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Re: Are we to repent for our ancestors past sins?
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Originally Posted by Aquila
We see God visiting the sins of the fathers unto the third and fourth generations in OT Scripture, and God changes not, therefore, such a disposition is a part of God's eternal nature. The prophets repeatedly repented and confessed the sins of the fathers on behalf of the people. All of this was an accepted OT reality.
In the New Testament, the willful rebellion of the Jewish people was revealed as being predicated upon their continuation of their father's stiff necked rebellion. This was mentioned several times in the NT, was it not?
The New Testament goes into how in Adam, all men die. Tracing the origin of sin and our fallen state back to our very first ancestor, Adam. Does it not?
These are all pieces of a larger picture.
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Does God give the Holy Ghost to someone who has not repented?
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