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Joe k said:
I should have clarified my question better!!!! I am aware of what you wrote. Is there any scripture that states a person is punished for anothers sins? God lifted this sour grapes "rule". Is there any NT scriptures that speak as such?

Christ appears to be the only man who suffered and was punished for anothers sin. I may be wrong, but I cannot find any evidence.
Well, again.... Romans 5:12-18 clearly teaches that through one man's sin (Adam) ALL died, i.e., the entire human race came under judgment and was subject to the penalty of his sin; death: physical, spiritual and eternal. Paul uses the analogy of one man's sin vs. one man's righteousness to show that as Adam plunged the entire human race, of which he was the head into condemnation, Christ in His death brings eternal life to all to whom He is head. One must make the necessary distinction between "Original Sin" and individual sins which are the fruit of the sin nature inherited. Likewise, there is a difference between the guilt which is imputed and the guilt incurred from one's own sins. Hopefully, this is now clear.

In short, the entire human race is punished for the one sin committed by Adam. And the disastrous result of this is iterated in the Second Commandment:


Exodus 20:5 (ASV) "Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them, for I Jehovah thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation of them that hate me,


In His grace,

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