Let’s Get Moving Again, Part 2 (11 of 19)
Series: Ezra
Mike Stone
Ezra 6:1-12
Part of the series:
EZRA - Praising the God Who Rebuilds and Restores
As we embark on our own building project, I want to use the book of Ezra to keep us focused on this truth. The work of God is never about building a building. It's about building a people for the glory of the Lord Jesus.
When chapter 5 opens, it has been 17 years since the foundation was laid. In modern building terms, the concrete pad was poured, the electrical and plumbing conduit was in the ground, and the beams and structural steel were erected.
But there is a problem. The concrete pad has small plants growing in the cracks. The electrical conduit has rusted and the structural steel is covered in kudzu. Out front, the building permit sign has long since been lost to the elements. The only indication that a building is even there is that passersby point their fingers in ridicule at what appears to be a small mountain of vines.
Thankfully, mercifully, God in His compassion reissues a spiritual building permit and calls out to Israel through Haggai and Zechariah, ''Let's Get Moving Again.''
In our last message, part one of this lesson, we saw what we must do and what Satan will do. Now we want to turn our attention to what God will do.
What we must do involved the submission to God's Word (1-2).
What we can expect Satan to do involved the scheme against God's work (3-17).
What God will do involves the success of God's will (6:1-12).
God IS going to finish what He started. I'm still a work in progress but I will not be an unfinished project. We will see in the opening of chapter 6 that the very plan of redemption is at stake here AND GOD WILL FINISH THIS TASK.
The preservation of God's will (1-5)
The two most common questions I get as a pastor relate to
#2 - Doubts about salvation
#1 - How can I know the will of God
Well, the will of God is not illusive. It's not part of a Da ...
Series: Ezra
Mike Stone
Ezra 6:1-12
Part of the series:
EZRA - Praising the God Who Rebuilds and Restores
As we embark on our own building project, I want to use the book of Ezra to keep us focused on this truth. The work of God is never about building a building. It's about building a people for the glory of the Lord Jesus.
When chapter 5 opens, it has been 17 years since the foundation was laid. In modern building terms, the concrete pad was poured, the electrical and plumbing conduit was in the ground, and the beams and structural steel were erected.
But there is a problem. The concrete pad has small plants growing in the cracks. The electrical conduit has rusted and the structural steel is covered in kudzu. Out front, the building permit sign has long since been lost to the elements. The only indication that a building is even there is that passersby point their fingers in ridicule at what appears to be a small mountain of vines.
Thankfully, mercifully, God in His compassion reissues a spiritual building permit and calls out to Israel through Haggai and Zechariah, ''Let's Get Moving Again.''
In our last message, part one of this lesson, we saw what we must do and what Satan will do. Now we want to turn our attention to what God will do.
What we must do involved the submission to God's Word (1-2).
What we can expect Satan to do involved the scheme against God's work (3-17).
What God will do involves the success of God's will (6:1-12).
God IS going to finish what He started. I'm still a work in progress but I will not be an unfinished project. We will see in the opening of chapter 6 that the very plan of redemption is at stake here AND GOD WILL FINISH THIS TASK.
The preservation of God's will (1-5)
The two most common questions I get as a pastor relate to
#2 - Doubts about salvation
#1 - How can I know the will of God
Well, the will of God is not illusive. It's not part of a Da ...
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