Tuesday, July 7, 2015
Ezekiel 13:15-20 NIV
15 So I will pour out my wrath against the wall and against those who covered it with whitewash. I will say to you, "The wall is gone and so are those who whitewashed it, 16 those prophets of Israel who prophesied to Jerusalem and saw visions of peace for her when there was no peace, declares the Sovereign LORD." ' 17 "Now, son of man, set your face against the daughters of your people who prophesy out of their own imagination. Prophesy against them 18 and say, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Woe to the women who sew magic charms on all their wrists and make veils of various lengths for their heads in order to ensnare people. Will you ensnare the lives of my people but preserve your own? 19 You have profaned me among my people for a few handfuls of barley and scraps of bread. By lying to my people, who listen to lies, you have killed those who should not have died and have spared those who should not live. 20 " 'Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I am against your magic charms with which you ensnare people like birds and I will tear them from your arms; I will set free the people that you ensnare like birds.
OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) After chiding His people for not building a wall of defense around their nation, what did the Lord declare that he would do to the wall and the false prophets? Why? (v.15-16)
2) What did the Lord tell the Prophet Ezekiel to do and to say to His people? Why? (v.17-20)
APPLICATION QUESTIONS
3) Have you ever heard a servant of the Lord (a prophet) declare judgment against a nation and another proclaim something different? If so, how did you respond to each prophecies?
LIFE LESSONS
4) The Lord expects His people to believe His true prophets. True prophets do not sell, or compromise, their prophetic gift to gain man's approval.
5) Only those who know the ways of the Lord, as revealed through the Bible and His Spirit, will discern which prophecies are true and which are false.
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