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"I have made you a watchman"

Text: Ezekiel 33:7

EZEKIEL AS A WATCHMAN

When God called Ezekiel to be His servant, he was also made a watchman (Ezekiel 3). This text served as a reminder of this vital ministry as a watchman.

“So you, son of man: I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel;
therefore you shall hear a word from My mouth and warn them for Me.
When I say to the wicked, ‘O wicked man, you shall surely die!’
and you do not speak to warn the wicked from his way,
that wicked man shall die in his iniquity;
but his blood I will require at your hand.
Nevertheless if you warn the wicked to turn from his way,
and he does not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity;
but you have delivered your soul.”
Ezekiel 33:7-9

1. A number of roles to be fulfilled.

a) As a servant of God.

b) As a prophet of God.

c) As a watchman for the house of Israel.

2. The word of God.

a) God Himself will give the word.

b) Ezekiel’s task was to digest God’s word (Ezekiel 2).

c) He must then faithfully proclaim that word of God.

3. A word of warning to the wicked.

a) He must warn the wicked concerning his evil ways.

b) He must forewarn concerning God’s judgment.

c) If the wicked were to die in his iniquity because he did not receive the word of warning.

d) The watchman would have to be accountable to God.

4. But if the word was given by the watchman.

a) The wicked decides to ignore God’s word.

b) His death would be on his own head.

c) The watchman has delivered his soul.

d) God would not hold him responsible.