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Ezekiel chapter 16, verses 59, and 60.

For thus says the Lord God, I will deal with you as you have done,

you who have despised the oath in breaking the covenant.

Yet I will remember my covenant with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish for you an everlasting covenant.

Oh, what a picture here in Ezekiel chapter 16 of God's patient, faithful, steadfast, everlasting love.

God is saying to His people, as a whole, you have sinned against me,

and I will deal with you as you have done. You have despised the oath and breaking the covenant.

You have been unfaithful to me. You have turned aside and worshipped all kinds of gods and idols in this world. And you deserve judgment and

consequences for your sin. Yet, verse 60 says yet. In other words, that's not the end of the story.

Yet, I will remember my covenant with you. In other words, I am a faithful God. In other words, I will be true to my promises to you. And I will establish for you an everlasting covenant. He will make a way for sinners who trust in him, despite their sin, to be reconciled to him,

to experience everlasting, never-ending relationship with him. This is the gospel. This is the

greatest news in the world. You and I have sinned against God.

We deserve judgment from God, eternal, everlasting judgment from God. And God loves us. And is made

away through faith in Jesus, through trust in who Jesus is, through trust in God's love for us,

that would lead him to send his son to die on a cross, to pay the price for our sins,

to rise from the graves so that anyone who trusts in Jesus can be forgiven of all their

sin, can be reconciled, restored to relationship with God,

and experience everlasting life in relationship with Him.

Now, if you've never believed in this gospel, trusted in Jesus with your life, I encourage you

to do that today. And for all who have, I encourage you today to thank God all over again for the gospel,

for His everlasting covenant, for His love for you and for me, despite our sin. And let's resolve

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