Ezekiel 14:19-20
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.
A sword passes through the land and only Noah, Daniel, and Job would be spared.
Ezekiel 14:17-18
Wild beasts pass through and desolate the land, and Noah, Daniel, and Job would be the only ones spared.
Ezekiel 14:15-16
Famine of spiritual food and the land is cut off even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were there.
Ezekiel 14:13-14
Persistent unfaithfulness brings God’s wrath.
Ezekiel 14:12
To keep Israel from straying from Him, God punishes the false prophet the same as those who listen to them.
Ezekiel 14:11
God punishes the false prophet the same as those who listen to the false prophet.
Ezekiel 14:10
God comes against those who speak from the Bible without the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Ezekiel 14:9
God cuts off from His family those who live for the idol of the heart.
Ezekiel 14:8
God says to turn away from the idols within the heart. He deals personally with those who do not.
Ezekiel 14:6-7