Ezekiel 18_30-32

It is not the Father’s desire to destroy His own creation. The Triune Godhead wants no one to die in their sin but while there is life, to recognize sin, repent of it and change. God knew that man would fail on His own, we were never created to be separate from Him, and from the beginning He had a plan to restore us. Jesus offered to die for our sins, in our place, so that we could have life, abundant,  full of mercy and grace… if we would only humble ourselves and accept it. God wants us to love Him freely and to come to Him out of this love.

When the Holy Spirit calls, answer, He will change you from the inside out! 

If you have left Him, return. It is never too late. He is merciful, kind and gracious to forgive.

There is a right way and a wrong way to live and it has physical consequences. In this passage, Ezekiel further clarifies his teaching on individual responsibility for sin by answering certain questions that reflect what his audience might be thinking. God’s response to their questions through Ezekiel is in part also composed of questions. Live and die in these passages refer to physical death and not eternal death, since this passage relates to the standards and stipulations of the Mosaic covenant.

Ezekiel 18:30-32

³⁰ “Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways,” says the Lord God. “Repent, and turn from all your transgressions, so that iniquity will not be your ruin. ³¹ Cast away from you all the transgressions which you have committed, and get yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. For why should you die, O house of Israel? ³² For I have no pleasure in the death of one who dies,” says the Lord God. “Therefore turn and live!”

⁷ Let the wicked forsake his way, And the unrighteous man his thoughts; Let him return to the Lord, And He will have mercy on him; And to our God, For He will abundantly pardon. 

Isaiah 55:7

¹⁰ Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me. 

Psalm 51:10

⁹  The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. 

2 Peter 3:9