Today’s passage: Ezekiel 7
Helpful thoughts:
- In the ESV Study Bible, this chapter is considered to be a “sermon” based on Amos chapter 8.
- Verse 26 depicts a people who want to continue in sin, and when hardship and consequences come, they want God to swoop in and take the hardship away.
- God would do no such thing any longer. Jerusalem was going to fall. Judgment was coming.
Questions to consider:
- What is sinful man prone to do with the mercy of God? Do people immediately appreciate it and turn from their sin, or do they begin to count on it and continue in their sin? How would we know if this despair was truly repentant versus being in anguish over consequences?
- What does the last sentence in verse 27 remind us about this judgment from God? How far would the judgment go (Why so severe)? And, why was the judgment necessary? Why is judgment and knowledge of the Lord better than carrying on in sin without consequences?
- Where does Christ stand for us as sinners in need of rescue? How might a Christian be prone to take the mercy and grace of God for granted? How was our sin justly punished?