Sour Grapes

One of the things that comes very naturally and quickly to us because of our sinful nature is blaming our sins and failures on others. We see this in the story of Adam and Eve. Freudian psychology is in part based on solving your problems by blaming those in your past who have harmed you. The blame game is big business And lest we just focus on others we must also confess our sin in playing this game.
This evening we look at Ezekiel 18. We are skipping over a number of chapters; some we have briefly noted in our previous studies, but we are skipping over in this brief series over a number of chapters of judgment. Ezekiel’s ministry was certainly not to tickle the ears of God’s people already in captivity. He had to deal with their false hopes and proclaim to them that Jerusalem would be fully judged. But Ezekiel also had to deal with the sin of blame and the related sin of nihilism, which says that there is no ultimate hope; I live in a world where I am just subject to the decisions of other people; there is really no point to life; life is unfair.