Song # 1996 from Our Gospel In Song Collection by Col Johnston. In the Book of Ezekiel we read in chapter 3 that God tells Ezekiel He has made him a watchman for the house of Israel, and to tell the people about sin. Ezekiel was living in exile in Babylon around the time of the fall of Jerusalem in 586 BC.
The word of the Lord came to Ezekiel (Ezekiel 3:16). “I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel, so hear the word I speak and give them warning from me” (Ezekiel 3:17). “When I say to a wicked man ‘You will surely die’ and you do not warn him or speak out to dissuade him from his evil ways in order to save his life, that wicked man will die for his sin, and I will hold you accountable for his blood” (Ezekiel 3:18). “But if you do warn the wicked him and he does not turn from his wickedness or from his evil ways, he will die for his sin, but you will have saved yourself” (Ezekiel 3:19). “Again, when a righteous man turns from his righteousness and does evil, and I put a stumbling block before him, he will die. Since you did not warn him, he will die for his sin. The righteous things he did will not be remembered, and I will hold you accountable for his blood” (Ezekiel 3:20). “But if you do warn the righteous man not to sin and he does not sin, he will surely live because he took the warning, and you will have saved yourself” (Ezekiel 3:21).
Thought for today: no-one is more secure than those in God’s hands.
Thought for the future: there’s only one way to heaven, but that’s all we need. Where will you spend your eternity?