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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.

Oh, what a powerful picture.

And we've referenced this at different points because this is familiar imagery

that we see in the Bible.

This depiction specifically here of Ezekiel as a watchman for the House of Israel,

someone who is looking out for their good, who is watching out for danger that is coming,

and warning the people when danger is coming.

And that's the watchman's responsibility.

If the watchman sees danger coming and says nothing, then they are accountable for what happens

to those people in a very real sense.

Now, obviously the picture here is spiritual warning, spiritual judgment is coming.

And God makes clear that people who experience his judgment will do so because of their own sin.

The language here is clear.

The wicked person shall die in his iniquity, but God sets his blood.

I will require at your hand.

So there is absolutely a sense of accountability for someone who knows judgment is coming,

but stays silent with that news.

Did you hear that?

There is before God, a somber, serious accountability that we have, we who know that judgment is coming,

we who know that the penalty for sin is death, eternal death, everlasting suffering,

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