Keith posted:cain posted:So because a parent or grand parent commits a sin, God, in all his wisdom places the blame at the child's feet. Not my type of God, my God wouldn't be that much a moron.
You clearly misunderstood the point.
"When a father(or PARENTS for that matter) has a sinful lifestyle, his children are likely to practice the same sinful lifestyle. The children will choose to repeat the sins of their fathers and that develops into a generational curse."An example of what I mention above would be Jonathan Edwards, the Puritan Preacher from the 1700s. Jonathan and his wife Sarah left a great godly legacy for his 11 children.
At the turn of the 20th century, American educator and pastor A.E. Winship decided to trace out the descendants of Jonathan Edwards almost 150 years after his death. His findings are astounding, especially when compared to a man known as Max Jukes. Jukes’ legacy came to the forefront when the family trees of 42 different men in the New York prison system traced back to him.
Jonathan Edwards’ godly legacy includes: 1 U.S. Vice-President, 3 U.S. Senators, 3 governors, 3 mayors, 13 college presidents, 30 judges, 65 professors, 80 public office holders, 100 lawyers and 100 missionaries.
Max Jukes’ descendants included: 7 murderers, 60 thieves, 50 women of debauchery, 130 other convicts. 310 paupers (with over 2,300 years lived in poorhouses) 400 who were physically wrecked by indulgent living.
It was estimated that Max Juke’s descendants cost the state more than $1,250,000.
Sources:
https://thinkgospel.wordpress....st-in-family-legacy/
http://archive.org/stream/juke...ds15623gut/15623.txt
http://www.rfrick.info/jukes.htm
We went through something like this before. Some of the info on Mac Juke is incorrect and I wouldn't go so far to say that being a VP, Governor,Mayor, Judge, Lawyer etc means they are godly..good Lord man. Better yet, my dad was quite an alcoholic, worked in the interior involved in sawmill/logging business. I have never seen much of the interior, dont work in logging, do not touch alcohol. Should I punish for whatever actions my father may have done because some nitwit decided that?