Ezekiel 33:1-33

Contents: Ethical instructions for the captivity. Rebuke to those who are not sincere in their professions.

Characters: God, Ezekiel, Abraham.

Conclusion: God warns sinners of the wrath to come that they may flee from it. Those who go promiscuously into the mouth of judgment, though they hear the warnings of God's servants against the dangers of sin, have destroyed themselves.

Key Word: Warning, Ezekiel 33:3.

Strong Verses: Ezekiel 33:8; Ezekiel 33:9; Ezekiel 33:11; Ezekiel 33:12; Ezekiel 33:13; Ezekiel 33:31; Ezekiel 33:32.

Striking Facts: Ezekiel 33:12-13. Many have been ruined by trusting to the merit of their own righteousness, and thinking that God is so much their debtor that they may therefore venture to commit a little sin. «The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him.» (Romans 4:5-8; Romans 10:1). Happy is the man who is clothed with the righteousness of Jesus Christ and in whom Christ lives. (Galatians 2:20.)