The sermon opens with historical and biographical context: Ezekiel is a 30-year-old priest-in-exile, sitting by the Kebar Canal in Babylon on what should have been the day of his induction into active priesthood.
Christ gathers people to himself through the gospel and grows them to maturity through life in his church. Evangelism and discipleship find their fulfillment in the faithful life of the local assembly — and this is the heart of Christianity.
