Overview

God pledges to deal with 3 more barriers to his blessing:

1. Sin - God will cleanse his people from their sin (36:16-38)
2. Death - God will bring his people back to life (37:1-14)
3. Division - God will reunite his people under one king (37:15-28)

Why will God save his people?

• For the honour of his name (36:16-23)

Who can save God’s people?

• Only God

Discussion questions

• Which of these Ezekiel prophecies do you find most encouraging/exciting and why?
• How could you become more orientated towards seeking God’s glory and honour above all else?

Further resources

The Faith/Christ/Grace alone series from July 22 – July 29.

Next week: The Great Rescuer (Isaiah 40)

Overview

God’s pledge to deal with the obstacles to his blessing

1. God’s pledge to deal with his peoples enemies without (35:1-36:15)
2. God’s pledge to deal with his people’s enemies within (34:1-34; 37:25-31)

Conclusion

• The good shepherd
• Final Judgement

Next week: A solution to sin and death (Ezekiel 36:16 – 37:28)

Resources:

Isaiah 9:1-7; 11:1-16

Overview

1. The Promise – A second exodus rescue from slavery (9:1-2; 11:11-16)
• Darkness to light (9:1-2)
• Exile to return (11:11-16)
2. The Goal – A full reversal of the fall in a renewed creation (9:3-5; 11:6-9)
3. The Means – A great King who will fulfil the Davidic Covenant (9:6-7; 11:1-5)

Conclusion

• The thrust of the promises relate to life then, not life now.
• What Jesus will achieve for us – a renewed creation.
• It has to be a work of God, not man.

Next week: The Shepherd (Ezekiel 34:1 – 36:15)

Hebrews 10:19-39 (David Bell)

Exodus 19-24

Overview

Hittite treaty format

1. Preamble – principal party identified himself
2. Review of the preceding history of the relationship between the king and vassal
3. How the relationship was to continue. Mutual faithfulness to the conditions agreed
4. Specific stipulations/conditions
5. God’s of both parties invoked
6. Blessing and curses

• Heaven’s restricted entry policy
• Greed as idolatry
• Greed is futile
• Greed corrupts
• Greed is of the world
• Contentment — the solution for greed
• Trained for greed
• What is contentment?
• Finding contentment