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Dec 8 09 5:56 PM
21...had pity for mine holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the heathen, whither they went.
22 ΒΆ Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy name's sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went.
23 And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.
24 For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.
25 Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh.
27 And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
28 And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God. Ezek. 11.19, 20
29 I will also save you from all your uncleannesses: and I will call for the corn, and will increase it, and lay no famine upon you.
30 And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the field, that ye shall receive no more reproach of famine among the heathen.
31 Then shall ye remember your own evil ways, and your doings that were not good, and shall loathe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and for your abominations.
32 Not for your sakes do I this, saith the Lord GOD, be it known unto you: be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel.
Ezekial 36: 21-32. He gives repentence and He gives faith. Man has nothing to boast about, one is not inherentlty wiser than the next. The difference between the sheep and the goats is in the God who shows mercy because of Christ. And His sheep place their hope in Him, for their own salvation and for the salvation of their loved ones. They do not hope the vain hope that someone will just change from within when that which is within is corrupt, they Hope in Him who lived perfectly, who did not quit or let them go, and paid a ransom for many...and in the fact that He hears prayer and all that the Father gave unto Him will come unto Him and He will in no wise cast them out...but they come to Him because he effectually draws them and compels them to come, not because they within themselves are different...to believe so is idolotry and to expect the leopard to change its spots...His sheep hope in the God who changes men and women...not in men and women changing themselves...
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