Ezekiel 1–3; 33 • Hear. Warn. Turn. Live.
Watchman on the Tower Lab
Rebuild the Lord’s call to Ezekiel, see why He sends a watchman, study one prophetic warning, and shape a private journal page.
Start with the verse. What did the Lord make Ezekiel, and what was he to do first?
Rebuild the call
What did the Lord say to Ezekiel?
Ezekiel was a captive in Babylon when the Lord called him. Read Ezekiel 3:16–17, then fill each gap from the verse. Try it from memory first if you can.
“Son of man, I have made thee a _____ unto the house of Israel”
“therefore _____ the word at my mouth”
“and give them _____ from me”
Where is this doctrinal mastery passage?
Fill each gap in Ezekiel 3:17, then find the reference. You can change any answer.
See why He warns
What does Ezekiel 33 teach about the Lord?
Read Ezekiel 33:9–11, 14–16. For each statement, decide whether these verses teach it.
The Lord warns because He is eager to condemn people.
The Lord takes no pleasure when someone is lost.
A warning means it is already too late to change.
The Lord warns because He wants people to turn and live.
First complete activity 1, then decide what Ezekiel 33 teaches.
Study a warning
What has the Lord warned through His prophets?
Lesson 138 lists these six passages. Choose one. You could instead study a recent general conference message by a member of the First Presidency or Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in Gospel Library and use your journal.
My passage:
“Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness”
Read Isaiah 5:20 in your scriptures, then answer from the verses.
What is the warning?
What blessing can come from heeding it?
“Flee fornication. … know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you … ? For ye are bought with a price”
Read 1 Corinthians 6:18–20 in your scriptures, then answer from the verses.
What is the warning?
What blessing can come from heeding it?
“they are free to choose liberty and eternal life, through the great Mediator of all men, or to choose captivity and death … for he seeketh that all men might be miserable like unto himself”
Read 2 Nephi 2:27 in your scriptures, then answer from the verses.
What is the warning?
What blessing can come from heeding it?
“the evil spirit teacheth not a man to pray, but teacheth him that he must not pray. … ye must pray always, and not faint”
Read 2 Nephi 32:8–9 in your scriptures, then answer from the verses.
What is the warning?
What blessing can come from heeding it?
“Do not suppose … that ye shall be restored from sin to happiness. Behold, I say unto you, wickedness never was happiness.”
Read Alma 41:10 in your scriptures, then answer from the verses.
What is the warning?
What blessing can come from heeding it?
“ye ought to forgive one another; for he that forgiveth not his brother his trespasses standeth condemned before the Lord; for there remaineth in him the greater sin”
Read Doctrine and Covenants 64:9–11 in your scriptures, then answer from the verses.
What is the warning?
What blessing can come from heeding it?
First complete activity 2, then choose one passage to study.
Take it to the journal
What do you want to remember?
The lesson ends with two lines for your study journal. Choose one line and one way in.
The line I will finish:
What I will think about first:
Complete activities 1 to 3, then choose one option from each row.
