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"Do not move the ancient boundary which your fathers have set." - Prov. 22:28 (NASB) [The original post was back in July, but it bears repeating. This is one the the most read and shared that I have posted to date.  I have update a few items, but the message is the same.]    As I think about it, this verse seems especially appropriate for our world today. We do not think about it too much, but our world is filled with boundaries. Boundaries serve several important tasks. First, they keep things in. There are some pretty amazing creatures to see at a zoo, many of which are extremely dangerous to us. However, because of the barriers erected, we can observe lions and hyena from a safe location. Barriers also keep things out. Again think of the zoo. Imagine sitting down with your family in the designated picnic area, and the keepers allow the hyena to come and join in. Hyena are still dangerous, regardless of which century you live in. Just because there is new understan

To Each His Own "...the righteousness of the righteous will be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked will be upon himself." - Ezekiel 18:20 (NASB)     The LORD, through the prophet Ezekiel, begins this chapter with a local (OT) proverb or saying which went, "The fathers eat the sour grapes, but the children's teeth are set on edge." This saying was something familiar to the people of Israel. Jeremiah too references this same proverb (31:29-30). The saying implies that the sin of the father is punished in his children. It is true that if we choose to make poor choices, our families may suffer for it. Our choices do affect other people, especially those whom we love, but suffering is quite different that punishment. Make no mistake, God does not punish you for someone else's sin.    There is a principle that the LORD is teaching His people throughout this entire chapter, one of consequence and responsibility. In the United States, we like