But I insist the mindset and paradigm behind these recent accusations make the command of the Lord for us to be watchman completely impossible for us to fulfilled. This shows the dark counterfeit of truth exposed for what it really is.
Notice God gave words to the prophet to warn people in danger. God did not directly intend tell the people in danger themselves. He used a "watchman."
zek 3:16 And it came to pass at the end of seven days, that the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 17 Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.
God gives warning to the watchman to give to others.
18 When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life;
God speaks to these others, but the watchman is the avenue of relating that message to them. It is the watchman's responsibility to relate that warning. This is where our recent critics twist the picture and claim nobody has the right to speak warning to others, but should heed warning for themselves. It's the concept that says none of us should warn anyone else of anything. The bible is allegedly supposed to be something we take for ourselves and ourselves only, and we're not meant to apply any of it to anyone other than ourselves.
the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
Failure to warn others of the danger they're in leaves the watchman guilty for that other one's destruction and lost state of soul. But this is what the recent criticism accomplishes in the fate of the watchman. According to these critics, who insist we should not warn anyone else of the plight they're in since they believe that's not the nature of the bible, everyone who knows truth would be guilty for those whose souls are lost, for such criticism disables watchmen from performing this divine;y directed duty.
19 Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.
Again, keep in mind God is not directly talking to those in danger, but chose to speak to them with warning by way of these watchmen. That is simply a non-existent situation in the work of God in the minds of recent critics.
20 Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
In these interesting words, we almost get the sense that God lays stumblingblocks before sinners and demands that we are the means by which they are recovered. I';m not here to analyze that so much as the fact that the entire effort to give them warning is effectively cancelled and thrown to the wind by recent criticism that claims we set ourselves up as judges when we relate that warning, for only God can give them this warning. We find the actual intention of God is to warn others through us. God has given the judgment that they're in danger, and it is not the watchmen who are judges at all.
But critics here cry, "Don't judge me! You're judging me when you tell me I am in danger because of my beliefs. All you watchmen are self-admiring club members, who don't see the beam in your own eyes. You have no right to tell me I am in danger! I won't listen to anyone but God Himself. Stop judging me. LALALALALA, I plug my ears to your alleged warnings and cannot hear you! LALALALALA."
21 Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he is warned; also thou hast delivered thy soul.
Here we find the will of God for the conclusion of the purpose of having watchmen.
This entire concept of taking God;'s word and giving warning to those whom it claims, not who the watchmen claims, is moot and void and effectively nullified to having no meaning nor place of existence in the recent criticism that we're hearing here.
So, again, how is the act of taking scriptures such as, "He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved, and he that believeth not shall be damned," and telling people who won't believe (let alone are not baptized, for who would get baptized if they don't believe) that they're lost and will wind up damned to be the act of violating the will of God, when God gives us a concept as
Ezekiel 3 relates?
Folks, don't heed these recent liberal-minded criticisms, that are more akin to the world's spirit right now as it claims homosexuality is not a sin and we actually hate them if we say it is. It's the same reasoning that says we cannot restrict men's restrooms to biologically born males or else we are hateful and judgmental. Just change the terms that end with the suffix phobe and phobic with judgementalism and you have the same spirit of modern nonsensical criticism of religion as a whole in the world that feels morality, as they define it, is not an issue any more. SAME SPIRIT!
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