Four Purposes for Seeking the Lord: The Duty Neglected
Ezekiel 6:10 confronts a grievous spiritual condition: "They do not return to the Lord their God, nor seek Him for all this." Joseph S. Exell's...
This is historical examples on spiritual separation and reconciliation and the nature of genuine religion, drawing on Ezekiel 6:10.
Ezekiel 6:10 confronts a grievous spiritual condition: "They do not return to the Lord their God, nor seek Him for all this." Joseph S. Exell's Victorian homiletic unpacks this indictment with surgical precision. First, the duty itself. Seeking God encompasses all genuine religion because our principal dependence, expectations, and connections rest with Him alone. We are spiritually separated—having left Him criminally while He has withdrawn penally.…
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