Sermons on Ezra
21 New Walls but Not New Hearts
Sermon Outline 21 New Walls but Not new Hearts Ezra 7, Hen 1-2, 4, 6-8, Mal 1-4 I. The Closing of the OT II. 3 Building Projects a. Rebuilding Temple Worship i. Jewish OT Final Verse (2Chr 36:23) ii. Who was Ezra? 1. Ezra is a descendant of Aaron the High Priest, Moses’ bro-in-law (Ezra 7:1-5) 2. A Scribe (Ezra 7:6) 3. Skilled in the Law of Moses (Ezra 7:6, 10, Dt 6:5, 1Jn 5:2-3) a. Are our…
Life transforming walk with Jesus (Ezra 8:21-23, 31-32; John 15:1-8)
Life Transforming means impacting, changing. Bears Fruit I am the true vine and my father is the vinedresser (Jn 15:1) Image of the vine was applied to the nation of Israel (Jer 2:21, Ps 80:9-16, Is 5:1-7, Ezek 15:1-8, 17:1-21, 19:10-14, Hos 10:1-2) Jesus is the real covenant nation/people. True branches bear fruit (Jn 15:2) Fruit is produced by abiding in Christ. (Jn 15:4) How can we abide? 1st by his sacrifice, 2nd by his Spirit, 3rd by the…