2. That’s Not Your Seat

3. Ezekiel 28:1-2
“The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying, ‘ Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord God; Because thine heart is lifted up, an thou has said I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thin heart as the heart of God…’ ” [KJV]

4. Ezekiel 28:1-2
“The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying, ‘ Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord God; Because thine heart is lifted up, an thou has said I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thin heart as the heart of God…’ ” [KJV]

5. Ezekiel 28:1-2
“The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying, ‘ Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord God; Because thine heart is lifted up, an thou has said I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thin heart as the heart of God…’ ” [KJV]

6. Ezekiel 28:1-2
“The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying, ‘ Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord God; Because thine heart is lifted up, an thou has said I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thin heart as the heart of God…’ ” [KJV]

7. Jacob – “Am I in God’s stead…” (Genesis 30:1-2)

8. Some Who Try to Sit in the Seat of God

9. Some Who Try to Sit in the Seat of God
1. Those who try to tell us the origin of man
“In the beginning God…” (Gen. 1)
6 literal 24 hour days (Ex. 20:11)
Man created in the image of God (Gen. 1:26-27)
Eve – I have gotten a man from the Lord (Gen. 4:1)
“Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord” (Ps. 127:3)

10. Some Who Try to Sit in the Seat of God
1. Those who try to tell us the origin of man
2. Those who take vengeance
It belongs to the Lord (Rom. 12:19)
Joseph recognized this (Gen. 50:15-19)
The need for forgiveness (Eph. 4:31-32; Mt. 6:11-15; Lk. 17:3-4, 5)

11. Some Who Try to Sit in the Seat of God
1. Those who try to tell us the origin of man
2. Those who take vengeance
3. Those who try to read the hearts of man
The Lord doesn’t see as man sees (1 Sam. 16:7)
We can’t determine thoughts and intentions
Our attitude towards the world
Our attitude toward brothers in sin

12. Some Who Try to Sit in the Seat of God
1. Those who try to tell us the origin of man
2. Those who take vengeance
3. Those who try to read the hearts of man
4. Those who introduce “new” things into the Lord’s church
The addition of instruments of music
The introduction of new organization of the church
Christ is head (Eph. 1:22; 4:15; 5:23)
Phil. 1:1 – sums up the organization
Eph. 4:4 – the church is one in number

13. Some Who Try to Sit in the Seat of God
1. Those who try to tell us the origin of man
2. Those who take vengeance
3. Those who try to read the hearts of man
4. Those who introduce “new” things into the Lord’s church
The addition of instruments of music
The introduction of new organization of the church
The introduction of woman pastors and preachers
The introduction of the “social gospel”

14. Some Who Try to Sit in the Seat of God
1. Those who try to tell us the origin of man
2. Those who take vengeance
3. Those who try to read the hearts of man
4. Those who introduce “new” things into the Lord’s church

15. Ezek. 28:6-10 The result of trying to sit in the seat of God
Brought down
Death
“Will thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I am God? But thou shalt be a man, and no God, in the hand of him that slayeth thee.”