29. Hitler - Ezekiel 18

Feb 07, 2025

Read Ezekiel 18 and pages 123-126 of A.S.K.

Questions from the Bible reading

1. What does the proverb about sour grapes mean? (v1-4)

2. What examples does the prophet give of human actions which offend God? (v5-9)

3. Why does God mean when he says “his blood will be on his own head?” (v10-13)

4. What will happen to the son of someone who commits terrible sins? (v14-18)

5. What is meant by the word “righteousness”? (v19-20)

6. What does God say about the death of a wicked person? (v21-24)

7. What has been Israel’s reaction to God’s refusal to punish the children of evil people? (v25-29)

8. Draw a picture, or write a description, of somebody repenting and so turning away from sins they have previously committed. (v30-32)

Questions from the book

1. What leads some people to say that Hitler was a Christian?

2. What shows that, in fact, Hitler was not a true Christian in any way?

3. If God was to prevent any evil person from ever being born, what would be the implications for the human race?

4. What was Germany like at the time Hitler took power and what does that tell us about ourselves?

5. What was the ‘Holocaust’ and how does it show that the world truly needs Jesus?

6. Write a prayer in which someone asks the Lord to bring the evil of this world to an end through the saving work of his Son.

Questions to do at home

1. Ask a Christian you know how they would explain why God allowed Hitler and those who followed him to do what they did.

2. Think about your reply to a friend who says to you, “When the Nazis were killing millions of people, God should have stopped them!”

3. What should Christians do to stand up against evil in this world?