Does the son inherits the sins of his father?

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Answer Yes the sins of the father are passed down to the children to the third ands forth generation. That's why you see a repeat in pattern of sin like alcoholism. These are spirits not learned behavior. If that were the case children who never knew their parents would not be committing the same sin but they do. This is however broken by the blood of Jesus. But must be done verbally because spirits only react to the sound of our voice. Then when you have broken of every spirit off of you and you spouse and are serving God your children will be born free of these curses. If however you have children before you are walking with the Lord your children need the all the spirits broken off of them too. If you have a child out of wedlock the Bible says the sin goes back to 10 generations.

No, God says in the Bible quite specifically that he does not:
Deu 24:16 The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.

This is repeated just to make certain we get the message:
2Ch 25:4 But he slew not their children, but did as it is written in the law in the book of Moses, where the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers, but every man shall die for his own sin.

This is repeated in the New Testament:
Joh 9:1-3 KJV And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth. [v.2] And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind? [v. 3] Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.

A particular sin or crime that has been committed is not passed on from one generation to the next.
However, the tendency to commit a particular type of sin or crime is passed on from one generation to the next because it is learned behavior. What is passed on from one generation to the next is the father's attitude toward committing a particular sin and the strong likelihood of passing this learned behavior on to his son (or daughter). For example, if the father is a drunkard his son may be inclined towards alcoholism. Children learn what is acceptable behavior from their parents, and it is not what they say: it is what they actually do: actions always speak louder than words.
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