In the Bible, we find that God will not judge and punish the son for the sins of the dad or punish the dad for the sins of the son.
Yet, in the Bible, we also learn that a lot of problems or issues that people suffer or have come as a result of their parents’ sins.
We may not be judged for another’s sin. However, that does NOT mean we won’t suffer for the sin.
Many people refuse to believe this and deny that it happens.
So let’s give an example.
A woman is an unrepentant sinner. She is sleeping around and committing adultery and whoredom. She gets pregnant. Has a child but the child is born blind or with a special disease. But, we’ll find out that the reason is because of what she did. Whoredom and adultery led to sexually transmitted diseases which were passed to the baby when it was born or even through the blood stream to the child in the womb. Or, she lived a riotous life and while she was pregnant did drugs and drank lots of alcohol.
There is no denying that the life and choices of the parents will have a very strong and lasting effect on the children. The very sins of the parents will cover the child. The child will not be judged for the sin but they will be born into their consequences.
We all suffer from the sins of others
For example, a thief comes and steals your car. For a time, you’ll suffer from their sin.
Another example, you’re mom is an adulteress. She commits adultery. It destroys everything you thought you knew about family. Your idea of family is destroyed and corrupted. You lose your ability to trust. Your foundation is shaken. You have zero confidence because the only thing that held you up, the structure of family, no longer does.
You haven’t committed the sin. Your mom has. Yet you will suffer and bear the burden of consequences and all the pain and destruction that comes with it. For, who knows how long.
And I don’t know why this is, but it certainly is.
I will not say that we will suffer from other’s sins without saying that God does restore His people. The same exact way that Job suffered harshly, exceedingly, but in the end. Job continued to pursue and love God regardless, and God did more than restore him. God not only restored him but gave him twice as much as before.
This is indeed what God does for His people.
What I’ve found is people who live in sin and abandon God will continue to live in the suffering of other’s sins. And it makes perfect sense, they’ve abandoned God and do not call for Him to be in their life. So as a result, He is never allowed into their life to restore them from suffering the sins of other’s.