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Worse Than Sodom

Ezekiel 16:48-50Slide2

Ezekiel 16:48-50

[

48

] As I live, saith the Lord GOD, Sodom thy sister hath not done, she nor her daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy

daughters…Slide3

[49] Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and

needy…Slide4

[50] And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good.Slide5

IntroductionSlide6

Ezekiel 16:2 – Ezekiel’s work

“Son

of man, cause Jerusalem to know her

abominations”

Ezekiel rebuked the Jews for their

sinsSlide7

“Worse than Sodom”

Ezekiel compared Jerusalem to Samaria and Sodom – he called them Jerusalem's

sisters

He stated that Jerusalem was worse than Sodom!Slide8

In comparing Jerusalem to Sodom, Ezekiel throws

light

on the sins of Sodom

Sodom was guilty of other sins in addition to homosexualitySlide9

Ezekiel does not mention the sin of homosexuality

He does mention things which many do not even consider sinful!

The sins that he mentions start one on a sinful

courseSlide10

2 Tim. 3:13

But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.Slide11

Js. 1:15

Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth deathSlide12

“We need to learn that some of these socially acceptable attitudes are sinful, dangerous, and deadly.”Slide13

I. Pride Slide14

Pride = thinking to highly of self;

“An overhigh opinion of oneself” – conceit (Webster’s Dictionary)Slide15

Ps. 10:4

The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.Slide16

Sinful pride makes one feel that he is independent and

does not

need GodSlide17

Lk. 18:11 – the Pharisee

The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.Slide18

Rev. 3:17 – church at Laodicea

Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:Slide19

Rom. 12:3

For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.Slide20

Gal. 6:3

For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.Slide21

II. Fullness of breadSlide22

This does not mean that it is sinful to have plenty to eat

The sin is in living to satisfy fleshly appetite – to put the

flesh

firstSlide23

Phil. 3:18-19

[18] (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:

[19] Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)Slide24

1 Cor. 10:31

Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.Slide25

Fullness of bread may cause one to

forget

GodSlide26

Proverbs 30:8-9

Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:

[9] Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.Slide27

We are more likely to forget God in times of prosperitySlide28

III. Abundance of idleness (KJV) --prosperous ease (ESV)Slide29

“Prosperous ease, for all nations as well as individuals, brings softness and decay. Watch out, America! (W.T. Hamilton)Slide30

Amos 6:1

[1] Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, which are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came!Slide31

Amos 6:4-6

[4] That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall

;Slide32

[5] That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David;

[6] That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.Slide33

Idleness brings poverty and

destruction

Eccl. 10:18

“By

much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through

.”Slide34

Proverbs 24:30-34

30

I went by the field of the lazy

man

,

And by the vineyard of the man devoid of understanding;

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And there it was, all overgrown with

thorns; Its

surface was covered with

nettles; Its

stone wall was broken

down…Slide35

32 When I saw it, I considered it

well; I

looked on it and received instruction:

33 A little sleep, a little slumber,

A little folding of the hands to rest

;…Slide36

34 So shall your poverty come like a prowler,

And your need like an armed man

.Slide37

Eph. 5:14-16

[14] Wherefore

he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.

[

15

] See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,

[

16

] Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.Slide38

Jn. 9:4

[4] I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.Slide39

IV. Neither did she strengthen the hands of the poor and needySlide40

God has always demanded that His people be

merciful

The Jews were to leave something for the gleanersSlide41

Acts 4:36-37

[36] And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus,

[37] Having land, sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the apostles' feet.Slide42

Js. 1:27

Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.Slide43

1 Jn. 3:17

But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?Slide44

ConclusionSlide45

Pride

Fullness of bread

Abundance of idleness

Neither did she strengthen the hands of the poor and needySlide46

Ezekiel 16:50

“….I

took them away as I saw good

.”Slide47

2 Pet. 2:6

and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them to destruction, making them an example to those who afterward would live ungodly;