One in Messiah Congregation
No generational curses
No one pays for the sins of anyone else
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Ezek. 18 [23] Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die?
saith the Lord GOD:
and not that he should return from his ways, and live?
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[32] For I have no
pleasure in the death of him that dieth,
saith the Lord GOD:
wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.
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Deut. 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.
2 Kgs. 14 [6] But the children of the murderers he slew not:
according unto that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, wherein
the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be
put to death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the
fathers; but every man shall be put to death for his
own sin.
2 Chr. 25 [4] But he
slew not their children, but did as it is written in the law in the book of
Moses (Deut. 24:16), 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.
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Ezek. 18
(No generational curses)
[1] The word of the LORD came unto me again,
saying,
[2] What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying,
The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge?
[3] As I live, saith
the Lord GOD, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in
Israel.
[4] Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the
father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth,
it shall die.
[5] But if a man be just, and do that
which is lawful and right,
[6] And hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his
eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither hath defiled his neighbour's wife, neither hath come near to a menstruous woman,
[7] And hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtor his
pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and
hath covered the naked with a garment;
[8] He that hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any
increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true
judgment between man and man,
[9] Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my judgments, to deal
truly; he is just, he shall surely live, saith the
Lord GOD.
[10] If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that
doeth the like to any one of these things,
[11] And that doeth not any of those duties, but even hath eaten upon
the mountains, and defiled his neighbour's wife,
[12] Hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath spoiled by violence, hath
not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath
committed abomination,
[13] Hath given forth upon usury, and hath taken increase: shall he then
live? he shall not live: he hath done all these
abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon him.
[14] Now, lo, if he beget a son, that seeth all his father's sins which he hath done, and considereth, and doeth not such like,
[15] That hath not eaten upon the
mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel,
hath not defiled his neighbour's wife,
[16] Neither hath oppressed any, hath not withholden the pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence,
but hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a
garment,
[17] That
hath taken off his hand from the poor, that hath not received usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, hath walked in my
statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his
father, he shall surely live.
[18] As for his father, because he
cruelly oppressed, spoiled his brother by violence, and did that which is not
good among his people, lo, even he shall die in his iniquity.
[19] Yet say ye,
Why? doth not the son bear
the iniquity of the father?
When the son hath done that which is lawful
and right, and hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely
live.
[20] The soul that sinneth,
it shall die.
The son shall not bear the iniquity of
the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity
of the son:
the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness
of the wicked shall be upon him.
[21] But if the wicked will turn from
all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that
which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
[22] All his transgressions that he
hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that
he hath done he shall live.
[23] Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked
should die? saith the Lord
GOD: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?
[24] But when the righteous turneth away from his
righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth
according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live?
All his righteousness that he hath
done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass
that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he
die.
[25] Yet ye say, The
way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel; Is
not my way equal? are not your ways unequal?
[26] When a righteous man turneth
away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity,
and dieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath done
shall he die.
[27] Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his
wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he
shall save his soul alive.
[28] Because he considereth,
and turneth away from all his transgressions that he
hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
[29] Yet saith the house of Israel, The way of the
Lord is not equal. O house of Israel, are not my ways equal? are
not your ways unequal?
[30] Therefore I will judge you, O house
of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the
Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so
iniquity shall not be your ruin.
[31] Cast away from you all your
transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a
new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
[32] For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord GOD:
wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.
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We did as our fathers and worse
1 Kgs. 16 [25] But Omri (king of Israel) wrought evil in the eyes of the LORD, and did worse than all that were before him.
2 Chr. 33 [9] So Manasseh made Judah and the
inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, and to do worse than the heathen,
whom the LORD had destroyed before the children of Israel.
Jer. 7 [26] Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but
hardened their neck: they did worse than their
fathers.
Jer. 16 [12] And ye have done worse than your
fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the imagination of his
evil heart, that they may not hearken unto me:
2 Kgs. 17 [41] So these nations feared the LORD, and served their graven
images, both their children, and their children's
children: as did their fathers, so do they unto this day.
We acknowledge our
iniquities
and
the iniquities of our fathers
Dan. 9 [6] Neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the prophets,
which spake in thy name to our kings, our princes,
and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.
[8] O Lord,
to us belongeth confusion of
face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have
sinned against thee.
[16] O Lord,
according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine
anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because
for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy
people are become a reproach to all that are about us.
Jer. 14 [20] We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, and the
iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee.
Jer. 32 [18] Thou shewest lovingkindness unto
thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of
the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: the Great, the
Mighty God, the LORD of hosts, is his name,
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...of them that hate me
Exod. 20 [5] Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I
the LORD thy 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;
Exod. 34 [7] Keeping
mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that
will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon
the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the
fourth generation.
Num. 14 [18] The
LORD is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and
transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of
the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.
Deut. 5 [9] Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I
the LORD thy 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,