Generational Curses—Real or Imagined?

The subject of generational curses can be a controversial topic—especially among those who refuse to believe that they may be the unwitting victim of such a thing. Moreover, many Christians deny the existence of generational curses because, after all, when you come to Christ, isn’t every sin from here on out forgiven, and all curse automatically nullified? Doesn’t every decision for Jesus card come with an exclusive insurance policy guaranteeing protection from all dark forces as well as the consequences of the sins of one’s ancestors? And from now on, it’s peace on earth and good will toward men, because Jesus loves you and has a wonderful plan for your life, so what could go wrong? Until the rapture bus takes us to heaven, it’s a bed of roses. The problem is that even roses have thorns!

If generational curses is a moot point, does this mean that the saint can carelessly turn a blind eye to invisible forces behind the scenes, to the laws of cause and effect, or to the principle of reaping what you sow? How about to ripple effects on the opposite shore of the proverbial stone that has been dropped into the pond? 

Perhaps it would be wise to carefully examine what the Bible says about blessings and curses as well as the consequences of sin and how it affects a person’s life—and even those of his descendants.

As we are about to discover from Scripture and from life examples, there is such a thing as generational curses, generational blessings, as well, the consequences of both one’s sins and righteous living upon our children. The Bible speaks to each of these separate but similar, often interrelated and sometimes conflated concepts. One thing is certain. Generational sin often results in generational consequences which may lead to generational curses. Below we will discuss how each of these affect our spiritual growth or the lack thereof, and what can the disciple of Yeshua can do to both break the curse as well as mitigate the consequences. 

The Fall of Man and the Curses and Consequences of Being Cut Off From the Creator

Every human is under the general generational curse of original sin brought on the world by Adam and Eve. That curse is the result of being cut off from an intimate relationship with Elohim, man’s Heavenly Father, and as, a result, coming under the negative influences of a fallen sin nature as well as the world and the devil (which are both cut of from a relationship with Elohim), and then suffering the wages or consequences of one’s sin which is death. 

The cleavage in the relationship between the first humans and their Creator occurred when these rebellious children chose to eat of the forbidden fruit resulting in man’s first sin. Now cut off from their Heavenly Father, Adam and Eve bequeathed to their future offspring the generational curse of a “fallen” sin nature and innate tendency to acquiesce to the sinful pulls of the world, the flesh and the devil. This is the nascence of man’s struggle against sin to this day.

The consequences and curses of all sin that is unrepented of whether it be ours or that of our forefathers can negatively affect us. We can repent of our own sin, and that of our forefathers (as Daniel and Nehemiah did), and pray that YHVH will forgive us and our forebears, and then lift the curses of that sin off of us. But curses and consequences may be different. Daniel, for example, prayed for forgiveness for his sins and that of his forefathers that resulted in the destruction of Judah and the deportation of many Jews to Babylon including himself. YHVH may have forgiven Daniel for his sins (disobedience to YHVH’s commandments), but he still bore the consequences of the sins of his fathers and himself, that is, he was still exiled in Babylon—a heathen nation where he died. This is like one’s parents divorcing because of marital infidelity, yet the children having to live with negative consequences of that sin and subsequent divorce long afterwards. 

The Curse of Original Sin

The Bible addresses the issue of this generational curse that Adam bequeathed to his children. The ultimate generational curse was the sin of Adam, which is death, that passed on to all of his human descendants. Similarly, through the blessing of one man’s righteousness, forgiveness of sin and eternal life has passed on to all who accept Yeshua.

Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned—(for until the law sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed when there is no law. Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who had not sinned according to the likeness of the transgression of Adam, who is a type of Him who was to come. But the free gift is not like the offense. For if by the one man’s offense many died, much more the grace of Elohim and the gift by the grace of the one Man, Yeshua the Messiah, abounded to many. And the gift is not like that which came through the one who sinned. For the judgment which came from one offense resulted in condemnation, but the free gift which came from many offenses resulted in justification. For if by the one man’s offense death reigned through the one, much more those who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Yeshua the Messiah.) Therefore, as through one man’s offense judgment came to all men, resulting in condemnation, even so through one Man’s righteous act the free gift came to all men, resulting in justification of life. For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so also by one Man’s obedience many will be made righteous. Moreover the law entered that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more, so that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Yeshua the Messiah our Lord. (Rom 5:12–21)

Generational Consequences

Even though all humans who accept Yeshua as their redeemer are set free from the curse of Adam’s sin and their own personal sins, for which they have repented, the consequences of that original sin have been passed on from one generation to the next. For example, woman still have pain in child birth, and men have to wrest a living from the earth by the sweat of their brow.

To the woman He said: “I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception; In pain you shall bring forth children; Your desire shall be for your husband, And he shall rule over you.” Then to Adam He said, “Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it’: “Cursed is the ground for your sake; in toil you shall eat of it all the days of your life. Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you, and you shall eat the herb of the field. In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread till you return to the ground, For out of it you were taken; for dust you are, and to dust you shall return.” (Gen 3:16–19)

These consequences of sin come on everyone because we live in a fallen world.

Curses for Disobedience to YHVH’s Commandments

We have just discussed the universal curses and consequences of Adam’s sin. Now let’s learn about the curses of an individual’s sin that can affect one’s family and even future generations. These curses are the cause-and-effect consequences of violating YHVH’s commandments or sin. 

[Y]ou shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, YHVH your Elohim, am a jealous Elohim, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments. (Exod 20:5–6)

And YHVH passed before him and proclaimed, “YHVH, YHVH Elohim, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abounding in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children and the children’s children to the third and the fourth generation.” (Exod 34:6–7)

And if the people of the land should in any way hide their eyes from the man, when he gives some of his descendants to Molech, and they do not kill him, then I will set My face against that man and against his family; and I will cut him off from his people, and all who prostitute themselves with him to commit harlotry with Molech. (Lev 20:4–5)

You shall perish among the nations, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up. And those of you who are left shall waste away in their iniquity in your enemies’ lands; also in their fathers’ iniquities, which are with them, they shall waste away. (Lev 26:38–39)

In the Exodus 20 passage above, please note that conditional phrases “those who hate me” and “those who love me.” The implication is that curses will fall on those who hate YHVH by disobeying him and not fall on those who love him. We will discuss this further below.

Under the New Covenant and through our relationship with Yeshua, we can receive the Father’s forgiveness from many curses that affect our spiritual and eternal life. However, if our forefathers’ sins have resulted in our living in a cursed environment, a cursed nation, or cursed life situation, if we are saved, we can expect YHVH’s grace in that situation, but we may or may not be totally delivered from all the consequences of the past sins of our forefathers. Again, we can use the example of a parents’ divorce because of the sin of infidelity. The breakup of a family can potentially have negative consequences for generations to come.

Forgiveness for Generational Sins

The Bible is clear. Freedom from the curses and consequence of the sins of one’s forbears that have come down to successive generations will be forgiven if one confesses and repents of that sin.

And those of you who are left shall waste away in their iniquity in your enemies’ lands; also in their fathers’ iniquities, which are with them, they shall waste away. ‘But if they confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their fathers, with their unfaithfulness in which they were unfaithful to Me, and that they also have walked contrary to Me, and that I also have walked contrary to them and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if their uncircumcised hearts are humbled, and they accept their guilt—then I will remember My covenant with Jacob, and My covenant with Isaac and My covenant with Abraham I will remember; I will remember the land. The land also shall be left empty by them, and will enjoy its sabbaths while it lies desolate without them; they will accept their guilt, because they despised My judgments and because their soul abhorred My statutes. Yet for all that, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, nor shall I abhor them, to utterly destroy them and break My covenant with them; for I am YHVH their Elohim. But for their sake I will remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the nations, that I might be their Elohim: I am YHVH.’” (Lev 26:39–45)

Examples of one repenting of the sin of one’s forefathers and the consequences or curses thereof that have been visited up successive generations include such notable biblical examples as Daniel and Nehemiah. 

And I prayed to YHVH my Elohim, and made confession, and said, “O Adonai, great and awesome Elohim, who keeps His covenant and mercy with those who love Him, and with those who keep His commandments, we have sinned and committed iniquity, we have done wickedly and rebelled, even by departing from Your precepts and Your judgments. Neither have we heeded Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings and our princes, to our fathers and all the people of the land. O Adonai, righteousness belongs to You, but to us shame of face, as it is this day—to the men of Judah, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and all Israel, those near and those far off in all the countries to which You have driven them, because of the unfaithfulness which they have committed against You. O Adonai, to us belongs shame of face, to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, because we have sinned against You.…O Adonai, according to all Your righteousness, I pray, let Your anger and Your fury be turned away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain; because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people are a reproach to all those around us.” (Dan 9:4–8,16, emphasis added)

So it was, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned for many days; I was fasting and praying before the Elohim of heaven. And I said: “I pray, YHVH Elohim of heaven, O great and awesome Elohim, You who keep Your covenant and mercy with those who love You and observe Your commandments, please let Your ear be attentive and Your eyes open, that You may hear the prayer of Your servant which I pray before You now, day and night, for the children of Israel Your servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel which we have sinned against You. Both my father’s house and I have sinned. (Neh 1:4–6, emphasis added)

So just because prayers of confession and repentance have been made and the sins forgiven does not mean that all the consequences of those sins have been reversed? Not necessarily. Again, Daniel, for example, died in exile as a captive in a pagan land. Nehemiah on the other hand was permitted to return to the land of Israel, but the land was still devastated due YHVH’s judgment and punishment of the sinful Jews—Nehemiah’s forebears.

The Power of Blessings and Curses

The Bible provides several examples of both curses and blessings being passed on from a father to successive generations.

The following are several examples of fathers pronouncing blessings over their children and future descendants:

• Noah prayed a blessing over his son Shem (Gen 9:24).
• Isaac prophetically blessed his son Jacob (Gen 27:27–29).
• Jacob prayed prophetic blessing (with some curses also tossed in) over his 12 sons (Gen 48 and 49).
• Moses prophetically prayed a blessing over the 12 tribes of Israel (Deut 33).

The following is an example of curses being prayed over one’s children:

• Noah pronounced a curse over Canaan, his grandson (Gen 9:24–25).

The following is an example of both blessings and curses being prayed over one’s children:

• Jacob praying over Esau (Gen 27:39–40).

The Scriptures also reveal covenantal agreements have the power to convey YHVH’s blessings upon successive generations:

• The Noachic Covenant (Gen 9:8–17)
• The Abrahamic Covenant (e.g., Gen 12:1–3; 13:14–17; 15:4–5 and so on)

In all of the above examples, Scripture reveals that YHVH honored the general blessings, curses pronounced over one’s children. He also honored covenants that were made. He regarded them as legally binding. How, one may wonder, does the pronouncement of mere words over one’s children have such power to influence successive generations either positively or negatively? The Bible reveals that the spoken word has power. For example, by the spoken word of Elohim, everything was created (e.g., Gen 1:3, 6, 9 etc.; Heb 11:3). Moreover, through the confession of our words, we receive salvation—that is, we pass from death to life (Rom 10:9–10). Yeshua also used the spoken word by quoting Scripture to defeat the devil (Matt 4:4, 7, 10–11). The Bible contains numerous examples of people being healed and signs, wonders and miracles occurring through the spoken word. Let’s not forget the power of the prophetic word as well as answered prayer. Yeshua even goes so far as to inform his disciples that whatever they ask of his Father in his name, it will be granted them (John 16:23). That’s how powerful words can be—especially when they line up with the Word and will of YHVH Elohim. Again, how is it possible that words can be so powerful?

When it comes to the spoken word, it is evident from the Scriptures that heaven and earth, in a certain sense, cooperate in this endeavor. To be sure, the will of man never trumps the will of the Father in heaven. But Scripture reveals that when the heart and words of men line up with the will of the Father, heaven is influenced. 

Thus, in many cases, a person’s words spoken over their children can carry weight. Words can have positive or negative consequences. If curses are spoken, they can be broken if one repents for the sins of their forefathers. Similarly, if blessings are spoken and a child turns away from YHVH, then he will bring curses on himself. (We will discuss this further below.) Thus, to one degree or another, YHVH honors the words we speak. They have consequences on the lives of others.

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit. (Prov 18:21)

Thus it behooves each of us to be careful how we use our tongues.

But I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned. (Matt 12:36–37)

For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.…Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell. For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind: But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. Therewith bless we Elohim, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of Elohim. Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be. (Jas 3:2, 5–10 )

In some situations, the court of heaven even recognizes our words to be legal authority. We can pronounce a blessing or a curse on others with our words, and heaven honors this as being legally binding.

And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. (Matt 16:19)

Assuredly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. (Matt 18:8)

If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained. (John 20:23)

One time, Paul even used his apostolic authority to turned a person over to Satan through the spoken word (1 Cor 5:5).

Beyond this brief discussion, the legal implications of these instructions are beyond the scope of this work, so we will leave this subject for another time. Suffice it say, amazingly YHVH often works hand-in-glove with his spiritual leaders to enforce his edicts on earth among his people. 

As far as individual responsibility is concerned, it is up to each person to choose either the path of the blessings or that of curses. The choices we make will determine the consequences that befall us be they negative or positive. YHVH tells his people,

Behold, I set before you today a blessing and a curse: the blessing, if you obey the commandments of YHVH your Elohim which I command you today; and the curse, if you do not obey the commandments of YHVH your Elohim, but turn aside from the way which I command you today, to go after other gods which you have not known. (Deut 11:26–28)

I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live; that you may love YHVH your Elohim, that you may obey His voice, and that you may cling to Him, for He is your life and the length of your days; and that you may dwell in the land which YHVH swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give them.” (Deut 30:15–16)

The Ultimate Consequences of Sin Is Falls on Each Person Individually

The Bible is clear on another important point. YHVH ultimately holds each person responsible for their own sin. One does not die for another person’s sin. Conversely, one cannot receive forgiveness and ultimately eternal life because of the righteousness of another person.

Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor shall children be put to death for their fathers; a person shall be put to death for his own sin. (Deut 24:16)

But the children of the murderers he did not execute, according to what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, in which YHVH commanded, saying, “Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor shall children be put to death for their fathers; but a person shall be put to death for his own sin. (2 Kgs 14:6)

Yet you say, ‘Why should the son not bear the guilt of the father?’ Because the son has done what is lawful and right, and has kept all My statutes and observed them, he shall surely live. The soul who sins shall die. The son shall not bear the guilt of the father, nor the father bear the guilt of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself. But if a wicked man turns from all his sins which he has committed, keeps all My statutes, and does what is lawful and right, he shall surely live; he shall not die. None of the transgressions which he has committed shall be remembered against him; because of the righteousness which he has done, he shall live. (Ezek 18:19–22)

In those days they shall say no more: ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, And the children’s teeth are set on edge.’ But every one shall die for his own iniquity; every man who eats the sour grapes, his teeth shall be set on edge. (Jer 31:29–30)

Examples of Generational Curses and or the Consequences of Sin

Even though each person is not directly punished for the sins of their forefathers, the consequences and or curses of their forefathers’ bad decisions or sins can influence subsequent generations negatively in various ways. At the same time, the good decisions or right behavior of parents can have a positive influence on successive generations. If children continue the sinful habits or bad decisions learned from their parents, this can create a perpetual or repetitive sin cycle that continues from one generation to another unless or until it is broken. For example, 

• If parents’ child rearing skills were deficient or abusive, likely these modelled habits will be passed on to their children unless these bad habits are broken.
• If a parent is a drunkard, an addict, a criminal, or is immoral, this bad conduct can effect successive generations negatively.
• The same is true of divorce, broken families or derelict parents.
• War or societal disruption can affect individuals, societies, nations and the whole world negatively.
• If parents have an unhealthy diet or lifestyle that leads to sickness and disease, unless a child learns new, healthy habits, the same learned habits will be passed on down leading to more sickness and disease.
• The same is true with morals, ethics, values, biases, perspectives, skills or the lack thereof, religious or spiritual orientations, false religious ideas and so. 
• Those who were poor money managers and end up impoverished will often pass these traits onto their successive generations.
• Laziness often begets laziness. The same with gluttony, gossiping, alcoholism, sexual immorality, witchcraft, satanism and so on. 
• A good work ethic begets the same as does patience, self-control, patience, love, good humor, generosity and so on. The converse is also true.

All of these passed-on habits, traits, characteristics and environmental conditions follow the general biblical principle that everything reproduces after its own kind (Gen 1:11, 12, 21, 24, 25). A planted seed will reproduce identical fruit, unless it is artificially altered to produce a different kind of fruit. In botany, this is not possible. With the human heart and mind, with Elohim, all things are possible! Moreover, Scripture is clear: one reaps what one sows. 

Do not be deceived, Elohim is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life. (Gal 6:7–8)

Redemption From Both the Curses and the Consequences Is an Individual Matter

Whether generational curses are passed on down to the next generation or not is often dependent on one’s individual relationship with Elohim. This is evident in the following verse:

[Y]ou shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, YHVH your Elohim, am a jealous Elohim, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments. (Exod 20:5–6)

Those who love Elohim will not be cursed but will receive his mercy, while those who hate him will be cursed. The context of this verse relates to idolatry and thus may not be applicable to all non-sin areas of life.

The Bible goes on to reveals that there is redemption from generational curses.

Again, when I say to the wicked, ‘You shall surely die,’ if he turns from his sin and does what is lawful and right, if the wicked restores the pledge, gives back what he has stolen, and walks in the statutes of life without committing iniquity, he shall surely live; he shall not die. None of his sins which he has committed shall be remembered against him; he has done what is lawful and right; he shall surely live. “Yet the children of your people say, ‘The way of YHVH is not fair.’ But it is their way which is not fair! When the righteous turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, he shall die because of it. But when the wicked turns from his wickedness and does what is lawful and right, he shall live because of it. (Ezek 33:14–19)

Can Generational Sin Open Doors to Demonic Activity?

While the Bible does not answer directly the question whether generational sin can lead to demonic activity and whether these demons can be passed on generationally, the answer is clearly yes. The biblical record could not be clearer in that it provides ample examples of whole societies giving themselves over to gross sin, the worship of idols or pagan gods and the demons behind them resulting in the demonization of whole societies. These practices were then passed on from one generation to the other with Elohim being forced to bring judgment upon those wicked nations. The nephilim of Genesis chapter six and resulting flood as well as divine judgment against the nation of Egypt and the Canaanite nations are several examples of multi-generational, hyper-demonized societies with which the people of Israel had to contend.

If a nation faces demonization resulting from generational sin, it logically follows that this can occur to families and the individuals as well. After all, nations are simply a collective of individual people. 

To be sure, generational sin can open spiritual doors, like chinks in one’s armor, into individual’s lives and families for demonic activity to occur at one level or another. While it is beyond the scope of this current teaching to address demonization of individuals in detail (we do this elsewhere), suffice it to say that when sins are repeated, cycles and patterns are created in families thus opening doors for demonic activity to occur, and these open doors can continues down family lines if they are not dealt with. Only when these sins are confessed and repented of through faith in and the superior power Yeshua the Messiah, who defeated Satan at the cross, can these demonic entities be overcome and eradicated from one’s life.

The Cure for Generational Sin

Salvation (or redemption from the wages of sin which is death) is an individual personal matter based on one’s unique relationship with YHVH Elohim through Yeshua the Messiah. Ultimately, our relationship with Yeshua will determine how any and all curses as well as the consequences of sin, whether they were passed on to us from previous generations, or whether they are a result of our own wrong doing, are eradicated from our lives. In some cases this is an easier process than in others. It depends on the individual and the circumstances. Some curses and consequences may automatically be alleviated at the moment of one’s initial coming to faith in Yeshua, while others may take years to discover, uncover and then to deal with. The Bible provides no set formulas as to how this may be accomplished. 

For someone experiencing either the consequences of generational curses or the consequences of sin (either theirs or that of their forefathers), ideally the solutions is simple. It is merely a matter of receiving salvation or redemption from sin and the consequences thereof through faith in Yeshua. Total deliverance, however, is a process and may not occur all at once or at the time of one’s initial salvation experience. There may be hidden sins that need to be repented of that will come to the person’s awareness later on as the Spirit of Elohim reveals it to them (John 16:8). 

In reality, overcoming sin, as well as the influences of world and the devil, is a life-long process. Even though one becomes a new spiritual creation through Yeshua at the time of one’s initial salvation (2 Cor 5:17), sanctification or becoming Yeshua-like is a process that will last a lifetime. This is because the saint is gradually being transformed from one spiritual state (sinfulness) to another—namely, sinlessness, righteousness or perfection (Matt 5:58) little-by-little as one’s mind is being renewed spiritually (Rom 12:2), as one is being cleansed or washed (or “brainwashed” in a positive sense) by the water of the Word of Elohim (Eph 5:26), and as one becomes a partaker of the divine nature of Elohim (1 Pet 1:4). Each of YHVH’s children is are a work in progress.

For we are His workmanship, created in the Messiah Yeshua for good works, which Elohim prepared beforehand that we should walk in them. (Eph 2:10)

…being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Yeshua the Messiah. (Phil 1:6)

To be sure,when one places their faith in Yeshua and receive heaven’s free gift of salvation, one is no longer under the general curse of sin.

For Elohim did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of Elohim. (John 3:17–18)

The context of these verses is salvation through faith in Yeshua from the wages or consequences of one’s sin. This Bible passage does not specifically address the concept of deliverance from every evil that has or may come upon a person as a result of living in a fallen world or the consequences of the sins of our forefathers, which we refer to as generational curses. In non-salvational sin areas of one’s life, the curses or consequences of the sins of one’s ancestors may still be negatively affecting the new believer. In this case, confession, repentance followed by right living will be the key to being set free. In some cases,  it may even be necessary to confront demonic entities in the name of and through the power of Yeshua to rid oneself of the adverse affects of generational curses. This is a difference subject altogether and one that I cover in my teaching article on spiritual warfare and deliverance.