Today’s Thought “The Filled Auditorium” G. Ward

Ezekiel 2: ³ Then He said to me, “Son of man, I am sending you to the sons of Israel, to a rebellious people who have rebelled against Me; they and their fathers have revolted against Me to this very day. ⁴ So I am sending you to those who are impudent and obstinate children, and you shall say to them, ‘This is what the Lord God says:’ ⁵ As for them, whether they listen or not—for they are a rebellious house—they will know that a prophet has been among them.

Could this commissioning, along with current visuals of masses gathered to hear great orators, be indicative in how Christ unfolds a rebellion continued in man; to then compel every disciple to choose a perceived smallest avenue of blessed hope, particularly not the loudest, but with guaranteed joy and peace (as any would follow), versus the path meticulously decorated whereby many participants are impressed with the leader of the pack, who is profoundly charismatic and eloquently promotes no less a messaging comparable to fields of pretty flowers, with a refusal to prepare those adherents unto the many trials ahead (*Matt.7:13-14)?

Our demands will soon witness judgment (cf. 2 Ti.4:3-4) …