Are Your Sins Put On Your Children?
Shared By Mark Flippo
By Ken Murray
“You shall not bow down yourself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; And showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me , and keep my commandments ” (Exodus 20:5-6). Notice how this verse does not say that because one generation sins that “the curse or penalty of the sins done by the parents are carried on to their children,” regardless of what the children do. The verse simply says that God will be “visiting the iniquity” upon the fathers and the following generations “ of them that hate me. “
So, we see from this verse that people who hate the true God and who follow false gods and bow down to idols and teach their children also in those evil ways will bring curses upon themselves and their children, even to the third and fourth generations, if they persist in hating God by following idolatry. Also notice the very important verse that follows in Exodus 20:6, that God “shows mercy unto thousands of them who love Me and keep My commandments.”
These verse gives us the insightful answer.
If people hate the true God and bow down to idols, they will bring a curse upon themselves and their children who also continue follow them in hating God. If people love God and show their love for the true God by keeping God’s commandments and not bowing down to false gods and idols, then God will show mercy to them and their children who follow in like manner.
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Shared By Mark Flippo
By Ken Murray
“You shall not bow down yourself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; And showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me , and keep my commandments ” (Exodus 20:5-6). Notice how this verse does not say that because one generation sins that “the curse or penalty of the sins done by the parents are carried on to their children,” regardless of what the children do. The verse simply says that God will be “visiting the iniquity” upon the fathers and the following generations “ of them that hate me. “
So, we see from this verse that people who hate the true God and who follow false gods and bow down to idols and teach their children also in those evil ways will bring curses upon themselves and their children, even to the third and fourth generations, if they persist in hating God by following idolatry. Also notice the very important verse that follows in Exodus 20:6, that God “shows mercy unto thousands of them who love Me and keep My commandments.”
These verse gives us the insightful answer.
If people hate the true God and bow down to idols, they will bring a curse upon themselves and their children who also continue follow them in hating God. If people love God and show their love for the true God by keeping God’s commandments and not bowing down to false gods and idols, then God will show mercy to them and their children who follow in like manner.
http://moderndayparablesrcf.com