Daily Devotions
Ezekiel
"She has rebelled against My judgments"
Text: Ezekiel 5:6
THE JUDGMENTS AND STATUTES OF GOD
The LORD had graciously given to Israel wonderful judgments and statutes through Moses. These laws had been given to Moses personally by God. Moses had written all these laws down and it was called “The Book of the Covenant”. The people then declared “All that the LORD has said we will do, and be obedient” (Exodus 24:7).
THE GRIM REALITY
From the day Solomon’s heart was turned away from God to worship idols, the nation of Israel had begun a journey that saw it become more and more wicked.
‘She has rebelled against My judgments
by doing wickedness more than the nations,
and against My statutes more than the countries that are all around her;
for they have refused My judgments,
and they have not walked in My statutes.”
Ezekiel 5:6
1. The sin of rebellion.
a) Israel had rebelled against:
i) God’s judgments.
ii) God’s statutes.
b) Israel had:
i) Refused (rejected) God’s judgments.
ii) Chosen not to walk in God’s statutes.
2. The Gentile nations.
a) They did not have God’s judgments and statutes.
b) They did whatever was right in their own eyes.
c) They were ignorant of God’s laws.
d) Thus, they did not know how to walk in God’s ways.
3. Israel had no excuse.
a) It chose to go against the LORD.
b) It deliberately chose the path of wickedness.
c) In fact, they behaved in ways that were more wicked than Gentile nations.
4. Israel would face judgment from the LORD.
a) Jerusalem would fall to the Babylonians.
b) The people would become captives.
c) They would have to eat defiled bread in a foreign country.
d) Israel paid a terrible price for its wickedness.