Exodus 34:5-8

Exodus 34:5-8 And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD. And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation. And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped. When Moses came down from Mt. Sinai with the stone tablets of the Ten Commandments, he caught the Children of Israel sinning by worshiping the golden calf that Aaron had made. In a fit of anger, Moses threw the stone tablets down and broke them in a million pieces. After he had straightened the people out, he went back up Mt. Sinai to get a second copy of the Ten Commandments. But this time God spoke them to Moses and Moses had to write them down -  on stone tablets! God reminded Moses that He was a good God who was gracious and longsuffering to those who repented and obeyed Him. But God reminded Moses that He was also a righteous God and would not put up with wickedness and sin. And God will not put up with our sin either. But the worst part of our sin is that it affects our children. In our verses today we are told that these sins will be passed on to children’s children. Evil men raise evil kids. What a shame. But, Good men who trust in God will also raise Good kids who respect and fear the Almighty God in heaven. And that is a blessing! And that is something to think about.