Why should I pay for the sins of my father?

Question

Further Who was Canaan a servant too if God wiped out the planet with a flood?

Genesis 9

24And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.

25And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.

Answer 1

I'm agnostic, and you know just as well as I do that there are a whole bunch of loop holes in the bible. Just let it rest dude. Let the religious people continue their little escapades into some humongous lie.

Answer 2

Your look at it from the wrong angle. You took the morel approach as most people do, to this question. Look at it from the financial as in "Pay Back". The people that put this book together were not the beggars or the common man, but instead financiers, priest, scribes,philosophers & all of this was approved by the King. Finance, is a system where the common man uses the Kings wealth to to build for the king. Soceiy's are religion based so they put it in religon form (in Code) remember the bible is a book of laws, we don't look at it that way at least not the whole book. So by being part of a religious group you are paying for your forefather detit, by giving of yourself or with your money.
As for Noahs son I guess he was drunk and though Noah was his sister or mother and I assume Noah was passed out from being drunk.

Answer 3

In Exodus 20:5, it says that "the iniquities of the fathers are passed to the third and fourth generation...."

It was a common (false) belief that each generation would pay for the sins of the previous ones. Even in Jesus' time, the Jews believed this. Presenting a blind man to Jesus, the Apostles ask Jesus "who had sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?"

But the rest of Ex. 20:5 says," ...of them that hate me."

The good news is that that's not the way God works. Ezekiel 18:1, and Jeremiah 31:29,30 tell us that the souls than sins is the one that shall die. We shall not be judged according to the sins of our fathers, nor the generations of our ancestors.

"Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you shall be saved."
Jesus already paid for their sins and ours. Believe.

Answer 4

Since the beginning of the Bible, we pay for the sins of others.
When Adam and Eve ate the fruit of the tree and all the bad things happend to them, one of the things was that, from that poit on, childbirth for women would be excrtionatingly painful. So now every woman today has to pay for the sins of Eve.

Answer 5

Could you try to ask one question at a time?

You pay for the sins of your father because his sins affect your life and his while you're both still alive. If your dad commits adultery against your mother and they divorce, aren't you paying for his sin? We pay for our sin while we live as well as in the afterlife.

As for your second question go to: www.crosswalk.com. Make sure you check the box that includes study notes.

Answer 6

You are asking a very complicated question if you take every thing in to acount short version you are only resposible for your own sins piriod no matter what.

Answer 7

You don't.
Exodus 20:5-6
5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.

That means that God can count how many children, grand-children, great-granchildren, and great-great-grandchildren will also sin against Him because of the actions (like father like son) of their parents. It also means that one upright, Godly person can cause God to show love to thousands of his or her descendants.

Another (long) passage says this:
Ezekiel 18:1-24
The word of the LORD came to me: "What do you people mean by quoting this proverb about the land of Israel: " 'The fathers eat sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge'? As surely as I live", declares the Sovereign LORD, "you will no longer quote this proverb in Israel. For every living soul belongs to me, the father as well as the son—both alike belong to me. The soul who sins is the one who will die.

Suppose there is a righteous man who does what is just and right. He does not eat at the mountain shrines or look to the idols of the house of Israel. He does not defile his neighbor's wife or lie with a woman during her period. He does not oppress anyone, but returns what he took in pledge for a loan. He does not commit robbery but gives his food to the hungry and provides clothing for the naked. He does not lend at usury or take excessive interest. He withholds his hand from doing wrong and judges fairly between man and man. He follows my decrees and faithfully keeps my laws. That man is righteous; he will surely live, declares the Sovereign LORD.

Suppose he has a violent son, who sheds blood or does any of these other things (though the father has done none of them): "He eats at the mountain shrines. He defiles his neighbor's wife. He oppresses the poor and needy. He commits robbery. He does not return what he took in pledge. He looks to the idols. He does detestable things. He lends at usury and takes excessive interest. Will such a man live? He will not! Because he has done all these detestable things, he will surely be put to death and his blood will be on his own head.

But suppose this son has a son who sees all the sins his father commits, and though he sees them, he does not do such things:
"He does not eat at the mountain shrines or look to the idols of the house of Israel. He does not defile his neighbor's wife. He does not oppress anyone or require a pledge for a loan. He does not commit robbery but gives his food to the hungry and provides clothing for the naked. He withholds his hand from sin and takes no usury or excessive interest. He keeps my laws and follows my decrees. He will not die for his father's sin; he will surely live.

But his father will die for his own sin, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother and did what was wrong among his people.

Yet you ask, 'Why does the son not share the guilt of his father?' Since the son has done what is just and right and has been careful to keep all my decrees, he will surely live.

The soul who sins is the one who will die. The son will not share the guilt of the father, nor will the father share the guilt of the son. The righteousness of the righteous man will be credited to him, and the wickedness of the wicked will be charged against him.

But if a wicked man turns away from all the sins he has committed and keeps all my decrees and does what is just and right, he will surely live; he will not die. None of the offenses he has committed will be remembered against him. Because of the righteous things he has done, he will live. Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked?" declares the Sovereign LORD. "Rather, am I not pleased when they turn from their ways and live?"

"But if a righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits sin and does the same detestable things the wicked man does, will he live? None of the righteous things he has done will be remembered. Because of the unfaithfulness he is guilty of and because of the sins he has committed, he will die."

Answer 8

You do know what Cannan did to Noah, right? I think I would be a little pissed too.

Answer 9

you don't have to, Jesus already did that for you