Wednesday, August 12, 2015

Avoiding a Parent's Negative Example

Wednesday, August 12, 2015
Ezekiel 18:14-19 NIV

14 "But suppose this son has a son who sees all the sins his father commits, and though he sees them, he does not do such things: 15 "He does not eat at the mountain shrines or look to the idols of Israel. He does not defile his neighbor's wife. 16 He does not oppress anyone or require a pledge for a loan. He does not commit robbery but gives his food to the hungry and provides clothing for the naked. 17 He withholds his hand from mistreating the poor and takes no interest or profit from them. He keeps my laws and follows my decrees. He will not die for his father's sin; he will surely live. 18 But his father will die for his own sin, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother and did what was wrong among his people. 19 "Yet you ask, 'Why does the son not share the guilt of his father?' Since the son has done what is just and right and has been careful to keep all my decrees, he will surely live.

OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) After declaring that the soul of a sinful man will die, what does the Lord declare about the just child of the sinful (wicked) man?

APPLICATION QUESTIONS
2) Are your children saved? If so, how do you know?

LIFE LESSONS
3) The children of those who have been justified, or condemned, will be judged, by God, according to their own righteousness.
4) The only way for any person to be declared righteous by God is through believing in the righteousness of Jesus Christ.
5) Sinfulness and righteousness are not always generational.

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