The List from Ezra 2
Today, I preached at Hesston MB from Ezra 2 and my title was "The List". Below are notes from the message: Introduction: What lists have you been on during your lifetime? There are good lists. School-Honor Roll/Music or Drama Program/Team Roster Work-Most Successful/Membership in organizations (professional or civic) Personal-Most Popular/ Best Looking/Most intelligent/ Republican/Democrat/Independent/Other? Family-Good Parent, Spouse, Child Church- Good Christian There are also bad lists that we don’t want to be on. Hypocrite? Unpaid taxes? Felon? Addict? Gossip? Judgmental? Ashley Madison? Today’s passage from Ezra 2 is about being on a list. I told Brad that it was convenient to be gone this week since this is a difficult passage to preach. Isn’t it just a bunch of names? Why does it matter? We will see people included and excluded from the list. If every Scripture points to Jesus, what about Ezra 2? Read E...