Homiletic Review Ezekiel 24:15-27 Also the word of the LORD came to me, saying,… The union of two hearts in wedded love is close, beautiful, and strong. But the tie, however strong, sooner or later is broken by a stroke, and death parts whom God had joined together. I. THE PRIMARY CAUSE OF DEATH IS GOD. The secondary causes may be any of the thousand ills that flesh is heir to, but God says, "I take away the desire of thine eyes with a stroke." "The Lord is at hand" in every death scene. II. THE DEATH OF A WIFE IS THE CAUSE OF GREAT SORROW. This world is called a "vale of tears," and rightly so; and if there is one place where tears flow faster than any other, it is where a loving wife and precious mother lies cold in death. Where there is most love there is keenest sorrow. III. THE DEATH OF A WIFE SHOULD NOT INTERFERE WITH THE HUSBAND'S DUTY. Though we may feel our hearts breaking, though all sunshine seems shut out, and the world can never be the same to us again, yet the full discharge of life's duties should be the most pressing thought. A sorrow that unmans us is evil. Duty-doing is grief-assuaging and God-honouring. (Homiletic Review.) Parallel Verses KJV: Also the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, |
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