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Verses to Think About- Ezekiel 14:3-8

Ezekiel 14:3-8

3 "Son of man, these men have set up idols in their hearts and have put sinful stumbling blocks before their faces. Should I be consulted by them at all?
    4 "Therefore, speak to them and tell them: This is what the Lord GOD says: When anyone from the house of Israel sets up idols in his heart, puts a sinful stumbling block before his face, and then comes to the prophet, I, the LORD, will answer him appropriately. [I will answer him] according to his many idols, 5 so that I may take hold of the house of Israel by their hearts, because they are all estranged from Me by their idols.
    6 "Therefore, say to the house of Israel: This is what the Lord GOD says: Repent and turn away from your idols; turn your faces away from all your abominations. 7 For when anyone from the house of Israel or from the foreigners who reside in Israel separates himself from Me, setting up idols in his heart and putting a sinful stumbling block before his face, and then comes to the prophet to inquire of Me, I, the LORD, will answer him Myself. 8 I will turn against that one and make him a sign and a proverb; I will cut him off from among My people. Then you will know that I am the LORD.


Verse 3 proves what we ought to already know. It is us that set the sins up in our lives on a higher rung than God. So many times we put God on a lower shelf, the back burner some might say.


Even if we don't do it intentionally, sins of omission are just as bad as any other sin. When we don't fix it, we are sinning. 


In verse 6 God orders us to repent. In verse 8 He tells us that if we don't, he will cut us off from our people and we will know that  He is LORD.


So the main point is that we need to stop putting other things before God in our lives. We need to follow His commands and repent of our sins. We need to acknowledge that He is LORD, and we need to live like He is.


In God, Emily

Comments

  1. Convicting...Wow...That makes me think of James chapter four...There are so many instances throughout the Bible where we see this kind of principle. I'm so glad that if we confess God will forgive us and make us clean (1John1:9).

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