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Ezekiel chapter 9 verse 4 and the Lord said to him pass through the city through

Jerusalem and put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh and groan over all the

abominations that are committed in it.

This whole chapter is,

I just feel like I'm saying sobering every chapter in Ezekiel just to see the judgment of God upon sin in Ezekiel chapter 9. But this first in particular is talking about the remnant of people who are faithful to God, who are spared judgment in the book of

Ezekiel and hear they're described so listen to the language, path through the city, through Jerusalem, put a mark on the

foreheads of the men who sigh and groan over all the abominations that are committed in it.

Put a mark on those who are grieved over sin in and around them who are groaning and sighing and lamenting the presence of sin.

So I read this and then I picture

your life, my life, our lives today in a sinful world and how easy it is for you or I to become desensitized to sin.

Like to see sin, sin, to see any kinds of sin, to see any kinds of sin, whether it's gossip, sexual

immorality, evil according to scripture and to think, oh, it's not that big a deal.

And I just want to lead us to pray that God would make us sensitive to sin and give us his heart, his mind, his perspective.

God, we pray that God please make us men and women who grieve and sigh and

grown over sin in our lives,

over our tendencies to sin, our temptations

that we are prone to give into.

God help us to hate sin in our lives and help us to hate sin around us.

God please keep us from becoming desensitized to sin. Make us sensitive to sin. That when we see it, we hate

it and we lament it and we grieve over it and we live accordingly that we're

compelled to turn away from sin in our lives that we're compelled to share the gospel.

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