GOD'S LOOKING FOR A MAN--Ezek.22:30

INTRODUCTION:

God searches in salvation and in service...

Luke 19:10, that salvation.

But Ezekiel 22:30 is service.

I.THE PERIOD... (WHEN WAS GOD LOOKING FOR A MAN)

TIME OF:

A. Sinful Poverty . . . Eze. 22:1-12.

B. Severe Punishment . . .Eze.22:l3-22 (God's Wrath).

C. Spiritual Pollution . . . Eze. 22:25-28.

If there was ever a time when God needed a man it was then.

II Tim. 3,tells us, if there was ever a need for a man it's now.

II. THE PLEA ... EZEKIEL 22:30

A. The Pursuit . . . (I sought).

B. The Place…(Among Them, Among God's People. .. Eph. 2:10).

C. The Plan . . . (make up the hedge, stand 'in the gap).

D. The Purpose . . . (should not destroy it).

E. The Problem... (I FOUND NONE... Luke 10:2).

III. THE PERSON... (LOOKING FOR A PERSON WITH):

A. CONVICTIONS... ABOUT OUR

1. Doctrine . . . Gal. 1:8; Titus 2:1

2. Dress . . . I Tim. 2:9

3. Deeds. . . I Cor. 10:31

B. COMPASSION... JUDGE 22... ON THE,

1. Sick

2. Saints . . . I John 3:17

3. Sinners . . . Ps. 126:6

C. COURAGE... PS. 27: 14... COURAGE TO

1. Fight . . . I Tim. 6:12

2. Follow . . ........... (Moses had died, Joshua had to go on)

3. Finish . . .11 Tim. 4:7

D. CONSECRATION... II TIM. 2:20-22 (CLEAN LIVING)

1. Clean Voice . .

2. Clean Vision . .

3. Clean Vessel . . .