FYI
lets get something straight
Ezekiel 18:19 says, "When the son has done what is lawful and right, and has been careful to observe all my statutes, he shall surely live." In other words, he won't die for his father's sins because he is not following in his father's footsteps.
But the parallel to Exodus 34:7 in Exodus 20:5 says that God visits "the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me." In other words, the children share in the father's punishment because they share in the father's sins.
So Ezekiel teaches that any child that turns from the sinful ways of his father and obeys God will not be punished for the sins of his father. And Exodus teaches that any child that goes on sinning like his father will share the father's punishment.
When God visits the sins of the fathers on the children he doesn't punish sinless children for the sins of their fathers. He simply lets the effects of the fathers' sins take their natural course, infecting and corrupting the hearts of the children.'
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!bah. i love college. i had so much fun yesterday....probably the most fun ive had in like hmmm since jessica and amanda left...and taking jessica and amanda out of the picture its the most fun ive had all summer:) daiu! hehe new people are awesome
Ezekiel 18:19 says, "When the son has done what is lawful and right, and has been careful to observe all my statutes, he shall surely live." In other words, he won't die for his father's sins because he is not following in his father's footsteps.
But the parallel to Exodus 34:7 in Exodus 20:5 says that God visits "the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me." In other words, the children share in the father's punishment because they share in the father's sins.
So Ezekiel teaches that any child that turns from the sinful ways of his father and obeys God will not be punished for the sins of his father. And Exodus teaches that any child that goes on sinning like his father will share the father's punishment.
When God visits the sins of the fathers on the children he doesn't punish sinless children for the sins of their fathers. He simply lets the effects of the fathers' sins take their natural course, infecting and corrupting the hearts of the children.'
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!bah. i love college. i had so much fun yesterday....probably the most fun ive had in like hmmm since jessica and amanda left...and taking jessica and amanda out of the picture its the most fun ive had all summer:) daiu! hehe new people are awesome