Ezekiel 13

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Ezekiel 13:18.

And say, Thus says the Lord GOD, Woe to the women that sew pillows to all armholes, and make kerchiefs upon the head of every stature to hunt souls! Will ye hunt the souls of my people, and will ye save the souls alive that come unto you? How many unwise persons died as a human sacrifice at a bar? How much human blood gets shed in fights at pubs?

Alcohol affects the body in a number of ways: withdrawal, hallucinations, low acid stomach, liver, nerve, heart and brain damage, damage to the unborn, impaired sexual function, drive and performance.

In fact, we read, this is a great example.

In another one, in Ezekiel 13, we have, for example, the practicing of witchcraft and God is rebuking this, and he says that my people kill those who should not die and keep alive those who should not be alive.

So again, we notice that justice is not how we feel about things.

Justice is not what makes us feel pity.

Isaiah 13, nine, see the day of the Lord is coming a cruel day with wrath and fierce anger to make the land desolate and destroy the sinners within it.

Ezekiel 13, 5, you have not gone up to the breaches in the wall to repair it for the people of Israel so that it will stand firm in the battle on the day of the Lord.

That's really interesting because this is going to be happening in Jerusalem.

So I never picked up on that verse there.

Um, Ezekiel 30 verse three for the day is near.

The day of the Lord is near a day of clouds, a time of doom for the nations.

Um, Joel 1 verse 15, Alas for that day, for the day of the Lord is near.

A little bit more than just, uh, reading it on your own.

And today we are in Ezekiel, and it seems like Ezekiel is kind of saying the same thing over and over and over again.

Jerusalem is gonna be destroyed.

Jerusalem is gonna be destroyed.

It's gonna turn in chapter 25 when he speaks about the judgment upon the nations.

Um, but we still got some more chapters to go as we're in chapter 13.

Uh, Ezekiel chapter 13 speaks about, uh, the prophets who are prophesying from their own hearts.

That is, whatever it is that they think of or dream up of, and how wrong that is.

And the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, Genesis 19.

The prophets often warned Israel and surrounding nations of impeding judgment due to sin and idolatry, as seen in Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel.

In the New Testament, judgment is further developed with the coming of Jesus Christ.

Jesus speaks of judgment in terms of both present accountability and future reckoning.

So number 2, contradiction to God's word.

Their messages often contradict Scripture and lead people away from God's truth.

Ezekiel 13, 3 declares, Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit and have seen nothing.

Excuse me, guys.

And I really felt like God was nudging me saying, this is what you actually need to bring to the forefront on this particular Sunday.

So instead of a 1 Corinthians 13 message, we have an Ezekiel 13 message, which has nothing to do with marriage and it has nothing to do with relationships.

But it's an incredible metaphor, I think, which will hopefully illustrate to you what I really felt like the Lord was saying is going on for a lot of marriages today.

So if you want to turn to Ezekiel chapter 13.

That actually due to the people's rebellion, that there would not be peace.

And what they thought was secure was not.

So we read in Ezekiel 13, 10 to 12.

And it says this, because they lead my people astray saying, peace, when there is no peace.

When you get into the Hebrew-

You're talking about Ezekiel 13:18, aren't you?

Of course.

Yeah.

Which goes into hybridism, right? It goes into hy- Why? 'Cause I, I, I have to have a body.

So-

So was the practitioner in 13, in Ezekiel 13:18-

Mm-hmm