12/28/2023 0 Comments Esv bible study tools ezekiel 11It is certain that many who for a time were thought to be righteous, do so, ( ezekiel 18:26-27 ) sin is forgiven, it is blotted out, it is remembered no more. The question is not whether the truly righteous ever become apostates. None of his former transgressions shall be mentioned unto him, but in the righteousness which he has done, as the fruit of faith and the effect of conversion, he shall surely live. Verses 21-29 The wicked man would be saved, if he turned from his evil ways. The question here is not about the meritorious ground of justification, but about the Lord's dealings with the righteous and the wicked. If the son was not free from evils in this life, still he should be partaker of salvation. And should a wicked man have a son who walked before God as righteous, this man would not perish for his father's sins. If a man who had shown his faith by his works, had a wicked son, whose character and conduct were the reverse of his parent's, could it be expected he should escape the Divine vengeance on account of his father's piety? Surely not. We all have sinned, and our souls must be lost, if God deal with us according to his holy law but we are invited to come to Christ. All souls are in the hand of the great Creator: he will deal with them in justice or mercy nor will any perish for the sins of another, who is not in some sense worthy of death for his own. Whatever outward sufferings come upon men through the sins of others, they deserve for their own sins all they suffer and the Lord overrules every event for the eternal good of believers. As to eternity, every man was, is, and will be dealt with, as his conduct shows him to have been under the old covenant of works, or the new covenant of grace. Verses 1-20 The soul that sinneth it shall die. (21-29) A gracious invitation to repentance. (1-20) The Divine providence is vindicated.
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