Anguish is coming! They will seek peace, but find none. Sermons
I. THE GREAT BLESSING OF PEACE. This may be misunderstood. Warfare with ignorance, error, and iniquity, is characteristic of the condition of the good man here upon earth. Our Lord Jesus saw this, and declared, "I am not come to send peace, but a sword." The presence of evil requires that the attitude of the righteous should be one of antagonism. But this is for a season and for a purpose. A state of controversy and hostility is not a state in itself perfectly desirable and good. Peace of conscience, peace with God, peace with Christian brethren, as far as possible peace with all men, - these are blessings devoutly to be desired and sought. II. THE INCOMPATIBILITY OF SIN WITH PEACE. If peace results from the harmony of the several parts of a man's nature among themselves, and from harmony between man as a moral being and his God, it is not to be expected that, when the passions are arrayed against the reason, interest against conscience, the subject against the rightful and Divine Ruler, there can be peace. It is mercifully ordered that peace should flee when iniquity prevails. "There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked." III. THE PUNISHMENT APPROPRIATE TO SIN OFTEN LEADS TO A DESIRE FOR THE BLESSINGS OF PEACE. Men seek peace, and there is none. Thus they are led to reflect upon the unreasonableness of their expectation that the moral laws of the universe should be changed for their pleasure. Tossed to and fro upon the stormy waters, they long for the haven of repose. IV. PEACE IS ONLY TO BE OBTAINED UPON GOD'S OWN TERMS OF COMPLETE SURRENDER AND SUBMISSION. It is not to be found either by endeavoring to stifle the voice of conscience within, or by withdrawing from a world of outward strife to some seclusion and isolation. Both these methods have often been tried, but in vain. The conciliation must take place within. The heart must find rest and satisfaction in the gospel of Jesus Christ, "our Peace." The whole nature must, by the power of the Spirit, be brought into subjection to God. The fountain of peace must thus be divinely opened, and "peace will flow as a river." - T.
Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be none. I remember hearing Dr. James Spurgeon, in the course of a sermon preached at the Metropolitan Tabernacle, say that on one occasion when he was returning from New York, and the vessel had not been long out at sea, he noticed a number of small birds in the rigging of the vessel. "Ah, poor things," said the captain, "they will be dead by tomorrow; they think they are going landward, while they are going out into the sea." And the captain was right, for on the morrow their little stiffened bodies were scattered about the deck. And just so is it with impenitent men who, in their false security, pursue what they fondly dream to be a safe way, but it is the way of certain ruin. "Destruction cometh, and they shall seek peace, and there shall he none."(Charles Deal.) People EzekielPlaces JerusalemTopics Anguish, Destruction, Fear, Horror, None, Peace, Seek, Shaking, SoughtOutline 1. The final desolation of Israel16. The mournful repentance from that escape 20. The enemies defile the sanctuary because of the Israelites' abominations 23. Under the type of a chain is shown the miserable captivity of all orders of men Dictionary of Bible Themes Ezekiel 7:23-27Library Motives to Holy MourningLet me exhort Christians to holy mourning. I now persuade to such a mourning as will prepare the soul for blessedness. Oh that our hearts were spiritual limbecs, distilling the water of holy tears! Christ's doves weep. They that escape shall be like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, every one for his iniquity' (Ezekiel 7:16). There are several divine motives to holy mourning: 1 Tears cannot be put to a better use. If you weep for outward losses, you lose your tears. It is like a shower … Thomas Watson—The Beatitudes: An Exposition of Matthew 5:1-12 Healing a Demoniac in a Synagogue. The Hebrew Sages and their Proverbs "And There is None that Calleth Upon Thy Name, that Stirreth up Himself to Take Hold on Thee," Blessed are they that Mourn "Thou Shall Keep Him in Perfect Peace, Whose Mind is Stayed on Thee, Because He Trusteth in Thee. " There is a Blessedness in Reversion Ezekiel Links Ezekiel 7:25 NIVEzekiel 7:25 NLT Ezekiel 7:25 ESV Ezekiel 7:25 NASB Ezekiel 7:25 KJV Ezekiel 7:25 Bible Apps Ezekiel 7:25 Parallel Ezekiel 7:25 Biblia Paralela Ezekiel 7:25 Chinese Bible Ezekiel 7:25 French Bible Ezekiel 7:25 German Bible Ezekiel 7:25 Commentaries Bible Hub |