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"Turn, turn from your evil ways"

Text: Ezekiel 33:11

HOW WE MAY LIVE WELL

The house of Israel had many doubts about living well and for the Lord. There were so many problems in life. The biggest problem was the weight of all their sins!

“Therefore you, O son of man, say to the house of Israel:
‘Thus you say, ‘If our transgressions and our sins lie upon us,
and we pine away in them, how can we then live?’
Say to them: ‘As I live,’ says the Lord God,
‘I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked,
but that the wicked turn from his way and live.
Turn, turn from your evil ways!
For why should you die, O house of Israel?””
Ezekiel 33:10-11

1. A question raised up to Ezekiel.

a) Transgressions and sins abounded.

b) They lie heavily upon their shoulders.

c) Many people were pining away.

d) How could they actually live?

2. God’s candid answer to the house of Israel.

a) An important declaration made by God.

“I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked…”
Ezekiel 33:11a

b) Israel must understand this vital truth.

3. What God desires the wicked to do.

a) To turn from his wicked ways.

b) Then may he live.

c) The wicked must not stay in his wicked ways.

4. The challenge was obvious.

a) Wickedness must be forsaken.

b) The wicked must do this:

i) He must turn away from his wicked ways.

ii) He must turn to God.

c) If he remains in his wicked ways:

i) Then he faces death.

ii) Why would they choose the path that leads to death?