EZEKIEL AND THE STORM (3 OF 5)
by Scott Maze
Scripture: Ezekiel 1:4-28
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Ezekiel and The Storm (3 of 5)
Series: Face to Face with God
Scott Maze
Ezekiel 1: 4-28
The Aim of This Series
Over the course of this fall sermon series, we are witnessing a series of encounters between ordinary people and extraordinary God. These encounters are called visitations and they are almost always following a crisis of some kind. There's a crisis, an extraordinary time when people seek God, and there's a visitation.
A revival is a time when sleepy Christians wake up, when nominal Christians convert to Christ, and when non-Christians come to faith in Christ. This is accompanied by an increase in the conviction of sin, an increase in the consciousness of God's mercy and our unworthiness. You see, a revival is the ordinary operations of the Holy Spirit (I'm not speaking of signs and wonders) when the Spirit convicts of sin, brings assurance of salvation, and makes the sense of Jesus Christ intensely real.
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If you were asked to describe God, how would you? For many people, God is a mystery. Some people aren't sure if He exists, or if He does, how you could know. Yet, I want to take us back in time to ancient Iraq where Ezekiel's tells of a vision of a great God. The ancient rabbis of ancient of Israel did not want anyone under the age of 30 reading Ezekiel's prophecy. They knew when you read this portion of Ezekiel, you are standing on holy ground. This morning, there should be a ''holy silence'' over us as we witness one man's experience of Almighty God.
1. Ezekiel's Vision
Reading this for the first time, you might think of this as a sci-fi novel. Yet, what's in front of you is much more than a Hollywood creation. Make no mistake about it, this is the closest description of the appearance of God you'll hear for Ezekiel tells us: ''Such was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord'' (Ezekiel 1:28b). This vision will haunt the prophet until the day he dies.
Now, this is the wildest and most detailed ...
Series: Face to Face with God
Scott Maze
Ezekiel 1: 4-28
The Aim of This Series
Over the course of this fall sermon series, we are witnessing a series of encounters between ordinary people and extraordinary God. These encounters are called visitations and they are almost always following a crisis of some kind. There's a crisis, an extraordinary time when people seek God, and there's a visitation.
A revival is a time when sleepy Christians wake up, when nominal Christians convert to Christ, and when non-Christians come to faith in Christ. This is accompanied by an increase in the conviction of sin, an increase in the consciousness of God's mercy and our unworthiness. You see, a revival is the ordinary operations of the Holy Spirit (I'm not speaking of signs and wonders) when the Spirit convicts of sin, brings assurance of salvation, and makes the sense of Jesus Christ intensely real.
Sermon Preview
If you were asked to describe God, how would you? For many people, God is a mystery. Some people aren't sure if He exists, or if He does, how you could know. Yet, I want to take us back in time to ancient Iraq where Ezekiel's tells of a vision of a great God. The ancient rabbis of ancient of Israel did not want anyone under the age of 30 reading Ezekiel's prophecy. They knew when you read this portion of Ezekiel, you are standing on holy ground. This morning, there should be a ''holy silence'' over us as we witness one man's experience of Almighty God.
1. Ezekiel's Vision
Reading this for the first time, you might think of this as a sci-fi novel. Yet, what's in front of you is much more than a Hollywood creation. Make no mistake about it, this is the closest description of the appearance of God you'll hear for Ezekiel tells us: ''Such was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord'' (Ezekiel 1:28b). This vision will haunt the prophet until the day he dies.
Now, this is the wildest and most detailed ...
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