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Ezra chapter 10 verse one

while Ezra prayed and made confession, weeping and casting himself down before the House of

God, a very great assembly of men, women, and children gathered to him out of Israel for the people wept bitterly.

This is really similar to what we read about in Ezra Chapter 9 and I think it's worth

soaking in again in Ezra chapter 10 specifically the picture here of a weeping as Ezra and others pray and confessed sin. They were weeping. The

Bible says they wept bitterly. And I just want to ask the question in each of our lives. I include myself in this.

When was the last time we wept over our sin?

And when was the last time we wept over others sin, sin in the world around us?

Ezra Ten is giving us a clear picture of weeping over sin before God and just

consider that what would cause us to weep over sin. Certainly it starts with seeing God in his holiness and his

perfections and even not just in his might and his judgment do sin, but in his love for us as we have turned aside from him as we have done, thought, desired that which is contrary to

him in his love for us. So it starts with seeing who God is. It starts with seeing ourselves and our

sin for what it is as an offense, as a turning aside, as a not trusting, as a turning aside, not trusting, as a defaming and dishonoring of God himself.

Even the smallest sin, if we could use that word, it's not small that's the point the

Sin that we might consider to be small or not that big a deal to see no it's a huge deal

One sin against an infinitely holy God is worthy of infinite

judgment think about one sin in Genesis chapter 3 that brought condemnation for all people in all history

that brought about all the effects of sin we see in the world around us today

it all started with one act of not trusting

God of turning from God in his good ways and we will commit, I don't know how many people are listening to this, but between

us thousands of sins today or tomorrow in addition to multitudes of sins we have committed, oh God please teach us, bring us to weep over

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