RTW 2023

I don’t want you to die, says the Sovereign LORD. Turn back and live!

Ezekiel 18:32

The message of the gospel is timeless…

Ageless. Perfect. Jaw-dropping. Look how these verses align!!! His Word astounds me!!!

Repent and turn from your sin.

• Therefore, I will judge each of you, O people of Israel, according to your actions, says the Sovereign LORD. Repent, and turn from your sins. Don’t let them destroy you!
  Ezekiel 18:30
• So then each of us will give an account of himself to God.
  Romans 14:12 (ESV)

Put aside your old ways and put on your new heart and spirit

• Put all your rebellion behind you, and find yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. For why should you die, O people of Israel?
  Ezekiel 18:31

• Instead, let the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes. Put on your new nature, created to be like God—truly righteous and holy.
  Ephesians 4:23-24

The Lord doesn’t want you to die in your sin. He wants you live eternally

• I don’t want you to die, says the Sovereign LORD. Turn back and live!
  Ezekiel 18:32

• The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.
  2 Peter 3:9 (ESV)

“People may not bank on a treasury of past good deeds to ensure their future well-being, nor need they despair of a treasury of evil that prevents them from enjoying life.” – Daniel I. Block

• For it is by free grace (God’s unmerited favor) that you are saved (delivered from judgment and made partakers of Christ’s salvation) through [your] faith. And this [salvation] is not of yourselves [of your own doing, it came not through your own striving], but it is the gift of God; Not because of works [not the fulfillment of the Law’s demands], lest any man should boast. [It is not the result of what anyone can possibly do, so no one can pride himself in it or take glory to himself.]
  Ephesians 2:8-9 (AMPC)

• If we [freely] admit that we have sinned and confess our sins, He is faithful and just (true to His own nature and promises) and will forgive our sins [dismiss our lawlessness] and [continuously] cleanse us from all unrighteousness [everything not in conformity to His will in purpose, thought, and action].
  1 John 1:9 (AMPC)

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This is a funeral song, and it will be used in a funeral.
Ezekiel 19:1

I wonder how many times this was actually sung the way it was supposed to be sung.

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The gospel and cross never lose their power. Praise You God!