The Consequences of Sin (19 of 19)
Series: Ezra
Mike Stone
Ezra 10
Part of the series: EZRA
Praising the God Who Rebuilds and Restores
As I've told you the last two weeks, chapters 9-10 really tell one long story. It's the story of God's people getting right with God. It's the story of people recognizing their sin, getting broken over their sin, and demonstrating that brokenness with repentant living.
The work of God is never about building a building. It's about building a people for the glory of the Lord Jesus. Building a building may involve using brick and mortar. But to build a people, it takes the preaching of the word of God and our full, total, and complete compliance with it.
This Divine work of revival and reformation takes on 3 manifestations in chapters 9-10. In our vernacular, we would say there was a sermon, there was the invitation, and now the people are going forth to ''live out'' the truth of the message.
We've seen the conviction of sin and the confession of sin. And now we study the painful lesson of the consequences of sin.
Keep in mind that Romans 15:4 says, ''The things written in earlier times were written for our instruction.'' And First Corinthians 10:6, says, ''These things were written as an example for us so that we would not crave the evil things that they craved.''
As we being our lesson, I want you to notice a very important truth: You can make your choices but then your choices, under God's Providence, will determine your consequences.
And at long last, we come face to face with the consequences of sin in Ezra 10. Notice 3 things about it.
The determination of the people (1-5)
Before we get to what Ezra did we need to see what the people did. Because there is legitimate scholarly debate about what Ezra did. But there is NO QUESTION that what the people did was EXACTLY RIGHT.
They came under conviction, confessed their sin, and promised to do whatever it took to make the matter right.
What t ...
Series: Ezra
Mike Stone
Ezra 10
Part of the series: EZRA
Praising the God Who Rebuilds and Restores
As I've told you the last two weeks, chapters 9-10 really tell one long story. It's the story of God's people getting right with God. It's the story of people recognizing their sin, getting broken over their sin, and demonstrating that brokenness with repentant living.
The work of God is never about building a building. It's about building a people for the glory of the Lord Jesus. Building a building may involve using brick and mortar. But to build a people, it takes the preaching of the word of God and our full, total, and complete compliance with it.
This Divine work of revival and reformation takes on 3 manifestations in chapters 9-10. In our vernacular, we would say there was a sermon, there was the invitation, and now the people are going forth to ''live out'' the truth of the message.
We've seen the conviction of sin and the confession of sin. And now we study the painful lesson of the consequences of sin.
Keep in mind that Romans 15:4 says, ''The things written in earlier times were written for our instruction.'' And First Corinthians 10:6, says, ''These things were written as an example for us so that we would not crave the evil things that they craved.''
As we being our lesson, I want you to notice a very important truth: You can make your choices but then your choices, under God's Providence, will determine your consequences.
And at long last, we come face to face with the consequences of sin in Ezra 10. Notice 3 things about it.
The determination of the people (1-5)
Before we get to what Ezra did we need to see what the people did. Because there is legitimate scholarly debate about what Ezra did. But there is NO QUESTION that what the people did was EXACTLY RIGHT.
They came under conviction, confessed their sin, and promised to do whatever it took to make the matter right.
What t ...
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