Let me ask you to do a quick calculation in your mind.  See if you can come up with a ball-park estimate of how many sermons you’ve heard in your lifetime.  As I was thinking about this myself, I wondered how many sermons I’ve preached at Christ Pres since the founding of our Church back in 2004. I came up with approximately 920!

But this prompts a key question that has a connection to our studies in the prophecy of Ezekiel.  Have you ever received instruction in how to listen to a sermon?  I would guess that answer for most of us would be ‘no.’ There is a strange irony to this fact, given that the preaching of the Word of God is central to all that the Church is and does.

There is some good news, however, as we consider the inspired words of Ezekiel 3:17-21.  Deposited in this prophetic message is a most practical lesson from the Lord on how to listen to the preaching of His Word.  We may categorize this critical instruction around three headings:

This coming Lord’s Day, we will begin our series of lessons on listening to a sermon.  Ezekiel the prophet will be our teacher.  And I know for sure we that will be not only informed, but wonderfully enriched as we learn to hear, really hear, God’s Word.