What if people ignore the gospel?
Can you imagine what Ezekiel went through when he heard the words God uttered to him in Ezekiel 3:7 But the house of Israel will not be willing to listen to you, for they are not willing to listen to me: because all the house of Israel have a hard forehead and a stubborn heart. Can you imagine? Here is a man who was simply minding his own business when God intervenes. He is one of the few to interact with God, he survives the encounter, and God raises him up as one of His prophets. But then after tasking him with the job of being a preacher to his own people, the people of Israel, he leaves him with a bomb. By the way, they’re not going to listen to you! What in the world? Then why bother? Ok, then send me somewhere else! Those are some of the statements I’d be tempted to make if I were in Mr. Ezekiel's shoes. Can you imagine telling a believer this? If someone had told you, as you made plans to go to UK or France or Italy, that you would spend 50 years preaching but no one would