Bible Commentaries
Ezekiel 37

Verse 3

Ezekiel 37:3

I. All men are spiritually dead. (1) They are destitute of the principle of spiritual life. (2) They are insensible to the beauties and attractions of the spiritual world. (3) They are incompetent to discharge the functions of holy beings. (4) They are under the dominion of sinful propensities.

II. No created power can communicate spiritual life to men.

III. It is the prerogative of the Holy Spirit to quicken the spiritually dead. (1) His influence is obtained in answer to prayer. (2) It operates through the instrumentality of the word. (3) It produces faith in Christ. (4) The mode of His working is inscrutable.

G. Brooks, Outlines of Sermons, p. 294.

References: Ezekiel 37:1-10 . Spurgeon, Sermons, vol. x., No. 582; Homiletic Magazine, vol. xii., p. 74; Preacher's Monthly, vol. i., p. 427. Ezekiel 37:1-14 . Homiletic Quarterly, vol. ii., p. 384.Ezekiel 37:3 . Preacher's Monthly, vol. vi., p. 209; H. P. Liddon, Expository Sermons and Outlines on the Old Testament, p. 278; G. Brooks, Outlines of Sermons, p. 294.Ezekiel 37:10 . J. Budgen, Parochial Sermons, vol. ii., p. 236. Ezekiel 37:11-12 , Ezekiel 37:13 . Spurgeon, Sermons, vol. xxviii., No. 1676. Ezekiel 37:15-17 . Pulpit Analyst, vol. ii., p. 457. 37 G. Matheson, Moments on the Mount, p. 103.Ezekiel 40:4 . Spurgeon, Sermons, vol. xxvii., No. 1578. Ezekiel 43:12 . Ibid., No. 1618. Ezekiel 43:15 . J. Irons, Thursday Penny Pulpit, vol. xiii., p. 185.