The Watchman

THE WATCHMAN

THE MOST IMPORTANT PERSON IN TOWN

Ezekiel 33:1-6

1 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

2 Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of their coasts, and set him for their watchman:

3 If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people;

4 Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh not warning; if the sword come, and take him away, his blood shall be upon his own head.

5 He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his blood shall be upon him. But he that taketh warning shall deliver his soul.

6 But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand.

Here in these few verses God uses Ezekiel to forewarn Israel of their upcoming event and vision of a restored Israel.

Israel had once again fell out of the will of God. God was about to pour out His judgement upon them.

Ezekiel spoke to them about having a watchman look out for this event or this upcoming judgement. God was going send this upon this land.

There are (4) four dangers I want to point out to you this morning concerning, “ THE WATCHMAN, THE MOST IMPORTANT PERSON IN TOWN”

#1- DANGER OF FORGETTING,

Notice with me here in verse 2, it says, “When I bring this sword upon this land” Here we know for sure that a judgement is coming.

Look in verse 3, it starts out with “If when he seeth” I want you to notice the word, “IF” here. That just means this is not a 100% sure thing,

Church let's try and put us in that watchman’s seat just for a few minutes here this morning.

You see God has set us the CHRSITIANS aside to be His watchman. The Christians are the most important person/people in town.

What we do know for sure is Jesus is coming back for His saints. We know that IS 100% sure.

The question is are we going to be faithful, obedient and keep a careful eye for this upcoming event that will happen?

Are we in danger of forgetting to warn people of the upcoming judgement God will lay upon those that do not know His son Jesus?

This watch man will blow his horn to warn the people in this town. Are you ready to blow that horn of warning here in this community and the area around where we live.

Are we willing to blow that horn of warning with those we work with, maybe those that just meet and great that are just passing though the town you are the watchman for?

Are we forgetting to warn them about a Hell that awaits them if they die without Jesus?

CAN I JUST CHASE ONE RABBIT HERE?

I cannot count the times I have heard people say, we the Christians cannot judge other people. This my friend is a lie from Satan, Satan does not want us to warn other people about hell, Satan wants them.

There is a huge difference about judging and discernment of others. God has told us to judge people by the fruits that they bear. If you cannot decern or see any fruits being shared from that person, then they are not sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ, we should know who is for us or against us.

I cannot judge anyone of they are going to Heaven or Hell, that is what God does during the Day of Judgment, it is not my call. But I better know enough about right and wrong to make a good choice if I should be around this person or not. I better know what to say when I run across someone that does not know Jesus, I need to warn that person, I need to tell them about Jesus and about Hell.

Again, I am not telling you that you are going to Heaven or Hell, I can only see the fruits you bear and that is what I see on the outside. God see’s the inside, the heart and soul. There you cannot lie. That portion that God judges is a part that determine where you spend eternity.

So, let's just clear that up right now, yes, you can judge people by the fruits they bear, or you can use your God given gift to decern if that person is good or bad.