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Saturday, May 23, 2009

Can these bones live?

"The Hand of the LORD was upon me, and He brought me out by the Spirit of the LORD and set me in the middle of the valley; and it was full of bones. He caused me to pass among them round about, and behold, there were very many on the surface of the valley; and lo, they were very dry. He said to me, 'Son of man, can these bones live?' And I answered, 'O Lord GOD, You know'" (Ezekiel 37:1-3, NASB.)

As Ezekiel was called to be a prophet, he was brought among a very dead audience. It is mentioned in the Bible that he was lead by the Spirit of God to a valley a dry bones. In this, he was asked if these bones can live again. Now, the natural response would be no, but with God, all things are possible (Matthew 19:26, NASB.) Although Ezekiel didn't have the book of Matthew, he probably knew this as this was a quote from God, who Ezekiel knew. Therefore, the answer was Lord GOD, You know.
Can these dry bones live? Can the dry bones today who are cultural Christians, but act like devils live? The answer is Lord, You know even to this day. Because those who God has chosen to redeem will have a new life in Christ Jesus. They will be regenerated (born again) as a result of the Lord of their life.
However, God cannot be both just and the justifier of the wicked. For it says, "He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous, Both of them alike are an abomination to the LORD" (Proverbs 17:15, NASB.) Therefore, under the justness of God, He can't justify the wicked. However, God became man and became an atonement for our sins by having all our sins, as dark as they may be, on God himself. At that point God's Son became wicked in the eyes of God and the wrath of God pleased to crush Him. Now, he can be both just and the justifier of the wicked.

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