Contradictions and Paradoxes in Ezekiel 20:19

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Ezekiel 20:19 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Ezekiel 20:19. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Ezekiel, God is telling the people that He is their special leader and they should follow His good rules and make good choices. God wants them to listen to what He says and do the right things.

Ezekiel 20:19: I [am] the LORD your God; walk in my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them;

Contradiction with Matthew 5:17

Jesus states He came not to destroy the law but to fulfill it, suggesting a continuity rather than a focus on following old ordinances as in Ezekiel 20:19.

Matthew 5:17: Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.

Contradiction with Romans 10:4

Paul describes Christ as the end of the law for righteousness, contradicting the emphasis on following God's statutes as commanded in Ezekiel 20:19.

Romans 10:4: For Christ [is] the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.

Contradiction with Galatians 3:24-25

The law is seen as a schoolmaster leading to Christ, implying that the observance of the law is no longer necessary, which contradicts the instruction in Ezekiel 20:19.

Galatians 3:24-25: Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster [to bring us] unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

Contradiction with Colossians 2:14

Paul mentions the blotting out of ordinances, indicating a removal of Old Testament laws which contrasts with the directive to follow God's statutes in Ezekiel 20:19.

Colossians 2:14: Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;

Contradiction with Hebrews 8:13

Declares the old covenant obsolete, contradicting the focus on adhering to commandments in Ezekiel 20:19.

Hebrews 8:13: In that he saith, A new [covenant], he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old [is] ready to vanish away.
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