{"id":2383,"date":"2020-12-28T18:15:58","date_gmt":"2020-12-29T01:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/belzglobal.com\/ministry\/?p=2383"},"modified":"2025-12-23T13:01:58","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T20:01:58","slug":"message-on-ezekiel-3622-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/belzglobal.com\/ministry\/2020\/12\/28\/message-on-ezekiel-3622-28\/","title":{"rendered":"God acts for the sake of His Name: Ezekiel 36:22-28"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On December 27, 2020, I preached a message at Littlerock Community Fellowship, our home church, based on Ezekiel 36:22-28. The main point of the message was: God acts to restore His sinful people for the sake of His glory among the nations.<\/p>\n<p>Click below to enjoy the message, and may God use it in your life to exalt our holy God throughout the New Year and beyond.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LayOSRIqtTo\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nSermon outline:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. God acts for the sake of His glory among the nations. <\/strong>(22-23)<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. God acts to restore His sinful people. <\/strong>(24-28)<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 A. He gathers those who are distant<\/strong>. (24,28a)<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 B.\u00a0\u00a0He cleanses those who are filthy from sin.<\/strong> (25)<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 C. He gives new life to those who are dead<\/strong>. (26)<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 D. He places His Spirit in His people leading to obedience.<\/strong> (27)<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 E. He restores a broken relationship.<\/strong> (28b)<\/p>\n<p>Central application:\u00a0God acts for His own sake, so His name, His glory, His holiness may be vindicated and made known through all the earth, for all people. The sooner we embrace this truth and let it rule us, the sooner we will experience a spiritual transformation and new life in the Spirit the way God designed.\u00a0God\u2019s highest glory is the best possible thing for us.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cOh, the depth of your riches and\u00a0wisdom and knowledge, Lord God Almighty!\u00a0How unsearchable are your judgments and how inscrutable your ways! For\u00a0from You and through You and to You are all things.\u00a0To You be glory forever. Amen.\u201d<\/em> (Rom.11:33-36)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On December 27, 2020, I preached a message at Littlerock Community Fellowship, our home church, based on Ezekiel 36:22-28. The main point of the message was: God acts to restore His sinful people for the sake of His glory among the nations. Click below to enjoy the message, and may God use it in your &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/belzglobal.com\/ministry\/2020\/12\/28\/message-on-ezekiel-3622-28\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">God acts for the sake of His Name: Ezekiel 36:22-28<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotional-thoughts","category-messages-and-presentations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/belzglobal.com\/ministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/belzglobal.com\/ministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/belzglobal.com\/ministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/belzglobal.com\/ministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/belzglobal.com\/ministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2383"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/belzglobal.com\/ministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2383\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2389,"href":"https:\/\/belzglobal.com\/ministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2383\/revisions\/2389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/belzglobal.com\/ministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/belzglobal.com\/ministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/belzglobal.com\/ministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}