SERMONS ON VALLEY OF DRY BONES
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Life Come to the Graveyard
by Robert Dawson
The story is told of a man who visited a cemetery to leave flowers at the grave of his dearly departed mother. He couldn't help but notice that, a few yards away, a man was sobbing uncontrollably. He could hear the loud lament of this poor man as he said, over and over, ''Why did you have to die? Why did you have to die?''The man visiting his mother's grave decided he would try to be of some comfort to this distraught fellow. He walked over to him and said, ''Excuse me, sir. I'm so sorry for your loss. This is obviously very difficult for you.'' After a few clumsy moments of silence, he asked, ''Are you mourning the loss of your wife?''...
Dry Bones
by Bob Wickizer
In seminary we could spot them a mile away. Many of my classmates derided other classmates as "bishop wannabees" behind their back. One colleague who had served as an infantryman in Viet Nam compared his disdain for this class of careerist clergy to some of the officers fresh out of West Point who appeared for duty in Viet Nam. The story told was not a pretty story or one full of honor like the movies of late such as "Blackhawk Down" or "Saving Private Ryan," but sadly the story is widely told by veterans. Those infantrymen who managed to stay alive and intact while serving in Viet Nam developed a mode of behavior based entirely...
How to Revive Dry Bones
by Ernest Easley
Now with our Bibles opened to Ezekiel 37, I want to take us to a valley full of dry bones. We are going to see today what God showed the prophet Ezekiel so long ago, that spiritual awakening is within our reach! And of course I'm talking about the vision God gave Ezekiel concerning the nation of Israel. They had become so discouraged, so down, so defeated that we're going to hear them say in verse 11, ''Our bones are dry, our hope is lost, and we ourselves are cut off!'' Their passion for God and for the things of God was gone. Their passion for God and for the things of God was gone. Their hope was lost! Through their compromise of....
Dem Dry Bones
by Stuart Briscoe
Burned bones lying shimmering in the heat present a 'grave' problem. How is it that many 'born again bones' are lying around in visionless valleys-mere shadows of all they were meant to be? Can God revive the believer and animate the moral corpse of the unbeliever? In other words, 'can these bones live?' I.The Vision in the Valley. Ezekiel 37:1 14 A. The Dry Bones-"Bones that were very dry." v. 2 1. Dry. v. 2 2. Depressed. v. 11 3. Disconnected. v. 11 B. The Bone Maker - Job 10:11,12: "You clothed me with skin and flesh and knit me together with bones and sinews." v. 11 1. His will. v. 4 2. His way. C. The...
The Parable of the Dry Bones (13 of 15)
by Clarence E. Macartney
The hand of the Lord was upon Ezekiel, Israel's exiled prophet, and he was set down in the midst of a vast and dismal valley, a valley not of the shadow of death, but of the gruesome relics of death. Even the scattered bones of a beast of the field lying by the wayside speak with melancholy accents to man and serve to remind him of his latter end. Much more so the relics of the human body itself. What a sight was this that greeted the prophet's eye! In this valley a great battle had once been fought for empire and dominion. Here had waved the standards of the invaders, and there the banners of those defending their native soil; here the squadrons...
Can Dry Bones Live Again?
by Tony Nester
In the year 586 B.C. the City of Jerusalem was captured by the Babylonian army which had conducted a year-long siege of the city. As the walls of the city were breached Judah's King, King Zedekiah, tried to escape. He was pursued and captured near Jericho. The Babylonians punished him by slaughtering his children before his very eyes, then ripping out his eyes to blind him, and then leading him off to Babylon in chains where he later died. Three weeks later the Babylonians burned the City of Jerusalem to the ground. The Jerusalem Temple that Solomon had built was stripped down and its treasures of gold and art...
Raising Dry Bones (2 of 2)
by Marion Clark
Introduction: We have more in common with dry bones than we might think. What Ezekiel saw in the valley is what God saw in our souls. And what God did in the valley is what he has done or can do is us. Text Verses 1-6 set the stage. The hand of the Lord was upon me, and he brought me out in the Spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of the valley; it was full of bones. 2 And he led me around among them, and behold, there were very many on the surface of the valley, and behold, they were very dry. 3 And he said to me, ''Son of man, can these bones live?'' And I answered, ''O Lord God, you know.'' 4 Then he said...
Revival in a Bone Yard (8 of 12)
by Jerry Vines
I suppose that Ezekiel 37, the vision of the valley of the dry bones, is the most familiar chapter in all of the book of Ezekiel. It was the setting for a very familiar Black spiritual. "Them bones going to walk around." Because of the knowledge of that song and because this passage of Scripture has been dealt with on so many occasions, it is very, very familiar. It is found in the concluding section of the book of Ezekiel which gives to us Judah's future. God is trying to say to his people-there is a future. The Bible is a book of judgment. We read much judgment in the Bible. But the Bible is also a book of hope. If it was only judgment there...
Revival in a Bone Yard (2 of 5)
by J. Gerald Harris
It would be difficult for the average suburban church- going American family to ever experience a genuine life-changing spiritual revival. The American family of the 90's is maxed out commitment wise. Every ounce of energy, every moment of time, every dollar of income, and every modicum of ability is basically committed to the hilt. The typical suburbanite is an industrious person. There are people in the subdivision where we live who leave home at 6 o'clock in the morning and come dragging in at 7 or 8 o'clock in the evening. The work load being carried by those engaged by corporate America is tremendously...
Can These Bones Live?
by Terry J. Hallock
Four presences occupied the scene described in Ezekiel 37: the problem, the question, the prophet, and the power. 1. THE PROBLEM: Verse 11 tells that the dry bones Ezekiel encountered in that valley were symbols of a dead Israel. ''Son of man these bones are the whole house of Israel.'' The once mighty empire of David and Solomon now lived in captivity in the nation of Babylon. Assyria had taken the ten northern tribes of a once united nation and they would never be heard from again. In fact, to this day we refer to them as the ten lost tribes. Now the remaining two tribes that occupied the south of the Promised Land lived as conquered...
How to Revive Dry Bones
by Ernest Easley
Now with our Bibles opened to Ezekiel 37, I want to take us to a valley full of dry bones. We are going to see today what God showed the prophet Ezekiel so long ago, that spiritual awakening is within our reach! And of course I'm talking about the vision God gave Ezekiel concerning the nation of Israel. They had become so discouraged, so down, so defeated that we're going to hear them say in verse 11, ''Our bones are dry, our hope is lost, and we ourselves are cut off!'' Their passion for God and for the things of God was gone. Their passion for God and for the things of God was gone. Their hope was lost! Through their compromise of....
The Parable of the Dry Bones (13 of 15)
by Clarence E. Macartney
The hand of the Lord was upon Ezekiel, Israel's exiled prophet, and he was set down in the midst of a vast and dismal valley, a valley not of the shadow of death, but of the gruesome relics of death. Even the scattered bones of a beast of the field lying by the wayside speak with melancholy accents to man and serve to remind him of his latter end. Much more so the relics of the human body itself. What a sight was this that greeted the prophet's eye! In this valley a great battle had once been fought for empire and dominion. Here had waved the standards of the invaders, and there the banners of those defending their native soil; here the squadrons...
Can Dry Bones Live Again?
by Tony Nester
In the year 586 B.C. the City of Jerusalem was captured by the Babylonian army which had conducted a year-long siege of the city. As the walls of the city were breached Judah's King, King Zedekiah, tried to escape. He was pursued and captured near Jericho. The Babylonians punished him by slaughtering his children before his very eyes, then ripping out his eyes to blind him, and then leading him off to Babylon in chains where he later died. Three weeks later the Babylonians burned the City of Jerusalem to the ground. The Jerusalem Temple that Solomon had built was stripped down and its treasures of gold and art...
Raising Dry Bones (2 of 2)
by Marion Clark
Introduction: We have more in common with dry bones than we might think. What Ezekiel saw in the valley is what God saw in our souls. And what God did in the valley is what he has done or can do is us. Text Verses 1-6 set the stage. The hand of the Lord was upon me, and he brought me out in the Spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of the valley; it was full of bones. 2 And he led me around among them, and behold, there were very many on the surface of the valley, and behold, they were very dry. 3 And he said to me, ''Son of man, can these bones live?'' And I answered, ''O Lord God, you know.'' 4 Then he said...
The Bones Of Belief
by Adrian Rogers
Now, we're in a series of messages on God's Hall of Fame. We're talking about the heroes of the faith. And I would like for you, please, to be finding Hebrews Chapter 11, and I want us to look at Verse 22, An unusual verse. It's about Joseph and his faith. The title our message this morning, "The Bones of belief." The Bible says here in Hebrews 11 Verse 22: "By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones." That's all that verse says! And that's what the Holy Spirit chose to remind us of when it talked about the life of Joseph and the great faith of this Old...
Revival in a Bone Yard (8 of 12)
by Jerry Vines
I suppose that Ezekiel 37, the vision of the valley of the dry bones, is the most familiar chapter in all of the book of Ezekiel. It was the setting for a very familiar Black spiritual. "Them bones going to walk around." Because of the knowledge of that song and because this passage of Scripture has been dealt with on so many occasions, it is very, very familiar. It is found in the concluding section of the book of Ezekiel which gives to us Judah's future. God is trying to say to his people-there is a future. The Bible is a book of judgment. We read much judgment in the Bible. But the Bible is also a book of hope. If it was only judgment there...
Revival in a Bone Yard (2 of 5)
by J. Gerald Harris
It would be difficult for the average suburban church- going American family to ever experience a genuine life-changing spiritual revival. The American family of the 90's is maxed out commitment wise. Every ounce of energy, every moment of time, every dollar of income, and every modicum of ability is basically committed to the hilt. The typical suburbanite is an industrious person. There are people in the subdivision where we live who leave home at 6 o'clock in the morning and come dragging in at 7 or 8 o'clock in the evening. The work load being carried by those engaged by corporate America is tremendously...
The Bones Of Belief (48 of 48)
by Stan Coffey
INTRODUCTION: The story of Joseph's death and burial is told in five short verses and with that death the book of Genesis ends. It was a significant death. In Hebrews 11 the Holy Spirit passes over scores of things he could have said about Joseph and focuses on the incident mentioned here - the fact that Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel and gave commandment concerning his bones. This is one of the most illuminating acts of faith in the life of Joseph. What Joseph was saying and instructing his people to carry his bones with them when they left Egypt was that God would keep...
The Resurrected Church
by Jimmy Evans
INTRODUCTION: It's comforting to know that the condition of the world and of the church today is no surprise to God. Thousands of years ago in the book of Ezekiel, God prophesied what would be happening in the last days. These prophecies should give us great hope, especially the prophecy concerning the valley of the dry bones. This passage speaks clearly about what God is doing in the Church today! Background: a. This portion of Scripture is the final portion dealing with the restoration of Israel. b. There is a Scriptural parallel between national Israel and the Church. - Church is spiritual Israel Romans 2:28/Galatians 3:29...
A New Breath for Dead Bodies
by Brad Whitt
INTRO: I want you to take your bibles this morning and turn with me to Ezekiel 37:1. I love to hear those pages turning, now, of course, I hope that you will eventually find it. Ezekiel 37:1-10 This is one of the saddest days in all of the recorded history of the nation of Israel. Nebuchadnezzar, that evil king, had come with his mighty malicious army and he had destroyed the armies of Israel and had taken the nation into captivity. He had taken the armies of Israel and he had ground them into the dust of the Palestinian desert, like you and I would step on an ant. But there is more to this story than just a history lesson, and I don't believe that I...
