- For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Lord God; so turn, and live. Ezekiel 18:32 – For anyone who says that God in the Old Testament was just an angry God who killed people please read this chapter. God is showing us His heart and how He is just in His ways. He says those who sin will die in their sin and those who are righteous will live. He explains what He is asking of His people on how to live righteous. He even reminds them that even one who is wicked, if they turn from their evil He’ll accept them and give them life! This is God in the Old Testament. Here God is declaring He has no pleasure in the death of anyone but longs for them to turn and live. So for us today with Jesus in the picture we even more have this truth in our life. Turn to God, set aside evil, and find life. Who needs to hear that today? Who needs to read this chapter and gain a new viewpoint of God? Share all this with them. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 1082
- Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, declares the Lord God. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, lest iniquity be your ruin.31 Cast away from you all the transgressions that you have committed, and make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! Why will you die, O house of Israel? 32 For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Lord God; so turn, and live. Ezekiel 18:30-32 – The Lord is remaining steadfast here on who He is and how He judges, despite His people calling Him unjust for the way He handles sin. The example given in our passage is that a faithful to the Lord child, who has a sinful father, should be punished for the sins of his father (according to the people of Israel). The Lord says that’s ridiculous, that only the father in that example should feel the consequences of his sins, not the child. But the people of Israel called God unjust for such a way of handling things. What’s beautiful to me about our passage is after God heard the people’s complaint against Him, He still remained steadfast on who He was and how He judged. The people were calling Him unjust and refusing to follow Him, but the Lord knew what was holy and continued handling things that way. Know our God will not change because the world rejects His ways. The world may call Him unjust, outdated, in the wrong, and pointless, but God knows His ways are holy and will continue to handle things His way. For as we see in the passage, the Lord doesn’t want anyone to die and longs for all to live far away from the punishment of their sins. This distance from sin isn’t the passion of the world nor our enemy, but this is the desire of our God. Let’s seek to follow the example of holiness Jesus set for us and let’s seek to have the same heart the Lord has for those who are still slaves their sin. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 2359
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