Sunday, August 16, 2015
Ezekiel 18:1-3, 31-32 NIV
1 The word of the LORD came to me: 2 "What do you people mean by quoting this proverb about the land of Israel: " 'The parents eat sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge'? 3 "As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, you will no longer quote this proverb in Israel. ... 31 Rid yourselves of all the offenses you have committed, and get a new heart and a new spirit. Why will you die, people of Israel? 32 For I take no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Sovereign LORD. Repent and live!
OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) What did the Lord declare about the proverb quoted by His people? (v.1-3)
2) What did the Lord tell His people to do? Why? (v.31)
3) What is it that the Lord takes no pleasure in? What does He implore His people to do, as a result, and why? (v.32)
APPLICATION QUESTIONS
4) Do you believe the Lord to be a strict and unyielding God or a loving and merciful Father? Why?
LIFE LESSONS
5) The Lord is a merciful Father. He is also a very just God.
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