I. This portion of Scripture, extending onwards from the sixteenth verse, presents an epitome or outline of the Gospel. (1) In Ezekiel 36:17 we have man sinning. (2) In Ezekiel 36:18 we have man suffering. (3) In Ezekiel 36:19 man appears an object of mercy, but I had pity. (4) In Ezekiel 36:22 man is an object of free mercy mercy without merit; 1 do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel. (5) In Ezekiel 36:24 man's salvation is resolved on. (6) In Ezekiel 36:25 man is justified. (7) In Ezekiel 36:26-27, man is renewed and sanctified. (8) In Ezekiel 36:28 man is restored to the place and privileges which he forfeited by his sins.
II. Notice the party who is commissioned to deliver God's message. "Son of man," says the Lord. "Son of man" is so constantly sounded both in the ears of Ezekiel and in ours that it forces on our attention this remarkable fact that God deals with man through the instrumentality of man, and by men communicates His will to men. In this arrangement observe (1) The kindness of God to man; (2) the honour conferred on man; (3) the wisdom of God.
T. Guthrie, The Gospel in Ezekiel,p. 1.