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Peter Barnes | Ezekiel 37:15-28
SERMON NOTES
UNITY AND PEACE UNDER KING DAVID
Ezekiel 37:15-28; John 10:1-21
– to the return from exile or Christ’s first coming or His second coming?
1. One people.
– 37:15-17; see Zech.11:7-17; this Christ’s first coming
– Heb.8:13; cleansing …
Peter Barnes | Ezekiel 37:1-14
SERMON NOTES
REVIVAL FROM THE DEAD
Ezekiel 37:1-14; Romans 8:1-11
– revival which points to resurrection
1. The spiritual condition of Israel.
– 37:1-3 – see Deut.28:25-26; Jer.34:17-20
– J. Gresham Machen: ‘Nothing kills true prayer like a shallow optimism.’
– Eph.2:1; but God can …
Peter Barnes | Ezekiel 36:16-38
SERMON NOTES
THE PROMISE OF THE SPIRIT
Ezekiel 36:25-27; Romans 6:1-15
– Christopher Wright calls Ezekiel 36:24-30 ‘one of the most beautiful passages in the whole Bible’. It is parallel to Jer.31:31-34.
1. The promise of cleansing.
– 36:25; the Old Testament washings were invariably …
Peter Barnes | Ezekiel 34
SERMON NOTES
THE TRUE SHEPHERD
Ezekiel 34:1-31
1. Human shepherds fail.
– 34:1-10; read First and Second Kings!
– they looked after themselves (34:2-3, 8), they neglected the needy (34:4, 6), and they left the flock defenceless (34:8-9; see Matt.9:36)
2. The Lord is the …
Peter Barnes | Ezekiel 33
SERMON NOTES
WATCHMAN OR ENTERTAINER?
Ezekiel 33:1-33
Crunch time has come.
1. The Lord judges His own people.
– 33:21-29; the people in Jerusalem were bewildered, so God replies that He did it and He did because of their sins.
– 1 Peter 4:17
2. …
Peter Barnes | Ezekiel 25-32
SERMON NOTES
ORACLES AGAINST THE NATIONS
Ezekiel 25:1-17; Ezekiel 28:1-19
Ezekiel 25-32 is similar to Isa. 13-23; Jer.46-51; Amos 1:1-2:3. Ezekiel mentions seven major nations or cities. Babylonia is missing.
1. The Lord is the judge of all the earth.
– Gen.18:25; Ps.94:2
– He …
Peter Barnes | Ezekiel 24:15-27
SERMON NOTES
THE PROPHET BEREAVED
Ezekiel 24:15-27 ; Jeremiah 16:1-13
At first. Ezekiel might seem hard (3:7-9) compared to Jeremiah the weeping prophet (Jer.9:1).
1. Ezekiel’s delight in his wife.
– 24:15-16; God tests His people (Gen.22:1-2); Ezekiel is married, unlike Jeremiah (Jer.16:1-4), and happily …
Peter Barnes | Ezekiel 18
SERMON NOTES
WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR SIN
Ezekiel 18 (p.597)
1. We must accept responsibility for our own sin.
– 18:1-3; Jer.31:27-30
– people blame their parents, their school, the environment, their friends.
– there is a collective responsibility (e.g. Ex.20:5; Josh.7:1, 14-15; Dan.9:1-19; see …
Peter Barnes | Ezekiel 16
SERMON NOTES
A HISTORY OF JERUSALEM
Ezekiel 16
– This is graphic and confronting
1. God loves the unlovely.
– 16:1-14; God finds Israel as an abandoned baby girl; exposure of infants and abortion are signs of a decadent culture
– God speaks the word …
Peter Barnes | Ezekiel 13
SERMON NOTES
FALSE PROPHETS AND WHITEWASHED WALLS
Ezekiel 13; Matthew 7:1-6, 13-23
– test all things (1 Thess.5:21); Ezekiel deals with false prophets (13:1-16) and false prophetesses (13:17-23)
1. False teachers make up their own message.
– 13:1-3, 6-7; Jer.23:21-22
– like jackals (13:4-5; Song …
