GOD HAS A JOB FOR EACH BELIEVER
Ezekiel 3:1-11
STUDY THE WORD OF GOD
V:1. " And he said to me, "Son of man, eat what is
before you, eat this scroll; then go and speak to the house of Israel ."
A. God has a mission for every believer.
1. We are all responsible
for spreading the Word of God to others.
2. Matthew 28:19
is the commission that Jesus gave to us to spread the
Good news.
B. First, we must have our hearts set to hear a word from
the Lord.
1. Second, we must
study God's Word to know His voice.
2. Third, we
have make ourselves available to God.
3. Forth, we have
to submit ourselves to the Will of God.
V:2. " So I opened my mouth, and he gave me the scroll
to eat. "
A. We have to be
willing to follow God's Word.
B. We have to
meditate on the Word for a deeper understanding.
MEDITATE ON THE WORD DAY AND NIGHT
V:3. " Then he said to me, "Son of man, eat this
scroll I am giving you and fill your stomach with it." So I ate it, and it
tasted as sweet as honey in my mouth. "
A. We have to digest the Word.
1. Let the Word
become part of your thinking process.
2. Let the Word
replace your fleshly thinking.
3. Let the Word
become your source of directions.
B. Acquire a taste for the sweetness of the Word
1. The Word is
life.
2. The Word is good
for reproof, and directions.
3. The Word is
enlightening
4. The Word is
Encouraging
5. The Word is
Cleaning.
6. The Word is
purifying
7. The Word is
love.
8. We must learn to
appreciate the value of the Word to our lives.
YOU ARE ORDAINED TO PROCLAIM THE WORD
V:4. " He then said to me: "Son of man, go now to
the house of Israel
and speak my words to them. "
A. Notice, Ezekiel is considered a Son.
1. A true Son
loves his Father.
2. A true Son is
obedient to his Father
3. The phrase
"Son of man" emphasizes Ezekiel mission for Christ.
4. Ezekiel's
spirit had been raised to serve God.
B. The Word of God commissions you to be a servant.
1.The Word
directs you to specific people.
2. The Word
directs you to specific places.
3. The Word is
given to you so you can be the light to
others.
GOD WILL PREPARE THE PEOPLE TO HEAR THE WORD
V:5-6. " You are not being sent to a people of obscure
speech and difficult language, but to the house of Israel —
6 not to many peoples of obscure speech and difficult
language, whose words you cannot understand. Surely if I had sent you to them,
they would have listened to you. "
A. God sends you out to proclaim His Word to people who can
understand
your language.
1. To the people
God's send you, His message will be easily understood.
2. The Word of God
is given to His elect.
B. God will not send you to those He did not predestine to
hear the Word.
1. The Word of God
is foolish to the world.
2. The world is not
given the spirit to hear the Word.
3. God's elect are
given the ability to understand the Word.
4. God's elect are
given the choice to obey the Word.
DON'T WORRY ABOUT WHO IS LISTENING
V:7. " But the house of Israel
is not willing to listen to you because they are not willing to listen to me,
for the whole house of Israel
is hardened and obstinate. "
A. Israel had been taken captive by the Babylonians.
1. The nation
would be in captivity for 70 years because of their
disobedience.
2. Disobedience
was ingrained in their hearts for hundreds of years.
B. God sent them a message to remind them of consequences of
their disobedience
and to promise
redemption if they turned back to Him.
C. God knows the condition of our hearts.
1. Israel
was set in their ways of disobedience.
2. They did not
intend to change even though they were being punished.
3. There is no
excuse for not obeying the Word of God.
GOD IS YOUR STRENGTH IN SERVICE
V:8. " But I will make you as unyielding and hardened
as they are. "
A. God prepares us
for the mission,
1. He fortifies us
with faith in His Word.
2. He gives us a
mind determined to preach the Word regardless of the
opposition we
face.
V:9. " I will make your forehead like the hardest
stone, harder than flint. Do not be afraid of them or terrified by them, though
they are a rebellious house."
A. As determined as the opposition is against God, He will
make you
more determine
for Him.
1. God strengthens
our faith to handle the problems we will face to serve Him.
2. God's grace is sufficient
for us to endure the trouble .
B. When serving God, there is nothing to fear.
1. God knows in
advance that people will get upset with you and threaten your
life when He
sends you out with His message.
2. The battle is
not ours, it is the Lord.
3. God is our
protector during the mission.
4. God want us to
succeed in our mission, even though the people will not change and
follow Him.
5. Our job is not to
change folk, but give them the tools to change.
MAKE IT YOUR BUSINESS TO PROCLAIM THE WORD
V:10. " And he said to me, "Son of man, listen
carefully and take to heart all the words I speak to you."
A. God gives us the keys to success in the mission and in
our lives.
1. Listen to the
Word of God.
a. Listen is
the verb.
b. Carefully
modifies and emphasis the action of
listening.
2. We have to come to an understanding of the
importance of the mission.
a. It is
important that we spend time studying the Bible.
b. Not only
do we have to study the Word, but we have to spend time
in
meditation in the Word.
B. The phrase "take to heart" is the
Hebrew word "labad"
which means to take courage, get
comfortable with the Word God wants
you to give to
His people.
1. The word
"all" means every word that God give you.
2. Don't leave
anything out of the message.
3. I think that
there are times when we want to proclaim only the Word
that is
agreeable to us.
a. Some of
God's Word goes against our lifestyle and opinions.
b. There may
be some things that we don't want to change, so
we ignore
God's Word that points out that sin.
c. All
scripture is inspired by God and good for reproof and corrections.
C. The messenger (that's us) have to firmly believe God's
Word in order
to convince
anyone of it's truth.
1. Just because
God's Word offends someone, does not relieve us of the
responsibility
of proclaiming the Word.
2. The Word of God
is not designed to make you feel good, it is design to change you
into His
righteousness.
DO YOUR JOB AND LEAVE THE CHANGE TO GOD
V:11. " Go now to your countrymen in exile and speak to
them. Say to them, 'This is
what the Sovereign Lord says,' whether they listen or
fail to listen."
A. We are commanded
by God to tell our people what He said.
1. Our job is to
repeat the Word of God verbatim as it was given to us.
2. We should
never change the Word of God to make it less offensive
to others.
B. We were not given the responsibility to determine if
people listen to the Word
or not listen to
the Word.
1. Our
responsibility is to proclaim God's Word.
2. God will take
care of the listening part.
3. We fail when we
decide who will listen.
THANK GOR FOR CHOOSING US
TO PROCLAIM THE WORD.
Rev M. Mitchell
Asst Pastor Of Greater Macedonia Baptist Church
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