“When a flimsy wall is built, they cover it with whitewash .” (The Message)

The Prophets: Things are Not as They Appear to Be

Blind Spots and Whitewashed Walls

Ezekiel 13:10-16

The Prophets: Things are Not as They Appear to Be

Blind Spots and Whitewashed Walls

Ezekiel 13:10-16

“When a flimsy wall is built, they cover it with whitewash.”

(The Message)

Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and everything unclean.

Matt. 23:27

Blind Spots and Whitewashed Walls Ezekiel 13:10-16

Self Justification vs.

Lying

Blind Spots and Whitewashed Walls Ezekiel 13:10-16

Recognize:

1. “I have blind spots and make mistakes.”

Blind Spots and Whitewashed Walls Ezekiel 13:10-16

Recognize:

1. “I have blind spots and make mistakes.”

2. “I need to listen to other people.”

Blind Spots and Whitewashed Walls Ezekiel 13:10-16

Recognize:

1. “I have blind spots and make mistakes.”

2. “I need to listen to other people.”

3. “I need to build a hidden life with God.”

A great nation is like a great man;When he makes a mistake, he realizes it;Having realized it, he admits it.Having admitted it, he corrects it.He considers those who point out his faults

as his most benevolent teachers. Lao Tzu

So I looked for someone among them who would build up the wall and stand before me in the gap on behalf of the land so I would not have to destroy it, but I found none.

Ezekiel 22:30

He leads me beside quiet waters.

Ps. 23:2