Ezekiel 24:1-14 Again in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,… I. THE SINS OF ANY CITY ARE AN OFFENCE TO GOD. 1. Seen by Him. The whole city in its greed for gain, its intemperance, its hollowness, its lust. 2. Seen by Him with anger. He is a Moral Governor, and has the moral nature that breaks into the sunlight of a smile on goodness, and gathers into the thunder cloud of a frown upon wickedness. II. THE SINS OF ANY CITY WILL ENSURE ITS DOOM. 1. History illustrates this. The cities of the plain, the dynasties of the old world. 2. Prophecy predicts this. 3. The law of causation involves this. The disease of sin naturally works the death of destruction. III. THE SINS OF ANY CITY CONCERN EVERY INDIVIDUAL INHABITANT. 1. They bring sorrow on all. 2. They give a mission to all. Hence learn — (1) Seek to evangelise the entire city to save it. (2) Seek to convert individuals, that at least they may be saved. (Urijah R. Thomas.) Parallel Verses KJV: Again in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, |
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