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Ezra 7 - Pastor David McGee

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Pastor David McGee

Date Taught: September 6, 2012

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Life Lessons Referenced

Life Lesson (Ezra 7:5)

We need to remember who we are and Whose we are.

Life Lesson (Ezra 7:6)

We are to operate our lives and our homes according to the Word of God whether the government does or not.

Life Lesson (Ezra 7:10)

If a lack of knowledge of God and the Word of God can destroy a nation, then the teaching of them can save a nation.

Life Lesson (Ezra 7:12)

The goal is for you to know the Word of God and that you would be able to teach it to your friends, family, loved ones and others in this church.

Life Lesson (Ezra 7:17)

Giving financially is part of growing spiritually. You cannot be a mature disciple without being a good steward.

Verses Referenced and Teaching Notes

Romans 8:15-17 NLT

15 So you have not received a spirit that makes you fearful slaves. Instead, you received God's Spirit when he adopted you as his own children. Now we call him, "Abba, Father." 16 For his Spirit joins with our spirit to affirm that we are God's children. 17 And since we are his children, we are his heirs. In fact, together with Christ we are heirs of God's glory. But if we are to share his glory, we must also share his suffering.

Matthew 7:7-8 NKJV

7 "Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.

Luke 6:46 NKJV

"But why do you call Me 'Lord, Lord,' and not do the things which I say?"

James 1:22 NKJV

But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

James 1:22 NLT

But don't just listen to God's word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves.

Joshua 1:7-9 NKJV

7 Only be strong and very courageous, that you may observe to do according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded you; do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may prosper wherever you go. 8 This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success. 9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go."

Ezra 7:12 NLT

"From Artaxerxes, the king of kings, to Ezra the priest, the teacher of the law of the God of heaven."

Hebrews 5:11-12 NLT

11 There is much more we would like to say about this, but it is difficult to explain, especially since you are spiritually dull and don't seem to listen. 12 You have been believers so long now that you ought to be teaching others. Instead, you need someone to teach you again the basic things about God's word. You are like babies who need milk and cannot eat solid food.

1 Peter 3:15 KJV

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:

Hebrews 4:12 NKJV

For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

2 Timothy 2:15 KJV

Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

Malachi 3:8-11 NKJV

8 "Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed Me! But you say, 'In what way have we robbed You? 'In tithes and offerings. 9 You are cursed with a curse, For you have robbed Me, Even this whole nation. 10 Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, That there may be food in My house, And try Me now in this, "Says the Lord of hosts, "If I will not open for you the windows of heaven And pour out for you such blessing That there will not be room enough to receive it. 11 "And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, So that he will not destroy the fruit of your ground, Nor shall the vine fail to bear fruit for you in the field, "Says the Lord of hosts;

Luke 6:46 NKJV

"But why do you call Me 'Lord, Lord,' and not do the things which I say?"

James 1:22 NKJV

But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

Haggai 1:6 NKJV

"You have sown much, and bring in little; You eat, but do not have enough; You drink, but you are not filled with drink; You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm; And he who earns wages, Earns wages to put into a bag with holes."

Haggai 1:9 NKJV

"You looked for much, but indeed it came to little; and when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why?" says the Lord of hosts. "Because of My house that is in ruins, while every one of you runs to his own house."

Ezra 7:25 NLT

"And you, Ezra, are to use the wisdom your God has given you to appoint magistrates and judges who know your God's laws to govern all the people in the province west of the Euphrates River. Teach the law to anyone who does not know it."

Scripture quotations marked (NLT) are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189. All rights reserved.

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