The person who asked this question also wrote: It is so hard to believe that if someone’s Grandfather was a wicked man, God would punish his grandchildren who love God. I do believe in the consequences of sin, but does God punish our children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren for our sins? Well, God does say that [...]
Answers about punishment
Ordinarily, when God punishes a large number of people at once in a specific area he gives plenty of prior warning about it — see, e.g., the warnings in Obadiah about God’s impending judgement on Edom. There was no such prior warning from God about the earthquake in Haiti, therefore we are safe to conclude [...]
No A child being born as a consequence of adultery is rather a natural course of events. It might also be a punishment, but it’s probably pretty much a self-inflicted one in the first case. As for never receiving forgiveness, the Bible nowhere says that adultery cannot be forgiven. In fact, no less than David [...]
There are some biblical examples which suggest that God does occasionally use sickness to teach us lessons. One is 1Â Corinthians 11:29-30 29 For anyone who eats and drinks without discerning the body eats and drinks judgment on himself. 30 That is why many of you are weak and ill, and some have died. Because of [...]
The hope of eternal life in God’s kingdom is described many times in the Bible. But what about the destiny of the wicked? What happens to them? Here is a selection of Bible passages which describe their fate: the wicked will perish: … they vanish—like smoke they vanish away. (Psalm 37:20). the wicked will be [...]
