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Ezekiel chapter six verse ten

and they shall know that I am the Lord.

I have not said in vain that I would do this evil to them.

Now the context behind this verse is critical. What is happening in Ezekiel chapter 6 is God is talking about his judgment

upon his people for their idolatry for the way they've run after other gods,

how they have worshipped other gods.

They've turned aside from the one true God.

And God is talking about judgment coming upon them.

And it's sobering pictures of God's judgment really all throughout

Ezekiel that word just keeps coming to my mind is just so sobering it's humbling

it's serious to realize the seriousness of sin the severity of

sin and its consequences what we quote in Romans chapter 6 verse 23 the the wages of sin is death the payment for

sin is eternal judgment and we're seeing that judgment play out here in Ezekiel chapter six.

But what he says here, what God says in verse 10, they shall know that I am the Lord.

I've not said in vain that I would do this to them.

So even in God's judgment, hear this,

even in God's judgment, hear this, even in God's judgment and the consequences of

sin that God's people are experiencing. God is not doing that in vain. He is not showing his judgment. He is not carrying out his

judgment in vain. He has a purpose even in discipline. I think about a conversation that Heather and I had

with one of our kids recently about sin and consequences and this is a conversation that any

parent is familiar with or anyone who is carried out discipline in some way where we say okay there are consequences to doing this

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