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*To Each His Own*
*/Ezekiel 18:20/**/ through Ezekiel 18:32 (NIV)/*
20The soul who sins is the one who will die.
The son will not share the guilt of the father, nor will the father share the guilt of the son.
The righteousness of the righteous man will be credited to him, and the wickedness of the wicked will be charged against him.
21“But if a wicked man turns away from all the sins he has committed and keeps all my decrees and does what is just and right, he will surely live; he will not die.
22None of the offenses he has committed will be remembered against him.
Because of the righteous things he has done, he will live.
23Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked?
declares the Sovereign LORD.
Rather, am I not pleased when they turn from their ways and live?
24“But if a righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits sin and does the same detestable things the wicked man does, will he live?
None of the righteous things he has done will be remembered.
Because of the unfaithfulness he is guilty of and because of the sins he has committed, he will die.
25“Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’
Hear, O house of Israel: Is my way unjust?
Is it not your ways that are unjust?
26If a righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits sin, he will die for it; because of the sin he has committed he will die.
27But if a wicked man turns away from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he will save his life.
28Because he considers all the offenses he has committed and turns away from them, he will surely live; he will not die.
29Yet the house of Israel says, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’
Are my ways unjust, O house of Israel?
Is it not your ways that are unjust?
30“Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge you, each one according to his ways, declares the Sovereign LORD.
Repent!
Turn away from all your offenses; then sin will not be your downfall.
31Rid yourselves of all the offenses you have committed, and get a new heart and a new spirit.
Why will you die, O house of Israel?
32For I take no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Sovereign LORD.
Repent and live!
 
Introduction:
        Today, people think that others should be left to do their own thing.
"To each his own" we say.
~*~*~*Noah’s message from the steps going up to the Ark was not, “Something good is going to happen to you!”
Amos was not confronted by the high priest of Israel for proclaiming, “Confession is possession!”
Jeremiah was not put into the pit for preaching, “I’m O.K., you’re O.K.!”
Daniel was not put into the lion’s den for telling people, “Possibility thinking will move mountains!”
John the Baptist was not forced to preach in the wilderness and eventually beheaded because he preached, “Smile, God loves you!”
The two prophets of the tribulation will not be killed for preaching, “God is in his heaven and all is right with the world!”
Instead, what was the message of all those men of God?  Simple, one word: “Repent!”
We tend to make the Christian message weak.
In our scripture today, there is another "to each his own."
It is not a weak message to ease our fears of guilt, but it is a strong message of repentance.
Though it sounds harsh at the outset, the strength in his message is not only found in the strong word, "repent" but in the personal way that God deals with each one of us.
I.
To Each His Own Individual Consideration
A.
Not Responsible for Ancestors Decisions
/Cancer Corrective/
Patrick Reynolds has signed on to help the American Lung Association’s anti-smoking campaign.
So what?
He is the grandson of the founder R. J. Reynolds.
Reason—to “make up for the damage my family has done.”
B.
Not Responsible for Descendants Decisions
~*~*~*Quote
“Children in a family are like flowers in a bouquet; there’s
always one determined to face in an opposite direction from the way the arranger desires.”
·         Marcelene Cox
     - Instant Quotation Dictionary_, p. 57.
II.
To Each His Own Individual Compensation
A.     Charged for Turning From Righteousness
 
/They Wouldn’t Retreat Over His Body/
Disheartened by the extraordinary dangers and difficulties of their enterprise, a Roman army lost courage, and resolved on a retreat.
The general reasoned with his soldiers.
Expostulating with them, he appealed to their love of country, to their honor, and to their oaths.
By all that could revive a fainting heart he sought to animate their courage and shake their resolution.
Much they trusted, they admired, they loved him, but his appeals were all in vain.
They were not to be moved; and carried away, as by panic, they faced round to retreat.
At this juncture they were forcing a mountain pass, and had just cleared a gorge where the road, between two stupendous rocks on one side and the foaming river on the other, was but a footpath, broad enough for the step of a single man.
As a last resort he laid himself down there, saying, “If you will retreat, it is over this body you go, tramping me to death beneath your feet.”
No foot advanced.
The flight was arrested.
His soldiers could face the foe, but could not mangle beneath their feet one who loved them, and had often led their ranks to victory, sharing like a common soldier all the hardships of the campaign, and ever foremost in the fight.
The sight was one to inspire them with decision.
Hesitating no longer to advance, they wheeled round to resume their march, deeming it better to meet sufferings, and endure even death itself, than trample under foot their devoted and patriot leader.
Their hearts recoiled from such an outrage.
A more touching spectacle bars our return.
Jesus, as it were, lays Himself down on our path; nor can any become backslidden, and return to the practice and pleasure of sin, without trampling Him under their feet.
These, Paul’s very words call up a spectacle from which every lover of Christ should recoil with horror: “He,” says that apostle, “who despised Moses’ Law died without mercy...of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy who hath trodden under foot the Son of God..”—Dr.
Guthrie
B.     Credited for Turning From Sin
/Whitefield//’s Brother—Saved In The Nick Of Time/
Mr. Whitefield had a brother, who had been like him, an
earnest Christian; but he had backslidden; he went far from the
ways of godliness; and one afternoon, after he had been
recovered from his backsliding, he was sitting in a room in a
chapel-house.
He had heard his brother preach the day before,
and his poor conscience had been cut to the very quick.
Said
Whitefield’s brother, when he was at tea: “I am a lost man,” and
he groaned and cried, and could neither eat nor drink.
Said Lady
Huntingdon, who sat opposite: “What did you say, Mr. Whitefield?” “Madam,” said  he, “I said I am a lost man.” “I’m glad of it,” said she; “I’m glad of it.”
“Your  ladyship, how can you say so?
It is cruel to say you are glad that I am a lost man.” “I repeat it, sir,” said she; “I am heartily glad of it.”
He looked at her, more and more astonished at her barbarity.
“I am glad of it,” said she, “because it is written, The Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost.’”
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