#soap # Ezekiel 04 ## Title: God Warns Us In Advance ## Scripture: (Ezekiel 4:17) “because they will lack bread and water. Each one will be terrified, and they will rot for their iniquity.” (NET) ## Observation: This chapter is disgusting. There’s just no other word for it. God is using extreme measures, through an extreme guy, to reach out to an extreme people. They have wandered so far away from Him that He is having to shout to get their attention. What does God say? Is He angry? Is He laughing at their calamity? No, He is using drastic measures to warn them of what is coming. All throughout the prophets, the judgment sections are always prefaced with the idea that none of it has to happen if they will turn back to God. This is possible. Look what happened to Nineveh with Jonah. God warns us. He warns us before we walk into sin. We should always work to respond in repentance before we experience His justice. ## Application: Turn to the LORD and repent of any lingering sin before judgment falls. (The dung judgment. So gross.) ## Prayer: Thank You, Jesus, for loving us enough to never stop dealing with us.