Then I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, “Whom shall I send…?” Is 6:8
Intro: Ezekiel
Prophet of the visual aid
I. The Man
In exile
A Priest
II. His Ministry
Israel’s situation
Ezekiel 4, 5, 8-11, 12, 33:21, 40-48
III. His Call
The vision
The call letter - Ezekiel 2:10
Application 1: We must have a vision of God
What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us. The history of mankind will probably show that no people has ever risen above its religion, and man's spiritual history will positively demonstrate that no religion has ever been greater than its idea of God. Worship is pure or base as the worshiper entertains high or low thoughts of God. For this reason the gravest question before the Church is always God Himself, and the most portentous fact about any man is not what he at a given time may say or do, but what he in his deep heart conceives God to be like. We tend by a secret law of the soul to move toward our mental image of God. This is true not only of the individual Christian, but of the company of Christians that composes the Church. Always the most revealing thing about the Church is her idea of God, just as her most significant message is what she says about Him or leaves unsaid, for her silence is often more eloquent than her speech. --Tozer, The Knowledge of the Holy
The central fact of Calvinism is the vision of God. Its determining principle is zeal for the divine honor. What it sets itself to do is to render to God His rights in every sphere of life-activity. In this it begins, and centers, and ends. --Warfield