Paul AremoOluwa
IGNORANCE AND UNBELIEF
Ignorance and unbelief is the devil’s second trick and
another reason why generational cords and curses exist in the life of
Christians. During deliverance sessions I have dealt with cases of generational
cords and curses passed down to Christians by their parents. This does not
contradict my earlier assertion that God had dealt with this issues at the
inception of the believer’s faith in God. Contrariwise, curses and generational
cords exist in the life of any Christian who disbelieve in the efficacy of
God’s eternal salvation. In this post we’ll explore how lack of faith in God and
His spoken promises allow generational cords and curses to continue in our
lives although God had dealt with them.
The presence of unbelief in any area of your life annuls the
potency of the word of God and the blood of Jesus in that area. Example, if a believer
has faith in God that he is going to prosper material wise but disbelieve God’s
promise of length of his days (Isaiah
65:19-20 and Job 5:26), that believer is going to be rich but die young. He
had made God’s promise of long life to him useless through unbelief. This is a
spiritual principle.
No unbelief or distrust made him (Abraham)
waver (doubtingly question) concerning the
promise of God, but he grew strong and was empowered by faith as he gave praise
and glory to God, Fully satisfied and assured that God was able and mighty
to keep His word and to do what He had promised. Romans 4:20-21 AMPLIFIED
Also,
And He (Lord Jesus) was not able
to do even one work of power (miracle) there, except that He laid His hands
on a few sickly people [and] cured them. And He marveled because of their
unbelief (their lack of faith in Him). And He went about among the surrounding
villages and continued teaching. Mark
6:5-6 AMPLIFIED
From the two scriptures above we can conclude that unbelief
makes us wander off from the promises of God and does not allow God demonstrate
his power (miracles) in our lives. As the Lord expounded on the subject of
unbelief, I wrote down in my personal diary, “The only thing that can stop the Almighty God dead in His track is
unbelief.”
The first area I will like to discuss on is the lack of
faith in the blood of Jesus. It is perhaps a mystery that many believe that all
their sins were washed away by the blood of Jesus while simultaneously they disbelieve
that the same blood broke the patterns of former sins, annulled every curses in
their lives, gives them access to divine inheritances and immunity against the devil.
One of the things taught in the epistles and which I believe still need to be
taught us today is having faith in the blood of Jesus (Romans 3:25). Let’s take a look at the scripture below and its
implication for a believer.
And [now] they sing a new song,
saying, You are worthy to take the scroll and to break the seals that are on
it, for You were slain (sacrificed), and with Your blood You purchased men
unto God from every tribe and language and people and nation.
REVELATIONS 5:9 AMPLIFIED
God bought us (you and I) by the blood of Jesus out from our
families, cities, countries and race, and made us a part of His divine household
(family), His City (Zion), His Country (heavenly Jerusalem) to be a special Race
of royal (kingly) priests. How many Christians have accepted this truth and how
many are walking in the reality of it? The implication of the scripture above
is that the blood of Jesus is responsible for bringing us into God’s family. We
were rescued from every generational cords and curses that binds us through (earthly)
blood relations. If in the Spiritual realm enchantments or sorcery is used
against members or name of your (earthly) family and it is to affect all blood
relations, it cannot affect you because by virtue of the new birth your
bloodline can no longer be traced to your earthly family. You are now part of
God’s family with divine immunity against enchantments or sorceries. It is for
this reason that a register is kept in the spiritual realm known as the BOOK OF LIFE (Philippians 4:3). Everyone in God’s family have their name already
written in it.
We were delivered from a bloodline prone to all evil
attacks, a corrupted bloodline where our ancestors dedicated us to certain
altars and devils by the blood of goats and chickens into a new bloodline where
God’s inheritance are innumerable via the blood of Jesus. If the blood of goats
and chickens could effectively bind us to devils and wicked spirits once, how
much more the precious blood of Jesus that now binds us to the one and only Eternal
God?
“Do not remain in your
unbelief” says the Lord, “But step
into the reality of the New Covenant. For I made all things new and perfected
eternal salvation through My beloved Son. For the New Covenant is for sons, I
shared the riches of my glory between you (saints) and my Son. Therefore you
became joint heirs with Christ. I cannot love you more or less than Him (even
if I had wished).” Amen.
As we once became member of a family, race and country by
blood (Acts 17:26), we are now
partakers of God’s divine nature and country by the blood of Jesus. As we inherited
corruption (unwillingly) once by blood, it is now far evident we became heirs
of immortality by choice according to the sovereign grace of God. It’s like
changing your nationality by virtue of being born again in your own choice
country. This is why when faith is employed a believer can instantly be
delivered from sickle cell anaemia, inherited diseases and sicknesses at the
inception of his encounter with God because healing is an inheritance of God’s
children. If these privileges are available to Christians immediately they
accept Jesus, why do Christians struggle with these issues in their faith walk?
Ignorance and unbelief is the reason.
I met a female Christian who was living among believers. I
saw a bead on her wrist when I was about to minister to her, so I immediately
asked her the significance of the bead. She said, “It is a traditional bead my people (ethnicity) wear;” and she had it
on so anyone from her ethnicity can recognise she belonged to that ethnicity, according
to her, she is “in search of my people”
in the state she temporarily resided. Inwardly she esteemed the fellowship with
her ethnicity to be more real and beneficial than the family of God. She still
believed the blood that binds her to her ethnicity is stronger than that of
Jesus that unites all believers. I counselled her to take the bead off and she
complied grudgingly. I prayed for her but she wasn’t delivered from her
predicament. She was the only one who wasn’t delivered of her predicament in
that meeting. The Lord revealed to me clearly that she was unhappy about
letting go of the bead (she considers as a link to her ethnicity). She was yet
to come to terms that the relationship with the family of God is a superior reality
to the one she seeks from her ethnicity.
How often this proves to be true. Many believers boast in
blood relations, they seek to be known because of earthly ties. Some boast in a
royal name with its origin tied to demonic roots. While some believe their
kinsmen/woman have the final say in their lives instead of the body of
believers. But what says the Spirit of grace?
For we [Christians] are the true
circumcision, who worship God in spirit and by the Spirit of God and exult and
glory and pride ourselves in Jesus Christ, and put no confidence or dependence
[on what we are] in the flesh and on outward privileges and physical advantages
and external appearances — Though for myself
I have [at least grounds] to rely on the flesh. If any other man considers
that he has or seems to have reason to rely on the flesh and his physical and
outward advantages, I have still more! Circumcised when I was eight days
old, of the race of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew [and the son] of
Hebrews; as to the observance of the Law I was of [the party of] the Pharisees,
As to my zeal, I was a persecutor of the church, and by the Law's standard of
righteousness (supposed justice, uprightness, and right standing with God) I
was proven to be blameless and no fault was found with me. But whatever
former things I had that might have been gains to me, I have come to consider as
[one combined] loss for Christ's sake. Yes, furthermore, I count
everything as loss compared to the possession of the priceless privilege (the
overwhelming preciousness, the surpassing worth, and supreme advantage) of
knowing Christ Jesus my Lord and of progressively becoming more deeply and
intimately acquainted with Him [of perceiving and recognizing and understanding
Him more fully and clearly]. For His sake I have lost everything and
consider it all to be mere rubbish (refuse, dregs), in order that I may win (gain)
Christ (the Anointed One). PHILIPPIANS
3:3-8 AMPLIFIED
Where does your allegiance lie? What do you boast about? Who
do you take pride in? Paul the apostle could have taken pride in the tribe of
Benjamin (His ethnicity); at least his ethnicity had experienced God in the
passage of time. He could have also taken special pride being a Roman citizen etc.
but all the things that he could have latched on he described as “Rubbish”. How
much more gentiles who were led away from their inception with the worship of
dumb idols and still practice cultures in rebellion against God. What is worth
boasting about if Paul couldn’t even boast about his nation? Notice what he
said, “If any
other man (Jew or Gentile) thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the
flesh, I more” PHIL 3:4B KJV
Therefore let us brag on God, let us boast in the New
Covenant and take pride in the grace and mercies of God through Christ. Let us
rejoice in the Race of Royal Priests, rejoice over the family of God, and give
thanks for the heavenly Jerusalem.
To strike a balance on this, it does not mean we should
ignore our parents, friends and family because they are unbelievers, it doesn’t
mean we cannot visit the village or love our earthly home. What I mean is that
our relationship with other believers must be a reality because of the blood of
Jesus that binds us together. We must be aware that the blood of Jesus is
thicker and purer than any other known blood. Don’t despise or take with levity
the relationship of one another which we have with other believers by the blood
of Jesus. When you do, you are settling for something less. You are choosing
the corrupted bloodline over the blood of Jesus. If you boast and take pride in
anything of flesh, you shall reap corruption. Rejoice in the faith by which you
stand in the relationships of the new and not in the old filled with pollutions.
IGNORANCE
Ignorance of the power and privileges resident in the blood
of Jesus is something we cannot afford. Many believers know what the Old
Testament says from beginning to end but their understanding of the New Covenant
is shallow. I believe we have more Old Testament preachers/teachers than
preachers/teachers who have an understanding of the New Covenant. I also, do
not claim to have attained to the fullness of understanding but we (church of the
last days) must attain it.
The New Testament is filled with revelations and insight to
help every believer grasp the greatness of God’s salvation. The apostle, Paul
who was sent to us (Gentiles) communicated these truths to us; we have his
epistles in our bibles. We must pay the price of sitting down to read, study
and meditate upon them; else we may stumble away from God’s promises through ignorance
that leads to unbelief as Isaiah warned us
Who believes what we've heard and
seen? Who would have thought God's saving power would look like this? Isaiah 53:1 MSG
The devil blindfolds believers from the privileges of the
new birth through doctrines that suggests there are carryover of curses, cords
and covenants from past life which we must keep dealing with from time to time.
I have been partaker of such doctrine(s) and taught it as well, except now I
see by the mercy of God. These doctrines make us less conscious of what God had
done but we more conscious of the activities of the devil. We indirectly
magnify the works of the devil (which Jesus had already destroyed in our lives)
and we open room for him to manipulate us through dreams and visions which
results in unbelief of the word of God. These are the days we must believe what
the Word of God says about us especially under the New Covenant.
A LESSON FROM MY
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
I had always been terrified because I thought through
generational cords I was going to make the mistakes of my dad. Also, that I
would carry negative attitudes associated with my (earthly) state of origin. But
God spoke to me concerning these fears with these words, “Unbelief is faith in reverse gear. To be afraid of those negatives is
to have faith that it’s going to happen to you and it shall happen to you as
long as you believe it will.” Then he gave me the anchor scripture:
What I always feared has happened to
me. What I dreaded has come true. Job 3:25 New Living Translation
When I accepted Christ I had several strange dreams,
particularly when I listened and read audio messages and books on deliverances
from generational cords and curses etc. So I pressed into prayers on
deliverances, as I pressed into it I could see I was delivered (yes the Lord
graciously delivered me).However, each time I searched for cords and curses to
break I find more of it. But this is what the Lord revealed to me on the matter
recently,
“Unbelief is the realm
of the enemy, if you disbelieve in my words and look for curses and evil
inheritances in your life, the enemy would provide you the experiences of what you
are seeking. As long as fear about things in the past exists in you, although I
am your beginning (Alpha) and ending (Omega), you are providing the devil something
to use in manipulating you. You are allowing the devil to manipulate you in
darkness and you’ll become prone to his evil schemes. And when you are snared
and ask for deliverance in prayers I will deliver you from them because of my
covenant of deliverance is active. But you’ll keep going on in that evil
merry-go-round till death. But if you believe what my word says about the New
Covenant, it will become proactive upon you and you’ll need not to search again
for these things (curses and cords) and they’ll never manifest again in your
life.”
The Lord
brought a practical example to me by reminding me of a time when I believed
witches wielded authority over me and my destiny. But as I began studying the
New Testament I discovered they didn’t pose a threat to me, this was years ago.
The Lord
asked, “Why did your dreams about witches
and evil spirits ceased?”
I replied, “I realised what you provided for me in
Christ and I believed in the authority I wield over them
(witches/wizards/demons).”
The Lord
said, “The same thing applies to this
issue on generational cords and curses.”
You see, I had believed that in Christ I had absolute
victory over all agents of the devil but never really believed that I am free
from generational curses and cords. When I heard what the Lord said on it, the
level of faith and peace that roused within me immediately would have brought down
an aeroplane from the sky.
MY CONFESSION
Now I believe that I
have no generational cords or curses to deal with. I have been bought by the
blood of Jesus Christ my Lord. God is my alpha, therefore I trace my beginning
to the day I entered a relationship with him through Jesus Christ. He is my
Omega, my end in only known to Him. I believe what Christ had done for me and I
accept it is complete and perfect. Once and for all the work of grace was
finished and perfected in my life. Where I was once a product of genetic coding
of my parents, now I partake of God’s divine nature. Though I came out of a
polluted foundation of idolatry and fleshly lusts, Christ alone is now my very foundation
and the precious cornerstone. The only inheritances I now know and have is the
ones I have obtained in God and which by the grace of the Lord Jesus I shall
pass on to my children. Amen
NOTE: Be free to
believe and confess it too for the blessings of the Lord belongs to all
believers.
COMMON MISTAKE DURING
DELIVERANCE MINISTRATION
Sometimes those who minister deliverance (including me);
after effecting the deliverance of Christ on a believer do not believe it’s a
finished work. Somewhere at the back of my mind I believe a deeper work (of
deliverance) will be experienced in the closet of that Christian. But the Lord
revealed that this is nothing but unbelief. When deliverance has been effected
on a Christian, it is full and complete, because God does not save halfway but
to the uttermost. The area I failed to address and I think other ministers as
well, is to sit that believer down and show him the privileges in the new
covenant. He must be aware of these privileges to uncover the devil’s scheme.
Else he will soon be back to be delivered from something else.
PROACTIVELY
EXPERIENCING LIBERTY FROM GENERATIONAL CORDS AND CURSES
Indeed generational cord exists and can be passed down to offspring.
But if the parent believes that negative cords and curses are destroyed by the
power of the new birth it remains destroyed and will not be passed to the
unborn children. But if the parents were unsaved and the offspring is bound by
that unholy cord, once he becomes saved that cord is destroyed and the
scriptures agree with this. We would look at this soon.
NOTE: If you’ve
disbelieved and it had led to manifestations of curses or strange experiences
in your life, don’t try to have faith that they’ll disappear automatically.
That’s a deception. First deal with them by the provision of the blood of Jesus
and word of God (Rev 12:11), then
believe that what God had done for you is complete and perfect. That’s the
simple faith by which we overcome.
For whatever is born of God is
victorious over the world; and this is the victory that conquers the world,
even our faith. Who is it that is victorious over [that conquers] the world but
he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God [who adheres to, trusts in, and
relies on that fact]? This is He Who came by (with) water and blood [His
baptism and His death], Jesus Christ (the Messiah) — not by (in) the water
only, but by (in) the water and the blood. And it is the [Holy] Spirit Who bears
witness, because the [Holy] Spirit is the Truth. 1 John 5:4-6 AMPLIFIED
Anywhere unbelief exists in a believer there will be a
manifestation of curses and demonic operations in that regard. Unbelief is
really a terrible disease and it can lead to sin (Romans 14:23). As the New Covenant annulled the first covenant
before it could be established, so does the covenant of Christ annulled the old
in us, and the Holy Spirit is the seal of that victory in us.
SIMPLE FAITH FOR
CHRISTIAN PARENTS
Behold, I was shapen in iniquity;
and in sin did my mother conceive me. Psalm 51:5 KJV
Perhaps an unbeliever can quote this scripture and it will
be true but a believer cannot declare this as his experience in God. The misconception
is that most believers rather than trace their birth to God still trace it to
their earthly parent. Christendom is yet
to apprehend what is intended when we refer to any man who accepts Christ as “Born Again”. If something was not wrong
with the natural birth there will be no need for man to be born again. Most importantly,
a Christian is not only born again but born by God Himself; this therefore
ought to be the reference point of our birth.
But to as many as did receive and
welcome Him, He gave the authority (power, privilege, right) to become the
children of God, that is, to those who believe in (adhere to, trust in, and rely
on) His name —Who owe their birth neither to bloods nor to the will of the
flesh [that of physical impulse] nor to the will of man [that of a natural
father], but to God. [They are born of God!]. John 1:12-13 AMPLIFIED
Though man was once born of the flesh (earthly parents) but
in Christ he is born of Spirit (God) as new creature with inclinations and
proclivities for righteousness. But what is more fascinating under the New
Covenant is that when Christian parents give birth to a child they cannot say their
offspring was shaped in iniquity or conceived in sin. This is important for us
to recognise, even when one of the partner in the marriage is an unbeliever.
For the unbelieving husband is set apart (separated,
withdrawn from heathen contamination, and affiliated with the Christian people)
by union with his consecrated (set-apart) wife, and the unbelieving wife is set
apart and separated through union with her consecrated husband. Otherwise your
children would be unclean (unblessed heathen, outside the Christian covenant),
but as it is they (your children) are prepared for God [pure and clean] (and brought under the New Covenant of the
believing parent). 1
Corinthians 7:14 AMPLIFIED [with emphasis]
The
scripture above may look too wonderful to believe and it may shatter some of your
theologies but for your own edification I advise you to believe the word of the
Lord, no matter how wonderful it sounds, so you might prosper and be
established (2Chronicles 20:20). More
importantly, this scripture applies to married couples where one of the
partners believes in the Lord. The wonder and potency of the new covenant is
beyond words, in so much, an unbelieving partner is sanctified during
intercourse and the child is sanctified (holy) before his birth or has the
opportunity to accept Christ. Therefore, it is a great joy to know that my
children would be holy from the womb because of the new covenant at work in me.
Though Psalm 51:5 was anthem under
the Old Testament but under the New Testament believing parents should be able
to say:
Behold, I was shaped
in holiness; and in the righteousness of God did the Holy Spirit conceive me.
And their children
have the right to declare:
Behold, I was shaped
in holiness; and in the righteousness of God did my mother conceive me.
I believe what Christ had done and I rejoice that none of my
children are going to dealing with generational curses or cords as I officially
ceased from my own works.
The Lord
told me, “Every aspect of your life you
give up unbelief and have faith upon My words you’ll experience my rest
(finished work of grace) in that area.”
What injustice we
have done to ourselves because of our lack of faith in God and ignorance of
scriptures. May the mercies of the Lord prevail over all areas of our unbelief
and ignorance in the Majestic name of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen
To be continued…
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