In Ezekiel 24, we learn about God’s
holiness and His love. If we are to appreciate the wonderful love God
has for sinners, we need to become more deeply aware of the awesome
holiness of God’s hatred of sin. We look at our sin. We look at God’s
holiness. We learn about ourselves. We see how far we have fallen short
of God’s glory. We learn about God. We come to know that He is the Lord.
Deeply aware of God’s holiness and our own sin, we are led, by the Holy
Spirit and the Holy Scriptures, to see Jesus, crucified for us. We hear
about God’s holiness. This is the Word of His judgment upon our sin.
This is not, however, the final Word that He speaks to us. He speaks His
Word of love - His Word of forgiveness, peace and hope.
"Be careful! Watch out for the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees!" (Matthew 17:6),. even after there us divine revelation (Matthew 16:17), the influence of evil can be felt (Matthew 16:23), The warning - "Be careful! Watch out ... !" must never be forgotten. Satan is looking for an opportunity to leads us away from the Lord. We must hear what Jesus is saying to us about discipleship (Matthew 16:24), and we must commit ourselves to Him (Matthew 16:25). There is nothing more important than this (Matthew 16:26). If we are to be true followers of Jesus, we must learn to live our lives in the light of eternity (Matthew 16:27). We are to seek revelations of God's eternal Kingdom, revelations which will send us back, from the mountain-top, to live each day for Jesus.
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