The Motives for a Mob (Ezek 46:10) I. The Captain: “the Prince” A. The Sanctified Crowd 1) Prince of Peace. 2) Prince of Life. 3) Prince of Repentance and Forgiveness. B. The Satanic Crowd 1) Profane Prince. 2) Prince of Degradation. 3) Deceptive Prince. II. The Companion: “in the midst of them… shall go in… shall go forth” A. The Satanic Crowd 1) Solidarity of Confusion. 2) Solidarity of Destruction. 3) Solidarity of Stupidity B. The Sanctified Crowd 1) Companionship of Comfort. 2) Companionship in Judgment. 3) Companionship in Charity. 4) Companionship in Ministry. 5) Companionship in Perfection. 6) Companionship in Trouble. III. The Command: “go in…go forth” A. The Satanic Crowd 1) Demands immediate Results. 2) Demands a vain Pursuit. 3) Demands Imagination without Education. B. The Sanctified Crowd 1) Command to Teach. 2) Command to Grow. 3) Command to Endure. 4) Command to Advertise.

1. 1Sam 4
14 And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said,
What meaneth the noise of this tumult? And the man
came in hastily, and told Eli.
Eli is hearing a mob in chaos. His question is
“what is the reason for the sound of this mob I
hear?
Jan 28, 2017 TUCSON – Witnesses could not explain the
source of a stampede in a movie theater Friday night.
Courtney and Sherman two young people explained- we
were in a group of 5 friends to see the thriller Split at the
Century Theatres at El Con shopping center.
“We were all kind of spooked out in the first place,”
Courtney said. “And there were some weird noises being
made by one guy in the theater.”
They were all sitting in the front row. People started
running and yelling late in the movie.
“All of a sudden a man yelled, ‘Duck down and run for
your life,’” Sherman said. “So we all just hit the deck.”

2. According to Tucson Police Sgt. Pete Dugan- Witnesses
told conflicting stories, and officers never heard a first-
hand report of what started the commotion.
“My shoes are still in the theater,” Sherman said. “Because I
ran out without shoes on. It was just pure chaos.”
The Motives for a Mob
(Ezek 46:10)
Ezek 46
10 And the prince in the midst of them, when they go in,
shall go in; and when they go forth, shall go forth.
In this message, we will look at two parallel universes in the
light of this verse:
One Universe the is Sanctified, and other the Satanic.
I. The Captain: “the Prince”
This captain is in the crowd; the Prince is Present with the
People.

3. The job of a Prince is to rule over people:
Matt 20:25 But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye
know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion
over them, and they that are great exercise authority
upon them.
What does the Captain mean to the...
A.The Sanctified Crowd
1)Prince of Peace.
Isa 9:6 calls Him the The Prince of Peace.
Peace is only found in the Prince of peace.
Starting in the book of John to Rev. every book (except
for 1John) gives Peace as a direct attribute of Jesus
Christ. There is great value in true peace.
John 14:27; Acts 10:36; Rom 1:7; 1Cor 1:3; 2Cor 1:2; Gal
1:3; Eph 1:2; Phil 1:2; Col 1:2; 1Thess 1:1; 2Thess 1:2; 1Tim
1:2; Titus1:4; Phlm 1:3; Heb 13:20; Jas 3:18; 1Pet 1:2;
2Pet 1:2; 2John 1:3; 3John 1:14; Rev 1:4

4. 2)Prince of Life.
Acts 3:15 And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath
raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.
True Peace and true Life is found in Jesus Christ
John 10:10 …I am come that they might have life,
and that they might have it more abundantly.
3)Prince of Repentance and Forgiveness.
Acts 5:31 Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be
a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel,
and forgiveness of sins.
This Prince gives you the wisdom to know when you have
offended God (repentance) and then offers forgiveness if
you will agree with him.
Most do not follow this Prince; let’s see what they do.
What does the Captain mean to the...
B.The Satanic Crowd

5. 1)Profane Prince.
Ezek 21:25-27 25 And thou, profane wicked prince of
Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end,
26 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Remove the diadem, and
take off the crown: this shall not be the same: exalt him
that is low, and abase him that is high.
27 I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it: and it shall be no
more, until he come whose right it is; and I will give it him.
2)Prince of Degradation.
Isa 30:1 Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD,
that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a
covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to
sin:
Those that seek wisdom and instruction from any source
but God’s Word.
3)Deceptive Prince.
Eph 2:2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to
the course of this world, according to the prince of the
power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the
children of disobedience:
Their disobedience is to God; they are obedient to the Prince
of darkness.

6. Eccl 11:9 Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and
let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth,
and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the
sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these
things God will bring thee into judgment.
The follow your heart crowd.
Luke 22:31 And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold,
Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as
wheat:
Even a Christian can be conned into following the wrong
crowd.
Gal 3:1-3 1 O foolish Galatians, who hath
bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth,
before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently
set forth, crucified among you?
2 This only would I learn of you, Received ye the
Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of
faith?
3 Are ye so foolish? Having begun in the Spirit, are ye
now made perfect by the flesh?

7. The Captain
II. The Companionship: “in the midst of them… shall go
in… shall go forth”
Ezek 46
10 And the prince in the midst of them, when they go in,
shall go in; and when they go forth, shall go forth.
What does Captainship mean to the...
A.The Satanic Crowd
1)Solidarity of Confusion.
Exod 23:2 Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil;
neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many
to wrest judgment:
1Sam 15:9 But Saul and the people spared Agag,
and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the
fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and
would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that
was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.
This is the same crowd that refused to let Saul kill
Johnathan and could have fulfilled God’s commands,
but the selfish greed of the mob was more appealing.

8. 2)Solidarity of Destruction.
Prov 13:20 …a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
3)Solidarity of Stupidity
Mark 15:15 And so Pilate, willing to content the people,
released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when
he had scourged him, to be crucified.
Acts 24:27 …Felix, willing to shew the Jews a pleasure,
left Paul bound.
What does Captainship mean to the...
B.The Sanctified Crowd
1)Companionship of Comfort.
John 16:7-11 7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is
expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the
Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will
send him unto you.
8 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin,
and of righteousness, and of judgment:
9 Of sin, because they believe not on me;
10 Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye
see me no more;

9. 11 Of judgment, because the prince of this world is
judged.
2)Companionship in Judgment.
John 7:24 Judge not according to the appearance, but
judge righteous judgment.
1Cor 2:15 But he that is spiritual judgeth all things,
yet he himself is judged of no man.
Ps 149:9 To execute upon them the judgment
written: this honour have all his saints. Praise ye the
LORD.
3)Companionship in Charity.
2Cor 8:4 Praying us with much intreaty that we would
receive the gift, and take upon us the fellowship of the
ministering to the saints.
4)Companionship in Ministry.
Gal 2:9 And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed
to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me,
they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of
fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and
they unto the circumcision.

10. 5)Companionship in Perfection.
1John 1:3 That which we have seen and heard declare we
unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and
truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son
Jesus Christ.
1John 1:7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the
light, we have fellowship one with another, and the
blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
6)Companionship in Trouble.
Rev 1:9 I John, who also am your brother, and
companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and
patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called
Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of
Jesus Christ.
The Captain
The Companionship
III. The Command: “go in…go forth”
Ezek 46
10 And the prince in the midst of them, when they go in,
shall go in; and when they go forth, shall go forth.

11. What are the commands to the...
A.The Satanic Crowd
1)Demands immediate Results.
Gal 5:19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which
are these…
Gal 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is…
Jer 6:19 Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon
this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because
they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my
law, but rejected it.
2)Demands a vain Pursuit.
Prov 2:18 For her house inclineth unto death, and her
paths unto the dead.
Prov 4:19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: they
know not at what they stumble.
3)Demands Imagination without Education.
Eph 4:17 This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that
ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the
vanity of their mind,

12. Isa 14:14 I will ascend above the heights of the
clouds; I will be like the most High.
2Sam 4:10 When one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is
dead, thinking to have brought good tidings, I took
hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, who thought that
I would have given him a reward for his tidings:
2Kgs 5:11 But Naaman was wroth, and went away,
and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to
me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his
God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover
the leper.
What are the commands to the...
B.The Sanctified Crowd
1)Command to Teach.
Acts 18:26 And he began to speak boldly in the
synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard,
they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the
way of God more perfectly.

13. 2)Command to Grow.
Rom 1:17 For therein is the righteousness of God
revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall
live by faith.
2Cor 7:1 Having therefore these promises, dearly
beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of
the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of
God.
Heb 6:1 Therefore leaving the principles of the
doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not
laying again the foundation of repentance from dead
works, and of faith toward God,
3)Command to Endure.
1Pet 5:10 But the God of all grace, who hath called us
unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have
suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen,
settle you.
4)Command to Advertise.
1Pet 3:15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be
ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh
you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and
fear:

14. 1Pet 4
4 Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them
to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you:

15. 1Sam4:14 And when Eli heardthe noise of the crying, he said, What
meaneth the noise of this tumult? And the man came in hastily, and told
Eli.
Eli is hearing a mob in chaos. His question is “whatis the reason for
the sound of this mob I hear?
Jan 28, 2017 TUCSON – Witnesses couldnot explain the source of a
stampede in a movie theater Fridaynight.
Courtneyand Sherman two young people explained- we were in a group of
5 friends to see the thriller Split at the CenturyTheatres at El Con shopping
center.
“We were all kind of spooked out in the first place,” Courtneysaid. “And
there were some weirdnoises being made by one guy in the theater.”
They were all sitting in the front row. People started runningand yelling
late in the movie.
“All of a sudden a man yelled, ‘Duck down and run for your life,’” Sherman
said. “So we all just hit the deck.”
Accordingto Tucson Police Sgt. Pete Dugan- Witnesses told conflicting
stories, and officers never hearda first-handreport of what started the
commotion.
“My shoes are still in the theater,” Sherman said. “Because I ran out without
shoes on. It was just pure chaos.”
The Motives for a Mob
(Ezek 46:10)
Ezek 46
10 And the prince in the midst of them, when they go in, shall go in; and
when they go forth, shall go forth.

16. I. The Captain: “the Prince”
A. The Sanctified Crowd
1) Prince of Peace.
2) Prince of Life.
3) Prince of Repentance
and Forgiveness.
B. The Satanic Crowd
1) Profane Prince.
2) Prince of Degradation.
3) Deceptive Prince.
II. The Companionship: “in the
midst of them… shall go in…
shall go forth”
A. The Satanic Crowd
1) Solidarity of Confusion.
2) Solidarity of
Destruction.
3) Solidarity of Stupidity
B. The Sanctified Crowd
1) Companionship of
Comfort.
2) Companionship in
Judgment.
3) Companionship in
Charity.
4) Companionship in
Ministry.5) ..Companionship
in Perfection.
6) Companionship in
Trouble.
III. The Command: “go in…go
forth”
A. The Satanic Crowd
1) Demands immediate
Results.
2) Demands a vain Pursuit.
3) Demands Imagination
without Education.
B. The Sanctified Crowd
1) Command to Teach.
2) Command to Grow.
3) Command to Endure.
4) Command to Advertise.