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God is everywhere, and He speaks to His servants, the prophets, the Man of God all the time about changing the lives of people to align with God’s Spirit. God puts His Spirit into his prophets, revealing things and instructing them to go to the rebellious House of Israel (Churches, pastors, church-goers), and reveal to them the truth that God has released the prophets to say. This House of Israel (stubborn and rebellious people) has a choice to fight against the prophets or agree with them. Words have power. Lives get built up or torn down; people will either be blessed and built or cursed and destroyed by the mouth of the prophet. They have a choice to obey or reject the word, then, they will either respect him as a Man of God or hate him. But the Man of God is only going to be led by God’s Spirit that is inside of him and not flinch—his mind hard as stone—at their arguing or fighting. “Who are these to tell the prophet that he is not telling the truth?” God Himself sent the prophet to these stubborn people, if they reject the prophet, they are really only rejecting God! God instructs the prophet to not be afraid of the words of the stubborn and rebellious people, because they have no power. The prophets are faithful and obedient to carry out the hard task (because many reject the truth) of God’s instructions. However, this prophet is on a mission only to deliver what God has to say to these people and he will stand up to the rebellious people; and their words can neither hurt nor harm him, because God’s Spirit is in him.

GUIDED BIBLE STUDY:

WHEN THE LIVING CREATURES MOVED, THE WHEELS BESIDE THEM MOVED; AND WHEN THE LIVING CREATURES ROSE FROM THE GROUND, THE WHEELS ALSO ROSE. WHEREVER THE SPIRIT WOULD GO, THEY WOULD GO, AND THE WHEELS WOULD RISE ALONG WITH THEM, BECAUSE THE SPIRIT OF THE LIVING CREATURES WAS IN THE WHEELS. WHEN THE CREATURES MOVED, THEY ALSO MOVED; WHEN THE CREATURES STOOD STILL, THEY ALSO STOOD STILL; AND WHEN THE CREATURES ROSE FROM THE GROUND, THE WHEELS ROSE ALONG WITH THEM, BECAUSE THE SPIRIT OF THE LIVING CREATURES WAS IN THE WHEELS. SPREAD OUT ABOVE THE HEADS OF THE LIVING CREATURES WAS WHAT LOOKED LIKE AN EXPANSE, SPARKLING LIKE ICE, AND AWESOME. UNDER THE EXPANSE THEIR WINGS WERE STRETCHED OUT ONE TOWARD THE OTHER, AND EACH HAD TWO WINGS COVERING ITS BODY. WHEN THE CREATURES MOVED, I HEARD THE SOUND OF THEIR WINGS, LIKE THE ROAR OF RUSHING WATERS, LIKE THE VOICE OF THE ALMIGHTY, LIKE THE TUMULT OF AN ARMY. WHEN THEY STOOD STILL, THEY LOWERED THEIR WINGS. THEN THERE CAME A VOICE FROM ABOVE THE EXPANSE OVER THEIR HEADS AS THEY STOOD WITH LOWERED WINGS. ABOVE THE EXPANSE OVER THEIR HEADS WAS WHAT LOOKED LIKE A THRONE OF SAPPHIRE, AND HIGH ABOVE ON THE THRONE WAS A FIGURE LIKE THAT OF A MAN. I SAW THAT FROM WHAT APPEARED TO BE HIS WAIST UP HE LOOKED LIKE GLOWING METAL, AS IF FULL OF FIRE, AND THAT FROM THERE DOWN HE LOOKED LIKE FIRE; AND BRILLIANT LIGHT SURROUNDED HIM. LIKE THE APPEARANCE OF A RAINBOW IN THE CLOUDS ON A RAINY DAY, SO WAS THE RADIANCE AROUND HIM. THIS WAS THE APPEARANCE OF THE LIKENESS OF THE GLORY OF THE LORD WHEN I SAW IT, I FELL FACEDOWN, AND I HEARD THE VOICE OF ONE SPEAKING. HE SAID TO ME, ‘’SON OF MAN, STAND UP ON YOUR FEET AND I WILL SPEAK TO YOU.’’ AS HE SPOKE, THE SPIRIT CAME INTO ME AND RAISED ME TO MY FEET, AND I HEARD HIM SPEAKING TO ME. HE SAID: ‘’SON OF MAN, I AM SENDING YOU TO THE ISRAELITES, TO A REBELLIOUS NATION THAT HAS REBELLED AGAINST ME; THEY AND THEIR FATHERS HAVE BEEN IN REVOLT AGAINST ME TO THIS VERY DAY. THE PEOPLE TO WHOM I AM SENDING YOU ARE OBSTINATE AND STUBBORN. SAY TO THEM ‘’THIS IS WHAT THE SOVEREIGN LORD SAYS.’’ AND WHETHER THEY LISTEN OR FAIL TO LISTEN---FOR THEY ARE A REBELLIOUS HOUSE---THEY WILL KNOW THAT A PROPHET HAS BEEN AMONG THEM. AND YOU, SON OF MAN, DO NOT BE AFRAID OF THEM OR THEIR WORDS.
EZEKIEL 1:19-28 EZEKIEL 2:1-4

THE LORD WARNED ISRAEL AND JUDAH THROUGH ALL HIS PROPHETS AND SEERS: ‘’TURN FROM YOUR EVIL WAYS. OBSERVE MY COMMANDS AND DECREES, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ENTIRE LAW THAT I COMMANDED YOUR FATHERS TO OBEY AND THAT I DELIVERED TO YOU THROUGH MY SERVANTS THE PROPHETS.’’ BUT THEY WOULD NOT LISTEN AND WERE AS STIFF-NECKED AS THEIR FATHERS, WHO DID NOT TRUST IN THE LORD THEIR GOD. THEY REJECTED HIS DECREES AND THE COVENANT HE HAD MADE WITH THEIR FATHERS AND THE WARNINGS HE HAD GIVEN THEM.
2 KINGS 17:13-15

YOU MUST SPEAK MY WORDS TO THEM, WHETHER THEY LISTEN OR FAIL TO LISTEN, FOR THEY ARE REBELLIOUS. BUT YOU, SON OF MAN, LISTEN TO WHAT I SAY TO YOU. DO NOT REBEL LIKE THAT REBELLIOUS HOUSE; OPEN YOUR MOUTH AND EAT WHAT I GIVE YOU.’’ THEN I LOOKED, AND I SAW A HAND STRECHED OUT TO ME. IN IT WAS A SCROLL, WHICH HE UNROLLED BEFORE ME. ON BOTH SIDES OF IT WERE WRITTEN WORDS OF LAMENT AND MOURNING AND WOE. AND HE SAID TO ME, ‘’SON OF MAN, EAT WHAT IS BEFORE YOU, EAT THIS SCROLL; THEN GO AND SPEAK TO THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL.’’ SO I OPENED MY MOUTH, AND HE GAVE ME THE SCROLL TO EAT. THEN HE SAID TO ME, ‘’SON OF MAN, EAT THIS SCROLL I AM GIVING YOU AND FILL YOUR STOMACH WITH IT.’’ SO I ATE IT, AND IT TASTED AS SWEET AS HONEY IN MY MOUTH. HE THEN SAID TO ME: ‘’SON OF MAN, GO NOW TO THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL AND SPEAK MY WORDS TO THEMYOU ARE NOT BEING SENT TO A PEOPLE OF OBSCURE SPEECH AND DIFFICULT LANGUAGE, BUT TO THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL---NOT TO MANY PEOPLES OF OBSCURE SPEECH AND DIFFICULT LANGUAGE, WHOSE WORDS YOU CANNOT UNDERSTAND. SURELY IF I HAD SENT YOU TO THEM, THEY WOULD HAVE LISTENED TO YOU BUT THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL IS NOT WILLING TO LISTEN TO YOU BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT WILLING TO LISTEN TO ME? FOR THE WHOLE HOUSE OF ISRAEL IS HARDENED AND OBSTINATE. BUT I WILL MAKE YOU AS UNYEILDING AND HARDENED AS THEY ARE. I WILL MAKE YOUR FOREHEAD LIKE THE HARDEST STONE, HARDER THAN FLINT. DO NOT BE AFRAID OF THEM OR TERRIFIED BY THEM, THOUGH THEY ARE A REBELLIOUS HOUSE.’’ AND HE SAID TO ME, ‘’SON OF MAN, LISTEN CAREFULLY AND TAKE TO HEART ALL THE WORDS I SPEAK TO YOU. GO NOW TO YOUR COUNTRYMEN IN EXILE AND SPEAK TO THEM. SAY TO THEM, THIS IS WHAT THE SOVEREIGN LORD SAYS,’ WHETHER THEY LISTEN OR FAIL TO LISTEN.
EZEKIEL 2:7-9 EZEKIEL 3:1-11

THE HAND OF THE LORD WAS UPON ME THERE, AND HE SAID TO ME, ‘’GET UP AND GO OUT TO THE PLAIN, AND THERE I WILL SPEAK TO YOU.’’ SO I GOT UP AND WENT OUT TO THE PLAIN. AND THE GLORY OF THE WAS STANDING THERE, LIKE THE GLORY I HAD SEEN BY THE KEBAR RIVER, AND I FELL FACEDOWN. THEN THE SPIRIT CAME INTO MEAND RAISED ME TO MY FEET. HE SPOKE TO ME AND SAID: ‘’GO, SHUT YOURSELF INSIDE YOUR HOUSE. AND YOU, SON OF MAN, THEY WILL TIE WITH ROPES; YOU WILL BE BOUND SO THAT YOU CANNOT GO OUT AMONG THE PEOPLE. I WILL MAKE YOUR TONGUE STICK TO THE ROOF OF YOUR MOUTH SO THAT YOU WILL BE SILENT AND UNABLE TO REBUKE THEM. THOUGH THEY ARE A REBELLIOUS HOUSE. BUT WHEN I SPEAK TO YOU, I WILL OPEN YOUR MOUTH AND YOU SHALL SAY TO THEM, THIS IS WHAT THE SOVEREIGN LORD SAYS.’ WHOEVER WILL LISTEN LET HIM LISTEN, AND WHOEVER WILL REFUSE LET HIM REFUSE; FOR THEY ARE A REBELLIOUS HOUSE.
EZEKIEL 3:22-27