The LORD sent Ezekiel to prophesy His judgment of the nations surrounding defunct Israel and Judah. Imagine with me for a moment. Ezekiel shows up with nothing in hand and tells the rulers and peoples of these various nations here is what the Lord God is going to do with you. He had nothing but his appearance to use to break thru the personal defense shields of his audience.
How can we reach thru the personal defense shields of our audience, which is steeped in the cultural values of today, to tell them the Living God of the Bible will hold them accountable for not seeking Him, not loving their neighbors, not having His values, and not living in humility? Like Ezekiel, if you could only use your appearance, how could you teach the truth of this lesson? Begin your lesson by showing a blow up of your driver’s license picture? Maybe not…
What might work is to show the image of a painting of Ezekiel prophesying and discuss how the truth of God’s word is illustrated in the painting. In other words, the painting will attract the eyeballs and perhaps its grim nature will break thru the defense shield of the audience so they will be open to hearing the truth found in the lesson.
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