Ezekiel 18

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Ezekiel 18 Individual Responsibility Before God
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• In Babylonia in exile
• Time (592-570 / 22 yrs)
• National Political Situation

Setting of Ezekiel
The period in which Ezekiel lived was one of
national and international turmoil, and moral and
political decay in Judah (Homer Hailey, Haileys
Comments, Vol. I, p. 187).
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They Shall Know That I Am Jehovah

• The Need For It

Message of the Book
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These exiles, also, were permeated by the
delusive idea that their captivity would soon be
ended, and that Jehovah could never allow
Jerusalem, His chosen city to be ruined. There
were false prophets among them, as there were at
far-away Jerusalem, who were all the while
inculcating this (xiii. 16, 19)...It is certainly
clear that there was a need for such a prophet as
Ezekiel among the exiles, and it is equally clear
his task was a very difficult one. His first task
was to disabuse them of their false hope, which
required much courage (J. Sildow Baxter, Explore
The Book, Vol. 4, p. 12).
Message of the Book
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The mission of Ezekiel was to save from complete
apostasy the group in Babylon that had been
carried away in 597 B.C. Also he labored to
prepare them against the corruptions of those
left in Jerusalem when they should be brought to
Babylon. At this point one should read carefully
Jeremiah 24. The good figs were the captives
taken to Babylon in 597 the bad figs those taken
in 586. Out of the first group God would find the
remnant that should return to Jerusalem. It was
Ezekiels work to preserve this remnant (Hailey,
p. 188).
Message of the Book
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They Shall Know That I Am Jehovah

• The Need For It
• Found 63 Times

• When Jerusalem was destroyed and the people
  taken captive (67, 10, 13, 14 74, 9, 27
  1110, 12 1215, 16, 20 139, 14, 21, 23 148
  157 1662 2012, 20, 26, 38, 42, 44 2216
  2314 2424, 27 3329).
• When judgment upon the nations (255, 7, 11, 17
  266 2822, 23, 24, 26 296, 9, 16, 21 308,
  19, 25, 26 3215 354, 9, 12, 15).
• When remnant restored (3427 3611, 23, 38
  376, 13 3823 397, 22, 28).

Message of the Book
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I. Judgment on Jerusalem (1-24) A. Call of the
prophet (1-3) B. A Disobedient nation (4-7) C.
Glory departs (8-11) D. Disciplined nation
(12-24) II Judgment on the Gentile Nations
(25-32) III. Restoration of Gods People
(33-48) A. Return to their land (33-36) B. New
life and unity (37) C. Protected from their
enemies (38-39) D. Worship the Lord acceptably
(40-48) -Outline adapted from Baxter Weirsbe
Outline of Ezekiel
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Ezekiel 18 Individual Responsibility Before God
I. Popular Proverb Puts All Blame On Fathers (1-4)
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Ezekiel 18 Individual Responsibility Before God
I. Popular Proverb Puts All Blame On Fathers
(1-4) II. God Deals With Each According to Works
(5-20) A. Righteous man shall live (vv. 5-9) B.
Righteousness of father does not protect son
(10-13) C. Wickedness of father does not condemn
son (14-18) D. Each reaps as he sows (19-20)
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Ezekiel 18 Individual Responsibility Before God
I. Popular Proverb Puts All Blame On Fathers
(1-4) II. God Deals With Each According to Works
(5-20) III. Each Man Can Change His Way God
Will Deal Accordingly (21-29) A. A wicked man
can become righteous (21-23) B. A righteous man
can become wicked (24) C. How can anyone say God
is unfair (25-29)
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Ezekiel 18 Individual Responsibility Before God
I. Popular Proverb Puts All Blame On Fathers
(1-4) II. God Deals With Each According to Works
(5-20) III. Each Man Can Change His Way God
Will Deal Accordingly (21-29) IV. A Call To
Repentance (30-32)
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Lessons We Need

• Sin has consequences
• Individual responsibility
• Cant blame others for your sin
• People can change (either direction)
• Those who turn first consider (v. 28)
• The call is for repentance
• Losing soul is so needless (v. 31)

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