From: "John Fraser" 

Good afternoon Jeckyl;

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>> Good morning Jeckyl;
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>>>>> Tell me. John. Is it fair for your children and grand
children to be
>>>>> punished for the mistake you have done?
>>>>    God does not hold us accountable for the sins of others.
>>> The bible says otherwise.
>>    I agree in the sense if we fail to witness to the lost just to spite
>> them.  Otherwise, where in the Bible was someone held accountable for
>> someone else?
>
> Several:
>
> I'll start with this one, as it is particularly charming..
>
> 2 Samuel 12
> 13 Then David said to Nathan, "I have sinned against the LORD."
>      Nathan replied, "The LORD has taken away your sin. You are not going
> to die.
> 14 But because by doing this you have made the enemies of the LORD show
> utter contempt, the son born to you will die."
> 15 After Nathan had gone home, the LORD struck the child that Uriah's wife
> had borne to David, and he became ill.
> 16 David pleaded with God for the child. He fasted and went into his house
> and spent the nights lying on the ground.
> 17 The elders of his household stood beside him to get him up from the
> ground, but he refused, and he would not eat any food with them.
> 18 On the seventh day the child died.

    Thank you.  Your scripture reminds of something else I'd forgotten,
something about God remembering sins down to the fourth generation.  I
trimmed it up because I realized that you made a valid point.  Thanks.

Cheers,
John

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