Eze 2:7<\/span><\/p>\n Thou shalt speak My words unto them.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n The ministerial commission<\/strong><\/p>\n A prophets Commission<\/strong><\/p>\n 1. <\/strong>First by study to understand, and then to proclaim the truths of the Bible.<\/p>\n 2. <\/strong>This duty is–<\/p>\n (1)<\/strong> Imperative.<\/p>\n (2)<\/strong> Often painful (Eze 2:10<\/span>).<\/p>\n Learn–<\/p>\n 1. <\/strong>To honour Gods ministers.<\/p>\n 2. <\/strong>To listen to their message as from God.<\/p>\n 3. <\/strong>To beware of rebellion. (Homiletic Magazine.<\/em>)<\/p>\n Verse 7<\/span>. Whether they will hear<\/B><\/I>] Whether they receive the message, or persecute thee for it, declare it to them, that they may be without excuse.<\/P> <\/p>\n Thou shalt speak my words unto them; declaring what I shall show thee, and in words which I will put into thy mouth. <\/P> Whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear: see Eze 2:5<\/span>. <\/P> For they are most rebellious; Heb. rebellion in the abstract, by which the Hebrew (as some other languages do) expresseth the superlative degree, as we have it rightly translated. <\/P> <\/p>\n 7. most rebellious<\/B>literally,”rebellion” itself: its very essence.<\/P><\/p>\n And thou shall speak my words unto them<\/strong>,…. Not his own words, but those the Lord should put into his mouth. The Targum is,<\/p>\n “and thou shall prophesy the words of my prophecy unto them:”<\/p>\n whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear<\/strong>;<\/p>\n [See comments on Eze 2:5]<\/span>;<\/p>\n for they are most rebellious<\/strong>; or “rebellion” c itself; as the carnal mind is said to be “enmity” itself against God, Ro 8:7<\/span>; which aggravates their character and state.<\/p>\n c “rebellio ipsi”, Montanus, Polanus, Starckius; “inobedientia sunt”, Cocceius.<\/p>\n Again he repeats what he had said, with but the change of a few words, yet the meaning is the same, that the Prophet should not desist in the midst of his course, if he saw that he did not obtain what he wished and hoped for. For when we apply ourselves to what God commands, we ought to be of good cheer, and expect that some fruit of our labor may appear. We may, therefore, indulge both hopes and wishes, but if it should turn out otherwise than we anticipated, yet we ought to leave the result in the hands of God, and to proceed even to the goal in the discharge of our duty. To this end this sentence tends: thou, says he, shalt utter my words, or pronounce my words, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear: that is, even if you sing a song to the deaf, according to the proverb, yet you shall not cease to utter my words: and he adds the reason, because they are a rebellious house. God admonishes his servant beforehand, that there was no reason why he should turn back although he should see no fruit of his labors, because he ought to determine this in his mind, although they have no ears yet he must speak in God’s name. It is certain, as we mentioned yesterday, that there were some, though few in number, to whom his teaching was useful, but he treats here of the people at large. We must learn, therefore, when God calls us to the office of teaching, not to regard the conduct of mankind. For if it please God to exercise us while we strive with the rebellious and refractory, yet God’s word must be uttered, because he commands it. It follows — <\/p>\n 7<\/strong>. <\/strong> Thou shalt speak my words <\/strong> In spite of all the irritation naturally aroused by these piercing briers Ezekiel must not add one personal word to the message; nor must he keep back one syllable of it. It will seem to have no good effect; it will arouse such antagonisms that he will seem to be standing in a bed of scorpions. Let him still speak. It is the duty of the preacher to preach, not to convert.<\/p>\n “And you shall speak my words to them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear, for they are most rebellious.”<\/p>\n The voice of the prophet must continue whether men heard or not. He was given God’s words as a sacred trust, and so he must speak. But response was not guaranteed, for he must recognise the rebelliousness of those to whom he went. This continual emphasis was a sign and a warning that soon something very difficult was going to be required of him. God was preparing him for the worst. As we serve God that is the one thing that we can guarantee, that God will prepare us for what is to come.<\/p>\n Eze 2:7 And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear: for they [are] most rebellious.<\/p>\n Ver. 7. And thou shalt speak my words.<\/strong> ] God’s word must be spoken, however it be taken. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Whether they will hear.<\/strong> ] See Eze 2:5<\/span> . Christ, once at least, preached away the most of his hearers. Joh 6:66 Beza so delivered himself with that evidence and efficacy of truth in Colloquio Possiaceno,<\/em> that Cardinal Lorrain wished that either he had been dumb, or that his hearers had been deaf. Too many of ours are so, &c. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n For they are most rebellious.<\/strong> ] Heb., Rebellion, in the abstract, as if they had been transformed into sin’s nature.<\/p>\n My words. Nothing less, nothing more, nothing different. Compare Gen 3:2, Gen 3:3, and 2Ti 4:2, under a similar warning in the following verse. Compare Eze 2:5, note. <\/p>\n thou: Eze 3:10, Eze 3:17, Jer 1:7, Jer 1:17, Jer 23:28, Jer 26:2, Jon 3:2, Mat 28:20 <\/p>\n whether: Eze 2:5 <\/p>\n most rebellious: Heb. rebellion <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Exo 6:29 – speak Exo 8:1 – Go Num 9:8 – I will 2Ch 18:13 – even what my God Job 36:2 – I have yet to speak Psa 40:10 – not hid Isa 63:10 – they rebelled Jer 1:8 – not afraid Jer 15:10 – a man Jer 15:19 – let them Jer 17:20 – General Jer 23:22 – if Jer 34:6 – General Jer 36:14 – took Jer 38:21 – this is Jer 42:4 – whatsoever Jer 42:21 – I have Jer 44:24 – Hear Eze 3:4 – General Eze 3:11 – speak Eze 11:5 – Speak Eze 11:25 – General Eze 14:4 – speak Eze 20:27 – speak Eze 33:7 – thou shalt Eze 40:4 – behold Jon 1:2 – cry Mar 12:14 – carest Act 4:11 – you Act 26:19 – I was not<\/p>\n MENS TREATMENT OF GODS WORD<\/p>\n Whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear.<\/p>\n Eze 2:7<\/p>\n The office of the prophet was one truly honourable and truly sacred. On the one side he was in communication with the eternal source of truth and righteousness; on the other side he was in communication with his fellow-men, beings with spiritual capacities to receive the truth, and with spiritual faculties to glorify God. Yet it was a difficult, and, as far as men were concerned, often a thankless office; and the prophet needed to be assured, as in this passage, of a Divine presence and sanction.<\/p>\n I. Gods Word is not affected by mens reception of it.It is eternal truth; it is clothed with an inherent authority. Even though all mankind should reject it, it stands above all words beside worthy of the regard and honour which it may not meet with.<\/p>\n II. The duty of those who preach Gods Word is irrespective of the treatment they and their message may encounter.There has never been a period in which the Gospel has notlike the ancient prophetic messagesmet with various treatment. When St. Paul preached at Rome, some believed and some believed not. Now if the preacher were like a lecturer or a public singer, a caterer for public favour, then it would be right for him to consult the public taste. But he is bound by solemn commission to go among men with the summons, Thus saith the Lord.<\/p>\n III. Those who hear the Word of God will be judged by the manner in which they receive it.The rebellious forbear to obey; their disobedience will be their condemnation, aggravated by the greatness of their privileges, the preciousness of their opportunities. The submissive and obedient hear, i.e. they welcome the truth, they profit by the warnings, they embrace the promises opened up to them by the message of wisdom and mercy. In their case the highest and most benevolent end of Divine communications is answered; they escape condemnation, and they comply with the commandments and enjoy the favour of the Lord and Judge of all. So it is for the preacher of righteousness to proclaim the Divine message; it is for the hearer of the Word to receive it with a clear understanding of his responsibility to Heaven.<\/p>\n Illustration<\/p>\n Missionaries who are obliged to rebuke, not only the sins of the ungodly, but the inconsistencies of their own converts; ministers at home on whom the burden rests of protesting against popular and fashionable iniquity, or addressing stern words of rebuke to influential but worldly members of their churches; even young clerks or working men whose life is thrown among the godless and profane, and who seem called upon to lodge their solemn warning against words and ways that are not good. Providing these enter their protest lovingly and tenderly, with no thought of their superiority, with no mere desire to wound and annoy, but to warn the sinner and to uphold the claims of Christtheir mission is a very salutary and necessary one. But it is sure to bring on them a storm of dislike. At such times there is nothing for us but to abide in the presence of our Master Christ, weeping for the sins we rebuke, interceding for those who revile. Not fearful nor afraid, not flinching from our duty, but hearing His sweet reassuring voice, saying, In the world ye shall have tribulation, be of good cheer, I have overcome the world. Be not afraid. <\/p>\n Eze 2:7. The prophet was again told to speak the words of the Lord to the people regardless of their attitude toward his teaching. Timothy was given a like instruction concerning the Gospel (2 Timothy 4; 2 Timothy 2, 3.)<\/p>\n Whether these rebels listened or not, Ezekiel was to announce God’s messages to them.<\/p>\n "The measure of success in God’s work is not always in terms of the amount and frequency of visible response. Success is to be measured in terms of our obedience to the words, commands, and will of God regardless of the visible results [cf. Mat 25:21; Mat 25:23; 1Co 4:2]." [Note: Cooper, p. 77.] <\/span><\/p>\n "Rare is the person who can set out on a task knowing that people will hate him or her for doing it. But this is exactly what Ezekiel was called to do. His faithfulness stands as a challenge to ours." [Note: Stuart, p. 39.] <\/span><\/p>\n And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear: for they [are] most rebellious. Eze 2:7 Thou shalt speak My words unto them. The ministerial commission I. The parties concerned in this commission. 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I. <\/strong>The parties concerned in this commission. These are, first, the Eternal God, our King and Creator and Judge, who issued this commission; secondly, the preachers of the Gospel who are appointed to execute it; thirdly, the hearers of the word, or, more generally, all who are within the sound of the Gospel, for whose behoof the commission was issued. We stand before you as the commissioned servant of the God with whom you have to do, invested with the office of conveying instrumentally His proclamation to your ears, telling you what He requires you to be and to do, and pointing out to you, and pressing upon your attention, His general mind and will regarding you. Do not mistake the messenger for a mediator. We stand to speak to you of God, and commissioned by Him, as we trust, but it is simply in the former of these capacities, and not at all in the latter. We stand, as it were, between the living and the dead; but it is as the golden channel through which spiritual life is conveyed from the one to the other.<\/p>\n
II. <\/strong>The nature of the commission which is intrusted to us. Thou shalt speak My words unto them. What we are to declare unto you is the counsel of God, not of man; but of this whole counsel we are to be careful to keep nothing back. He has given us a written record of His mind and will, and we are to look for no further revelation. Our message is of a twofold character. To a certain extent it is such a message as a natural man, endowed with a conscience, and conscious of guilt, might have expected to issue from the holy sanctuary above. It speaks to him of the holiness and justice and omnipotence of Jehovah, and of his own guilt and depravity, and the fearful doom impending over him, as his own conscience speaks, but in language much more clear and explicit, and a thousandfold more loud and appalling. All this the foreboding and sin-laden spirit of man might have anticipated in a communication from heaven. But could it ever have entered into the heart of man or angel to conceive that this communication should also exhibit the amazing spectacle of a holy and offended God beseeching hell-deserving sinners to be reconciled, offering to the very guiltiest among them a full and free salvation, a salvation purchased by the blood of His own beloved Son?<\/p>\n
III. <\/strong>The way in which this message is to be delivered and this commission to be executed. Thou shalt speak My words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear. Is the ambassador of an earthly potentate at liberty to decline the duty which he has deliberately undertaken, and with which he has been intrusted, on account of obloquy or even danger attending the faithful performance of it? or is he at liberty to alter or modify the terms of his instructions in order to shield himself from reproach or from peril? Assuredly not. And shall the ambassadors of the King of kings venture to tamper with and distort the message which they were commissioned to deliver? Shall they presumptuously attempt to amend the terms on which the Lord of heaven and earth declares that He will treat with His rebellious subjects? or shall they leave out of the proclamation whatever it may be unpleasant to these subjects to hear? But then, again, thanks be to God, we are to preach the Gospel, the good news, among you; and the same obligation rests upon us to preach it faithfully and fully. After denouncing, as we are bound to do, every refuge of lies, we are eagerly to point you to the refuge set before you in the Gospel. And we must faithfully tell you, though we can but speak of it faintly, of the glory, and the excellence, and the suitableness of the salvation of the Gospel, of all that it is in itself, and of all that it brings along with it, of the grace here and the glory hereafter which it confers, and of its perfect accommodation to the case of every sinner among you, whether pardoned or unpardoned, whether born again or yet dead in trespasses and sins.<\/p>\n
IV. <\/strong>The duty of those for whose behoof this commission has been issued. It will profit you nothing to attend upon a Gospel ministry, even though the word should there be spoken as never man spake it, if you do not receive that word with faith and love, lay it up in your hearts, and practise it in your lives. But oh! when you consider what is the nature of the message which we bear, can you help seeing that it is a glorious and blessed privilege, as well as a bounden duty, to attend to it? Do you not see that God commands nothing but what it will promote your own best interests to perform? and is not this a mighty additional motive for yielding obedience? (P. Hope, B. D.<\/em>)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I. <\/strong>The minister of God receives his commission from the Lord.<\/p>\n
II. <\/strong>The duty of the minister of God is to speak Gods words to the people.<\/p>\nFuente: Biblical Illustrator Edited by Joseph S. Exell<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible <\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Church Pulpit Commentary<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Expository Notes of Dr. Constable (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"