Ezekiel 23:36-39
“Then GOD said to me, ‘Son of man, will you confront Oholah and Oholibah with what they’ve done? Make them face their outrageous obscenities, obscenities ranging from adultery to murder. They committed adultery with their no-god idols, sacrificed the children they bore me in order to feed their idols! And there is also this: They’ve defiled my holy Sanctuary and desecrated my holy Sabbaths. The same day that they sacrificed their children to their idols, they walked into my Sanctuary and defiled it. That’s what they did—in my house!’”
“The Lord said to me, ‘Son of man, you must accuse Oholah and Oholibah of all their detestable sins. They have committed both adultery and murder – adultery by worshiping idols and murder by burning as sacrifices the children they bore to me. Furthermore, they have defiled my Temple and violated my Sabbath day! On the very day that they sacrificed their children to their idols, they boldly came into my Temple to worship! They came in and defiled my house.’”
In my youth I could not imagine things like this happening. Now, in our politically correct culture, it is not so far-fetched. Cut loose from the anchor of absolutes and anything is possible. When people define right and wrong according to their own interest the interests of others suffer. We need another Billy Graham who, in the spirit of Ezekiel, called a generation to account for its religious faith and moral compass.
Lord, please send us another prophet in the spirit of Ezekiel. Confront us with the errors of our thoughts and devotions. Convict us of true truth, your way of living, that we my repent, turn to you and fully live.