Ezekiel = God Strengthens.

Life = The Existence Of A Human.

‘Mankind’s Journey On Earth Begins With An

Old Life, But Must Change To A New Life In
Christ And Progress Into An Abundant Life In
Full. Eternal Life Is The Ultimate In Heaven.’
JJD.
 Key Text:
Ezek. 36:24-26.

‘For I will take you from among the nations, gather

you out of all countries, and bring you into your own
land. Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you
shall be clean;I will cleanse you from all your filthiness
and from all your idols. I will give you a new heart and
put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of
stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.’
 Book Of Ezekiel

1. Prophecies Against Israel … Ezek.1:1 - 24:27.

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2. Prophecies Against Nations ... Ezek. 25 - 32.

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3. Prophecies Of Restoration … Ezek. 33 - 39.

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4. The Messianic Kingdom ...... Ezek. 40 - 48.

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A. Life Of Ezekiel:
1. Priest; Son Of Buzi ... Ezek. 1:3.

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the word of the LORD came expressly to Ezekiel the
priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by
the River Chebar; and the hand of the LORD was
upon him there.
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A. Life Of Ezekiel:
2. Carried Captive To Babylon … Ezek. 1:1-3.

Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the
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fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the River
Chebar, that the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God. 2 On
the fifth day of the month, which was in the fifth year of King
Jehoiachin’s captivity, 3 the word of the LORD came expressly to
Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by
the River Chebar; and the hand of the LORD was upon him there.
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A. Life Of Ezekiel:
3. His Wife Died ... Ezek. 24:18.

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So I spoke to the people in the morning, and at
evening my wife died; and the next morning I did
as I was commanded.
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A. Life Of Ezekiel:
4. Persecuted ... Ezek. 3:25.

And you, O son of man, surely they will put

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ropes on you and bind you with them, so that you

cannot go out among them.
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A. Life Of Ezekiel:
5. Prophetic Minister ... Ezek. 3:17-21.
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B. Visions Of Ezekiel:
1. God's Glory ... Ezek. 1:4-28.
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B. Visions Of Ezekiel:
2. Abominations ... Ezek. 8:5-18.
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B. Visions Of Ezekiel:
3. Valley Of Dry Bones ...... Ezek. 37:1-14.
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B. Visions Of Ezekiel:
4. Messianic Times ... Ezek. 40 - 48.
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B. Visions Of Ezekiel:
5. River Of Life ... Ezek. 47:1-5.
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C. Methods Employed By Ezekiel:
1. Muteness ... Ezek. 3:26.

I will make your tongue cling to the roof of your

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mouth, so that you shall be mute and not be one to

rebuke them, for they are a rebellious house.
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C. Methods Employed By Ezekiel:
2. Illustrates Jerusalem’s Siege … Ezek. 4:1-3.
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‘You also, son of man, take a clay tablet and lay it before
you, and portray on it a city, Jerusalem. 2 Lay siege against it,
build a siege wall against it, and heap up a mound against it;
set camps against it also, and place battering rams against it
all around. 3 Moreover take for yourself an iron plate, and set
it as an iron wall between you and the city. Set your face
against it, and it shall be besieged, and you shall lay siege
against it. This will be a sign to the house of Israel.
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C. Methods Employed By Ezekiel:
3. Lay On Left Side 390 Days … Ezek. 4:4, 5.
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‘Lie also on your left side, and lay the iniquity of the
house of Israel upon it. According to the number of the
days that you lie on it, you shall bear their
iniquity. 5 For I have laid on you the years of their
iniquity, according to the number of the days, three
hundred and ninety days; so you shall bear the iniquity
of the house of Israel.
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C. Methods Employed By Ezekiel:
4. Lay On Right Side 40 Days .... Ezek. 4:6.

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And when you have completed them, lie again on
your right side; then you shall bear the iniquity of
the house of Judah forty days. I have laid on you
a day for each year.
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C. Methods Employed By Ezekiel:
5. Shaves Himself ...................... Ezek. 5:1-4.

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‘And you, son of man, take a sharp sword, take it as a
barber’s razor, and pass it over your head and your beard;
then take scales to weigh and divide the hair. 2 You shall burn
with fire one-third in the midst of the city, when the days of
the siege are finished; then you shall take one-third and
strike around it with the sword, and one-third you shall
scatter in the wind: I will draw out a sword after them.
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C. Methods Employed By Ezekiel:
5. Shaves Himself ...................... Ezek. 5:1-4.

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You shall also take a small number of them and bind
them in the edge of your garment. 4 Then take some of
them again and throw them into the midst of the fire,
and burn them in the fire. From there a fire will go out
into all the house of Israel.
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C. Methods Employed By Ezekiel:
6. Uses Boiling Pot ... Ezek. 24:1-14.
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C. Methods Employed By Ezekiel:
7. Mourns Not For Wife ... Ezek. 24:16-27.
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C. Methods Employed By Ezekiel:
8. Uses Parables ... Ezek. 17:2-10.
 Life, Eternal
A. Defined As:
1. Knowing The True God ............. Jn. 17:3.

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And this is eternal life, that they may know
You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom
You have sent.
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A. Defined As:
2. God's Commandment ............. Jn. 12:50.

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And I know that His command is everlasting life.
Therefore, whatever I speak, just as the Father
has told Me, so I speak.
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A. Defined As:
3. Jesus Christ ................................. 1 Jn. 1:2.

the life was manifested, and we have seen, and

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bear witness, and declare to you that eternal life

which was with the Father and was manifested to
us.
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A. Defined As:
4. Security Of Life In Christ … Jn. 10:28, 29.

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And I give them eternal life, and they shall never
perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My
hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to Me, is
greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out
of My Father’s hand.
 Life, Eternal
A. Defined As:
5. God's Gift ............................... Rom. 6:23.

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of

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God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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B. Christ's Relation To Life:
1. Life Is In Him ... 2 Tim. 1:1.

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of

God, according to the promise of life which is
in Christ Jesus,
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B. Christ's Relation To Life:
2. Manifested Through Him .... 2 Tim. 1:10.

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but has now been revealed by the appearing
of our Savior Jesus Christ, who has abolished
death and brought life and immortality to
light through the gospel,
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B. Christ's Relation To Life:
3. He Has The Words Of Life ...... Jn. 6:68.

But Simon Peter answered Him, Lord, to

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whom shall we go? You have the words of

eternal life.
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B. Christ's Relation To Life:
4. Life Comes Through Him ....... Rom. 5:21.

so that as sin reigned in death, even so grace

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might reign through righteousness to eternal

life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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C. Means Of Securing, By:
1. God's Gift ... Rom. 6:22, 23.

But now having been set free from sin, and

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having become slaves of God, you have your

fruit to holiness, and the end, everlasting
life. 23 For the wages of sin is death,
but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ
Jesus our Lord.
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C. Means Of Securing, By:
2. Having The Son ... 1 Jn. 5:11, 12.

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And this is the testimony: that God has
given us eternal life, and this life is in His
Son. He who has the Son has life; he who
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does not have the Son of God does not have

life.
 Life, Eternal
C. Means Of Securing, By:
3. Knowing The True God ... Jn. 17:3.

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And this is eternal life, that they may know
You, the only true God, and Jesus
Christ whom You have sent.
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C. Means Of Securing, By:
4. Knowing The Scriptures ... Jn. 20:31.

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but these are written that you may believe
that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and
that believing you may have life in His name.
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C. Means Of Securing, By:
5. Believing The Son ... Jn. 3:15-36.
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C. Means Of Securing, By:
6. Drinking The Water Of Life ... Jn. 4:14.

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but whoever drinks of the water that I shall
give him will never thirst. But the water that I
shall give him will become in him a fountain
of water springing up into everlasting life.
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C. Means Of Securing, By:
7. Eating The Bread Of Life ... Jn. 6:50-58.
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C. Means Of Securing, By:
8. Reaping ... Jn. 4:36.

And he who reaps receives wages, and

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gathers fruit for eternal life, that both he who

sows and he who reaps may rejoice together.
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C. Means Of Securing, By:
9. The Good Faith Fight ... 1 Tim. 6:12,19.

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Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on
eternal life, to which you were also called and
have confessed the good confession in the
presence of many witnesses.
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C. Means Of Securing, By:
9. The Good Faith Fight ... 1 Tim. 6:12,19.

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storing up for themselves a good foundation
for the time to come, that they may lay hold
on eternal life.
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D. Present Aspect Of, For Christians:
1. Believe In The Son ... Jn. 3:36.

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He who believes in the Son has everlasting
life; and he who does not believe the Son shall
not see life, but the wrath of God abides on
him.
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D. Present Aspect Of, For Christians:
2. Have Assurance Of ... Jn. 5:24.

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Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears
My word and believes in Him who sent Me
has everlasting life, and shall not come into
judgment, but has passed from death into life.
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D. Present Aspect Of, For Christians:
3. Have Promise Of ... Tit. 1:2.

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in hope of eternal life which God,
who cannot lie, promised before time began,
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D. Present Aspect Of, For Christians:
4. Have Hope Of ... Tit. 3:7.

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that having been justified by His grace we
should become heirs according to the hope of
eternal life.
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D. Present Aspect Of, For Christians:
5. Take Hold Of ... 1 Tim. 6:12, 19.

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Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on
eternal life, to which you were also called and
have confessed the good confession in the
presence of many witnesses.
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D. Present Aspect Of, For Christians:
5. Take Hold Of ... 1 Tim. 6:12, 19.

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storing up for themselves a good foundation
for the time to come, that they may lay hold
on eternal life.
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D. Present Aspect Of, For Christians:
6. Hate Life In This World ... Jn. 12:25.

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He who loves his life will lose it, and he who
hates his life in this world will keep it for
eternal life.