Generational Curses and Deliverance Ministry

1. Generational Curses and Deliverance Ministry
The issue of generational curses and their status and impact on Christians is hotly debated in the Body of
Christ. I would like to give my perspective as a Christian counselor and deliverance minister who has met
in session with literally thousands of people. Visit Deliverance Ministry to know more about us.
Some of the confusion arises because people tend to use terms loosely without really defining what they
mean. I believe that the following is clear from Scripture:
The sins of the father are visited upon the third and fourth generations (Exodus 34:7). Generational curses
pass down through the bloodline.
These curses are carried out be demonic spirits assigned to torment us. They can affect us from the outside
by putting thoughts in our mind but also seek to enter into us. Deliverance ministry involves the driving
out of demons, which are resident in a person's body and/or soul.
Jesus became a curse for us (Gal 3:13) so the curses have been broken when he died and rose again after
the cross.
Just because the curse has been broken does not mean that the spirits cannot still be operating in the
person's life. They do not necessarily leave automatically at salvation. We get a new, born-again spirit but
not a new body or soul (John 3:6-7).
Salvation is a free gift which is received by grace through faith (Eph 2:8,9)). Jesus died for all sin for all men
but each person must appropriate and take hold of the gift that Christ offers. In like manner, freedom
from curses does not (typically) just happen; the person must be delivered of the spirits before they can
walk in that freedom. Sometimes God delivers people sovereignly and supernaturally but he also calls on
the church to do deliverance ministry (Mark 16:17).
The fact there is a curse a bloodline also does not necessarily mean that everyone in the family is affected.
Many with a history of alcoholism in the family heritage do not go on to become alcoholics themselves.
I'm often asked why a curse does not impact everyone in the lineage and quite frankly I am really not sure.
Some are not affected while others are not. Typically, the revelation and power of God moves in a person's
life to help them steer clear of that affliction.

2. He who the Son sets free is both a present reality and a future promise for those caught up in demonic
strongholds and torment. Let every believer take hold of the abundant life that Christ has for us.
Deliverance ministry can help be part of that process.
Do you see family "issues" at work in you or your bloodline where counsel, prayer, treatment repeated or
medications are not gaining the victory? It may be that your best help resides in getting delivered.