{"id":10055,"date":"2020-07-03T20:00:08","date_gmt":"2020-07-04T03:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/?p=10055"},"modified":"2020-07-03T22:28:38","modified_gmt":"2020-07-04T05:28:38","slug":"ezekiel-6_1-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/ezekiel-6_1-14\/","title":{"rendered":"When Will You Know"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ezekiel 6:1-14\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Click here for Bible Verses<\/a><\/p>\n

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Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s passage is Ezekiel 6:1-14.\u00a0 Let\u2019s go!<\/p>\n

Ezekiel 6:1-14 (NIV)\u00a0<\/strong>
\n1\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0The word of the\u00a0LORD\u00a0came to me:
\n2\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0“Son of man, set your face against the mountains of Israel; prophesy against them
\n3\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0and say: ‘O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Sovereign\u00a0LORD. This is what the Sovereign\u00a0LORD\u00a0says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys: I am about to bring a sword against you, and I will destroy your high places.
\n4\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Your altars will be demolished and your incense altars will be smashed; and I will slay your people in front of your idols.
\n5\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0I will lay the dead bodies of the Israelites in front of their idols, and I will scatter your bones around your altars.
\n6\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Wherever you live, the towns will be laid waste and the high places demolished, so that your altars will be laid waste and devastated, your idols smashed and ruined, your incense altars broken down, and what you have made wiped out.
\n7\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Your people will fall slain among you, and\u00a0you will know that I am the\u00a0LORD<\/u><\/strong>.
\n8\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0“‘But I will spare some, for some of you will escape the sword when you are scattered among the lands and nations.
\n9\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Then in the nations where they have been carried captive, those who escape will remember me–how I have been grieved by their adulterous hearts, which have turned away from me, and by their eyes, which have lusted after their idols. They will loathe themselves for the evil they have done and for all their detestable practices.
\n10\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0And\u00a0they will know that I am the\u00a0LORD<\/u><\/strong>; I did not threaten in vain to bring this calamity on them.
\n11\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0“‘This is what the Sovereign\u00a0LORD\u00a0says: Strike your hands together and stamp your feet and cry out “Alas!” because of all the wicked and detestable practices of the house of Israel, for they will fall by the sword, famine and plague.
\n12\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0He that is far away will die of the plague, and he that is near will fall by the sword, and he that survives and is spared will die of famine. So will I spend my wrath upon them.
\n13\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0And\u00a0they will know that I am the\u00a0LORD<\/u><\/strong>, when their people lie slain among their idols around their altars, on every high hill and on all the mountaintops, under every spreading tree and every leafy oak–places where they offered fragrant incense to all their idols.
\n14\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0And I will stretch out my hand against them and make the land a desolate waste from the desert to Diblah–wherever they live. Then\u00a0they will know that I am the\u00a0LORD<\/u><\/strong>.'”<\/em><\/p>\n

On verses 1-14:\u00a0 Why does God tell Ezekiel to speak to the mountains (v1-3)?\u00a0 That\u2019s because the mountains of Israel were the site where much of the Israelites\u2019 idol worship took place.<\/p>\n

Here God gives Ezekiel a message of judgment and destruction on the Israelites as a result of their rampant and persistent idolatry.\u00a0 God promises that all the high places, incense altars and idols that the Israelites used to worship other gods will be destroyed, and most of the Israelites along with them (v3b-7).\u00a0 Despite God revealing Himself to the Israelites time and time again, despite all of His faithfulness to them and the warnings He gave about what would happen if they turned to worship other gods, the Israelites obstinately refused to obey God\u2019s commands or heed God\u2019s warnings.\u00a0 Thus the consequences God warned them about eventually overtook them.<\/p>\n

Still there would be a remnant who would realize the error of their ways and whom God would spare (v8-10).<\/p>\n

What can we learn from this?\u00a0 Notice that one phrase that gets repeated over and over is the phrase: \u201cyou\/they will know that I am the Lord\u201d (v7, 10, 13, and 14). \u00a0\u00a0One day, sooner or later, whether during this lifetime or after, every person will realize who the Lord is.<\/strong><\/p>\n

As Philippians 2:9-11 says, \u201cEvery knee will bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0The question is: will you know that He is the Lord during your lifetime while you still have a chance to be saved by Him for eternity, or will you only realize that He is the Lord when it is too late?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Of course, God desires for every person to be saved and to know that He is the Lord in the context of a saving relationship with Jesus (2 Peter 3:9).\u00a0 It is only those who keep rejecting Jesus during their lifetime who will discover that the One that they rejected was the very One they needed all along.<\/p>\n

That is why we make it our goal to lead as many people to Jesus as possible.\u00a0 That is also why\u00a0if you\u2019ve never opened up your heart to Jesus and received His forgiveness, you can do so today by praying the salvation prayer at the end of this GAME sharing<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Father, You say that one day every knee will bow and every tongue confess that Jesus is Lord.\u00a0 Lord Jesus, I pray that those around me would come to a saving knowledge of who You are.\u00a0 In Jesus\u2019 name, AMEN!<\/em><\/p>\n

Salvation Prayer<\/u><\/em>
\nLord Jesus, I realize today that there is no way I could ever make it to heaven on my own.\u00a0 Thank You for dying on the cross to pay for my sins and for rising again to give me life.\u00a0 Please forgive me of my sins and fill me with Your Holy Spirit.\u00a0 Today I receive You into my life.\u00a0 Thank You that because of You I am forgiven, I am a child of God and I am a citizen of heaven, and that one day I get to be with You in heaven forever.\u00a0 In Jesus\u2019 name, AMEN!<\/em><\/p>\n

If you prayed this salvation prayer, congratulations!\u00a0 Let us know by replying to this e-mail or messaging us at\u00a0info@thrivechurch.ca<\/a>\u00a0to receive a free gift.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s passage is Ezekiel 6:1-14.\u00a0 Let\u2019s go!<\/p>\n

On verses 1-14:\u00a0 Why does God tell Ezekiel to speak to the mountains (v1-3)?\u00a0 That\u2019s because the mountains of Israel were the site where much of the Israelites\u2019 idol worship took place.<\/p>\n

Here God gives Ezekiel a message of judgment and destruction on the Israelites as a result of their rampant and persistent idolatry.\u00a0 God promises that all the high places, incense altars and idols that the Israelites used to worship other gods will be destroyed, and most of the Israelites along with them (v3b-7).\u00a0 Despite God revealing Himself to the Israelites time and time again, despite all of His faithfulness to them and the warnings He gave about what would happen if they turned to worship other gods, the Israelites obstinately refused to obey God\u2019s commands or heed God\u2019s warnings.\u00a0 Thus the consequences God warned them about eventually overtook them.<\/p>\n

Still there would be a remnant who would realize the error of their ways and whom God would spare (v8-10).<\/p>\n

What can we learn from this?\u00a0 Notice that one phrase that gets repeated over and over is the phrase: \u201cyou\/they will know that I am the Lord\u201d (v7, 10, 13, and 14). \u00a0\u00a0One day, sooner or later, whether during this lifetime or after, every person will realize who the Lord is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10056,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gametime-sharing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10055"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10055\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10132,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10055\/revisions\/10132"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}