The Office Serves; The Word Gives Life
T ext: Ezekiel 37:1-14 In the name of Jesus. Amen. Ezekiel must have been a really great preacher to get all those dead bones to come back to life. I mean, just think about that for a moment. Here is the prophet Ezekiel standing in the middle of a valley absolutely littered with dry bones — skulls, ribs, leg bones, and jawbones scattered over the ground—and somehow, by the end of the text, those same bones are standing – alive - as a mighty army. And so, we might be tempted to conclude that Ezekiel must have had tremendous preaching skills. Perhaps he had one of those commanding voices. Maybe he knew exactly how to use the perfect inflection and timing in his preaching. Perhaps he had great persuasive ability, the kind of preacher who knew how to say things in just the right way. Maybe he had remarkable charisma, such that even the dead could not resist listening to him. But dear friends, when we slow down and examine the Old Testament reading, we quickly realize that this cannot poss...
