Message by Larry Thacker Jr. from January 13: Blood On Our Hands
In Ezekiel 3:17-21, Yahweh continues His instruction to the prophet Ezekiel with a sobering warning. He must speak the words that are given to him to warn both the wicked and the righteous away from wickedness. If he does not do so, anyone who dies unrepentant because they did not hear the message that he was to deliver, God will charge to Ezekiel.
Whenever we read scripture, we should be careful not to take it out of context. What we read here is a specific commission to a specific person for a specific reason. However, it does tell us something about our responsibility before God with what He has given to us. It shows us what justice looks like to Him. We may not receive real-time dictation from on high, though that is not out of the question, but there are certain truths that we all know. If we see danger coming and do nothing at all to warn those in its path, how can we stand before a holy God? How would we feel about someone in the natural world allowing a disaster to happen that they could have prevented? Nothing here compares to eternal destruction! Were it not for His mercy and willingness to forgive, I suspect we’d all have blood on our hands that wouldn’t wash away. Let us all resolve to be faithful with the truth we know and be certain that we have done all that we can do to help save those headed for destruction.
