Personal responsibility and manipulative people
I was reading Ezekiel today, and it was about personal responsibility. I think it is good to remember that we are responsible for our decisions and for our relationship to the Lord. Although that sounds a little grim at first, it's a good thing to remember when life seems complicated and overwhelming. God is not going to judge you for the sins of your parents. If you are Christian, you are saved through Jesus for your own sins. Your parents' sins were never your responsibility. Let's take a look at that verse: The Lord spoke to me and said, "What is this proverb people keep repeating in the land of Israel? 'The parents ate the sour grapes, But the children got the sour taste.' "As surely as I am the living God," says the Sovereign Lord, "you will not repeat this proverb in Israel any more. The life of every person belongs to me, the life of the parent as well as that of the child. The person who sins is the one who will die. Ezekiel 18: 1 -...