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James Bible Daily Devotion – Learning
Scripture One Day At A Time
Date: Saturday,
August 29, 2015
Chapters: Ezekiel 5-9
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Message
Title: Judgment
Of The Church

Hello My Friend,

Abomination,
extreme hatred, an abomination is sin that is extremely detestable to
God, while all sin separates us from Him, some just bring out His
anger like no other. The world loves to try to shut the mouths of
those who are called to teach the world that the things they are
doing are an abomination. Sadly, out of fear or even living in sin
themselves, many men and women of God are giving in and allowing
these things to take place in the church. We will all stand before
Christ, and will be accountable for allowing these things to take
place in His Church. If you are saved, you are His Church, no matter
where you go, you are His Church, and if you are among those doing
and allowing abominable things to take place you will be held
accountable. “A good man out of the good
treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out
of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. But I say unto you,
That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account
thereof in the day of judgment.” - Matthew
12:35,36.

Jew or Gentile, rich or poor, saved or unsaved,
we will all be judged. Those saved will be judged for the things they
did for God after they were saved, those who are not for not knowing
Christ. No one is exempt from His judgments, while the world denies
God and will face judgment for that, His eyes are first on those who
know who He is, these are the churches representing Him yet are doing
and allowing abominable things to take place. God sends Ezekiel to
tell the Jews in Babylon of the further judgments coming to
Jerusalem. “Therefore thus saith the Lord
GOD; Because ye multiplied more than the nations that are round about
you, and have not walked in my statutes, neither have kept my
judgments, neither have done according to the judgments of the
nations that are round about you; Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD;
Behold, I, even I, am against thee, and will execute judgments in the
midst of thee in the sight of the nations. And I will do in thee that
which I have not done, and whereunto I will not do any more the like,
because of all thine abominations.” - Ezekiel
5:7-9.

Jerusalem, the city of God, and yet it was more
corrupt than the world. The same is true today, it's scary to see the
way churches are allowing the world to come in those walls, and
judgment is coming to all of them. God tells of what is to come of
all of Israel, first He speaks of the mountains of Israel. “And
the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall know that I am
the LORD. Yet will I leave a remnant, that ye may have some that
shall escape the sword among the nations, when ye shall be scattered
through the countries. And they that escape of you shall remember me
among the nations whither they shall be carried captives, because I
am broken with their whorish heart, which hath departed from me, and
with their eyes, which go a whoring after their idols: and they shall
lothe themselves for the evils which they have committed in all their
abominations. And they shall know that I am the LORD, and that I have
not said in vain that I would do this evil unto them.” -
Ezekiel 6:7-10.

God's first commandment is, “Thou
shalt have no other gods before me.” - Exodus 3:20, “You
will have no other gods before Me!”. There is only One God,
“Almighty”, “Jehovah”, “I Am”, “LORD of lords”,
whichever name you prefer, there is only, one God, one living God, He
is alive, always has been, always will be. Anytime a person chooses
another form of god (Buddha, Allah, Pope) over Jehovah is putting
another god before Him. Anytime a person chooses a religion, a
career, a hobby, or a lifestyle over God they are putting another god
before Him. God is angry, not at the people that have no idea who He
is, but at the very people who know of Him. God
continues to tell of the judgment of Israel.

“Now
will I shortly pour out my fury upon thee, and accomplish mine anger
upon thee: and I will judge thee according to thy ways, and will
recompense thee for all thine abominations. And mine eye shall not
spare, neither will I have pity: I will recompense thee according to
thy ways and thine abominations that are in the midst of thee; and ye
shall know that I am the LORD that smiteth. Behold the day, behold,
it is come: the morning is gone forth; the rod hath blossomed, pride
hath budded. Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness: none of
them shall remain, nor of their multitude, nor of any of theirs:
neither shall there be wailing for them. The king shall mourn, and
the prince shall be clothed with desolation, and the hands of the
people of the land shall be troubled: I will do unto them after their
way, and according to their deserts will I judge them; and they shall
know that I am the LORD.” - Ezekiel 7:8-11,27.

You
know, as merciful and forgiving as God is He is just as disgusted
over the unsaved putting Him in the middle of their false religions.
They make up religions to justify their lifestyles, change His Word
to accommodate their sin, and somehow convince the unknown to follow
them, and yet claim to be Christians. And they wonder why God is so
angry? God takes Ezekiel on a vision tour through Jerusalem to see
exactly how wicked it was. “And he
brought me into the inner court of the LORD'S house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar,
were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of
the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the
sun toward the east. Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son
of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit
the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the
land with violence, and have returned to provoke me to anger: and,
lo, they put the branch to their nose. Therefore will I also deal in
fury: mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: and though
they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them.”
- Ezekiel 8:16-18.

There is only One
Church, the church of Christ, not the fake one people claim to call
the church of Christ, or the one claiming to be a witness of Jehovah,
but the true church, the one that gives all authority to Jesus
Christ, who is God and the Word of God in the flesh. Those who turn
their nose to the BRANCH, who is Jesus Christ, even though they claim
to worship God will not be spared from the judgment. This is God's
judgment, eternal death, Jesus will come and spare only those who
know Him personally as their Saviour. God commands Him to do so, and
Ezekiel is a witness to this. “And the
glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub, whereupon he
was, to the threshold of the house. And he called to the man clothed
with linen, which had the writer's inkhorn by his side; And the LORD
said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of
Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and
that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.
And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through
the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity:”
- Ezekiel 9:3-5.

The mark, the blood upon the foreheads of
those who choose Christ, the second we admit we are a sinner, believe
in His sinless death, burial, and resurrection as the payment for
sin, and confess that we need Him to save us, we have the mark of
Christ blood upon us. That means That is unless we confess and repent
of our sins. “And before him shall be
gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as
a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: And he shall set the
sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. Then shall the
King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father,
inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the
world: Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from
me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his
angels: And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the
righteous into life eternal.” - Matthew
25:32-34,41,46.

Today's Prayer:
God, In a world that is falling quickly through sin we who are saved
and living in obedience to Your commands need Your protection more
than ever. Lord, put Your hedge around us, keep us safe from all the
destruction that is taking place, give us Your courage to be a
witness to Your saving grace, and give us the strength to stand up to
Your truths and not be afraid to speak them. We are Your Church, we
are Your voice, let us be the example we need to be to bring others
into it before Your Son returns. In Jesus' name, amen.

God
Bless You, I am praying for you,
Christina

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