David J. Stewart #fundie jesus-is-savior.com

The Bible teaches that children ought not be punished for the sins of the parents. Neither ought parents be punished for the sins of their adult children. Ezekiel 18:20, “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.” Adult children have their own free will from God. Whether they live for God and do right is solely their decision, which will largely be affected by the company they choose to keep. Wrong friends is a sure recipe for destruction! This is why attendance in a good Bible-believing church is so important, where you are likely to make godly friends. Only attend a church that exclusively uses the King James Bible. Only attend a church that teaches the simple Gospel, that is, the Biblical truth that a person is saved by admitting they are a sinner and believing the Gospel, apart from all works. Turning from sinful behavior, following Christ, surrender all to Jesus, inviting Jesus into your life, or any other type of self-righteous works for salvation, is not the Gospel, and is of the Devil. Run from such false churches!

The Bible teaches us to “honor” our parents. It is one of God's Ten Commandments to humanity (Exodus 20). To “honor” means “to value” them. It means to place emphasis upon the good and not the bad in our parents. It means to cover their past mistakes if they were Christian parents, protecting their name. Proverbs 10:12, “Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.” Self-righteous children want to broadcast to the whole world the sins and failures of their imperfect parents, while failing to understand that they are just as sinful in God's eyes (James 2:10; Romans 2:1; Romans 3:10-23; Matthew 7:1-5; James 4:12).

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