Ezekiel 37:1-5
1 (KJV) The hand of the Lord was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the Lord, and set me down
in the midst of the valley which was full of bones,
[2] And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they
were very dry.
[3] And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord God, thou knowest.
[4] Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the Lord.
[5] Thus saith the Lord God unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live:
TOPIC-- CAN THESE BONES LIVE
WE WANT TO FOCUS IN ON VERSE 3
Ezekiel 37:3 (KJV) And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord God,
thou knowest.
MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS
THE TEXT BEFORE US INFORMS US OF THE EXPERIENCE AND ENCOUNTER OF THE PROPHET EZEKIEL IN THE
CHEBBAR VALLEY CEMETERY
THE TEXT REVEALS THAT EZEKIEL WAS CARRIED BY GOD IN A VISION TO A VALLEY FULL OF BONES
IT WAS A PLACE THAT WAS DISTRESSING
A PLACE THAT WAS DISTURBING
AND IF THE BONES IN THAT VALLEY CAN LIVE
THAT MEANS THERE HOPE FOR THE BONES IN OUR VALLEY TODAY
AND YOU DO KNOW THAT THERE IS SOME BONES IN OUR VALLEYS
BUT LETS TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THE TEXT
BECAUSE EMBEDDED IN THE IN THE FABRIC OF THE TEXT BRFORE US IS SOME SPRITUAL NUGGETS THAT I
WOULD LIKE TO LIFT UP
Ezekiel 37:1- The hand of the Lord was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the Lord, and set me down in the midst of
the valley which was full of bones,
THE RECORD INFORMS US THAT EZEKIEL MADE HIS ARRIVAL IN THE VALLEY WITH THE HELP OF GOD
SO HE WAS THERE UNDER THE DIVINE ORDER OF GOD
AND WHEN HE ARRIVED HE DISCOVERED THAT DEATH HAD ALREADY BEEN IN THE VALLEY
AND THE ONLY THING LEFT WAS BONES THAT WAS VERY DRY
BUT AS EZEKIEL WALKS IN THE VALLEY
EVERYWHERE HE LOOK WAS BONES
BONES IN FRONT OF HIM
BONES IN BACK OF HIM
BONES ON THE LEFT BONES ON THE RIGHT
A VALLEY FULL OF DRY BONES
NOW I`VE COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT EZEKIEL WAS IN THE VALLEY BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE GOD
WANTED HIM TO BE
BUT I NEED TO PAUSE AND ASK EACH OF YOU
ARE WE WHERE GOD WANT US TO BE IN OUR SPRITUAL WALK WITH THE LORD
AND JUST LIKE GOD HAD A PLAN AND AGENDA FOR EZEKIEL
HE ALSO HAS A PLAN AND A AGENDA FOR YOU AND ME
AND THERE`S NOTHING LIKE BEING IN THE WILL OF GOD
BECAUSE IN THE WILL OF GOD THERE IS JOY
JOY THAT THE WORLD CAN`T GIVE US
AND JOY THAT THE WORLD CAN`T TAKE AWAY
AND NOT ONLY IS THERE JOY BUT THERE IS ALSO PEACE IN THE WILL OF GOD
PEACE THAT SURPASSES ALL UNDERSTANDING
BUT THE 2 ND THING IN THE TEXT I NOTICE IS
THAT THESE BONES WE`RE NOT JUST DRY BONES BUT THEY WHERE NOT TOGETHER
EZEKIEL DID NOT DISCOVER SKELTONS IN THE VALLEY
IF HE HAD FOUND SKELTONS
THAT WOULD HAVE INDICTATED THAT THE BONES WE`RE TOGETHER
BUT THE BONES WHERE DISJOINTED NO LONGER CONNECTED TO EACH OTHER
AND THAT TELLS ME THAT THERE WAS NO UNITY OR TOGETHERNESS IN THE VALLEY
BUT EVERY BONE WAS ITSELF AND EXTREMELY DRY
AND IN THIS VALLEY WE`RE FOOT BONES TO DRY TO PAT THERE FEET
HAND BONES TO DRY TO CLAP THERE HANDS
ARM BONES TO DRY TO LIFT UP THE HAND BONE TO PRAISE GOD
JAW BONES TO DRY TO SAY AMEN
IT WAS A VALLEY FULL OF DRY BONE
BUT GOD ASK EZEKIEL A QUESTION ?
CAN THESE BONES LIVE And EZEKIEL answered, O Lord God, thou knowest.
IT`S IMPORTANT TO REALIZE THAT No created power could restore the bones back to life.
BUT God alone could cause them to live
YOU SEE MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS
LIFE APART FROM GOD WILL LEAVE US IN A DRY SITUATION
THAT’S WHY SOME OF OUR FINANCE`S OR DRY BECAUSE WE WON`T TITHE
BURDENS OR HEAVY AND OUR SITUATION S SEEM DRY BECAUSE WE WON`T BE OBEDIENCE TO THE
WORD OF GOD
AND This vision illustrates the promise of Ezekiel 36—new life and a nation restored, both physically and spiritually.
YOU SEE MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS
The dry bones are a picture of the Jews in captivity—scattered and dead.
AND . Ezekiel felt he was speaking to the dead as he preached to the exiles because they rarely responded to his
message
AND I NEED TO PAUSE AND ASK HOW MANY OF US IS RESPONDING TO GOD MESSAGE TODAY
And just as God brought life to the dead bones, he can bring life again to spiritually dead people.
AND YOU DO KNOW THERE IS SOME SPRITUALLY DEAD PEOPLE IN THE CHURCH TODAY
AND REMEMBER I SAID IN THE CHURCH
BECAUSE THERE IS A DIFFERENT WHEN A PERSON IS IN THE CHURCH AND WHEN A PERSON IS BEING THE CHURCH
SEE MY BROTHERS & SISTERS
(IN THE CHURCH MEMBERS) COMES WHEN THEY FEEL LIKE IT
GIVE -WHEN THEY FEEL LIKE IT
ACT HOLY -WHEN THEY FEEL LIKE IT
THEY WILL SPEAK TO YOU ONE SUNDAY AND CURSE YOU OUT THE NEXT SUNDAY
COME IN LIFTING UP HOLY HANDS -BUT WON`T LIFT A HAND TO HELP NOBODY
AND THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE
THEY ARE NOT SINCERE IN THERE COMMITMENT TO CHRIST
THEY DON`T BELIEVE IN SUNDAY SCHOOL, PRAYER MEETING OR BIBLE STUDY
THEY WOULD RATHER GO TO A MESS MEETING THAN A PRAYER MEETING
THEY ARE CONTENT WITH THEIR NAME JUST BEING ON THE CHURCH ROLL
THAT`S WHY THEY ARE KNOWN AS BEING A FAIR WEATHER CHRISTIAN OR A MEMBER OF BEDSIDE
BAPTIST
BUT THE DRY BONES IN THE TEXT represented the people’s spiritually dead condition.
It was also a clear intimation of the resurrection of the dead; and it represents the power and grace of God, in the
conversion of the most hopeless sinners to himself
At God’s command, Ezekiel cried out for the bones to hear the Word of the Lord
GOD TOLD EZEKIEL TO PREACH TO THE BONES
EZEKIEL REVEALS TO US THAT HE prophesied as he was commanded: and as he prophesied, there
was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone.
EZEKLIEL TELLS US IN THE TEXT THAT WHEN THE WORD OF GOD WENT FORTH
THAT HE HEARD A RUMBLING IN THE VALLEY
HE HEARD A SHAKING IN THE VALLEY
A QUAKING IN THE VALLEY
HE SAW BONES RISING IN THE VALLEY
HE SAW THE TOE BONES CONNECTING WITH THE FOOT BONES
HE SAW FOOT BONES GETTING TOGETHER WITH ANKLE BONES
AND HE KEPT ON LOOKING
AND HE SAW THE ANKLE BONES CONNECTING WITH THE LEG BONES
AND THE LEG BONES UNITING WITH THE THIGH BONES
THIGH BONES WERE CONNECTING WITH THE HIP BONES
HIP BONES JOINING UP WITH THE BACK BONES
BACK BONES TO THE SHOULDER BONES
SHOULDER BONES TO THE ARM BONES
ARM BONES TO THE WRIST BONES
WRIST BONES TO THE HAND BONES AND
EZEKIEL KEPT ON LOOKING
AND THE SHOULDER BONES CONNECTED TO THE NECK BONES
AND THE NECK BONES CONNECTING TO THE HEAD BONES
NOTICE --NOTICE --NOTICE WHAT THE TEXT SAYS
THAT WHEN THE WIND BLEW UPON THEM THE BONES CAME TO LIFE
AND THERE STOOD AN EXCEEDINGLY GREAT ARMY
AND IT`S SOMETHING AMAZING WHEN THE LORD BREATHES ON YOU
YOU SEE MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS
THERE WAS A TIME OUR LIFE THAT WE WE`RE LIKE THE BONES IN THE VALLEY
WE ALL WAS LOST IN SIN BUT JESUS TOOK US IN
AND THEN A LITTLE LIGHT FROM HEAVEN FILLED OUR SOUL
HE FILL OUR HEART WITH LOVE AND WROTE OUR NAME ABOVE
THAT WHY JUST A LITTLE TALK WITH JESUS WILL MAKE IT RIGHT
ANYBODY HEAR KNOWS JESUS WILL MAKE IT RIGHT
I REMEMBER AND OLD PREACHER TOLD ME
I CALLED ON THE LORD AND HE STILL ANSWER PRAYERS
YOU SEE AS A YOUNG PREACHER
I`VE BEEN IN THE VALLEY
IT GET ROUGH IN THE VALLEY
I GOT HEARTBROKEN IN THE VALLEY
I WAS WOUNDED IN THE VALLEY
I WAS TALKED ABOUT IN THE VALLEY
LIED ON IN THE VALLEY
CHEATED AND MISTREATED IN THE VALLEY
BUT IN THE MIDIST OF MY VALLEY EXPERIENCE
GOD REACHED WAY DOWN IN THE VALLEY AND PICK ME UP
