Customized Curses

This belief has resulted in the need to specialize in breaking “word” and “generational” curses that come against Christians because they are generally blamed for various problems one might encounter.

A foundational truth of Christianity is that no weapon, including a curse (or hex), can “prevail” against a Born-Again Christian. There is no evidence in the Bible that a Christian can be tormented by a demonic curse. Every tongue “that accuses you” (Isa 54:17) and brings condemnation and judgment is invalid because Christians have been justified and made righteous. They are now positionally in Christ Jesus. He is their advocate and vindicator.

The Definition of a “Curse”

Webster’s Dictionary defines the word "curse” as a “prayer or invocation for harm or injury to come upon one, something that is cursed or accursed, evil or misfortune that comes as if in response to imprecation or as retribution, a cause of great harm or misfortune."

The word “curse” is used in the Old Testament to express doom, misfortune, revenge, harm, injury, passion, or impatience (See Gen 3:14-17, 4:11). Sometimes the word was used as a prayer and was believed to possess the power to bring the evil prayed for. Some curses pronounced in Scripture are actually predictions (See Gen 9:25; 27:29, 49:7; Deut 27:15; Josh 6:26, Numbers 22-24, 1 Sam 17:43).

In the New Testament, the Greek word for “curse” means to declare something, or someone, to be hateful or detestable; to belittle, vilify, condemn, or doom. It is a pronunciation of judgment. The Bible says “If anyone does not love the Lord” or “those that preach another gospel are cursed.” (1 Cor 16:22; Gal 1:8-9 NIV). Jesus commanded His disciples to, "Bless them that curse you" (Luke 6:28).

The Curse of the Law

In the New Testament, the Old Testament Law is considered a curse because it pronounces a curse upon everyone "who does not continue in all things which are written in the book of the law, to do them" (Gal 3:10 NIV). The sinner's doom had been declared and escape is impossible.

When Adam and Eve sinned in the Garden, death came. Adam’s sin opened the way for the curse, which opened the door to sickness, disease, war, famine, death, and poverty.

“Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all men, because all sinned.” (Rom 5:12-13 NIV)

The Bible says, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree” (Gal 3:10, 13 NIV). On the Cross Jesus redeemed every Born-Again Christian from the curse of the Law, having become a curse so that the blessings of Abraham might come upon them, and they would receive the promise of Holy Spirit through Trusting-Faith.

The Sins of the Father

Every man and woman born is cursed by the ancestral sin of Adam! (See 1 Cor 15:22) However, if they become a Born-Again Christian, the curse of sin is removed. The old nature, which was positionally inherited from their father Adam, died when they made Jesus their Lord and Savior. Now, all things are new, and they are not under any kind of bondage to their former life.

The Ten Commandments teach that children would be affected by their father's sin. All sin is sin and all people sin. Through Adam, the sin nature was passed on. Parents are the most significant role model for their children. Their sinful behavior is most often mirrored and practiced by the children. Each child is individually responsible for their sin and suffers the same consequences as do the parents because of their own behavior. This cycle can be broken any time by repenting and doing what is right.

If a Christian’s parents, or their ancestors, committed all kinds of hideous sin, they don’t have to worry about living under any kind of curse if they are Born-Again because Jesus has “qualified” them “to share in the inheritance of the saints in the kingdom of light.” They have been “rescued…from the dominion of darkness and brought… into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom” they “have redemption, the forgiveness of sins” (Col 1:12-14 NIV).

Christians don’t have to spend years searching the "roots" of their past in “endless genealogies” (1 Tim 1:4) because they have just one spiritual ancestor – God! He is their true Father! God is not under any kind of curse so they can’t inherit a curse from Him.

The sins that are often seen running through families, such as divorce, anger, alcoholism, drug addiction, obesity, and so on, are most often handed down from one generation to another through bad role models and training. As an example, if alcoholism runs in a family, then a person shouldn’t drink alcohol! That way it won’t ever be a problem for them. The choice to reap the consequences of a father’s sin is theirs alone.