Ezekiel 20:23-24
Author: R New
I'm a 1959 Baby Boomer which has allowed me to see drastic changes in the Christian landscape. I grew up going to Church every Sunday, in those days the Bible still had strong roots in America. In my 20's, I participated with the Church in public meetings. There were about eight of us who would go out to a street corner or public park to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ. There were horns, a bass drum, singing, and a short Salvation message from the Bible. Suddenly, that all changed. The city passed ordinances to prohibit that type of public "solicitation." Today, it seems almost illegal to mention the Gospel to the younger generation.
I retired at the age of 62. As a person living for the testimony of Jesus Christ, I always felt like a salmon swimming against the current. Work was always a struggle between trying to be a decent individual while dealing with "progressive" and "left wing" changes at the workplace.
It's clear that there is a force in the world that is quietly eliminating the Gospel of Jesus Christ while making Christians look like enemies of humanity. At the same time, there is a force in the world that has power over physiology and is able to form thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. It is definitely against Jesus Christ.
John 3:16 is something I always want to cling to, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life." I know the suffering of spiritual assault that hinders a constructive lifestyle & when frustration & anger seems to be the sole option - I know we can survive through the Cross of Christ. We have a home in the Kingdom of Heaven waiting for us.
Sabbaths and Sundays have been defiled.
Ezekiel 20:21-22
We are not to walk in the ways of the Jewish Culture, as children of God born through Jesus Christ
Ezekiel 20:18-20
God leads us out of sin but those who do not follow are not led into the eternal New Jerusalem.
Ezekiel 20:14-17
Rebellion against the word of God along with Sundays and the Sabbaths being defiled
Ezekiel 20:13
God gave the Sabbaths and Sundays to keep as a sign that He is Lord.
Ezekiel 20:12
God brought the Jewish people out of Egypt to show them His way.
Ezekiel 20:10-11
God acted for the sake of His Holy name for the population of the world to see.
Ezekiel 20:9
Oath of God was rebelled against and that stirred His fury.
Ezekiel 20:8
Serve God and put away the entity that gives what to think, feel, do and say and He will give us Salvation
1 Samuel 6:20-7:4