Deliverance Ministry - Fire and Ice Ministries River of Life Fellowship
Deliverance Ministry - Fire and Ice Ministries River of Life Fellowship
Deliverance Ministry - Fire and Ice Ministries River of Life Fellowship
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THE DELIVERANCE MINISTRY<br />
“You shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the LORD<br />
your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity <strong>of</strong> the fathers on<br />
the children to the third <strong>and</strong> fourth generation <strong>of</strong> those that hate<br />
me.”<br />
Many people are confused about iniquities, because they do not<br />
know there is a difference between sin <strong>and</strong> iniquity. The Bible<br />
speaks <strong>of</strong> them a number <strong>of</strong> times as two different things (see Ps.<br />
32:5, ‘the iniquity <strong>of</strong> my sin’). Sin is basically the cause, <strong>and</strong> iniquity<br />
includes the effect. Generational iniquity works like this: A parent<br />
can commit a sin such as occult involvement or sexual sin that<br />
produces a curse. The curse then causes a generational iniquity, or<br />
weakness, to pass down in the family line.<br />
Here is an illustration: A pregnant woman has an Xray <strong>and</strong> as a<br />
result <strong>of</strong> the radiation the unborn child becomes deformed. The<br />
fetus, who did not order the Xray, nonetheless, is affected by it <strong>and</strong><br />
becomes a victim. Sin, like the Xray, damages the generations to<br />
come. This is an awesome thought <strong>and</strong> should put the fear <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Lord in us before we enter into sin.<br />
To summarize: When we sin, if the sin is not repented <strong>of</strong>, any chil<br />
dren that we have after this sin will reap what we have sown<br />
through what the Bible calls iniquity. This iniquity can come in the<br />
form <strong>of</strong> a spiritual bondage, such as different forms <strong>of</strong> addictions, or<br />
as a driving weakness for sexual sin or perversion. It might be that<br />
all your children will be extremely accidentprone or live a life <strong>of</strong><br />
extreme poverty.<br />
The good news is that Jesus paid the price not only for our sin but<br />
also for the iniquities <strong>of</strong> our forefathers! Iniquities do not affect our<br />
eternal salvation, but they do affect the quality <strong>of</strong> life we have on<br />
this earth. Isaiah 53:113 explains that He (Jesus) bore not only our<br />
sins, but our iniquities. He became a curse for us, so that we can<br />
be free!<br />
Christ has redeemed us from the curse <strong>of</strong> the law, having become<br />
a curse for us. For it is written, ‘Cursed is anyone who hangs on a<br />
tree’ (Gal 3:13).”(1)<br />
Rebecca Brown on generational iniquity <strong>and</strong> curses<br />
“Let’s look at a modernday example. In the country <strong>of</strong> Rw<strong>and</strong>a in<br />
Africa, one tribe rose up against another <strong>and</strong> massacred thous<strong>and</strong>s<br />
<strong>and</strong> thous<strong>and</strong>s <strong>of</strong> people. The people <strong>of</strong> the oppressed tribe fled to<br />
camps in Zaire. There in the refugee camps thous<strong>and</strong>s more died<br />
<strong>of</strong> cholera. The rest <strong>of</strong> the world watched in horror <strong>and</strong> amazement<br />
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