Sharper Iron From Kfuo Radio

Rev. Dustin Beck, pastor at Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Warda, TX, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study Ezekiel 36:16-38. The LORD tells His people that their idolatry has defiled them and profaned His name among the nations. Their uncleanness has made them unfit to enter into His presence for worship, and their profaning of His name has led the nations to speak poorly of the LORD. The LORD promises that He will act to remedy both situations--not because His people deserve it, but for the sake of His own name. He will vindicate Himself before the nations by bringing His people back to their land. He will cleanse His people from their defilement by washing them clean, giving them new hearts, and placing His Spirit within them. This will have effects on the land as well; the once desolate places will flourish once more. This text points to the LORD’s fulfillment in Jesus Christ, who showed the holiness of God’s name in His death and resurrection so that we might have new hearts by being cleansed in the wat