What's Your Excuse?

Text: Ezekiel 22:30

"And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge,

and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it:

but I found none."

I. The Seeking Saviour;

"And I sought for ..."

· notice “I”

· The Lord Himself came looking for you!

· "For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost."

· (Lk. 19:10; Mt. 18: 11-12)

II. The Solitary Soldier;

"...a man among them..."

· notice "a man"

· "...who hath chosen him to be a soldier." (2Tim. 2:3-4)

· “…for I called him alone…” (Isa.51:1-2)

III. The Standing Servant;

“…that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it…”

· notice “stand”

· “…and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore…”

· (Eph. 6:13-14; cp. 1Cor. 15:58; Heb. 6:19)

IV. The Scathing Statement;

"...but I found none."

· notice “none”

· “…yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:

That no flesh should glory in his presence.”

· (1Cor. 1:28b-29)