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Sword & Trowel 2016: Issue 1


WHEN GOD COMMISSIONS


‘Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fi fth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God’ (Ezekiel 1.1).


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HE personal, spiritual applications of the call of Ezekiel to prophetic offi ce


are surely intended for God’s people in all generations, to the very end of time, and the fi rst chapter of Ezekiel contains several matters of immense importance to us. It is primarily about how God commissioned his


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– by the Editor –


THE CALL THAT MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE TO PASTORS AND ALL CONVERTED MEN AND WOMEN


servant and opened his eyes to great matters that would drive him on throughout his life. All true believers should be aware of a personal com- mission to the service of the Lord. Many Bible-believing Christians,


sadly, do not seem to have realised that each one has a personal com- mission. It is quite common to come across Christians, and I am sure we have such friends in our midst at the Tabernacle, who know the Lord, walk with him, have trusted in Christ, have a testimony, and can speak of God’s goodness to them across the years, but yet have no realisation of their commission. They think of themselves in a very humble way as recipients of the grace of God, but not as having received a special call to the service of Christ. We are not talking about a call to preach necessarily, or to exercise some very distinctive service, but a commissioning that led them to be wholly dedicated to the Lord to bring forth fruit and place him fi rst in all things. It is not universally the case that believers can say: ‘God has saved me and commissioned me, though I am not fi t or worthy, to put him fi rst lifelong, and to obey and honour him in everything I do, until I


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