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Ezekiel

Ezekiel 
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Day 212

"Then you shall know that I am the Lord"

Text: Ezekiel 20:42

FOR MY NAME’S SAKE

Many are the lessons that Israel would learn in a deeper way when He brings them back to their own homeland. The lessons to be learned were carefully articulated in this text.

“‘Then you shall know that I am the Lord,
when I bring you into the land of Israel,
into the country for which I raised My hand
in an oath to give to your fathers.
And there you shall remember your ways and all your doings
with which you were defiled;
and you shall loathe yourselves in your own sight
because of all the evils that you have committed.
Then you shall know that I am the Lord,
when I have dealt with you for My name’s sake,
not according to your wicked ways
nor according to your corrupt doings, O house of Israel,’
says the Lord God.”
Ezekiel 20:42-44

1. “Then you shall know that I am the Lord”

a) This was not a reference to theoretical knowledge.

b) It is a reference to a deep knowledge of God based on seeing divine power at work.

c) God had raised His hand in an oath to the patriarchs.

d) He has kept His oath given!

2. “And there you shall remember your ways”

a) The many deeds that defiled them would be remembered with shame.

b) They would loathe themselves in their own sight.

c) They would remember all the evil deeds they had done.

d) These memories must cause the returnees never to repeat those sins.

3. “For My name’s sake”

a) Why would the Lord redeem Israel?

b) The answer is profound.

c) It is for His own name’s sake.

d) God is not wicked or corrupt as Israel turned out to be.

e) God’s faithfulness stands out even as He redeems His people out of their sinful ways.