Sermon Tone Analysis

This Week’s Theme: Real Conversion

This Week’s Word is Regeneration: The radical renewal of a person’s inner being by the work of God’s Spirit.

Memory Verse: John 3:3 “3 Jesus answered and said to him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.””

Essence of the Text in a Sentence: Based on His reputation, The LORD proclaimed through Ezekiel a future restoration and reconciliation of Israel through His doing.

Sermon Proposition: Christian have experience the reconciliation of God through His Son, Jesus the Christ.

Sermon Objective: I want those in attendance to demonstrate the truth of God’s Word by walking according to His statutes, keeping His judgments, and doing them.

Sermon Text: Ezekiel 36:22-38

INTRODUCTION:

TRANSITION:

I. Returned By The LORD

Ezekiel 11:9, 12; Ezekiel 36:24; Colossians 1:13;

Explain: The people had received the judgment of God on them.

Look at Ezekiel 36:9

Why would God do this?

Glad you asked look at verse 12

But here in this passage, the LORD promises that He would returned the people back to the land.

Look at Ezekiel 36:24

The LORD promised that in the future He would take or return the remnant, that He left, from the nations, gather them together, and bring them into their own land.

He promised them that they would go back to the Promised Land.

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Apply: Today the promise is still active.

God is telling men and women and children regardless or nationality or social status or race that you have been cast into the kingdom of darkness and He promises that He will transfer them out of the kingdom of darkness into the kingdom of His dear Son.

This is what Paul is saying what happen to Christians in Colossian 1:13.

Has your address changed?

If someone is looking for you, where should they look?

Are you still in captivity?

Did the LORD CHANGE YOUR RESIDENCE,

WERE YOU CHAINED, SHACKLED, AND IMPRISONED AWAY IN CAPTIVITY

WERE YOU DOMINATED BY THE DEVIL BUT THE LORD

WERE YOU LOCK UP BY LUCIFER BUT THE LORD

WERE YOU SHACKLED BY SATAN BUT THE LORD.

PEOPLE OUGHT TO KNOW WHERE YOU RESIDE,

PREVIOUSLY YOU WERE WE WERE

CHAINED BY OUR CRIMES

CONFINED BY OUR CORRUPTION

IMPRISONED BY OUR INIQUITY

TRAPPED BY OUR TRANGRESSION

SENTENCED BY OUR SIN

PREVIOUSLY THEY FOUND YOU IN THE CLUB, ON THE STREET CORNER, OR AT THE CASINO

PREVIOUSLY THEY COULD FIND YOU IN THE MIDDLE OF MESS,

This passage communicates the mercies of God, how have you shown people around you that this world is not your home?

List the ways.

NOT ONLY DID THE LORD RETURN THEM BUT THEY WERE REFINED BY THE LORD

II.

Refined by the LORD

Ezekiel 36:25; Job 14:4; Psalm 51:2; Psalm 24:3-4; Titus 3:5;

Explain: [know this about God / know this about man]

This the reason David needed God’s help when he said in Psalm 51:2

The children of Israel needed cleaning after being in the hog pen of idolatry and abominable practices.

THEY WERE

DIRTY or DEPRAVED

NASTY OR NAUGHTY

FILTHY OR FOOLISH

POLLUTED OR PRIDEFUL

SOILED OR SELFISH

STAINED OR SINFUL

THEY NEEDED CLEANING

God needed to clean, purify, refine the people.

Don’t you remember after the children of Israel came out of the Egypt and needed to meet with God.

They needed to purify themselves.

YOU WERE

DIRTY BY DEPRAVITY,

GRIMY BY GREED,

NASTY BY NAUGHTINESS

FILTHY BY FOOLISHNESS,

CONTAMINATED BY CORRUPTION

POLLUTED BY PRIDE

SOILED BY SELFISHNESS,

& STAINED BY SIN

I SO GLAD

He washed my wickedness

He cleansed me from my corruption

He rinsed me from my rottenness

He purified me from my polluted lifestyle

This passage communicates that God purifies those He has transferred into His Kingdom.

Do you see yourself as being purified by God today?

What is He currently doing?

Be specific.

III.Regenerated by the LORD

Ezekiel 36:26; Deuteronomy 30:5-6; Psalm 51:10; Jeremiah 17:9; Mark 7:21-23; John 3:3-5;

Explain: [know this about God / know this about man]

THEIR HEART WAS MESSED UP.

LOOK AT JEREMIAH 17:9

LOOK AT WHAT JESUS SAID MARK 7:21-23

THE LORD HAD BEEN EXPRESSING TO EACH GENERATION, YOU NEED HEART SURGERY.

LOOK AT DEUT 30:5-6

CIRCUMCISE YOUR HEART,

JEREMIAH SAYS IN 4:4 TO TAKE AWAY THE FORESKINS OF YOUR HEART.

DAVID UNDERSTOOD WHAT NEEDED TO HAPPEN.

LOOK AT PS 51:10

THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT JESUS WAS TRYING TO COMMUNICATE TO NICODEMUS A MAN THAT SHOULD HAVE KNOWN WHAT THE BOOK SAID.

LOOK AT JOHN 3:3-5

Apply: THE SONG SAID I KNOW I BEEN CHANGE.

WHY?

ANOTHER SONG SAID THINGS I USE TO DO I DON’T DO ANYMORE. . .

WHY? BECAUSE I

Despise what I use to be Devoted to

Loathe what I use to Love

Animosity, what I use to have an Appetite for

Abhor, what I use to Appreciate