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Ezekiel
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The Ugliness of Sin
Lesson # 6
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January 10th, 2010 Page 1
Scripture: Chapters 16-18Key Verse:
Ezekiel 18:4, “Behold, all souls are Mine;
The soul of the father As
well as the soul of the son is Mine; The soul who sins shall die.”
Overview: Ezekiel showed the true nature of unrighteousness through picturesthat are graphic and repulsive. When believers see the ugliness of sin, it helps us
to shun sin in our daily conduct. Ezekiel called upon God’s people to accept
responsibility for their conduct and to turn their faces towards God. Both actionsare necessary for fellowship with the Father of RighteousnessTheme: Sin produces unpleasant undesirable fruitChapters 4-
24 cover the period from Ezekiel’s call to the beginning of the siege of
JerusalemChapters 4-
11, the certainty of God’s judgment
Chapters 12-
19, the necessity of God’s judgment
Their confidence that the kingdom and the capital would be spared wasbaselessGod desires the remnant to be aroused to repentOutline:1.
The Outcast Vine (Chapter 15)2.
The Parable of the Faithless Wife (Chapter 16)3.
The Parable of Two Eagles (Chapter 17:1-21)4.
The Parable of the Tender Twig (Chapter 17:22-24)5.
The Message of Retribution (Chapter 18)
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Detail:1.
The Outcast Vine (Chapter 15) (Reader 15:1-8)a.
The parable (15:1-5)i.
Vine wood useless as construction or for furniture (a peg) (vs 3)ii.
Vine’s purpose to produce fruit –
the very thing Israel did not do!b.
The interpretation (15:6-8)i.
Pruned vines only worthy of the fireii.
So God has delivered Israel to destruction by Nebuchadnezzar (vs6)iii.
Invaders would pillage and burn Jerusalem (cf. 2 Kings 25:1-12)iv.
Reason: (vs 8, “because they have persisted in unfaithfulness”)
2.
The Parable of the Faithless Wife (Chapter 16)a.
Purpose of this section: “Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know herabominations” (vs 2)
b.
The unwanted child (Reader 16:1-5)i.
Nation depraved like a heathen nationii.
God’s love for Israel like that of one who would have pity on an
abandoned child
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one left to die in the wilderness!iii.
When no one cared … God found her and took her!
c.
Unwanted child claimed in marriage (Reader 16:6-14)i.
Consider that from a patriarchal family of only 75 that descendedinto Egypt (Acts 7:14)ii.
After 430 years a nation of several million emerged! (Exodus12:37-38)iii.
Israel became “ike a plant in the field; and you grew, matured,and became very beautiful” (v
s 7)iv.
In the imagery of this text, God married her: “I swore an oath toyou and entered into a covenant with you, and you became Mine”
(vs 8)v.
And what a beautiful and blessed bride Israel was!
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d.
The unfaithful wife (Reader: 16:15-30)i.
Key verse: “How degenerate is your heart!” says the Lord GOD,“seeing you do all these
things,
the deeds of a brazen harlot. (vs30)ii.
The sickening picture of adultery1.
Note the Lord’s condemnation: “Woe, woe to you!” (vs 23)
2.
Graphic: vs 25, “offered yourself to everyone who
passed
by”
a.
Other versions even more graphic (NASB)b.
Hebrew : “
spreading your legs
”
3.
Israel’s unfaithful alliances:
a.
Assyria (vs 28)b.
Babylon (Chaldea) (vs 29)iii.
Worst than a harlot: (Reader 16:30-34)1.
How?2.
Answer: A harlots are solicited for sex … Israel (pict
ure of the married woman) solicited adultery!e.
The wife’s punishment (
16:35-43)
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Reader 35-38,43i.
Israel’s lovers will abuse her (
vs s 36-37)ii.
Her sin the sin of adultery or murder (vs 38)iii.
God’s hurt: (vs 43)
1.
NKJV: “but agitated Me with all these
things”
2.
ESV: “have enraged me with all these things”
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