Ezekiel 11:1-12:16
God speaks to us about our sin- ‘Son of man, you are living among a rebellious people’- and His salvation- ‘I will... put a new spirit in them...’(12:2; 11:19-20). We must receive’ with humility, the bad news concerning our sin - ‘The wages of sin is death’- before we can receive, with gladness, the Good News concerning God’s salvation - ‘The free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord’(Romans 6:23). God wants each of us to be saved: ‘The Lord... does not want anyone to perish; He wants everyone to turn away from their sins’(2 Peter 3:9). To those who refuse to be saved, dismissing the bad news concerning their sin and closing their hearts to the Good News concerning God’s salvation, God speaks His Word or warning: ‘...I will punish them for what they have done’(11:21).
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