Sunday, November 24, 2019

 

Ezekiel 33:11 "Why will you die?"

First, you have in it a horrible resolution implied — to die.
A man may be said to have resolved to die when he uses the means of death. There is a black mixture, sweet to the natural taste of man, but labelled by God "slow poison" called sin. The result of taking it is declared, in language that cannot be mistaken, to be certain death. "The soul that sins shall die." Eze 18.20 "The wages of sin is death." Rom 6.23 "Sin when it is finished brings forth death." Jas 1.15
But again, the man may be said to have determined to die, who spurns all that could save him from death.
e, who surmounts all obstacles placed in his way in order to prevent him
Secondly, a plaintive question asked — why?
Is hell so pleasant a place that you want to enter there?
Is heaven so cheap?
Is eternity short?  Is eternity a matter of so little importance that it does not concern you whether you are lost or saved? How sad the thought that the vast mass of mankind lives as if the few years on earth was the chief portion of its existence, and the ages beyond are of secondary importance
Is your soul so worthless? "What shall it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?" Mat 16.26 
Thirdly, a glorious truth taught — God desires to give you hope.
"As I live, says the Lord, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked." Not only does God repudiate the idea of His finding pleasure in the death of the sinner, but he also declares He finds pleasure in their salvation: "but that the wicked turn from His way and live." Eze 33.11






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