_A PROPHET’S CALL_ ‘Son of man, I send thee to the children of Israel.’ Ezekiel 2:3 Ezekiel’s call did not break in, as it were, upon the quiet routine of an untroubled life, but was the crisis of a long preparation, a Divine intervention, at the moment when it was most needed to hinder the man t... [ Continue Reading ]
_MEN’S TREATMENT OF GOD’S WORD_ ‘Whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear.’ Ezekiel 2:7 The office of the prophet was one truly honourable and truly sacred. On the one side he was in communication with the eternal source of truth and righteousness; on the other side he was in communic... [ Continue Reading ]
_‘RECEIVING AND UTTERING THE DIVINE MESSAGE’_ ‘Thou shalt speak my words … open thy mouth, and eat that I give thee.’ Ezekiel 2:7 I. THIS CHAPTER TELLS HOW HIS COMMISSION CAME TO THE PROPHET.—Let every minister of Jesus Christ ponder these words. That people are impudent and stiff-hearted; their... [ Continue Reading ]