The New Covenant life is certainly Duality Review spiritually adherent to this Scripture. If we take God at his Word, he doesn't keep a list of our wrongs tucked neatly away in his heavenly top drawer. We're absolved. Sure, judgment will come - and that once (Hebrews 9:27) - but we're assured of our passage and our relationship with God through eternity, beginning the time we commence passage with him.
The actual passage from Ezekiel is very reminiscent of New Covenant language - but with the 'obedience rider,' a condition we're constantly tempted to 'tack on' to the ends of our own salvation, in trying to "add" something in our good works.
Chopping the opposite way, then, and since we're saved, is there any compulsion to live a just and right life? Well, we could answer yes and no. But it's a risk isn't it - to fall short intentionally. But seeing that we've acknowledged our need of and pledged our allegiance to God, we have the moral obligation certainly to carry through faithfully, as far as possible, to the end. Ezekiel is more direct here. It's 'obey or else.'
The passage might very well be our reminder that judgment is coming; indeed, in this life, it's here. If we don't step in keeping with God, generally, we're going to almost certainly suffer consequences for it. The problem commences when we settle for these consequences. Obesity, by example, is one of these very real consequences where our dietary sins are judged in this life - we inflict this "judgment" upon ourselves, along with a myriad of similarly according health outcomes. And yet, many seem complicit with this third-rate lifestyle.
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