DCLM Daily Manna 17 August 2024
TOPIC: Discharged And Acquitted
TEXT: Ezekiel 18:20-23 (KJV)
20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
21 But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
22 All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live.
23 Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord God: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?
KEY VERSE
“All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live.”
Ezekiel 18:22
DCLM Daily Manna 17 August 2024 MESSAGE
The largest industrial accident ever recorded had two electrical engineers ‘playing around’ with what the Soviets later described as an unauthorized experiment. They were trying to see how long a turbine would free the wheel when they took the power off it, which is dangerous. One by one, the computers came up with the flashing message: “Stop! Dangerous! Go no further!” But rather than shutting off the experiment, they continued. The result was a nuclear fallout.
God commissioned Prophet Ezekiel as a prophet to Israel and commanded him to warn the wicked and the righteous alike about the consequences of sin and disobedience to God. When the righteous depart from their righteousness and commit iniquity, God said such people will be judged based on their present state.
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Their past righteousness will not count. Ezekiel’s role was to warn the righteous of the danger of reclining back to sin. Failure to warn them would mean that the blood of the righteous person who backslides would be required from his hands.
There is danger in ignoring warnings. Whether people accept it or not, we should warn them of the consequences of their actions. In particular, we should warn the righteous that there is nothing like unconditional security. Those who claim to be saved but continue to live contrary to God’s words are as guilty as any other sinner before God.
God deals with all alike; He acts according to His word. We must heed His warning through His word and ministers, and live right because only one’s present condition at the point of death or rapture will determine the recompense he receives.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Those who ignore God’s warning signs do so to their eternal regret.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR
Job 26-30
