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Ezekiel 34:4 · BSB
34:4 You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bound up the injured, brought back the strays, or searched for the lost. Instead, you have ruled them with violence and cruelty.
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…aimlessly roaming without purpose and hopeless. James isn't talking about evangelism winning a lost soul. He's talking about rescuing a lost soul.Ezekiel chapter 34verse #4 says this. Ezekiel 34 four. You have not strengthened those who are weak. You have not healed the sick. You have not bandaged the cripple.…
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…and the Job and the description of that God uses over and over and over in the Bible, Old and New Testaments to describe his love for us inEzekiel, chapter 34. This is a passage that we read as elders every year because it is so humbling. And if you've ever desired to be an elder, I would encourage you to…
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…and the Job and the description of that God uses over and over and over in the Bible, Old and New Testaments to describe his love for us inEzekiel, chapter 34. This is a passage that we read as elders every year because it is so humbling. And if you've ever desired to be an elder, I would encourage you to…
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…lambs. Make sure that they're not pushed too hard, loving the weakest and the most feeble of his people. The next prophecy we want to look at is inEzekiel chapter 34, three verses, verses 22 to 24. Ezekiel 34 is describing the abuse of the false shepherds. And then he goes on to say in verse 22, therefore, I…
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…who are supposed to be the shepherds are in fact spiritually blind. And these shepherds are in fact the very shepherds that God warned us about inEzekiel chapter 34. Now you may not be familiar with Ezekiel 34, but it is a passage that is worth your attention. Remember that Ezekiel is in the Old Testament and…
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…But over and over and over, you see this pattern of failure until they eventually, God's people, end up in exile. Then you get to the prophetEzekiel chapter 34. It really captures, I encourage you to read that sometime this week. It captures the devastation. And the prophet indices the shepherd kings of…
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…goes forward unchecked. And when leadership without holiness leads to ruin. And the failure of leadership is talked about all over in Scripture.Ezekiel chapter 34, for instance. Woe to the shepherds of Israel who've been feeding themselves. Shouldn't the shepherds feed the flock? Jeremiah 23, woe to the…
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…them back in. They seemed like lost sheep without a shepherd missing. You might be blessed. Ezekiel 34 versus 11 to 16. That's the 23 to 24 again.Ezekiel chapter 34versus 11 to 16 and what's going on for the assess the Lord God. Behold, I, I am myself Hindi lamang. I will send some under shepherds. I myself…
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…heart. But we also find in scripture that God himself willingly takes upon himself the role of shepherd. Or the title of shepherd. We could look atEzekiel chapter 34. Starting in verse 11, where the Lord calls himself a shepherd to his people. For thus says the Lord God, Behold, I myself will search for my sheep…
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…with the Lord. And so that's what we're going to do today. We're going to preach the word. If you have your Bibles, turn with me to the book ofEzekiel chapter 34. We're going to begin in verse 1 and we're going to go to verse 5. A message I've entitled, Shepherds After His Heart. Shepherds After His Heart.…
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…hurt by the church, and he is not indifferent to the ways that we have been hurt by those in positions of spiritual or religious power. InEzekiel chapter 34, we read God's word of judgment that he has for his people, specifically the leaders of his people, who he calls the shepherds, those are the ones…
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…and instead of serving the people, they serve themselves. But not Jesus. But that was the false shepherds here. In fact, we can go back toEzekiel chapter 34, and there we see that God issued a scathing indictment upon the false shepherds of Israel. I want to show you something, because I want to show…
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…that had not been true shepherds, and what they had done, they had actually drawn Israel away. And if you want to or if you would, if you turn toEzekiel chapter 34with me this morning. We'll mostly be in John 10, but if we could look to Ezekiel 34. Here's what we read in Ezekiel 34. Oh, shepherds of Israel,…
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If you have a Bible, I invite you to turn toEzekiel chapter 34. I think this is our fifth or sixth week in Ezekiel now. If you remember, Ezekiel is a 30 year old priest living far far away from the temple which…
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…new rescue, a new Exodus rescue that is to come. And there are a number of examples of this, but I think the one that fits this passage so well isEzekiel chapter 34. And so in this chapter, Ezekiel prophesies against the shepherds of Israel. Um, he says that they've neglected the sheep, that they've made…
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…22 through 24, where God promises a solution in those closing verses, so you can turn there. It's also going to be on the screen. But let's read inEzekiel, chapter 34, starting in verse 1. The word of the Lord came to me, son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. As I already said, these are not…
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…and laying the foundations of the earth and saying to Zion, You are my people. Maybe there's something to that. Maybe an even stronger illusion isEzekiel chapter 34and verse 4, where God is chastising the Jewish leaders. Says, the weak you have not strengthened, the sick you've not healed. The injured you've…
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…to them, shepherd the people just like I do. But the problem was, instead of caring for the flock, they abandoned the flock. Go with me, please, toEzekiel chapter 34. Ezekiel chapter 34. First there, if you could give me the page number, I forgot to check it there. Ezekiel 34. 8-6-5. 8-6-5. Ezekiel 34. And in…
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…look like. And that happens in Ezekiel, and some passages are going to come up for us now. And Peter, can you try to stop the ringing, please?Ezekiel chapter 34says this. The word of the Lord came to the Son of Man's prophecy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy and say to them, this is what the…
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…a good shepherd. And I invite you to just listen to the verb language, the active work of this resolute shepherd. But this is what Ezekiel says inEzekiel chapter 34. This is what the sovereign Lord says. I myself will search and find my sheep. I will be like a shepherd looking for his scattered flock. I will…
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