{"id":11021,"date":"2020-08-21T19:00:44","date_gmt":"2020-08-22T02:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/ezekiel-35_1-9-copy\/"},"modified":"2020-08-21T19:58:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-22T02:58:00","slug":"ezekiel-35_10-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/ezekiel-35_10-15\/","title":{"rendered":"Be Careful With Your Words"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ezekiel 35:10-15 Click here for Bible Verses<\/a><\/p>\n

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Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s passage is Ezekiel 35:10-15.\u00a0 Let\u2019s go!<\/p>\n

Ezekiel 35:10-12 (NIV)\u00a0<\/strong>
\n10\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0“‘Because you have said, “These two nations and countries will be ours and we will take possession of them,” even though I the\u00a0LORD\u00a0was there,
\n11\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0therefore as surely as I live, declares the Sovereign\u00a0LORD, I will treat you in accordance with the anger and jealousy you showed in your hatred of them and I will make myself known among them when I judge you.
\n12\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Then you will know that I the\u00a0LORD\u00a0have heard all the contemptible things you have said against the mountains of Israel. You said, “They have been laid waste and have been given over to us to devour.”<\/em><\/p>\n

On verses 10-12:\u00a0 The \u201ctwo nations and countries\u201d being referred to in verse 10 are the southern kingdom of Judah and the northern kingdom of Israel.\u00a0 The Edomites boasted that they would one day take possession of Judah and Israel (v10), especially given that Judah and Israel were in a weakened state (v12b \u2013\u201cThey have been laid waste and have been given over to us to devour\u201d).
\nApparently the Edomites spoke these boastful words out of anger, envy and hatred toward the Israelites (v11).\u00a0 Thus God promises to treat the Edomites with the same anger, envy and hatred with which the Edomites treated the Israelites (v11b-11).\u00a0 As Jesus says in Matthew 7:2, \u201cFor in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.\u201d<\/p>\n

What can we learn from this?\u00a0 \u00a0Here God holds Edom accountable for speaking envious and hateful words (v11) about the Israelites.\u00a0 Similarly, God watches how we speak about others.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0When we speak envious or hateful words about others, God will hold us accountable.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ezekiel 35:13 (NIV)\u00a0<\/strong>
\n13\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0You boasted against me and spoke against me without restraint, and I heard it.<\/em><\/p>\n

On verse 13:\u00a0 Have you ever spoken against God without restraint, blaming God, cursing God, or charging God with wrongdoing?\u00a0\u00a0God takes note of all the times when people speak against Him and will hold people accountable for careless words (Matthew 12:36).\u00a0 That includes every time people use God\u2019s Son Jesus\u2019 name in vain.<\/strong>\u00a0 So be especially careful with your words when speaking to God or about God while you\u2019re angry.\u00a0 If you have spoken careless about God or to God, be sure to confess this to God and receive His mercy and forgiveness, paid for by the blood of Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n

Ezekiel 35:14-15 (NIV)\u00a0<\/strong>
\n14\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0This is what the Sovereign\u00a0LORD\u00a0says: While the whole earth rejoices, I will make you desolate.
\n15\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Because you rejoiced when the inheritance of the house of Israel became desolate, that is how I will treat you. You will be desolate, O Mount Seir, you and all of Edom. Then they will know that I am the\u00a0LORD.'”<\/em><\/p>\n

On verses 14-15:\u00a0 Just as God would hold Edom accountable for mistreating the Israelites, so\u00a0God watches how others treat His children and will hold them accountable for it<\/strong>.\u00a0 God watches how others treat you as a child of God.\u00a0 God also watches how you treat other children of God.<\/p>\n

Heavenly Father, thank You that You mindfully watch how others treat me, as well as how I treat others.\u00a0 In Jesus\u2019 name, AMEN!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s passage is Ezekiel 35:10-15.\u00a0 Let\u2019s go!
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\nEzekiel 35:10-12 (NIV)\u00a0
\n10\u00a0\u00a0“‘Because you have said, “These two nations and countries will be ours and we will take possession of them,” even though I the\u00a0LORD\u00a0was there,\u00a0
\n11\u00a0\u00a0therefore as surely as I live, declares the Sovereign\u00a0LORD, I will treat you in accordance with the anger and jealousy you showed in your hatred of them and I will make myself known among them when I judge you.\u00a0
\n12\u00a0\u00a0Then you will know that I the\u00a0LORD\u00a0have heard all the contemptible things you have said against the mountains of Israel. You said, “They have been laid waste and have been given over to us to devour.”<\/p>\n

On verses 10-12:\u00a0 The \u201ctwo nations and countries\u201d being referred to in verse 10 are the southern kingdom of Judah and the northern kingdom of Israel.\u00a0 The Edomites boasted that they would one day take possession of Judah and Israel (v10), especially given that Judah and Israel were in a weakened state (v12b \u2013\u201cThey have been laid waste and have been given over to us to devour\u201d).\u00a0
\nApparently the Edomites spoke these boastful words out of anger, envy and hatred toward the Israelites (v11).\u00a0 Thus God promises to treat the Edomites with the same anger, envy and hatred with which the Edomites treated the Israelites (v11b-11).\u00a0 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11023,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11021","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\/11021","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=11021"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11021\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11022,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11021\/revisions\/11022"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}