By Mike Durrill
The prophet of God is preaching a recurring theme throughout these chapters. You see over and over men and nations being accused of acting like gods. Idolatry - putting another god in place of God. Most think of idolatry as worshipping some "thing" that one has set up in place of God, but in reality it goes beyond the "thing" to the person who has set up the thing. Idolatry boils down to worship of self.
[2] "Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord GOD: "Because your heart is proud, and you have said, 'I am a god, I sit in the seat of the gods, in the heart of the seas,' yet you are but a man, and no god, though you make your heart like the heart of a god-- - Eze 28:2 ESV
[3] speak, and say, Thus says the Lord GOD: "Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lies in the midst of his streams, that says, 'My Nile is my own; I made it for myself.' - Eze 29:3 ESV
God has no rivals. O the folly of His creation to lift themselves up in their own eyes, declaring to be god!
Most read this post and think, "I have no ambitions of this!" Yet, it is in our very make-up. At the heart of sin is the desire to go against God. It is pride and it is our very sinful nature to want His position. The end result of this is what you see in these passages - God being God.
It is only repentance and forgiveness by the grace of God that gives us the ability to worship and exalt Him for Who He is - God.
God has no rivals.
The prophet of God is preaching a recurring theme throughout these chapters. You see over and over men and nations being accused of acting like gods. Idolatry - putting another god in place of God. Most think of idolatry as worshipping some "thing" that one has set up in place of God, but in reality it goes beyond the "thing" to the person who has set up the thing. Idolatry boils down to worship of self.
[2] "Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord GOD: "Because your heart is proud, and you have said, 'I am a god, I sit in the seat of the gods, in the heart of the seas,' yet you are but a man, and no god, though you make your heart like the heart of a god-- - Eze 28:2 ESV
[3] speak, and say, Thus says the Lord GOD: "Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lies in the midst of his streams, that says, 'My Nile is my own; I made it for myself.' - Eze 29:3 ESV
God has no rivals. O the folly of His creation to lift themselves up in their own eyes, declaring to be god!
Most read this post and think, "I have no ambitions of this!" Yet, it is in our very make-up. At the heart of sin is the desire to go against God. It is pride and it is our very sinful nature to want His position. The end result of this is what you see in these passages - God being God.
It is only repentance and forgiveness by the grace of God that gives us the ability to worship and exalt Him for Who He is - God.
God has no rivals.
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