Eze 18:21-23 | MHM | STEP | Encouragement to Repentance. : This section emphasizes God’s fairness and mercy in dealing with people. It explains that God judges individuals based on their own actions, not their past or family background. If a person changes their ways—whether for better or worse—God’s judgment will reflect that change. While we live, we have the opportunity to repent and turn to God. This is a matter of eternal life or death, and God encourages everyone to choose life by repenting and following Him. v. 21–23 : God explains that if a wicked person turns away from their sins and does what is right, all their sins will be forgiven, and they will live. God does not take pleasure in the death of the wicked, but wants them to turn from their ways and live (Ezekiel 18:21-23 ). v. 21 : God promises that if a wicked person turns away from their sins and begins to obey His laws, they will live. If the wicked will turn from all his sins that he has committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die . This shows that no matter how sinful someone’s past is, they can find forgiveness if they repent and change their ways. God’s mercy is greater than any sin, and He desires repentance rather than punishment (Ezekiel 18:23; Psalm 50:21 ).

‏ Ezekiel 18:21-23

Encouragement to Repentance.: This section emphasizes God’s fairness and mercy in dealing with people. It explains that God judges individuals based on their own actions, not their past or family background. If a person changes their ways—whether for better or worse—God’s judgment will reflect that change. While we live, we have the opportunity to repent and turn to God. This is a matter of eternal life or death, and God encourages everyone to choose life by repenting and following Him.

v. 21–23: God explains that if a wicked person turns away from their sins and does what is right, all their sins will be forgiven, and they will live. God does not take pleasure in the death of the wicked, but wants them to turn from their ways and live (Ezekiel 18:21-23 ^a).

v. 21: God promises that if a wicked person turns away from their sins and begins to obey His laws, they will live. If the wicked will turn from all his sins that he has committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die . This shows that no matter how sinful someone’s past is, they can find forgiveness if they repent and change their ways. God’s mercy is greater than any sin, and He desires repentance rather than punishment (Ezekiel 18:23; Psalm 50:21 ^b).

v. 22: When a person repents, God forgives completely. All his transgressions that he has committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him . God does not hold past sins against those who turn to him. This highlights the fullness of God’s mercy—when he forgives, he forgets the sins and does not bring them up again.

v. 23: God declares that he does not take pleasure in the death of the wicked. Instead, he desires that they turn from their evil ways and live. Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord God: and not that he should return from his ways, and live? . This verse shows God’s heart of compassion and his desire for everyone to repent and be saved.