Ezekiel 13: False Prophets and their whitewash

I read about false prophets with a certain anxiety, because it would be my ultimate failure as a human being and child of God to be one of them. I check myself constantly and doubt myself constantly because I fear being false. I ask God continually to show me where I put myself into His words, His thoughts- and to be removed so that only He remains and nothing of me can malign His work.

So, I have read Ezekiel 13, where the Lord talks about false prophets, who prophesy out of their own imagination. What is interesting is that these falsies must be prophesying some rosy future, or "it's all good" sort of stuff. God says they cover a flimsy wall with whitewash, and when the true storm comes and totally smashes the wall, all the people are like, "Hey! Where'd the pretty white wall go?"

I find that fascinating because I can see it going on today. People want to worship the God that forgives and comforts and protects...but not all of Him. Not the part that rebukes, corrects, even judges. The tough truth is that in this country, if we do not start sticking up for all of God- the parts of the Bible that seem harsh or too judgemental- we will find ourselves being corrected. God has a plan- sin does not have a place in that plan, and it will be dealt with! Deal with it now with repentence and remorse! See God for who He is- so wonderfully immovable and perfect and steadfast and absolute...and loving, forgiving...to those who choose to repent and seek Christ with their entire heart.

The whitewash that this country has continually doused herself in is about to find itself up against a storm of Biblical proportions, so to speak. God is ready to show Himself as He is, and we will all see it. What will you see? The glory of the Lord, full, beautiful, powerful, fantastic? Or scary, misunderstood, judgemental, and cold? God is who He is and you cannot seperate His personalities. He is all loving, but all right, all true, all good, all sovereign. He is all forgiving, but He is all good, all holy, all perfect! He will forgive that which you realize is wrong and causes you to seek His forgiveness! We must seek Him, for He has already made His move for us- in Christ. If you know the deal, if you know Jesus and what He did, then you know it's your move. Stop accepting the whitewash and see the Truth.