Restore the Word
- Ezra 7
- EZRA- Who is he? What does he do? How was he sent? His response?
- Who is he? vs. 1-7
- A Priest
- What does he do? vs. 7-10
- Vs. 10 Study, live and proclaim God’s Word
- How was he sent? vs. 11-20
- By the King
- His response? vs. 27-28
- Worship
- Who is he? vs. 1-7
- EZRA- Who is he? What does he do? How was he sent? His response?
What can we learn from Ezra, as he restores the word in Jerusalem, for us to restore our church?
- Who are we? What do we do? How are we sent? Our Response?
- Who are we?
- a royal priest
- But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. 1 Peter 2:9
- Same theme of priesthood is picked up in 2 Corinthians 5:20, we are ambassadors for Christ God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.
- Smith’s bible dictionary; the representative of God to man. Easton’s Bible dictionary, always denotes one who offers sacrifices.
- a royal priest
- What do we do?
- Study, live, and Proclaim God’s word
- Study
- Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth 2 Timothy 2:15
- Live
- But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror. For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like. James 1:22–24
- Proclaim
- Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” Matthew 28:19–20
- Study
- Study, live, and Proclaim God’s word
- How are we sent?
- By the King of Kings
- Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Philippians 2:9–11
- By the King of Kings
- Our response?
- Worship
- As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace: whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves by the strength that God supplies—in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen. 1 Peter 4:10–11
- Worship
- Who we you? What do we do? How are we sent? Our Response?
Application
- Remember who you are
- Read the word (all the way through) Lens’ we have
- Live the word
- Proclaim the word
- Remember who sent us!
- Live a life of worship!
Benediction- May you be a Priest that studies, lives & proclaims God’s word sent by the King of Kings to His glory and your joy!