Ezekiel
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I’ve Seen This One Before
Ezekiel 22: 26-29 “Your priests violated my law and desecrated my holy things. They can’t tell the difference between sacred and secular. They tell people there’s no difference between right and wrong. They’re contemptuous of my holy Sabbaths, profaning me by trying to pull me down to their level. Your politicians are like wolves prowling
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Not Crying Wolf: Speaking What God Says
Ezekiel 20:49 “Then I said, “Sovereign Lord, they are saying of me, ‘Isn’t he just telling parables?’”. Everyone can recall the story of the boy who cried “Wolf.” In this story, a young boy attending to sheep started to wonder if, when he was in trouble, anyone would come out and save him. He knew
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The Angry God Myth
Ezekiel 18: 30-32 30 “Therefore, I will judge each of you, O people of Israel, according to your actions, says the Sovereign Lord. Repent, and turn from your sins. Don’t let them destroy you! 31 Put all your rebellion behind you, and find yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. For why should you die, O people of
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From the Godfather to God the Father
Ezekiel 18:20 “20 The person who sins is the one who will die. The child will not be punished for the parent’s sins, and the parent will not be punished for the child’s sins. Righteous people will be rewarded for their own righteous behavior, and wicked people will be punished for their own wickedness.” In all
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He Will Do It
Ezekiel 17:24 “24 And all the trees will know that it is I, the Lord, who cuts the tall tree down and makes the short tree grow tall. It is I who makes the green tree wither and gives the dead tree new life. I, the Lord, have spoken, and I will do what I said!”.” I can
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The Hidden Things
Ezekiel 8:12 “12 Then the Lord said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the leaders of Israel are doing with their idols in dark rooms? They are saying, ‘The Lord doesn’t see us; he has deserted our land!’” When our girls were young, they used to hide things, especially things they didn’t want us to see. We
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Beauty Taken for Granted
Ezekiel 16: 14-15 14 Your fame soon spread throughout the world because of your beauty. I dressed you in my splendor and perfected your beauty, says the Sovereign Lord. 15 “But you thought your fame and beauty were your own. So you gave yourself as a prostitute to every man who came along. Your beauty was theirs for
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Behind Closed Doors
Ezekiel 8:6 6 “Son of man,” he said, “do you see what they are doing? Do you see the detestable sins the people of Israel are committing to drive me from my Temple? But come, and you will see even more detestable sins than these!” I love The Little Rascals, those bunch of kids back in
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What Is Your Sanctuary?
Ezekiel 11:16 “Therefore day: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Although I sent them far away among the nations and scattered them among the countries, yet for a little while I have been a sanctuary for them in the countries where they have gone.’” Men have man caves, and women have she sheds. Boys have playhouses, and
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True Wealth
Ezekiel 7:19 “They will throw their silver into the streets, and their gold will be treated as a thing unclean. Their silver and gold will not be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD’s wrath. It will not satisfy their hunger or fill their stomachs, for it has caused them to stumble
Let It Go 