THURSDAY April 5, 2018
Be a Watchman
“So you, son of man [Ezekiel]: I [God] have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; therefore you shall hear a word from My mouth and warn them for Me.”
Ezekiel 33:7
We need to read Ezekiel 3, 18, and 33. It is about the watchman’s duty––it will convict you. Like Ezekiel the prophet, we are called to be watchmen. The watchman’s responsibility was to stand watch while everyone slept. He watched from the highest tower of the walls that surrounded a city to warn of approaching enemies. When he saw movement, he would blow a ram’s horn––shofar––to awaken the people to get their weapons, and rush to the walls to defend the city.
The LORD said, “…if you warn the wicked, and he does not turn from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have delivered your soul” (Ezekiel 3:19).
In this sinful world, we are all watchmen. We must warn the lost when we see something wrong. We do not have to preach to them, but share with them and allow the Holy Spirit to speak and move in their hearts. We should not keep silent. There is a last day for everyone. We will be held accountable for their blood.
If you call yourself a watchman, and you are trying to warn others, but you fail to warn yourself first, you will have no power. If you are not a vessel of holiness to be used by the Lord to tell people the truth, then God will hold you responsible. You cannot be a watchman and live a life of sin and lies–no possible way. However, when you speak as an instrument of God’s holiness, and the people do not repent, their blood is on their hands.
What kind of watchman are you?
If sinners be damned, at least let them leap
to hell over our bodies.
~C.H. Spurgeon~
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