Sermon
Ezra 2-3: Ambition
The Commons Church
Speaker: John Benz
February 16, 2026 · 32 min
Summary
Through Ezra's account of Jewish exiles returning from Babylon to rebuild the temple, the sermon challenges believers to count the cost of following Jesus and embrace a holy ambition centered on God's mission rather than personal security or comfort.
Highlights
It's really easy to live radically for Jesus when you have nothing to lose. But it's really difficult when you have a lot to give up.
You cannot achieve your holy ambition without community. Your ambition needs community.
God lovingly desires to do far more with your life than you're willing to let him. And we're never going to see all that God plans to do if we don't properly count the cost of following him.