Ezekiel 11:1-4
The Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of the house of the Lord, which faces east. And behold, at the entrance of the gateway there were twenty-five men. And I saw among them Jaazaniah the son of Azzur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people. And he said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity and who give wicked counsel in this city; who say, The time is not near to build houses. This city is the cauldron, and we are the meat.’ Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man.”
Tag: False Teachers are Exposed
Ezekiel was sent to bring the warning of God against the rebellious nation of Israel so that through God's punishment they would "know the Lord." Make no mistake, this is real judgment. God has come to the end of HIs rope with them (see Ezekiel 7:1-4). ONE of the reasons for the nation to become rebellious was what we read in the above text. The nation of people did so some simply wandering on their own. They would, like a lost sheep, simply wander into a thorny place. The SHOULD have been brought back and rescued from such danger by the leadership of the nation. However, that is one of the main problems: The leadership was corrupt! It wasn't just that the spiritual leaders didnt just rescue the people from their wandering, these spiritual leaders often lead the people to wander away from God. In the above passage these people are exposed. God knows those who lead His people astray. Like Paul exposing the false teachers in the New Testament, Ezekiel is called upon God to call out the false teachers in the Old. God knows those who are His. God also knows those who are contrary to Him. In the above text God assembles for Ezekiel twenty-five false teachers. He even names two of them. God will expose those who are against Him. God knows they my name. God does not take lightly false teachers. We should not either. Like Paul and Ezekiel we need to call out those who teach false-truths that lead us astray.
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