No Hiding Place
Text: Ezekiel 30:1-19
“Thus will I execute judgments in Egypt: and they shall know that I am the Lord” (Ezekiel 30:19).
It is common to find some fugitives, trying to escape the hand of the law in their country, run to another country for asylum and safety. They do this because they know that the laws of their country are only binding on them while they are within the shores of that country. But once they step out, they are free except they are extradited.
Some Christians also, have this kind of mentality. Very sad is the situation where some, who for one reason or the other, have to leave a denomination for another. Once they do this, they also leave the truth they once believed as if a change of denomination gives exemption from God’s holy demands. They feel that they are not under any obligation to live according to the sound doctrines of the word of God being taught in a particular denomination even when they know that this is the truth.
What these people fail to recognize is the universality of God’s word. God does not have different standards by which He judges different people. His standard is the same, the Bible is one. It is this universality of God’s righteous judgment that is demonstrated in the passage we have today. The Egyptians would have thought that since they were not Israelites and do not worship Jehovah God, they were not in any way answerable to Him and cannot be judged by Him. God revealed to the prophet Ezekiel here that He will judge Egypt and no city in it will escape. In fact, the judgment will be on her and all her allies. Those who take side with God’s enemies shall share in their punishment.
God’s laws cut across every boundary, tribe and clan. His demand for one denomination is the same for all denominations every where in the world. We must not try to limit God to our little minds and circles. God is the God of all flesh. We must fear and reverence Him and seek to live by His word.
Thought for today: “Our God is a consuming fire.”