September 25, 2022 - The Prophet Ezekiel on Individual Retribution: A Sermon on Ezekiel 18

Ezekiel 18 (Click to Read)
Preacher: Terence Chandra

This talk marks the second in a sermon series on the vision statement of Stone Church: "The heart of Christ in the heart of the city."

Today, we focus on the issue of "generational poverty"- a term which is used to describe the pattern on successive generations of the same family dealing with the same problems (abuse, unemployment, addiction, mental health issues, etc.).  Is someone who is born into a situation of instability destined to struggle with the same issues as his or her parents?  Or can the pattern be broken?  That's the question that we'll be exploring in our sermon today as we take a closer look at Ezekiel 18.

Here, the prophet Ezekiel addresses a common proverb of the day: "The parents have eaten sour grapes and the children's teeth are set on edge."  Ezekiel isn't particularly fond of this saying, for reasons that will be made clear in the sermon.