You Should Be Reading the Bible - Ezra 7:1-28

About this episode

This episode continues a verse-by-verse study of Ezra, focusing on God's use of a pagan king and Ezra's spiritual leadership.

Today we continue our study verse by verse through the book of Ezra. The priest and scribe has now made his way up from Babylon to Jerusalem in about the year 458 BC. In this chapter, God will reveal how he can use even a pagan king to bring about his desired purposes for his people. Ezra was a tremendous spiritual leader, skilled in the word of God, but he is very careful to give all the credit to the Lord, the God of Israel, exactly where it belongs. Scripture text is Ezra 7:1-28.

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Mike McCormick

Topics covered

• Bible study
• Ezra
• spiritual leadership
• God's purposes
• Old Testament

Keywords

• Ezra 7
• Bible
• spiritual leader
• God's will
• Old Testament study

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: God

Places: Babylon, Jerusalem

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