The God Who Reveals the Title
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Ezekiel 16:35-52 / God Reveals
* When is a person most ashamed?
- Perhaps when the shameful things that have been hidden / are made public
- God / Away from God - Relying on idolatry and great powers
& I will expose all the shame of Israel for committing fornication. / He says.
- So, I will put an end to this unstoppable sin - / He says.
** Also, how great is Israel's sin...
& Comparing Sodom and Samaria - He laments that Israel's iniquity is greater than that.
* Through today's text / What kind of God is... What are the lessons he gives me...
& Let's think about a few things.
1. Covering my naked body, covered in blood / with nice clothes
& Forsaken the God who made you his bride
& against Israel who practiced fornication and abominations - God pronounces judgment.
Verse 37
- God judges / what Israel had so relied upon and pursued until now.
& everyone he loved, / everyone he hated, /
& Gathered from all sides - He says / I will make all the shame exposed / I will make everyone see it.
- And, in verse 39 / he says / (again) shamefully - I will strip him naked.
* Who is God?
- God covers all our transgressions and sins, and He forgives us...
& At the same time, when God does not turn to the end...
& He is the one who exposes / shames / and punishes all our sins.
** Yet today we // cover our filthy sins and transgressions /
& rather hide / forgive
& (not judgment) to be in God's grace - How grateful are you?
* However, today Israel - by not turning back until the end
& (the God who judges) exposes / shames all that iniquity.
* Everyone! Why does God rebuke / punish Israel so terribly?
Verse 41
- Because they themselves do not stop idolatrous fornication...
& God forced - to stop.
<It's fine if you do it yourself... No matter how much you say it, you're forcing it to stop.>
<Apply> Dear friends!
- Before God reveals / What sin should I confess first?
- Before God put an end to it / What sins should I end first?
* Some revivalists say so.
- “I’m sure you won’t be able to drink alcohol because it’s the top bread? - Or won't you take care of yourself?"
- “Are you sure I can’t smoke a cigarette by making a loaf of bread? - Or do you want to quit on your own?”
- “Should I make the company go bankrupt and come to church? - Or would you like to worship on your own?”
** It is wise to finish it yourself / before God finishes it.
* There is something like that when we raise our children.
- Older kids / I wish they had made a mistake quickly and then asked for forgiveness...
& You were beaten to the end and you slept? - In the end, everything was right and it was wrong, right?
- But, when I look at the youngest ones, / he only holds a falcon and hasn't hit him yet.
& He said he was wrong right away / and said he would never do it again.
** Then / does your heart hurt even after hitting the older ones?
- I'm weak, but I'm thankful for the youngest ones who said they made a mistake before hitting the rod, right?
* Dear friends!
- God is the same. <You must not hurt God's heart>
- If you want to hear the rod - Even then / I should have prayed "I was really wrong" quickly...
& then, even if you get beaten - less likely...
& what kind of god he is so strong in front of... - Is it all right?
- Everyone! / In front of God - Let's not brag about our strength.
- In the presence of God - Always / who knows how to lay flat quickly - I hope you will become such people.
2. The Israelites - Sodom and Samaria /
& always~ “Things like garbage! / Things that were destroyed by sin” “Things like to set fire to hell!” /
& I lived while pointing fingers.
- But God - "You are more sinful / than Sodom and Samaria..."
& says so.
* And / what do you say?
Verses 44 and 45
- what?
- “That mother is her daughter~! / She is her older sister and her younger sister.”
- "She also abandoned her husband and children and went to another man... / Her daughter is the same."
& “Where are those bloodlines going?” // People are sarcastic.
* What does this mean?
- They look alike. 'Resembles.'
- Israel, whom God had chosen, / resembled the surrounding Gentile nations, Heth and Amor.
& Samaria and Sodom.
- We shouldn't look alike / It's similar.
** The saints, the people of God - do not influence the world
& It's like the people of the world.
& It's not that different from the rest of the world.
<Apply> Dear friends!
- Who do you resemble today?
- Today we / want to be like Jesus.
& I hope that you will become more like Jesus.