I refuse to sit around....

Ezekiel 33: 7-9 
⁷ “Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the people of Israel; so hear the word I speak and give them warning from me. ⁸ When I say to the wicked, ‘You wicked person, you will surely die,’ and you do not speak out to dissuade them from their ways, that wicked person will die for their sin, and I will hold you accountable for their blood. ⁹ But if you do warn the wicked person to turn from their ways and they do not do so, they will die for their sin, though you yourself will be saved.


We are to be like 'watchmen'. Like Paul said in Acts 20:26, can we say that we are innocent of the blood of all men? Have we fulfilled the whole will of God by proclaiming all of it to those around us? We are to not only inform them about the love of God and the truth of the Gospel, but we are to warn them too. We're not only to warn them but also to give them an alternative route - REPENT, BELIEVE and OBEY!


It can be very hard to tell people that if they do not believe, trust and obey the Saviour, they'll go to hell...but it is the painful truth....no matter how hard we try to run away from it, we are commissioned to tell them. Like my youth leader puts it: If we truly love our neighbor, we will not let them walk off a cliff. Many fear confronting this message to hold on to a relationship, but if you valued that relationship, won't you want the best for the other person, even if it cost their friendship? The Bible tells us that there is no greater love than the love that God showed for us when He laid down His own life to save us....That is something worth telling the world right?!


Finally, lets not wait to pair up with others to fulfill the purpose God has for us, lets take every opportunity - whether alone or in a group - to proclaim the whole will of God! Lets refuse to sit around watching, but lets get ready to go in and do what we're made to do...