Daily Devotions
Ezekiel
"Repent, turn away from your idols"
Text: Ezekiel 14:6
A CALL TO REPENTANCE
What was the greatest need of the hour? Those who were taken up with idolatry thought that the need was more knowledge. They sought the prophets of God for that extra knowledge.
“Therefore say to the house of Israel,
‘Thus says the Lord God:
‘Repent, turn away from your idols,
and turn your faces away from all your abominations.””
Ezekiel 14:6
1. Ezekiel must not be deceived by the people.
a) They were deceptive.
b) They would pretend to seek God.
c) They enjoy talking about religion and even God.
d) But they would not walk in God’s ways.
e) They had idols in their heart and these idols are entrenched there.
2. God’s word of wisdom to Ezekiel.
a) He must challenge the people to repent.
b) Repentance was not something taught in idolatry.
c) Idol worship focused on:
i) Religious ideas
ii) Rituals
iii) Not on repentance
iv) If the idolatrous teachers had taught repentance, the people would return to God and abandon idolatry.
v) More knowledge is just theoretical religion.
3. What is repentance?
a) They must repent from idolatrous practices.
b) They must reject idolatry in its totality.
c) They must repent from doing that which was abomination in God’s sight.
i) Child sacrifice
ii) Immorality
iii) Evil deeds
d) These must be confessed and then abandoned completely.
e) Till sins are confessed and they are cleansed by the Lord, the relationship with God remains estranged!