Amen. Amen. Good evening to you. Hey, before you're seated, if you haven't got the elements for communion at the conclusion, you might want to come up. Hi, Melissa. Good to see you. Go ahead and come on up. Those of you that are joining us online, we're so glad that you are if you would like to partake with us you might want to have the elements ready

as well as we will partate together we always look forward to the communion table at the conclusion

of tonight's Bible studies so Ezekiel chapter 18 we're making our way through we're taking our time and so just one chapter

tonight and for a couple of reasons one of which is I never like to rush through communion so

we'll just take the one chapter and there's another reason and I think you'll see why here shortly.

This chapter, actually it's an interesting chapter and it really is kind of stand alone.

It addresses what is arguably one of the questions of the ages concerning God's justice and God's fairness.

And in so doing, it also addresses the sin nature in all of us, the Adamic nature in all of us.

It started with Adam and Eve,

and it's that of blaming others. In fact, we blame everybody but ourselves. And it started in

the garden. Have you really thought through the garden account when sin

entered the world and God confronts Adam and Eve? And it's almost kind of subtle in a way,

but upon closer examination, you know, they're not really blaming, I mean, starting with Adam,

he's not really blaming Eve, he's blaming God for giving him Eve.

No, right?

It's the woman you gave me.

And then when it comes to Eve, no, it's not my fault, I'm not to blame, it's the serpent you put in the garden.

And it started there and it continues to this day.

Okay. started there and it continues to this day. It's placing the blame on everyone but who the blame belongs to.

And as we're about to see, God through the prophet Ezekiel is going to put it to rest

and what he's going to put to rest is this blaming of God or others under the banner of life is not

fair or worse yet God is not fair I know I've shared this I hope you

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