Ezekiel 18:1 This chapter helps us to clear up a puzzle which has tormented the minds of men in all ages whenever they have thought of God, and of whether God meant them well or meant them ill. For all men have been tempted. We are tempted at times to say: "The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and t... [ Continue Reading ]
Ezekiel 18:2 It is not strange that so well known a law as the fatal persistency with which evil follows on from generation to generation, should find its expression in the Proverbs of Israel, but it is strange that you should find the prophet quoting it only to denounce it. He rises up, having quo... [ Continue Reading ]
Ezekiel 18:4 I. Every living soul is, in a sense, the subject, the sharer, of the privileges, the attributes of God. (1) There is, without contradiction, the privilege of life. Better than silent stone, or sounding waves, or moving worlds, is one who holds the eternal spark of life. Whatever comes... [ Continue Reading ]
Ezekiel 18:20 _(Exodus 20:5)_ These passages severally profess to give a rule of Divine dealing, if not with the world generally at least with the people of Israel. And at first sight certainly they seem to enunciate principles which are diametrically opposed. To use the language of modern controv... [ Continue Reading ]
Ezekiel 18:25 It seems that the Jews complained of the law under which they lived as unjust, because it spoke of the sins of fathers being visited upon their children. The proverb of the sour grapes was one which had a very direct bearing upon the conduct of the people; if the proverb generally fou... [ Continue Reading ]
Ezekiel 18:31 I. Whoever would teach as the Scriptures do, and especially whoever would teach as Christ does, must be careful to show men both sides of the awful picture beyond the grave: he must tell of judgment, as well as mercy; he must try always to temper fear with love. Observe the tone even... [ Continue Reading ]