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Ezekiel

Ezekiel 
Day 
Day 368

"Behold, I Myself will judge"

Text: Ezekiel 34:20

THE LORD AS JUDGE

On the surface, it is hard to distinguish one sheep from another. The Lord Himself declared that He would be the One who would judge the sheep.

“Therefore thus says the Lord God to them:
‘Behold, I Myself will judge
between the fat and the lean sheep.
Because you have pushed with side and shoulder,
butted all the weak ones with your horns,
and scattered them abroad,
therefore I will save My flock,
and they shall no longer be a prey;
and I will judge between sheep and sheep.'”
Ezekiel 34:20-22

1. God as the omniscient Judge.

a) It would take omniscience to judge correctly.

b) Human judges are unable to judge correctly.

2. Judging between sheep.

a) There are the “fat sheep”.

b) There are the “lean sheep”.

c) The Lord knows that they are fat or lean not because of their genes.

3. The fat sheep.

a) They pushed aside weaker sheep with their side and shoulder.

b) They butted the weaker ones with their horns.

c) They chased away the weaker ones.

d) They scattered the weaker ones.

e) They feasted on the good pasture lands at the expense of the weaker sheep.

4. God will save His flock.

a) He will save the weaker sheep.

b) He will deliver them out of their troubles.

c) He will judge the bullying sheep.

d) He will not allow the weaker ones to become prey.

5. The bad sheep of Israel.

a) They took advantage of the poor.

b) They ill-treated the weak.

c) God would judge these bad sheep.

d) He will deliver the weaker ones from being further bullied by the strong ones.