For all have sinned

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 himself. – Ezekiel 18.20

The wages of sin is death. The soul who sins will die. All have sinned and come short of the glory of God. All have sinned.

That concept has been sadly true since Day One. Ever since Eve sinned and passed the fruit on to Adam and he sinned sin has reigned. Ezekiel here is making it clear that that no one is accountable for his father’s sin and no one is made righteous through his father’s righteousness. Everyone of every generation is responsible for their own spiritual life.

It would be nice if we could blame somebody else, but we all sin. We are not sinners because sin, but we sin because we are sinners. It is our nature. We are broken. No matter who is born to what parents we are all sinners.

So everyone must make a decision what they are going to do about their sin. My parents aren’t to blame and they can’t fix it. What can I do?

Everyone is a sinner. But God loved the world so much that He sent His son to pay the penalty of sin. The soul that sins shall indeed die, but Jesus died in our place. It is a free gift and whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.