Called to Renewal: Now, Can You See It Coming?
Pastor Noah Kennedy
May 1, 2022

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Ezekiel 37:1-14

1 The hand of the Lord was upon me, and he brought me out by the Spirit of the Lord and set me in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones. 2 He led me back and forth among them, and I saw a great many bones on the floor of the valley, bones that were very dry. 3 He asked me, “Son of man, can these bones live?”

I said, “O Sovereign Lord, you alone know.”

4 Then he said to me, “Prophesy to these bones and say to them, ‘Dry bones, hear the word of the Lord! 5 This is what the Sovereign Lord says to these bones: I will make breath enter you, and you will come to life. 6 I will attach tendons to you and make flesh come upon you and cover you with skin; I will put breath in you, and you will come to life. Then you will know that I am the Lord.’”

7 So I prophesied as I was commanded. And as I was prophesying, there was a noise, a rattling sound, and the bones came together, bone to bone. 8 I looked, and tendons and flesh appeared on them and skin covered them, but there was no breath in them.

9 Then he said to me, “Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and say to it, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe into these slain, that they may live.’” 10 So I prophesied as he commanded me, and breath entered them; they came to life and stood up on their feet–a vast army.

11 Then he said to me: “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. They say, ‘Our bones are dried up and our hope is gone; we are cut off.’ 12 Therefore prophesy and say to them: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: O my people, I am going to open your graves and bring you up from them; I will bring you back to the land of Israel. 13 Then you, my people, will know that I am the Lord, when I open your graves and bring you up from them. 14 I will put my Spirit in you and you will live, and I will settle you in your own land. Then you will know that I the Lord have spoken, and I have done it, declares the Lord.’”

1) For “dry bones” to hear the word of the Lord, we need to

to make an to hear the word of the Lord.

Romans 1:18-20 ESV: For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. For what can be known about God is plain to them,
because God has shown it to them. For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been

, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are .

Matthew 13:9 NIV: “Whoever has

, let them .”

2) For “dry bones” to be made alive, we need to

God has put his Spirit in us to live.

Genesis 1:2 ESV: The earth was

and , and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the was hovering over the face of the waters.

2 Timothy 1:6-7 ESV: I remind you to

the gift of God, which is in you … for God gave us a not of fear but of power and love….

Eph 2:18-22 ESV: For through [the Sovereign Lord] we both have access in one

to the Father. So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, in whom the whole structure, being , grows into a holy temple in the Lord. In him you also are into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit.

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