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Ezekiel chapter 3 verse 17.

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 from me.

This picture in Ezekiel chapter 3 picks up on Ezekiel chapter 2 and God's call and Ezekiel's

life to proclaim his word.

And here in Ezekiel chapter 3 we see this powerful image that we see at different points in the

Bible. God's saying to Ezekiel, I have made you a watchman and one of the primary responsibilities.

If not the primary responsibility of a watchman was to be on the lookout to stand on the wall

to look out and see when an enemy is coming or when anything is coming that the people inside

the walls need to be warned about. Which is why God says, I've made you a watchman, Ezekiel,

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

God's word, get the picture here, is a warning. God gives warnings all throughout his word.

And for those who hear those warnings, we are watchmen on the wall to warn others based on what

God has said. So this just takes what we were praying according to Ezekiel chapter 2 in the

previous podcast episode to a whole other level that we are surrounded today by people who are

on a road. This is what the Bible clearly teaches in their sin apart from Jesus on a road that

leads to eternal everlasting suffering in hell. I never ever ending. If there was ever a need

for a warning, this is it. Not just an army is coming that could take your life today. No,

eternity in suffering is coming. It will take your life forever. Like this is warning that people

need to hear and God has given this word of warning to you and me. We know this every one of us

who is in Christ knows this. We're surrounded today this week by people who don't know what's

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