Homilist Ezekiel 15:1-8 And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,… I. GOD HAS PLACED SOME SECTIONS OF THE HUMAN RACE UNDER SPECIAL CULTURE. 1. This was the case with the Jews (Deuteronomy 32:32; Isaiah 1:1; Psalm 80:1; Jeremiah 2:21). 2. This is the case with Christendom. 3. This is especially the case with Great Britain. II. THOSE SECTIONS OF THE RACE UNDER SPECIAL CULTURE ARE, WHETHER FRUITFUL OR UNFRUITFUL, WIDELY DISTINGUISHED FROM ALL OTHERS. 1. If fruitful they are distinguished by valuableness. What on earth is of higher value than a godly life? 2. If unfruitful, they are distinguished by worthlessness. Unless the "vine" produce grapes it is more worthless than most other trees of the forest. You cannot manufacture furniture out of it, construct ships, or build houses; unless it grows grapes it is fit for nothing but the fire. III. THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN THOSE UNDER SPECIAL CULTURE AND THOSE WHO ARE NOT IS RECOGNISED AND RETRIBUTED BY GOD (Matthew 7:26, 27). (Homilist.) Parallel Verses KJV: And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, |
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