Ezekiel 36:22-32

TEXT Im teaching the Old Testament at Weatherford Christian School to 7th-9th graders. This has proved to be somewhat of challenge because many of them have been raised in "New Testament" Churches. We think the Old Testament has some really good stuff (Psalm 23, 10 Commandments, and Creation), but the "real" stuff is in the New Testament. I had one student here at Oak Ridge say that the Old Testament was "irrelevant" and we should focus just on the New Testament. I would say that most churches, without knowing it, have low view of the Old Testament. They aren't quite sure how it relates to their lives and their churches and so we just don't ever deal with it! In class at WCS we have worked our way all the way the the book of Proverbs and soon will begin the Major and Minor Prophets. Im looking forward to this becasue of passages like Ezekiel 36:22ff. Here God tells Ezekiel to tell the people that He is about to act not because of them, but for His own sake. If God is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow...what does this tell about who God is? Does God's work within this world change when we read passages like this? I love the Old Testament because I feel like I am reading about a different God than the one I learned about in church growing up!!!