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GOD IS LOOKING FOR A MAN !

GOD IS LOOKING FOR A MAN !. EZEK. 22:26-30. EZEK 22:26-30. [By Ron Halbrook]. GOD IS LOOKING FOR A MAN !. Introduction A real man, a godly man! Ezek. 22:26-30 A man to stand in the gap!. Ezek. 22:26-30.

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GOD IS LOOKING FOR A MAN !

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  1. GOD IS LOOKING FOR A MAN ! EZEK. 22:26-30 EZEK 22:26-30 [By Ron Halbrook]

  2. GOD IS LOOKING FOR A MAN ! • Introduction • A real man, a godly man! • Ezek. 22:26-30 A man to stand in the gap!

  3. Ezek. 22:26-30 26 Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them. 27 Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.

  4. Ezek. 22:26-30 28 And her prophets have daubed them with untempered morter, seeing vanity, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord GOD, when the LORD hath not spoken. 29 The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.

  5. Ezek. 22:26-30 30 And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.

  6. GOD IS LOOKING FOR A MAN ! • Introduction 3. Jer. 5:1 Look high & low — God values such a man!

  7. Jer. 5:1 1 Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it.

  8. GOD IS LOOKING FOR A MAN ! • Introduction 4. Godly man defined by his character & service to God 5. We can be such men today!

  9. GOD IS LOOKING FOR A MAN ! I. God Seeks a Man Who Joins Strength & Love. A. 1 Cor. 16:13-14 Outline What God Expects of a Man

  10. 1 Cor. 16:13-14 13 Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong. 14 Let all your things be done with charity.

  11. GOD IS LOOKING FOR A MAN ! I. God Seeks a Man Who Joins Strength & Love. B. Watch Ye! • Alert like a sentinel

  12. GOD IS LOOKING FOR A MAN ! I. God Seeks a Man Who Joins Strength & Love. C. Stand Fast in the Faith! • Stand firm, hold your ground

  13. GOD IS LOOKING FOR A MAN ! I. God Seeks a Man Who Joins Strength & Love. D. Quit You Like Men! • Be brave, courageous

  14. GOD IS LOOKING FOR A MAN ! I. God Seeks a Man Who Joins Strength & Love. E. Be Strong! • Show unflinching strength— no retreat, no surrender!

  15. GOD IS LOOKING FOR A MAN ! I. God Seeks a Man Who Joins Strength & Love. F. Let All Your Things Be Done with Charity! • Soldier’s spirit tempered with unselfish love

  16. GOD IS LOOKING FOR A MAN ! II. God Seeks a Man Who Reflects the Character of Jesus Christ. A. Humble Spirit • Lowly mind, defer to others • Phil. 2:8 Jesus

  17. GOD IS LOOKING FOR A MAN ! II. God Seeks a Man Who Reflects the Character of Jesus Christ. A. Humble Spirit • Keynote of God’s kingdom:Matt. 5:3; 18:4; 20:20-28

  18. GOD IS LOOKING FOR A MAN ! II. God Seeks a Man Who Reflects the Character of Jesus Christ. A. Humble Spirit • Phil. 2:3 Often taught, & missed

  19. GOD IS LOOKING FOR A MAN ! II. God Seeks a Man Who Reflects the Character of Jesus Christ. A. Humble Spirit • Ja. 4:10 The way up is down

  20. GOD IS LOOKING FOR A MAN ! II. God Seeks a Man Who Reflects the Character of Jesus Christ. A. Humble Spirit • God’s greatest servants trust in God, not self

  21. GOD IS LOOKING FOR A MAN ! II. God Seeks a Man Who Reflects the Character of Jesus Christ. B. Deep Conviction • Belief, assurance of the truth

  22. GOD IS LOOKING FOR A MAN ! II. God Seeks a Man Who Reflects the Character of Jesus Christ. B. Deep Conviction • Jn. 2:13-17 Jesus

  23. GOD IS LOOKING FOR A MAN ! II. God Seeks a Man Who Reflects the Character of Jesus Christ. B. Deep Conviction • The truth: treasure of treasures!Prov. 23:23; Matt. 13:44

  24. GOD IS LOOKING FOR A MAN ! II. God Seeks a Man Who Reflects the Character of Jesus Christ. B. Deep Conviction • Jn. 8:31-32Truth: the teaching of Jesus

  25. GOD IS LOOKING FOR A MAN ! II. God Seeks a Man Who Reflects the Character of Jesus Christ. B. Deep Conviction • Uphold the truth & all who teach it1 Tim. 1:3; 4:1; 2 Tim. 1:7-8

  26. GOD IS LOOKING FOR A MAN ! II. God Seeks a Man Who Reflects the Character of Jesus Christ. B. Deep Conviction • Uphold the truth & all who teach it: • Dangers from the world

  27. GOD IS LOOKING FOR A MAN ! II. God Seeks a Man Who Reflects the Character of Jesus Christ. B. Deep Conviction • Uphold the truth & all who teach it: • Dangers among God’s people

  28. GOD IS LOOKING FOR A MAN ! II. God Seeks a Man Who Reflects the Character of Jesus Christ. B. Deep Conviction • Josh 24:15Lead family to serve God

  29. GOD IS LOOKING FOR A MAN ! II. God Seeks a Man Who Reflects the Character of Jesus Christ. B. Deep Conviction • Josh 24:15Lead family • Acts 2:42Public worship

  30. GOD IS LOOKING FOR A MAN ! II. God Seeks a Man Who Reflects the Character of Jesus Christ. B. Deep Conviction • Josh 24:15Lead family • Rom. 12:1-2Daily life

  31. GOD IS LOOKING FOR A MAN ! II. God Seeks a Man Who Reflects the Character of Jesus Christ. C. Tender Heart • Compassion • Jesus Matt. 11:27-30; 23:37; Jn. 11:35-36

  32. GOD IS LOOKING FOR A MAN ! II. God Seeks a Man Who Reflects the Character of Jesus Christ. C. Tender Heart • Show care, concernRom. 12:15; 1 Thess. 4:14

  33. GOD IS LOOKING FOR A MAN ! II. God Seeks a Man Who Reflects the Character of Jesus Christ. D. Unselfish Love • JesusJn. 13:34-35

  34. GOD IS LOOKING FOR A MAN ! II. God Seeks a Man Who Reflects the Character of Jesus Christ. D. Unselfish Love • Love finds 1,000 ways to helpActs 20:35; 1 Cor. 16:13-14,15 Gal. 6:10; Ja. 1:27 Heb. 13:1-2

  35. GOD IS LOOKING FOR A MAN ! III. God Seeks a Man Who Serves God & His Fellowman. A. As a Christian • Acts 11:26 One who belongs to Christ

  36. GOD IS LOOKING FOR A MAN ! III. God Seeks a Man Who Serves God & His Fellowman. A. As a Christian • Lk. 9:23; Jn. 14:6 Sacrifice all to follow him as the only Savior

  37. GOD IS LOOKING FOR A MAN ! III. God Seeks a Man Who Serves God & His Fellowman. A. As a Christian • Commitment to follow Christ guides every other commitment

  38. GOD IS LOOKING FOR A MAN ! III. God Seeks a Man Who Serves God & His Fellowman. B. As a Husband • Matt. 19:4-6 Vow & covenant of marriage under God’s law

  39. GOD IS LOOKING FOR A MAN ! III. God Seeks a Man Who Serves God & His Fellowman. B. As a Husband • Eph. 5:25, 28 Love his wife as Christ loves the church

  40. GOD IS LOOKING FOR A MAN ! III. God Seeks a Man Who Serves God & His Fellowman. B. As a Husband • 1 Pet. 3:7 Consider needs & nature of his wife

  41. GOD IS LOOKING FOR A MAN ! III. God Seeks a Man Who Serves God & His Fellowman. C. As a Father • Eph. 6:4 Give affection & training to each child

  42. GOD IS LOOKING FOR A MAN ! III. God Seeks a Man Who Serves God & His Fellowman. C. As a Father • A spiritual leader, not a stumbling block!

  43. GOD IS LOOKING FOR A MAN ! III. God Seeks a Man Who Serves God & His Fellowman. D. As a Citizen • Rom. 13:1-7 Duty to civil government

  44. GOD IS LOOKING FOR A MAN ! III. God Seeks a Man Who Serves God & His Fellowman. E. As an Employee • Col. 3:22-23 Diligent, trustworthy on the job

  45. GOD IS LOOKING FOR A MAN ! III. God Seeks a Man Who Serves God & His Fellowman. F. As an Active Member of the Local Church • Phil. 1:1 All members: talents & duties

  46. GOD IS LOOKING FOR A MAN ! IV. God Seeks a Man to Spend Eternity with Him in Heaven. A. Reward: Eternal Life in Heaven with God • 1 Pet. 1:3-5 Raised & rewarded

  47. GOD IS LOOKING FOR A MAN ! IV. God Seeks a Man to Spend Eternity with Him in Heaven. A. Reward: Eternal Life in Heaven with God • 2 Tim. 4:6-8 All who love & serve Christ to the end rewarded!

  48. GOD IS LOOKING FOR A MAN ! IV. God Seeks a Man to Spend Eternity with Him in Heaven. B. Man Created to Have Fellowship with God!

  49. GOD IS LOOKING FOR A MAN ! • Invitation • Cannot be a real man, a godly man, living in sin— God forgives & makes a new man2 Cor. 5:17

  50. GOD IS LOOKING FOR A MAN ! • Invitation 2. Christian who falls away restored: repent, confess sin, pray Acts 8:22

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