Ezekiel, Ezekiel, where shall we find another prophet willing to go through what you went through? Ezekiel definitely had a unique ministry. In my reading today (Ez 3:16 – 5:17) I found two good points to blog on.
1. Warn the lost
2. Question God (if you are willing)
Warn the lost means we are to do just that, “Hey, you got Jesus?! If not, you are heading in the wrong direction!”… Ezzy is given the words to speak and they entail, “WARN THE LOST, IF NOT, THEN THEIR BLOOD IS ON YOUR HANDS TOO!” Now, we must recall this directive is during the time of the Old covenant with God, before Jesus’ time. BUT… it’s still a relevant teaching. After all, if you call yourself a Christian, then our directive is to “go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.” (Matt 28:19) Yes, in essence, get your rear in gear, and work on the hearts of the lost!
Ezzy also details to us that we are to warn a righteous man before he does something unrighteous. I would like to warn myself more often, but, alas, I tend to be deaf to my own screams! Of note, if you fail to warn this man, he will die for his sin and ALL of his good deeds will be forgotten. Boy, doesn’t that hit the nail on the head! I’m thinking of OJ Simpson, MANY politicians, etc. People mess up big, and their past doesn’t matter any longer it seems.
Now, Question God…. you may be thinking I have a screw loose…. I’M NOT SAYING QUESTION GOD ABOUT EVERYTHING! Here is why I say this…. Yes, Ezzy did it. I love passing the buck (not really but it sounded funny to say that). In Ezekiel 4:12+ God has told Ezzy to bake his bread using “human excrement”, ahhhh gross, dude. If God told me to do that, and I was glowing like Moses and on a spiritual high after talking with the big man himself… I would say, SURE! But NOT Ezzy, oh no, he goes nuts talking about how he has never eaten anything impure, unclean or smelling like poop (I added that last one). Yep, he back talked to God in a way I suppose, but he was heard! God noted his passion for the LAW (God’s law by the way) and allowed Ezzy to use cow manure instead.
Was it a test? I think so…. but who knows! Either way, I thought it was interesting. If you ever feel God is calling you to do something that may not be quite right (like burn down an abortion clinic, or beat up an atheist), MAYBE you should question it a bit! No harm in that, right! I AM being a bit facetious, if you know me I have my moments of insanity. Just read my last blog – Insane Jeff or read about my “free” son – Poop Boy.
God bless you all!
Jeff
Filed under: Humor, Religion, Short Thoughts, Thoughts | Tagged: Christianity, evangelism, Ezekiel, humor, manure, Question God, Thoughts, Warn the lost
I loved they way you broke this scripture down. I have recently had to question God on a very difficult task he wanted me to do and He answered every question I threw at Him. We serve an Amazing God!
Thank you ‘throughthejourney’, I enjoy breaking down the Bible. In fact, that is what I’ve been doing this year. I pick a book, and read about 1-3 chapters a day. Then, I blog as I am led. Thanks for the comment!
Woven.
Christianity is woven throughout our entire nation, being the very fabric that makes up these islands. It keeps the judgement of God from falling on us that is why we have been preserved from the many wars that have buffeted our shores.
We need never feel that the darkness that comes upon us is permanent, for the light of Christ will always prevail by dispersing it with his glory. We need not be troubled by wicked people, for our God is surely dealing with them. I am amazed when I see Christianity in all our great institutions, I cannot begin to speak of all our workforce, builders, lawyers, nurses, miners, factory workers, who make our nation so great and confess Christ Jesus as Lord, Well, the list is never ending, where God’s people can be found, Christianity is literally everywhere. It cannot and will not ever be removed from these islands.
Do not listen to doom prophets, when you hear them say things for example, like the abortion issue, they say, “surely this will bring God’s wrath upon us all, for that wicked thing that people do to our unborn children.” Well, God’s judgement will fall on them that commit such horrific killings, but I assure you, the righteous will not be included in God’s judgement.
We remember how God’s mercy is shown to us in Genesis 18:24-26, I quote,
“Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein? That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked that be far from thee: Shall not the judge of all the earth do right? And the Lord said, if I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.”
You can see from this scripture that God will surely spare our nation, because there are more than fifty righteous Christians living here. Now Jesus has told us that this world is inhabited by the children of the kingdom and the children of the wicked, and that He will not bring final judgement on the wicked until the end of the world, because He will not destroy the wicked while the righteous are here.
At the end of the world Jesus said in St Matthew 13: 41, – 43, “The Son of man shall send forth His angels, and they shall gather out of His kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.”And so, that is how we can be confident that God will not let us be overwhelmed by these recent troubles that we face in our nation. Praise God, for every born-again believer that God has placed in our lands.
EVANGELIST BILLY BOLITHO
http://www.evangelistbillybolitho.blogspot.com
Thank you for sharing your blog Billy. I enjoyed reading your realization for the need to be baptized. I had a similar experience. Blessings!