Sermon Series: AMAZING GRACE

Sermon 2 : The Glory of Gods Grace

Text : Ezekiel 16: 1-14
This chapter is a declaration of Gods
Grace on the people of Jerusalem.
This is also a picture of Gods grace
in the lives of everyone who places
their faith in Him.
OUR CONDITIONS BEFORE SALVATION :
1. AS LOST SINNERS WE WERE UNCLEAN.
(verse 4)
The child has never been washed.

Isaiah 64:6
Romans 3:10,23

2. AS LOST SINNERS WE WERE UNCARED
FOR. (verse 4-5)
The childs umbilical cord was not cut,
neither was it washed, salted or
swaddled. No one cared if it live or
die.

Proverbs 13:15
Psalms 142:4
3. AS LOST SINNERS WE WERE UNCLOTHED.
(verse 4)
This child had been thrown into an open
field naked, and exposed to the elements.
2 Corinthians 5:21
4. AS LOST SINNERS WE WERE UNCLAIMED.
(verse 5)
No one wanted this child. Neither mother
nor father would claim it as their own.
We were orphaned and all
alone in this world without God.

Ephesians 2:12


5. AS LOST SINNERS OUR SITUATION
WERE UNCONTROLLABLE. (v.4-5)

This new born baby was totally helpless
to change its condition/situation.
We were lost, we were in a
shape and situation that we
cannot change.
God pictures Himself as One passing by
who sees the child & stooped down to
rescue it from a certain death.
This is also the picture of what the LORD
has done to everyone
who placed their faith in Him.
HOW GOD REVEALED HIS GRACE:
1. HE CAME TO US. (verse 6)
Knowing this childs inability to come to Him,
God made the first move.
John 6:44 Luke 19:10

We should be grateful that the
LORD is the One who is seeking &
saving sinners today.
2. HE HAD COMPASSION ON US. (v.8)
In spite of our sinful condition, God still
loved us. He looked upon sinful man and
saw what needed to be done and He did.

Romans 5:8 John 3:16
3. HE COMMANDED US TO LIVE. (v.6)
The LORD commanded the child to live.
The LORD gives us eternal life through
His Son Jesus Christ.

John 6:47 1 John 5:11-12
4. HE COVERED US WITH HIMSELF. (v.9)
The Lord stooped down and spread His
garment over this child thereby covering
its nakedness.
When we got saved, we entered
into a place of shelter where we
are forever covered by the LORD.
5. HE CLAIMED US AS HIS OWN. (v.8)

The spreading of the garment over
another was used to claim that one
as your own.
When we were saved, we were
also claimed by the LORD. He
adopted us into His family.
Read : EPHESIANS 1:5
6. HE MADE A COVENANT WITH US. (v.8)

God entered into a covenant with this one
He had claimed.
When we got saved, God also
entered into a covenant with us.
7. HE CLEANSED US. (v.9)

God took this one He loved and thoroughly
washed away all the impurities from her.
When the LORD saved us, He washed
us whiter than snow.
Read: ISAIAH 1:18
When God saved your soul, He washed
you absolutely, perfectly and purely
clean.

1 John 1:7 Psalm 103:12
8) HE HEALED AND ANOINTED US. (v.9)
Oil was used as medicine in those days.
He cured this child from all the ailments
that affected her.
We have also been anointed that
brings healing to our spirit, soul
and body.
9. HE CONSECRATED US. (v.9)
Oil is the picture of the Holy Spirit.
When the LORD saved us, He has placed
His Spirit in us. (1 Corinthians 12:13)


At the moment of salvation, we
Become the living temple of God.
(1 Corinthians 3:17 / Romans 8:9)
:
THE WONDROUS CHANGE :
1. WE HAVE BEEN CLOTHED. (v.10)

At the moment of salvation, we were
clothed with the righteousness of
Christ Himself.
(Philippians 3:9 / Galatians 3:27)
2. WE HAVE BEEN MADE COMELY. (V.11-14)
God has done the same things to everyone
of us who believed in His son by saving us;
blessing us; changing us; gifting us and using
us.
3. WE HAVE BEEN CROWNED. (v.12)
God did the same to us. He literally
crowned her life with His glory. God
blessed us and raised us up to sit with
Him in His throne.
4. WE HAVE BEEN CHANGED. (v.14)
When God came to us, He changed us
By His great power and made us new
Creatures through His grace.

2 CORINTHIANS 5:17