Ezekiel 5-8

"Therefore I will act in wrath. My eye will not spare, nor will I have pity. And though they cry in my ears with a loud voice, I will not hear them."  Ez. 8:18

And that about sums it up. This isn't a very popular passage is it? Not many songs are written from this text, and I'm pretty sure you would be hard pressed to find any verses from Ezekiel 5-8 on the back of any T-shirt.

This is a tough pill to swallow. We love to think of chapters like Psalm 103, and the truth that God is patient, and full of mercy is absolutely awesome. Thank you Lord! But just like anything, we will never understand the whole picture until we see both sides. So please don't miss this. God's righteous jealousy over sin shows His holiness, and that's the side of God that we need to be reminded about.

God hates sin.

He hates it so much his Son, Jesus Christ, had to die a horrific death to cover our sins.

God doesn't change, and he still looks at our sin the same way. The only difference now is that Christ died and rose back to life. Let's thank God for our Savior today. Without him we would be in the same place as these pitiful Israelites. But because He lives we can look to the cross this morning and rejoice that the Father can now hear us.