Today's readings are Ezekiel 3.12-28 ( http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?q=Ezek.+3.12-28 ), Romans 2.1-16 ( http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?q=Rom.+2.1-16 ), and the longer passage from Ezekiel 4.1-11.25 ( http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?q=Ezek.+4.1-11.25 ).
See today how both Ezekiel and Paul, by the Holy Spirit, are laying the demands of God's Law on people. The burden of righteousness before God is very heavy. And God requires perfect obedience in every detail, heartfelt obedience with no wavering. What hope are we then left with? See how the Lord has given even the Gentiles a conscience which is in accord with God's Law, at least in some respects. So while we are inexcusable due to our life as lawbreakers, we see that the Lord has not left us without testimony that there is some semblance of lawfulness even in those who have no revelation of God.
How much more is there hope by faith in Christ? We find in him all the riches we need. We find obedience to righteousness in him. All the goodness which is not in us is present abundantly in Christ. Let us hope in him, the one who justifies us freely by his grace.
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