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In the middle or close to the end of a horrifying chapter, I don't know how else to describe Ezekiel chapter 23, it is such a horrifying picture of physical and spiritual adultery, God basically using the image of adultery to talk about his people's idolatry, how they have turned aside from him and his love for them and his provision in their lives, and they've run after other gods and idols,

to satisfy them, to their ruin, and it's a clear picture, a reminder to every one of us to keep in mind at every moment, no one nothing satisfies like God, that when we turn to the idols of this world, we will always end up unsatisfied, always, always, always.

The reason I read these two verses in particular is because of this reference to the cup, you shall drink your sister's cup, it's a cup of horror and desolation, the cup of your sister's samaria, and basically the imagery is a cup of judgment and sorrow and destruction.

It's really a cup of wrath and condemnation and just picture all the consequences of sin as you drink this cup, and this is the imagery that the Bible uses all throughout the Old Testament and the New Testament.

To describe God's judgment, God's just and holy wrath, do sin, and so when Jesus prepares to go to the cross and he's in the garden, what does he pray?

Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me, nevertheless not as I will, but you will, and Jesus goes to the cross and willingly drinks the cup of judgment and holy wrath, do sin, he drinks the cup that you and I deserve to drink.

And so we pray, Lord Jesus, all glory and honor and praise be to your name, we deserve to drink the cup of judgment and holy wrath for sin forever, and you have gone to the cross on our behalf.

We have all who have put their trust in you and you have drank that cup in our place so that we don't have to endure it. All glory be to your name.

Thank you, Jesus, for dying on across for our sin, for taking the judgment, enduring the wrath that we deserve, so that we right now might have fellowship with God.

So we might know you and have eternal life in you. All glory be to your name. We confess we have committed spiritual idolatry, adultery.

We have to run after idols, things in this world, instead of you, God forgive us and we praise you, Jesus, for making this forgiveness possible.

And so we say, help us today to love you with all our hearts, soul, mind and strength with everything we are and everything we have, keep us from adultery,

spiritual adultery, keep us from spiritual adultery, keep us from idolatry in any way. And God, we pray for people all around the world who are worshipping different idols.

We pray for the Atomawa Filani today in Nigeria, 1.6 million people worshipping a combination of Muslim and animistic religions, gods, spirits, idols, Jesus, you alone are worthy of their glory.

We pray that the Atomawa Filani people of Nigeria would be reached with the good news of your love in Jesus.

The good news that Jesus has taken the judgment we deserve upon himself so that they can be saved. God, we pray for your salvation may be known among the Atomawa Filani of Nigeria and all the nations that all the nations might know that you alone are God.

That Jesus you alone are Savior that salvation is found and no one else for there is no other name under heaven whereby we can be saved.

We pray all of this in light of your word in Ezekiel 23 verses 32 and 33 in Jesus name. Amen.