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Ezekiel

Ezekiel 
Day 
Day 350

"Say to the children of your people"

Text: Ezekiel 33:12

RIGHTEOUSNESS AND WICKEDNESS

Righteousness is the antithesis of wickedness. The individual must decide how he wishes to live. His choice will affect his life!

“Therefore you, O son of man,
say to the children of your people:
‘The righteousness of the righteous man
shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression;
as for the wickedness of the wicked,
he shall not fall because of it
in the day that he turns from his wickedness;
nor shall the righteous be able to live
because of his righteousness in the day that he sins.'”
Ezekiel 33:12

1. An important truth to proclaim.

a) There are two pathways to choose from.

i) The path of righteousness.

ii) The path of wickedness.

b) The individual must ponder and choose wisely.

i) There are consequences to consider.

ii) He must be wise in choosing his pathway.

2. The righteousness of a righteous man.

a) True righteousness is a way of life.

b) The person who chooses righteousness must practise maintaining an upright life.

c) If he veers off the path of righteousness and walks in wicked ways, his past righteousness will not save him.

d) He will die because he has chosen the path of wickedness.

e) This was a solemn and sobering truth that must be proclaimed.

3. Hope for the wicked person if a person repents from his wicked ways.

a) He shall not fall away.

b) There is hope from God.

c) He will be spared from destruction.