sins of the Fathers

PRAY – Pomegranate tree, squirrel steals, delicious, full of seeds, plant seeds it wont grow an apple tree, oranges, figs etc. It will grow pomegranates.

3rd day Creation – fruit, seeds, trees – reproduce after their kind.

Genesis 1:26 Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image…”

Adam fell, we inherited the fallen sinful nature

DNA – inherited attributes.
Spiritual DNA - Familiar spirits

Children imitate and reproduce actions and behaviors of their parents, whether they want to or not.

Gen 26 - Isaac's deception with Rebekah just like father Abe with Sarah

Before we think that this is only a male / father issue:

Rebekah- curse fall on me... which would extend to legacy, Jacob anyway.

where did Jacob learn deception and manipulation, and usurping? mom. sins of the mother.

My father had a lot of struggles that I, in turn, struggled with. Alcohol, violence and aggression, sexual sin, these are all things that run in my family – grandpa, father, and I struggled with them as well. I inherited sins and habits.

Generational Blessing & Cursing

Blessing: something for you from God that He says is good.

Curse: the consequence of sin – falling out of favor, death, wrath

Generational Curse: A generational curse is a habit or behavior that has been passed from one generation to the next. Parents strive to make sure that the life they lead will help their children live a better one. Children practice what they have learned on their own and what they have gathered from generations before them.

Jeremiah 31:29 “In those days they will not say again, ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.’

He is saying: stop making excuses”

We are without excuse – my dad may have introduced the sin to me, and illustrated it, but I chose
James 1:15 Each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed. Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death.

Achon's family aligned with the sin and was also judged as a result.

Adam was judged because he listened to his wife instead of God.

Sin issue and demonic infestation. Whatever is not submitted to God, satan has access to. Whatever is not in the light is in darkness. Cockroaches infest darkness and mess.

familiar spirits - demonic transfers, deepens, magnifies.

Provers 13:22 A good person leaves an inheritance for their children’s children

What kind of inheritance or legacy are we leaving?
(Turn on the light – God frees us from Egypt)

my dad called because I am called - should have been trained, but it's still my call.

A large part of my struggle in God has been cooperating with the Holy Spirit to deprogram me from learned behaviors and sins that have been transferred down my family line.

When parents are selfish and demonstrate a hatred for God through compromise or flat out disobedience, they children learn to hate God with their life choices as well.

The problem is further compounded when the parents are also religious. Going to church on Sunday while not demonstrating the love of God on Monday breeds confusion and, religion, and even an offense with God.

Pride, sin, lack of repentance, religious covers it up, which leads to more pride
*I’m done

2 Timothy 3:5 having a form of godliness but denying its power

This is why many rebelled and left the church during the holiness movement. God is all about holiness. We are to be holy as He is holy, but when you place priority on rules and laws, over and above the heart and intent of the Law-Giver, it only brings death, disappointment, and rebellion.

1 Corinthians 15:56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.

The law is good, it is perfect, you need to know it because so you can know where God stands. The law exposes you but can't deliver you from its consequences. – Speed limit
The law is a mirror that shows what's wrong, but you can't fix your face with it

The law tells you the problem but has no power to help you fix it

My daddy and my daddy’s daddy struggled with this sin. The law condemns me and tells me that I’m wrong and shows me the punishment but has no power to deliver me from Egypt or from bondage. It can’t keep me from going back to my sin. So what now?

How do we break the cycle of systemic generational rebellion and hatred for God?

Malachi 4:4-6 Remember the Law of Moses, My servant, which I commanded him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments. Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD. And he will turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the earth with a curse.”

Remember – obey – they can’t

John 1:17 The law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

1 Corinthians 21-22 For since by man came death, by Man also came the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive.

Galatians 5:16-18 I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.

The Spirit’s job is to give grace or power to do what the law requires

Jesus said He didn’t come to destroy, but to fulfil the law. He then gives us His Holy Spirit, which the word calls the Spirit of Jesus Christ in Philippians 1:19, Then the Holy Spirit reveals the law to me - the letter of the Law and the Spirit of the Law – the mind heart and intent of God – He then fulfils the requirements of the law in me, then gives me the power to do the same!

Curse comes from sin – Adam sinned with a tree
The law informs us of the curse and its consequence
Jesus broke the curse of the law on a tree
He now gives us the Spirit to help us do what the law requires

Laws are for the lawless – when you break the law, you are under the condemnation of the law. There is no condemnation in Christ Jesus because He has broken the curse, came with the truth that makes us free, and sends us His Spirit to empower us to live lives that are pleasing to God.

How do we break free of generational curses and the sins of our fathers?
Repent of the sin, turn to God the Father through Jesus Christ and walk in the Spirit.

He will change your want to in time, but even if you still want to, He gives you the power to override that desire and to choose what is good.

If we walk in the Spirit, we are not under the law, we are empowered to live holy lives to love God and to love our neighbors as ourselves.

How do we walk in the Spirit? One foot in front of the other, with the Holy Spirit.
Prayer, word, tongues, accountability, practicing a continual awareness of His presence.