The Valley of Dry Bones
Ezekiel 37:1-14 I: Exekiel set a watchman to Israel: 1. They were in captivity a long ways from home. 2. They were few in number. 3. They had given up hope. 4. Their harps were hung on the willow trees; No songs in their hearts. 5. They had refused God. II: “I Sat Where They Sat.” 1. No one is fit to speak for God until he is able to wear the other mans shoes. (compassion). 2. He heard their complaints. 3. He had gone in bitterness to those who were preoccupied with their own problems. 4. Their God was too small to deliver them (He may have been dead)! 5. “Our homes are dried up we are like dead men.” III: “The hand of the Lord was upon me.” 1. Ezekiel was sat down in a valley of dry bones. 2. He was made to...
Gods Concern for Justice
Amos 5:10-15 8:4-6 1. The close of Solomans reign of 160 years. The nation divided at the death of Soloman. (What caused it’s division?) 2. 922 BC Jeroboam introduced a new Priesthood – Two Golden Calves. Two Places of worship Dan and Bethel. 3. 786-746 BC. Jeroboam II and Uzziah 40 years of peace and prosperity. 4. The Nation’s became indifferent to spiritual and social obligations. 5. The Man Amos: Amos 1:1 “Herdsman from T-koa’ cultivated sycamores not the Son of a Prophet. A hayman with a special job to do.” 6. Preaching: 1:3-2:5 Condemned the neighboring nations. He finally came to their sins! (Now he is meddling)! 7. What were the sins of the Nation? a. They hated the Preacher’s rebuke. b. Oppressed the poor. c....