(Ezk 24:3-6)
PRAYING FOR FAMILY, FRIENDS, CHURCH & NATION:
Avoid defiance, open rebellion, against God (Ezk 24:3-6). #Repent #TurnNowToGod
MORNING WATCH NOTES:
An iron cooking pot comes into view for the second time (note Ezekiel 11:2-12). Those still in Jerusalem after Babylon‘s first exile of God‘s people considered themselves the spiritual elite. They thought of themselves as “meat in an iron pot” (Jerusalem), safe and untouchable.
But here, the “SAFE“ city of Jerusalem (iron pot) will no longer be a refuge. A raging fire will be set under her and destroy these “elite“ rebels within her. Everyone in Jerusalem was corrupt. This spelled apocalyptic doom in God‘s closing judgment.
Lord, in your mercy and wisdom, you will not allow this old warrior to continue in any unrepentant sin.*
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* “First John 5:16 puts forward the biblical concept of a sin leading to death. This is seen in Acts 5:1–10 and 1Co 11:30). The “sin unto death” is willful, continuous, unrepentant sin.
There comes a point when God can no longer allow a believer to continue in unrepentant sin. He may decide to take the life of the stubbornly sinful believer. The “death” is physical death not a spiritual one.
[My interpretation of this is that God would rather have the rebellious believer in heaven in his/her worst condition than to allow that one to go on bringing disrepute on the kingdom of God]
Further reading on this topic: https://www.gotquestions.org/sin-unto-death.html
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