11.19.2015 Old Testament: Eze 20.30–32

To read the Bible in a year, read Ezekiel 20–21 on November 19, In the year of our Lord 2015

By Don Ruhl

Sometimes people get the idea in their heads that they can commit abominable things, and then inquire of the Lord, acting as though they had not done anything wrong. The Lord told Ezekiel to speak to the people,

“Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord God: Are you defiling yourselves in the manner of your fathers, and committing harlotry according to their abominations? For when you offer your gifts and make your sons pass through the fire, you defile yourselves with all your idols, even to this day. So shall I be inquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live,’ says the Lord God, ‘I will not be inquired of by you. What you have in your mind shall never be, when you say, ‘We will be like the Gentiles, like the families in other countries, serving wood and stone’” (Ezekiel 20.30–32). 

Who do people think the Lord is? Do they think He exists merely to serve them? Do they not know His character? Do they not know He is a holy God?

What do you think about the Lord? Do you seek to repent of all your sins, or do you expect the Lord to justify you in your sin?