You are Guilty for the Sins of Others


The soul who sins shall die. The son shall not bear the guilt of the father, nor the father bear the guilt of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him (Ezekiel 18:20).

In 2013, a Kenyan lawyer named Dola Indidis, filed a lawsuit in the International Court of Justice against the nations of Italy and Israel. He asked the court to hold the two nations responsible for the death of Jesus and reverse His conviction in the name of “justice“. Indidis said Italy and Israel had violated Jesus’ human rights by “abuse of office bias and prejudice.” The case was dismissed because the court only has authority in disputes between nations.

The modern nations of Israel and Italy were not responsible for the conviction and death of Jesus nearly 2,000 years ago. Those who committed the crime are the ones responsible, not their descendants 50 generations later. But such is the concept of social justice; you are guilty for the sins of others which they may or may not have done. This is not Christianity.

While the ancient governments of Israel and Italy carried out Jesus’ trials, conviction, and death sentence, the Bible says that Christ’s death was according to the eternal will of the Godhead. Jesus said of Himself at the Last Supper, The Son of Man goes as it has been determined (Luke 22:22). In the first sermon of the Christian era, the Apostle Peter echoed this, Jesus was delivered by the determined counsel and foreknowledge of God to those who killed Him (Acts 2:23). Nothing happened to the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world (Revelation 13:8) that God had not ordained in every exacting detail from eternity.

We have each been conceived with a sin nature. That sin nature cannot help but rebel against God. It has come to each of us, like the rest of our human characteristics, through Adam and Eve, our first parents. But God doesn’t hold us responsible for the sins of others. We each have plenty of sins of our own, and we are each personally accountable for those sins.

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. And the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord (Romans 3:23; 6:23)

2 thoughts on “You are Guilty for the Sins of Others

  1. It seems we will forever be responsible for the wrongs of our forefathers. As you say, such is social justice, not Christianity. I’m glad it will be in God’s court, where my sins are covered by my Saviour, in which I will be judged, and not in a court of humans.

    1. Amen! God will judge our actions, intentions, motives, and words, and not just our virtue signals. What a fearful time that judgment will be to all those who believe their political wokism and good deeds will be redemption.

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