God has given to us, His people, the gift of God's Word, not only so that we would know the Lord and be in a right relationship with Him, but also so that we would depend on God's Word!

Ezekiel Chapter 12 is a great reminder to God's people to help us know how to depend upon God's Word by resting on God's Word, by believing on God's Word, both in whole or in part, and by specifically applying God's Word to our very lives.

God's Word is one of the greatest gift that God has given to His people so that ultimately, we would depend upon the Lord and His Word.

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The people in Jerusalem had a problem. God said, they were a 'rebellious house.'

Through the prophet Ezekiel, God wanted to get the people's attention because God knew what His people's answer was to their problem.

God's people, back then, as well as now, need to rightly respond to God's Word immediately. This includes not only having open ears and open hearts to receive God's Word, but also to submit to God's Word as the very Word of God down to the smallest detail.

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Ezekiel Chapters '7-Eleven,' contain many Biblical principles that we can pick up like walking through a grocery store aisles that we can place in our spiritual grocery cart and take to heart.

In Ezekiel Chapters 7 and 8, -- God is the God who sees and who knows all things.

In Ezekiel Chapter 9-11, -- God is the God who knows His people by name and marks us out as His people all by His grace!

But God doesn't stop there.

God not only had a plan for His people back then in Ezekiel's day, but also to us today, to be present with His people and make our heart His home. Our God is in the daily business of removing stony hearts and giving us hearts of flesh by His Spirit and making all things new!

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In God's, '7-Eleven,' grocery store in Ezekiel Chapter 7-11, we see Biblical truths laid out for us on the shelf that we need to put into our 'spiritual grocery cart' to help remind us of WHO OUR GOD IS and that GOD IS THE GOD WHO SEES ALL THINGS.

If we truly understood that GOD IS THE ONE WHO KNOWS ALL THINGS and WHO SEES ALL THINGS, including the hidden crevices in our hearts, how would that change the way we live our daily lives?

It would change EVERYTHING!

A right understanding of WHO IS THE LORD as being 'THE GOD WHO SEES,' is not only one of the strongest deterrents to sin in the life of a believer, but also an integral key to spiritual growth in walking with our God!

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Can you imagine finding HOPE in the book of Ezekiel which is filled with prophecies of doom and gloom and days of coming difficulties for God's people?

Yes, we can!

Embedded in Ezekiel Chapter 6, God promised that He would 'save a remnant,' and one day, carry His people back to their promised land.

This is not just a promise for God's People in the Old Testament times back then, this applies to God's People today!

When storms hit and days of difficulties come are way... God has promised His people that He will not only be present with His People and carry them through... but also one day, carry His People home!

Yes, there is hope for God's People, even in times of storm!

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The book of Ezekiel is filled with specific prophecies and righteous judgments, but it is also filled with HOPE!

In fact, the overarching storyline of the whole book of Ezekiel is that even though God in His Holiness must judge and discipline His People because of their sin, God in His mercy has a Grace-filled plan to bring His people back into a right relationship with Him!

In other words, because of God, we have HOPE!

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The Lord has a call upon all of His people to, 'Go and Speak God's Word to Others.'

This God-given commission is not just for pastors, missionaries, and full-time Christian workers, or even to Old Testament prophets back then, but to each of us today!

In Ezekiel Chapters 2 and 3, God tells His prophet Ezekiel the 'where' and the 'how' to speak God's Word to others. These key chapters contain Biblical principles that apply to us today because all of God's people are called to be modern-day 'watchman' on the wall and speak God's Word to others.

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God's 'Plan A' from all eternity is to send forth His people to go and speak God's Word to others!

In Ezekiel Chapter 2-3, the prophet Ezekiel was commissioned and commanded by the Lord to go and speak God's Word to His people, including to the Jews in captivity in Babylon.

However, this commission and commandment was not only for Ezekiel and the Old Testament prophets back then, but to all of God's people today!

Speaking God's Word to others is not just for pastors, missionaries, and full-time Christian workers, but for each of us as believers in Christ! This was God's 'Plan A' from all eternity, for God has no 'Plan B!'

We are simply to go and speak God's Word to others and prayerfully, leave the results to God alone!

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