In Ezra 7:10, we see what it means for a servant of God to study, practice and teach God’s Holy Word in a world that is desperately in need of God’s Word. This morning we celebrate the ordination of Ben Bessett as a minister of the Word using the example of Ezra. Pastor Paul van Engelenhoven preaches the times of Ezra, and a heartfelt student of the Word, a heartfelt disciple of practice, and a heartfelt shepherd in teaching.
“For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the Lord, and to do it and to teach his statutes and rules in Israel.”