Personal Accountability (Ezekiel 18)
" The reason why a sinner can be forgiven is now brought to light. It is the result of the redemptive work of the Lord Jesus Christ. He paid the price for our sins." Personal Accountability Ezekiel 18:2 What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge? The above proverb means that children would suffer the consequences of their father’s action. In this verse, the Lord is referring to the blame the children of Israel put on their forefathers as the exile of the children of Israel to Babylon was the result of their forefathers’ sins. In Jeremiah 31:29 God had also mentioned about this saying, but in the next verse, God explains , “But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge” (Jer 31:30). Taking the example of the Israelites’ exile, the children were bought into a foreign land because of their f