THE WATCHMEN
Ezekiel 33:1-9
1 The word of the LORD came to me:
2 “Son of man, speak to your people and say to them, If I bring the sword upon a land, and the
people of the land take a man from among them, and make him their watchman,
3 and if he sees the sword coming upon the land and blows the trumpet and warns the people,
4 then if anyone who hears the sound of the trumpet does not take warning, and the sword comes
and takes him away, his blood shall be upon his own head.
5 He heard the sound of the trumpet and did not take warning; his blood shall be upon himself.
But if he had taken warning, he would have saved his life.
6 But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet, so that the people
are not warned, and the sword comes and takes any one of them, that person is taken away in
his iniquity, but his blood I will require at the watchman’s hand.
7 So you, son of man, I have made a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a
word from my mouth, you shall give them warning from me.
8 If I say to the wicked, O wicked one, you shall surely die, and you do not speak to warn the
wicked to turn from his way, that wicked person shall die in his iniquity, but his blood I will
require at your hand.
9 But if you warn the wicked to turn from his way, and he does not turn from his way, that person
shall die in his iniquity, but you will have delivered your soul.
God reviews Ezekiel's call to be a watchman for the nation as first established in Chapter 3.
As a watchman at the City Gate, he was personally responsible for warning the Inhabitants of
an enemy’s threats, and God’s impending doom and encourage repentance, in order to relieve
himself of blame.
I. YOU ARE A WATCHMAN
Call is of no private interpretation.
We must accept the God-given task of calling others to live justly and return to a right
relationship with God.
Job description of a Watchman is to:
Sound the Alarm – What You Hearing – What You Seeing
II. YOU CAN NO LONGER BE PASSIVE
Ezekiel 33:6
6 But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet, so that the
people are not warned, and the sword comes and takes any one of them, that person is
taken away in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at the watchman’s hand.
COMPEL
Luke 14:23-24
23 Then the master said to the servant, ‘Go out into the highways and hedges, and
compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.
24 For I say to you that none of those men who were invited shall taste my supper.’”
PERSUADE
II Corinthians 5:11
11 Knowing, therefore, the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are well known
to God, and I also trust are well known in your consciences.
PLEAD
II Corinthians 5:20-21
20 Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us:
we implore you on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to God.
21 For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the
righteousness of God in Him.
GALVANIZE
Shock or excite (someone) into taking action.
III. CONSIDER YOURSELF
Another word for galvanize:
Coat - (iron or steel) with a protective layer of Zink, to prevent rusting
Jude 1:22-23
22 And on some have compassion, [j] making a distinction;
23 but others save [k] with fear, pulling them out of the [l] fire, hating even the garment
defiled by the flesh.
II Corinthians 13:5
5 Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not
know yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you? —unless indeed you are disqualified –
Reprobate
IV. OVERCOMERS CROWN
Heavenly Reward
a. Crown of Righteousness – II Timothy 4:8
b. Incorruptible crown - II Corinthians 9:25
c. Crown of life - James 1:12
d. Crown of glory - I Peter 5:2
e. Crown of Rejoicing –
I Thessalonians 2:19
19 For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence
of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?
Daniel 12:3
3 Those who are wise shall shine Like the brightness of the firmament, and those who
turn many to righteousness Like the stars forever and ever.
Here And Now
Matthew 19:27-29
27 Then Peter answered and said to Him, “See, we have left all and followed You.
Therefore what shall we have?”
28 So Jesus said to them, “Assuredly I say to you, that in the regeneration, when the Son of
Man sits on the throne of His glory, you who have followed Me will also sit on twelve
thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
29 And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother [h] or wife or
children or [i] lands, for My name’s sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and inherit eternal
life.
John 15:16
16 You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear
fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name He
may give you.
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