Repent. Ezra 10

 

Ezra 10 Repent

 

An intense conviction of sin came over God’s people.

Shechaniah, son of Jehiel, said, “we have trespassed against our God.” We have taken strange wives of the people of the land.” He casts himself upon the mercy of God and says, “Yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this.” The people let the Word of God have its way in their hearts. They confessed their sins.

We see that we are coming short of the glory of God. When we go to Him in confession, and there is real repentance, God’s children will be revived.

 God was talking to the believers, not to unsaved people.

 

God is saying to the lost, “Come to me and be saved through Jesus Christ.” He is saying to His church, “Repent, and come back to Me.”

They were to come together for a time of spiritual refreshing, but repentance must precede it. Those who would not come were to be cast out of the congregation. We must not be hearers of the Word alone but be doer’s of the Word also.

 

What Ezra asked these people to do was a bitter pill to swallow. He wanted things to be done in an orderly way, and this is what they did. They agreed to put away their foreign wives. They entered into a solemn agreement and pledged to do it. Ezra helped preserve the testimony of the Jews for the fulfillment of God’s plan.

 

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J. Vernon McGee Commentary and New King James Bible. Nelsons Quick Reference Commentary.