I Am Sorry

Good Morning,

Ezekiel 23:35 "Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast forgotten me, and cast me behind thy back, therefore bear thou also thy lewdness and thy whoredoms.”

This verse follows thirty-five other verses that reprimanded the people of Judah for their shameful and godless living.  God pronounced judgment on them because of their vile living, and for putting God behind their backs (out of their sight). 

I grieve over these verses as I consider America and her corruptions, and I hurt for how we have treated God. Much of chapters 22-23 deal with how good God has been and how perverse Israel and Judah were in response to the Lord’s mercies and blessings.

I say to God, “I am sorry” for how we have treated You.

I say to God, “I am sorry” for how we have treated Your Word.

I say to God, “I am sorry” for how we have ignored Your house.

I say to God, “I am sorry” for how we have passed laws against You, the Bible, and the church.

I say to God, “I am sorry” for how we have passed laws to elevate shameful deeds, protect sinful actions, and promote filth to the place of lawful. 

I say to God, “I am sorry” for how Christians love their entertainment and are so complacent toward church attendance (at best, maybe giving God an hour a week).

I am sorry for what we have allowed our schools to do to our children: exposing and instructing them in perverse lifestyles.  

I say to God, “I am sorry” for how we have defamed the home, attacked the place of a father, ridiculed the role of mother, and placed the television as the central teacher in our homes and families. 

I say to God, “I am sorry” for how holiness, discretion, purity, modesty, and virtue have been almost completely removed from our vocabulary. 

I say to God, “I am sorry” for the millions of babies murdered and endless innocent blood that we have allowed to be shed in our land.

Ezekiel 22:12 “In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.”

I say to God, “I am sorry,” for the pornography and the endless stream of polluted talk that  courses through our hearts and homes.

I say to God, “I am sorry,” for how the Bible lies unread while everyone in the home has their “screen” at hand – from parents to toddlers.

I say, “I am sorry that we have preschoolers who can run a tablet or cell phone yet have never read one verse of Scripture.”

For this and so much more, I am sorry.  May we become honest in confession and perhaps find some mercy.

Are you sorry enough to take a moment to confess the sin of our land? 

Pastor