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Ezekiel chapter 3 verses 16 through 19.

And at the end of seven days the word of the Lord came to me.

Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the House of Israel.

Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you shall give them warning for me.

If I say to the wicked, you shall... You shall

surely die and you give him no warning nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way

In order to save his life that wicked person shall die for his

iniquity but his blood I will require at your hand but if you warn the

wicked and he does not turn from his wickedness or from his wicked way, he shall die for his iniquity, but you will have delivered your soul.

What a humbling passage what humbling words from God to Ezekiel to one entrusted with God's word.

All throughout God's word, we see warnings

to turn from sin and to experience salvation from sin by the word of God, by the grace of God, by the mercy of

God, and that's exactly what's happening here. God is calling his people to turn away from their sin and to trust in his mercy to repent.

And he is calling Ezekiel to proclaim that message. The sobering picture here in

Ezekiel chapter 3 though is that Ezekiel as a watchman, so picture almost

like a lighthouse attendant, warning boats of where the land is, they don't crash into it.

And if you don't give that warning, if you fall asleep on your watch, then people's lives are at stake.

That's the picture here in a watchman.

A watchman warns people what is coming.

And obviously, Ezekiel had a unique role in being a watchman in the

old testament but how much more do all of us who have God's word the good news of God's word, the good news of God's grace and what he has done for our salvation, for people's

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