1. Lesson 7 He’s Here!

2. Ezra 7 6 This Ezra went up from Babylon, and he was a scribe skilled in the law of Moses, which the L ORD God of Israel had given; and the king granted him all he requested because the hand of the L ORD his God was upon him. 7 And some of the sons of Israel and some of the priests, the Levites, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants went up to Jerusalem in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes. 8 And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king. 9 For on the first of the first month he began to go up from Babylon; and on the first of the fifth month he came to Jerusalem, because the good hand of his God was upon him. 10 For Ezra had set his heart to study the law of the L ORD, and to practice it, and to teach His statutes and ordinances in Israel.

3. Our history has been providentially guided by God. Life Lessons from Ezra Ezra 7:1….there went up Ezra son of Seraiah, ……5 son of Abishua, son of Phineas, son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the chief priest.

4. Our life’s journey is providentially guarded by God. Life Lessons from Ezra Ezra 7:9 For on the first of the first month he began to go up from Babylon; and on the first of the fifth month he came to Jerusalem, because the good hand of his God was upon him.

5. Our mission is providentially given by God. Life Lessons from Ezra Ezra 7:10 For Ezra had set his heart to study the law of the L ORD, and to practice it, and to teach His statutes and ordinances in Israel.

6. Ezra prepared his heart Ezra 7:10 For Ezra had set his heart to study the law of the L ORD, and to practice it, and to teach His statutes and ordinances in Israel.

7. Ezra prepared his heart Ezra 7:10 For Ezra had set his heart to study the law of the L ORD, and to practice it, and to teach His statutes and ordinances in Israel.

8. Ezra prepared his heart Ezra 7:10 For Ezra had set his heart to study the law of the L ORD, and to practice it, and to teach His statutes and ordinances in Israel.

9. Life in the “School of Ezra” 1.Spiritual preparation – Ezra prepared his heart, v10 2.Mental preparation – Ezra studied the Word of God, v10 3.Practical preparation – Ezra obeyed the Word of God, v10 4.Institutional preparation – Ezra created a system of imparting the Word of God, v10, 6