O. Addison Gethers
e-mail address [email protected] [email protected] twitter URL http//:twitter.com/OAddisonGethers Messenger contact window live/msn messenger: [email protected] aim: durangoadd64 skype: cowboys62 yahoo messenger: OADDISONGETHERS rs ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donnie Parrett" <[email protected]> To: "Donnie Parrett" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 10:19 PM Subject: Daily Bible Reading For Thursday September 3 > Day 246 > > Ezekiel 13-15 (The Message) > > Ezekiel 13 > People Who Love Listening to Lies > 1-2 God's Message came to me: "Son of man, preach against the prophets of > Israel who are making > things up out of their own heads and calling it 'prophesying.' > 2-6 "Preach to them the real thing. Tell them, 'Listen to God's Message!' > God, the Master, > pronounces doom on the empty-headed prophets who do their own thing and > know nothing of what's going > on! Your prophets, Israel, are like jackals scavenging through the ruins. > They haven't lifted a > finger to repair the defenses of the city and have risked nothing to help > Israel stand on God's Day > of Judgment. All they do is fantasize comforting illusions and preach > lying sermons. They say 'God > says...' when God hasn't so much as breathed in their direction. And yet > they stand around thinking > that something they said is going to happen. > > 7-9 "Haven't you fantasized sheer nonsense? Aren't your sermons tissues of > lies, saying 'God > says...' when I've done nothing of the kind? Therefore-and this is the > Message of God, the Master, > remember-I'm dead set against prophets who substitute illusions for > visions and use sermons to tell > lies. I'm going to ban them from the council of my people, remove them > from membership in Israel, > and outlaw them from the land of Israel. Then you'll realize that I am > God, the Master. > > 10-12 "The fact is that they've lied to my people. They've said, 'No > problem; everything's just > fine,' when things are not at all fine. When people build a wall, they're > right behind them slapping > on whitewash. Tell those who are slapping on the whitewash, 'When a > torrent of rain comes and the > hailstones crash down and the hurricane sweeps in and the wall collapses, > what's the good of the > whitewash that you slapped on so liberally, making it look so good?' > > 13-14 "And that's exactly what will happen. I, God, the Master, say so: > 'I'll let the hurricane of > my wrath loose, a torrent of my hailstone-anger. I'll make that wall > you've slapped with whitewash > collapse. I'll level it to the ground so that only the foundation stones > will be left. And in the > ruin you'll all die. You'll realize then that I am God. > > 15-16 "'I'll dump my wrath on that wall, all of it, and on those who > plastered it with whitewash. I > will say to them, There is no wall, and those who did such a good job of > whitewashing it wasted > their time, those prophets of Israel who preached to Jerusalem and > announced all their visions > telling us things were just fine when they weren't at all fine. Decree of > God, the Master.' > > 17-19 "And the women prophets-son of man, take your stand against the > women prophets who make up > stuff out of their own minds. Oppose them. Say 'Doom' to the women who sew > magic bracelets and head > scarves to suit every taste, devices to trap souls. Say, 'Will you kill > the souls of my people, use > living souls to make yourselves rich and popular? You have profaned me > among my people just to get > ahead yourselves, used me to make yourselves look good-killing souls who > should never have died and > coddling souls who shouldn't live. You've lied to people who love > listening to lies.' > > 20-21 "Therefore God says, 'I am against all the devices and techniques > you use to hunt down souls. > I'll rip them out of your hands. I'll free the souls you're trying to > catch. I'll rip your magic > bracelets and scarves to shreds and deliver my people from your influence > so they'll no longer be > victimized by you. That's how you'll come to realize that I am God. > > 22-23 "'Because you've confounded and confused good people, unsuspecting > and innocent people, with > your lies, and because you've made it easy for others to persist in evil > so that it wouldn't even > dawn on them to turn to me so I could save them, as of now you're > finished. No more > delusion-mongering from you, no more sermonic lies. I'm going to rescue my > people from your > clutches. And you'll realize that I am God.'" > > Ezekiel 14 > Idols in Their Hearts > 1-5 Some of the leaders of Israel approached me and sat down with me. > God's Message came to me: > "Son of Man, these people have installed idols in their hearts. They have > embraced the wickedness > that will ruin them. Why should I even bother with their prayers? > Therefore tell them, 'The Message > of God, the Master: All in Israel who install idols in their hearts and > embrace the wickedness that > will ruin them and still have the gall to come to a prophet, be on notice: > I, God, will step in and > personally answer them as they come dragging along their mob of idols. I > am ready to go to work on > the hearts of the house of Israel, all of whom have left me for their > idols.' > 6-8 "Therefore, say to the house of Israel: 'God, the Master, says, > Repent! Turn your backs on your > no-god idols. Turn your backs on all your outrageous obscenities. To every > last person from the > house of Israel, including any of the resident aliens who live in > Israel-all who turn their backs on > me and embrace idols, who install the wickedness that will ruin them at > the center of their lives > and then have the gall to go to the prophet to ask me questions-I, God, > will step in and give the > answer myself. I'll oppose those people to their faces, make an example of > them-a warning lesson-and > get rid of them so you will realize that I am God. > > 9-11 "'If a prophet is deceived and tells these idolaters the lies they > want to hear, I, God, get > blamed for those lies. He won't get by with it. I'll grab him by the > scruff of the neck and get him > out of there. They'll be equally guilty, the prophet and the one who goes > to the prophet, so that > the house of Israel will never again wander off my paths and make > themselves filthy in their > rebellions, but will rather be my people, just as I am their God. Decree > of God, the Master.'" > > 12-14 God's Message came to me: "Son of man, when a country sins against > me by living faithlessly > and I reach out and destroy its food supply by bringing on a famine, > wiping out humans and animals > alike, even if Noah, Daniel, and Job-the Big Three-were alive at the time, > it wouldn't do the > population any good. Their righteousness would only save their own lives." > Decree of God, the > Master. > > 15-16 "Or, if I make wild animals go through the country so that everyone > has to leave and the > country becomes wilderness and no one dares enter it anymore because of > the wild animals, even if > these three men were living there, as sure as I am the living God, neither > their sons nor daughters > would be rescued, but only those three, and the country would revert to > wilderness. > > 17-18 "Or, if I bring war on that country and give the order, 'Let the > killing begin!' leaving both > people and animals dead, even if those three men were alive at the time, > as sure as I am the living > God, neither sons nor daughters would be rescued, but only these three. > > 19-20 "Or, if I visit a deadly disease on that country, pouring out my > lethal anger, killing both > people and animals, and Noah, Daniel, and Job happened to be alive at the > time, as sure as I am the > living God, not a son, not a daughter, would be rescued. Only these three > would be delivered because > of their righteousness. > > 21-23 "Now then, that's the picture," says God, the Master, "once I've > sent my four catastrophic > judgments on Jerusalem-war, famine, wild animals, disease-to kill off > people and animals alike. But > look! Believe it or not, there'll be survivors. Some of their sons and > daughters will be brought > out. When they come out to you and their salvation is right in your face, > you'll see for yourself > the life they've been saved from. You'll know that this severe judgment I > brought on Jerusalem was > worth it, that it had to be. Yes, when you see in detail the kind of lives > they've been living, > you'll feel much better. You'll see the reason behind all that I've done > in Jerusalem." Decree of > God, the Master. > > Ezekiel 15 > Used as Fuel for the Fire > 1-3 God's Message came to me: "Son of man, how would you compare the wood > of a vine with the > branches of any tree you'd find in the forest? Is vine wood ever used to > make anything? Is it used > to make pegs to hang things from? > 4 "I don't think so. At best it's good for fuel. Look at it: A flimsy > piece of vine, thrown in the > fire and then rescued-the ends burned off and the middle charred. Now is > it good for anything? > > 5 "Hardly. When it was whole it wasn't good for anything. Half-burned is > no improvement. What's it > good for? > > 6-8 "So here's the Message of God, the Master: Like the wood of the vine I > selected from among the > trees of the forest and used as fuel for the fire, just so I'll treat > those who live in Jerusalem. I > am dead set against them. Even though at one time they got out of the fire > charred, the fire's going > to burn them up. When I take my stand against them, you'll realize that I > am God. I'll turn this > country into a wilderness because they've been faithless." Decree of God, > the Master. > > > > > > > > ~~~~~ > Please join us on Skype Monday thru Friday at 8:00 EST for our Morning > Skype Prayer Time. > Also, follow my tweets on Twitter @ http://twitter.com/Donnie1261 > > > Contact Me At: > Donnie Parrett > 1956 Asa Flat Road > Annville, Kentucky 40402 > Home Phone: 606-364-3321 > Church Phone: 606-364-PRAY > Skype Name: Donnie1261 > Email: [email protected] > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Deaf-Blind Inspirational Life Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/dbilg?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
