Teachings – Cast Out into the Open

CAST OUT IN THE OPEN FIELD

UNFOLDING THIRTY-THREE

WHERE WE ARE

Now, we are at ‘our’ beginning as it pertains to the birth of a human child. Here, we must take God’s perspective of His creation, and what happened. As He saw the earth, it became an open field and grave for all peoples, cultures, nations, and all generations. As Adam was cast out of Eden, so were all men cast out – polluted in the blood spilled first of the animal that God slaughtered to clothe Adam and Eve. Then, we had the blood of Able. His brother, Cain, murdered him out of jealousy. Then, consider the countless millions of blood sacrifices offered up by the twelve tribes of Israel. And yes, consider the blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, which was poured out upon the cross because of us. Thus, sinners should think of themselves as unwashed, new born babes – appearing innocent, but not, for we were born of Adam’s transgression.   

SCRIPTURE

Ezekiel 16: 5,6

“None eye pitied thee, to do any of these unto thee, to have compassion upon thee; but thou wast cast out in the open field, to the loathing of thy person, in the day that thou wast born. And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine own blood, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live; yea, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live.”

CAST OUT IN THE OPEN FIELD
UNFOLDING THIRTY-THREE

With regard to Ezekiel 16: 5,6 Pastor opened his discourse,

“Doubtless the Lord here describes the Jewish people when they began to multiply in the land of Egypt, and were grievously oppressed by Pharaoh. Pharaoh had commanded them to cast out the male children that they might perish.”

  But then, Pastor further explains,

“But all the best divines and expositors concur in the belief that we have here also a most extraordinarily apt and significant description of the human race by nature, and by the way God in Divine mercy passes by the sinner when utterly lost and helpless, and by the power of the Spirit, bids him, ‘live!'”

“The verse presents an infant exposed to die.”

Because this verse speaks of Pharaoh’s command of death of infants, here is shown an –

• early ruin of the child in its life,
• utter inability of the child to save itself, and
• utterly friendless, especially considering the parents discarded the child.

“None eye pitied thee, to do any of these things unto thee.”

Thus, the child cast out was –

• exposed to the elements of nature, and
• cast out to the loathing of thy person.

Moreover, there was nothing of the child’s birth that would have attracted a passer-by to save the child (the child of a slave?), and was the child beautiful for it was loathsome.  

Nor, could the infant attract a passer-by to aid it by entreaty. The child could not speak. 

Indeed, there was no reason for the passer-by to take notice, and show mercy. No future service. Indeed, God foreknew the child’s rebellion. Despite all of that, 

“The Lord foresaw this, and yet loved that child notwithstanding. God knew that you and I, though He loved us when there was nothing good in us, after we were saved should still rebel.”

Indeed, 

“He loved you although He knew that you would be ungrateful and unkind to Him; cold in your soul, worldly in your spirit.”

THOUGHT GOING FORWARD

If we truly took to heart the knowledge of our miserable and hopeless standing, we would praise God, and thank Him, for His tender mercies. He was the Good Samaritan – the passerby – who chose to redeem us at that point in time that He  chose to send His Spirit to draw us to Himself. Why it is that Jehovah chose to stop for one, and not for another, that is a great mystery. Let those who are knowledgeable in the Great Mysteries of God, excuse themselves and reveal their folly. As for those who are humble, they know their deadly exposure to the elements of their sin and their utter inability to save themselves.

IN TRIBUTE TO SPURGEON’S LOVE OF SHORT RYHMES

Cast out in a field, left to die.
Who but God could hear my cry?
When all men are children
– naked, left bare.