Old Testament Scripture Reading: Ezekiel 18:1 – 4 (KJV)
Eze 18:1 The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying,
Eze 18:2 What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge?
Eze 18:3 As I live, saith the Lord GOD, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel.
Eze 18:4 Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.
New Testament Scripture Reading: 1Peter 2:9 – 11 (KJV)
1Pe 2:9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
1Pe 2:10 Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
1Pe 2:11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
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Transforming Power Statements:
1) The Triune reality of the existence of every human being is based on the fact that God chose to make us in His own image, and gave us the freedom of moral choice so that we could love Him as an act of “choice” and not under compulsion, so that the love relationship we have toward Him can be REAL!
2) The state of the human soul is the state of the result of all the choices we have made and therefore, all the consequences that occurred as a result our choices, therefore, the things that we choose are the determining factor of who we really love either ourselves or God.
3) This is why (The Holy Bible & therefore,) Peter says that because of the tremendous love that God has shown to us, making us a royal priesthood, a Holy nation, the people of God, receivers of mercies, qualified singers of praises to God, who have been called out of darkness to walk in holy light!