Dr. McKellar’s Lesson for January 9, 2022

Introduction to Daniel

Can These Bones Live?

Ezekiel 37:1-14

1. Background

• Ezekiel: “God strengthens” in a context of judgment and exile

2. Sobering Inspection 1-2

• hand and Spirit of the LORD
• prophetic vision of a valley full of dry bones drawing from an exilic “proverb” (37:11)

3. Sovereign Interrogation 3

• the LORD’S question and Ezekiel’s response

4. Supernatural Intervention 4-10

• command: preach over the bones

♦ content, confirmation and consequence

• command: preach to the breath

♦ content and consequence

5. Specific Identification 11-14

• bones: whole house of Israel
• command: preach to Israel

♦ content and confirmation

• NT/Christ connections: Jn. 11:25-26, 20:22; 1 Cor. 15:50-58

6. So What?

• Solely because of His sovereign and gracious intervention, trust the LORD to give life to the dead through His Word and Spirit.
• “Faith has the prerogative of seeing possibilities of life in what looks to sense hopeless death.” (Maclaren)
• “If we want revivals, we must revive our reverence for the Word of God.” (Spurgeon)
• “Mercy Walked In” (Mote) and “Breathe on Me” (McKinney)