READ: Ezekiel 2
“…Do not be afraid of what they say or terrified by them, though they are a rebellious house.” – Ezekiel 2:6, NIV
Consider the characteristics of stubborn and rebellious sons listed below:
1. Stubborn and rebellious sons are resistant to instructions.
2. Stubborn and rebellious sons are opposed to the instructions.
3. Stubborn and rebellious sons dislike the person of their fathers.
4. Stubborn and rebellious sons dislike the methods of the father.
5. Stubborn and rebellious sons grow to dislike the ways of the father.
6. Stubborn and rebellious sons want a different profession from their father’s.
7. Stubborn and rebellious sons want a different lifestyle from their father’s.
8. Stubborn and rebellious sons want to dress, act and do everything differently from their father.
9. Stubborn and rebellious sons are angry at correction and need to be corrected for being angry at the correction.
Then He said to me, “Son of man, I am sending you to the sons of Israel, to a rebellious people who have rebelled against Me; they and their fathers have transgressed against Me to this very day. “I am sending you to them who are stubborn and obstinate children, and you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God.’ “As for them, whether they listen or not — for they are a rebellious house — they will know that a prophet has been among them. Ezekiel 2:2-5, NASB