Ezra 9: 1-15 Our text relates Ezra’s reaction to the sin of the exiles who had returned to Israel after the Babylonian captivity.

About four and a half months (7:9, cf. 10:9) after he led a remnant back to the land, it was reported to him that many people in Israel, including many priests, Levites, princes, and rulers, had sinned by taking pagan wives.

Ezra did not take the news in stride, chuckling, “Well, people will be people.” Rather, he tore his clothes, pulled some hair from his head and beard, and sat down appalled and speechless until the time of the evening offering.

By then a number of godly people had gathered around him. Ezra arose, then fell to his knees, lifted his hands to the Lord, and confessed the great sin of his people, identifying himself with them, although he had not sinned in this regard.

His prayer, which ranks with Nehemiah 9 and Daniel 9 as one of the great prayers of confession in the Bible, shows us the godly reaction to sin:
The godly reaction to sin is to recognise it from Scripture, to mourn over it, and to confess it without excuse to the God of mercy.

Thus our first reaction to sin must be to see it clearly from the Scriptures. Then, realising that it put our Saviour on the cross, we should mourn over it.

Finally, we should confess it without excuse to the God of mercy, appropriating His cleansing for our consciences, that we might be renewed to serve Him in purity.

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Speaker: Pr Daniel Tan
Topic: If You Are Faithful To God (Ezra 9: 1-15)
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