In recent years we have been hearing from time to time the concept of "generational curses", on families. This is not a Biblical concept.
The meaning of a curse as a noun is this:
"a solemn utterance intended to invoke a supernatural power to inflict harm or punishment on someone or something."
"she'd put a curse on him"
To invoke or use a curse against. "it often seemed as if the family had been cursed"
synonyms: put a curse on, put the evil eye on, anathematize, damn, hex, jinx;
No man has the power to proclaim a curse on another man. All sin is an individual choice. Each person is subject to his own sin nature before becoming a new creation in Christ.
It seems that when the culture began to lose interest in blaming our parents or circumstances for our sin, there are those who developed another form of blaming that has no basis in Scripture, that of the "generational curse."
The very nature of the word "curse" tends to denote someone speaking against a person, calling down evil on them. The idea creates the picture of someone who has the power to control the life experiences of another person simply by their words and invocations.
There is no such thing as a "generational curse." No family is cursed with sin because of another person, or a family. Only individuals are sinful, it's not a curse but a choice brought on by a sinful nature. All people have a sinful nature that must be covered in the blood of Christ to become born again. We have victory over sin through obedience to His principles. Our salvation is completely dependent on trusting Christ to cleanse and heal our spirits.
Ezekiel 18:20 ""The person who sins will die. The son will not bear the punishment for the father's iniquity, nor will the father bear the punishment for the son's iniquity; the righteousness of the righteous will be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked will be upon himself."
Be careful to evaluate everything new that comes from the latest book or most popular author. Mankind is always looking for ways to blame others for their sin, as though they have no control over themselves.
When we get before the Lord, we will not be saying "but the devil made me do it", or "it was my father, he raised me badly." We will go before the Lord to account for our sins alone without excuse.
Thursday, October 16, 2014
Go to the Ant you Sluggard
Notice how they are working together, each one doing their job within the framework of the whole group. Ants are not individualistic as we humans have become. This mentality of individualism has made us isolated and less productive. When we are a narcissistic culture we prefer not to be instructed, corrected or fall in line with any authority. When we honor God then our aim ought to be compliance to the group to make everyone look good, not compromising God's principles, but enhancing them.
Also, I notice that none of the ants has a need to be better than anyone else, their only concern is getting the job done, no one needs to be special or first.
Also, I notice that none of the ants has a need to be better than anyone else, their only concern is getting the job done, no one needs to be special or first.
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Punishment is here and there is more to come!
Sound Familiar?
Ezekiel 12:1
"12 Now the word of the Lord came to me, saying: 2 “Son of man, you dwell in the midst of a rebellious house, which has eyes to see but does not see, and ears to hear but does not hear; for they are a rebellious house"
What was God's response to this "rebellious house?"
Ezekiel 12:25-28
"25 For I the Lord will speak, and whatever word I speak will be performed. It will no longer be delayed, for in your days, O rebellious house, I will speak the word and perform it,” declares the Lord God.’”
26 Furthermore, the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 27 “Son of man, behold, the house of Israel is saying, ‘The vision that he sees is for many years from now, and he prophesies of times far off.’ 28 Therefore say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “None of My words will be delayed any longer. Whatever word I speak will be performed,”’” declares the Lord God"
A nation that spurns the name of the Lord will be disciplined. When all laws of morality are struck down and the leaders follow after wickedness, then is when we can expect the chastisement of the Lord. He will abandon us to ourselves, the most frightening thing that could happen.
Proverbs 1:24-33
"“Because I called and you refused,
I stretched out my hand and no one paid attention;
25 And you neglected all my counsel And did not want my reproof;
26 I will also laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your dread comes,
27 When your dread comes like a storm And your calamity comes like a whirlwind,
When distress and anguish come upon you.
28 “Then they will call on me, but I will not answer;
They will seek me diligently but they will not find me,
29 Because they hated knowledge And did not choose the fear of the Lord.
30 “They would not accept my counsel, They spurned all my reproof.
31 “So they shall eat of the fruit of their own way
And be satiated with their own devices.
32 “For the waywardness of the naive will kill them,
And the complacency of fools will destroy them.
33 “But he who listens to me shall live securely
And will be at ease from the dread of evil."
Proverbs 14:34
"Righteousness exalts a nation, But sin is a disgrace to any people."
One of the ways our nation has dishonored God has been the proliferation of false prophets, preaching lies of prosperity and health, rather than a gospel of repentance.
While people are dying and on their way to hell, foolish prosperity preachers are preaching self esteem, clamoring after health and wealth as though it matters for eternity, when it is diverting the attentions of the hearers from eternity, keeping them focused on their own pleasure in this life.
Ezekiel 13:1-8
"13 Then the word of the Lord came to me saying,
2 “Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel who prophesy, and say to those who prophesy from their own inspiration, ‘Listen to the word of the Lord!
3 Thus says the Lord God, “Woe to the foolish prophets who are following their own spirit and have seen nothing.
4 O Israel, your prophets have been like foxes among ruins.
5 You have not gone up into the breaches, nor did you build the wall around the house of Israel to stand in the battle on the day of the Lord.
6 They see falsehood and lying divination who are saying, ‘The Lord declares,’ when the Lord has not sent them; yet they hope for the fulfillment of their word.
7 Did you not see a false vision and speak a lying divination when you said, ‘The Lord declares,’ but it is not I who have spoken?”’”
8 Therefore, thus says the Lord God, “Because you have spoken falsehood and seen a lie, therefore behold, I am against you,” declares the Lord God."
The Lord is against our country, we know this because the Lord must be consistent, He hates that we have aborted 55 million babies, their blood cries out from the land,we have taught our children in the schools to embrace sin, such as self esteem, homosexuality, immoral sexual behavior while attempting to remove any sense of gender differences.
The women have left the safety of their home to place themselves in contact with the world while forcing them to rely on ungodly caretakers for their children.
Satan has destroyed the family through divorce and remarriage, with a direct correlation between remarriage and the increase in child abuse of every sort. When half the marriages in our church gatherings are in this state of adultery, we know that the culture as a whole tends to be even worse than that of the organized church. When the church will not uphold the standard of God, the humanistic secular culture sure is not going to.
Shacking up is the new norm, many children who were from broken families, see no reason to bother to get married. They have been taught by example, that our word means nothing, our actions are for self, and our attitude is to fight for what we want, deferring to no one for the good of others.
We have taught "self esteem" in our culture for more than 40 years now and this is where it has led us, a life of misery without the wisdom to even admit that we are miserable and worst of all, we have negated God and His principles, even disdaining them while pursuing our own wicked desires.
God has no choice but to punish us as a nation. Any thought of recovery is futile and silly outside of total repentance nation wide. Even then God must still punish us for our evil.
The only hope we have is for individuals to repent finding their way to the cross. Each one admitting the evil that is in their heart, desiring to be changed into a new creation by Christ. Then that individual will be saved, but the nation will still endure chastisement.
Get ready for a total collapse of the United States as we have known it. God is using evil people to destroy us for our rebellion.
Are you going to repent, (change your mind) allowing God to change you into a new creation? It is your only hope and time is running out.
Ezekiel 12:1
"12 Now the word of the Lord came to me, saying: 2 “Son of man, you dwell in the midst of a rebellious house, which has eyes to see but does not see, and ears to hear but does not hear; for they are a rebellious house"
What was God's response to this "rebellious house?"
Ezekiel 12:25-28
"25 For I the Lord will speak, and whatever word I speak will be performed. It will no longer be delayed, for in your days, O rebellious house, I will speak the word and perform it,” declares the Lord God.’”
26 Furthermore, the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 27 “Son of man, behold, the house of Israel is saying, ‘The vision that he sees is for many years from now, and he prophesies of times far off.’ 28 Therefore say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “None of My words will be delayed any longer. Whatever word I speak will be performed,”’” declares the Lord God"
A nation that spurns the name of the Lord will be disciplined. When all laws of morality are struck down and the leaders follow after wickedness, then is when we can expect the chastisement of the Lord. He will abandon us to ourselves, the most frightening thing that could happen.
Proverbs 1:24-33
"“Because I called and you refused,
I stretched out my hand and no one paid attention;
25 And you neglected all my counsel And did not want my reproof;
26 I will also laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your dread comes,
27 When your dread comes like a storm And your calamity comes like a whirlwind,
When distress and anguish come upon you.
28 “Then they will call on me, but I will not answer;
They will seek me diligently but they will not find me,
29 Because they hated knowledge And did not choose the fear of the Lord.
30 “They would not accept my counsel, They spurned all my reproof.
31 “So they shall eat of the fruit of their own way
And be satiated with their own devices.
32 “For the waywardness of the naive will kill them,
And the complacency of fools will destroy them.
33 “But he who listens to me shall live securely
And will be at ease from the dread of evil."
Proverbs 14:34
"Righteousness exalts a nation, But sin is a disgrace to any people."
One of the ways our nation has dishonored God has been the proliferation of false prophets, preaching lies of prosperity and health, rather than a gospel of repentance.
While people are dying and on their way to hell, foolish prosperity preachers are preaching self esteem, clamoring after health and wealth as though it matters for eternity, when it is diverting the attentions of the hearers from eternity, keeping them focused on their own pleasure in this life.
Ezekiel 13:1-8
"13 Then the word of the Lord came to me saying,
2 “Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel who prophesy, and say to those who prophesy from their own inspiration, ‘Listen to the word of the Lord!
3 Thus says the Lord God, “Woe to the foolish prophets who are following their own spirit and have seen nothing.
4 O Israel, your prophets have been like foxes among ruins.
5 You have not gone up into the breaches, nor did you build the wall around the house of Israel to stand in the battle on the day of the Lord.
6 They see falsehood and lying divination who are saying, ‘The Lord declares,’ when the Lord has not sent them; yet they hope for the fulfillment of their word.
7 Did you not see a false vision and speak a lying divination when you said, ‘The Lord declares,’ but it is not I who have spoken?”’”
8 Therefore, thus says the Lord God, “Because you have spoken falsehood and seen a lie, therefore behold, I am against you,” declares the Lord God."
The Lord is against our country, we know this because the Lord must be consistent, He hates that we have aborted 55 million babies, their blood cries out from the land,we have taught our children in the schools to embrace sin, such as self esteem, homosexuality, immoral sexual behavior while attempting to remove any sense of gender differences.
The women have left the safety of their home to place themselves in contact with the world while forcing them to rely on ungodly caretakers for their children.
Satan has destroyed the family through divorce and remarriage, with a direct correlation between remarriage and the increase in child abuse of every sort. When half the marriages in our church gatherings are in this state of adultery, we know that the culture as a whole tends to be even worse than that of the organized church. When the church will not uphold the standard of God, the humanistic secular culture sure is not going to.
Shacking up is the new norm, many children who were from broken families, see no reason to bother to get married. They have been taught by example, that our word means nothing, our actions are for self, and our attitude is to fight for what we want, deferring to no one for the good of others.
We have taught "self esteem" in our culture for more than 40 years now and this is where it has led us, a life of misery without the wisdom to even admit that we are miserable and worst of all, we have negated God and His principles, even disdaining them while pursuing our own wicked desires.
God has no choice but to punish us as a nation. Any thought of recovery is futile and silly outside of total repentance nation wide. Even then God must still punish us for our evil.
The only hope we have is for individuals to repent finding their way to the cross. Each one admitting the evil that is in their heart, desiring to be changed into a new creation by Christ. Then that individual will be saved, but the nation will still endure chastisement.
Get ready for a total collapse of the United States as we have known it. God is using evil people to destroy us for our rebellion.
Are you going to repent, (change your mind) allowing God to change you into a new creation? It is your only hope and time is running out.
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