Ancestral curses

The starting point for our study is Exodus 20:5; 34:7; Numbers 14:18; and Deuteronomy 5:9. Basically these scriptures testify that the sins of fathers pass down to their children. The key in two of these scriptures is in the word,"Of them that hate me." In the Hebrew (I am not a scholar, I am just parsing the verb through books) the word 'hate' is an active participle. Thus the sins are visited upon those who were/are and will be hating God. So if you are worried that you are carrying around a curse from your ancestors the first thing you need to ask yourself is, "Am I a hater of God?" The second question is, "Have I trusted in Christ's work on the cross?" Gal 3:13 states, "Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed [is] every one that hangeth on a tree." If you answer 'no' to the first question and 'yes' to the second it is then impossible to have a generational curse - why? Because Christ became a curse for us and God is a just God. Christ has been punished for our sins, cleansed us though His blood, made us righteous in Him, made us into new creatures (2 Corinthians 5:17). is it just to curse a righteous person who loves God for the sins of his or her father? Think about this - and tomorrow I am going to look at 2 Corinthians 5:17 in greater depth.