August 19th, 2026
by Mike Fast
by Mike Fast
August 19th
Ezekiel 14-16. “Righteousness of Christ”
“All our righteous acts are like filthy rags” – Isaiah 64:6
In Ezekiel 14, the Lord patiently reveals to His people that they have no hope of avoiding His judgments. The point that He is repeatedly making is that your righteousness cannot save you from God’s judgment. He further strengthens the point by declaring that even the righteousness of Noah, Daniel and Job would not spare the people of judgment. This statement rings true for us as well because our righteousness is not sufficient to save us in the face of God’s judgment.
Praise be to God that the story does not end there, for we have a glorious hope in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Because of the life, death, resurrection and ascension of Jesus we can, through faith, have His righteousness credited to our account. This is the only way we can know and experience the hope of salvation. Attempting to avoid God’s wrath by our own righteousness is as futile for us today as it was in Ezekiel’s day.
In Ezekiel 14, the Lord patiently reveals to His people that they have no hope of avoiding His judgments. The point that He is repeatedly making is that your righteousness cannot save you from God’s judgment. He further strengthens the point by declaring that even the righteousness of Noah, Daniel and Job would not spare the people of judgment. This statement rings true for us as well because our righteousness is not sufficient to save us in the face of God’s judgment.
Praise be to God that the story does not end there, for we have a glorious hope in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Because of the life, death, resurrection and ascension of Jesus we can, through faith, have His righteousness credited to our account. This is the only way we can know and experience the hope of salvation. Attempting to avoid God’s wrath by our own righteousness is as futile for us today as it was in Ezekiel’s day.
General Questions for each day:
Summarize the day’s Bible passage in your own words.
What thoughts, actions, attitudes or beliefs are addressed in the passage?
How is the Holy Spirit leading you to apply this passage to your life today?
Summarize the day’s Bible passage in your own words.
What thoughts, actions, attitudes or beliefs are addressed in the passage?
How is the Holy Spirit leading you to apply this passage to your life today?
Bible Discussion Guide:
- Review Jeremiah 31:31-34 where the promise of a new covenant is revealed. You might also want to look up the references cited from the book of Hebrews in the Aug. 13th devotional. How is the new covenant different than the covenant God had established with Israel at Mt. Sinai?
- The author of Hebrews calls it a better covenant. Why does he do this?
- How is the new covenant a source of hope for Israel? What about for us?
- Have you ever been disappointed by a false hope. Can you share that experience with the group? How did it affect your life?
- How does God’s omnipresence and your knowledge of it affect your faith and your relationship with Him?
- If you knew, like Ezekiel did, that some will listen to you and some will ignore you, would you be encouraged or discouraged?
- Why can we have confidence and hope that some people will respond to the gospel message?
- How does reading about God’s judgment on Israel encourage our faith and trust in Him?
- Compare the new covenant passage in Ezekiel 11:14-21 with Jeremiah 31:31-34. How are they the same? How are they different?
- How does reading these new covenant passages impact your understanding of your relationship with God?
- What are some of the ways people try to avoid facing God’s judgment?
- Why would Ezekiel mention that even the righteousness of Noah, Daniel and Job would not be sufficient to save them? What does this say about the spiritual attitude or condition of Israel at the time?
- Why can we have hope and confidence in facing God’s judgment?
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