“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.” -Ezekiel 18:20

Here we see a teaching in Scripture that shows that each person is to be held accountable for their own actions, and the consequence ought not to fall on others. If a father has done evil, and committed terrible crimes, then only the father ought to be punished, and not his son.

In the same way, we are each to make a decision as to where we will spend eternity. Each of us must come to the decision on our own—whether we will accept Christ’s atonement on the cross, or whether we will ignore it and/or reject it.

The gospel of Jesus Christ is sometimes called the strait and narrow gate, while the way of the world is the broad gate: this implies that we each choose a path for our life. With the narrow gate, it seems that God has made it so narrow that only one person may squeeze through at a time—that we are each responsible on our own for passing over from death onto the path of life. We each must make that decision on our own.

“Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.” -Matthew 7:13-14

• Ponder the Path of Your Feet
• The Exclusivity of the Gospel of Jesus Christ
• The Parable of the Sower and the Seed
• Be Not Drunk with Wine, But Be Filled with God’s Spirit
• Christian Repentance vs. Grief

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