Ezekial 2:1-8; Matthew 7:1-5
Ezekiel’s vision - He realizes that he is seeing the glory of the Lord. CH. 1:5–12.
Ezekiel shares a title with Jesus -
The Spirit of the Lord fell on Ezekiel. The Holy Spirit descended on Jesus.
BLAME
Adam avoided personal responsibility and pointed to
Genesis 3:12
Relativism says there is
Moral absolutes –
Ezekiel 2:1–8
Rebellious -
Ezekiel identifies that the root of sin and disobedience is a fundamental attitude of
We are responsible for our attitudes and
3 x’s the LORD said – Don’t be
Ezekiel 18:1–4,19–20
V. 2 “The parents eat sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge?”
What they missed was that
Exodus 20:4–6 “You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. 5 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, 6 but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.”
Example: Anger
Ezekiel 18:3 “As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, you will no longer quote this proverb in Israel. 4 For everyone belongs to me, the parent as well as the child—both alike belong to me. The one who sins is the one who will die.”
V. 9“And if he is just, he shall surely live.” God is merciful and full of grace and blessing to everyone that will come to Him and say: “God, be merciful to me a sinner.”
GROWTH is
Matthew 7:1–5 Judgment and hypocrisy
V. 3 “Why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye but do not consider the plank in your own eye?”
The imperative is to
Draw a Circle around yourself…
Husbands – Eph 5:25 “LOVE YOUR WIFE JUST AS CHRIST LOVED THE CHURCH AND GAVE HIMSELF UP FOR HER.”
Wives – Eph 5:33; Titus 2:3–4 “SEE TO IT THAT YOU LOVE AND RESPECT YOUR HUSBAND.”
Personal Responsibility: