In the sermon excerpt, by Voddie Baucham, that I posted yesterday, he stated that Christians ought to loathe themselves for their sins; I remembered the statement from Ezekiel, but began thinking that contemporary Christians may question the sternness such repentance.
This post aims to show that the thoughts of Ezekiel 36:31 also apply in the New Testament. The following cross references are from Treasury of Scripture Knowledge from Bible Hub.
Ezekiel 36:31 [KJV is cited because the commentary is based on it]
Then shall ye remember your own evil ways, and your doings that were not good, and shall lothe [loathe] yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and for your abominations.
shall ye.
Ezek 6:9; Ezek 16:61-63; Ezek 20:43; Lev 26:39; Ezra 9:6-15; Neh 9:26-35
Jer 31:18-20; Dan 9:4-20
shall lothe.
Job 42:6; Isa 6:5; Isa 64:6; Zech 12:10; Zech 12:11; Luke 18:13; Rom 6:21
2Cor 7:10; 2Cor 7:11
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shall ye
Ezekiel 6:9
Then in the nations to which they have been carried captive, your survivors will remember Me–how I have been grieved by their adulterous hearts that turned away from Me, and by their eyes that lusted after idols. So they will loathe themselves for the evil they have done and for all their abominations.
Ezekiel 16:61-63
Then you will remember your ways and be ashamed when you receive your older and younger sisters. I will give them to you as daughters, but not because of My covenant with you. . . .
Ezekiel 20:43
There you will remember your ways and all the deeds with which you have defiled yourselves, and you will loathe yourselves for all the evils you have done.
Leviticus 26:39
Those of you who survive in the lands of your enemies will waste away in their iniquity and will decay in the sins of their fathers.
Ezra 9:6
and said: “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, because our iniquities are higher than our heads, and our guilt has reached the heavens.
Nehemiah 9:26-35
But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets who had admonished them to turn back to You. They committed terrible blasphemies. . . .
Jeremiah 31:18-20
I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning: ‘You disciplined me severely, like an untrained calf. Restore me, and I will return, for You are the LORD my God. . . .
Daniel 9:4-20
And I prayed to the LORD my God and confessed, “O, Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant of loving devotion to those who love Him and keep His commandments, . . .
shall loathe
Job 42:6
Therefore I retract my words, and I repent in dust and ashes.”
Isaiah 6:5
Then I said, “Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips dwelling among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts.”
Isaiah 64:6
All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like a polluted garment; we all wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind.
Zechariah 12:10, 11
Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the residents of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me, the One they have pierced. They will mourn for Him as one mourns an only child, and weep bitterly for Him as one grieves a firstborn son. . . .
Luke 18:13
But the tax collector stood at a distance, unwilling even to lift up his eyes to heaven. Instead, he beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner!’
Romans 6:21
What fruit did you reap at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? The outcome of those things is death.
2 Corinthians 7:10, 11
Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation without regret, but worldly sorrow brings death. . . .
Sermons about Ezekiel 36:31 from Bible Hub:
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Then you will remember your evil ways and your deeds that were not good, and you will loathe yourselves for your iniquities and abominations. Sermons
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