BELIEVERS’ DUTY AS WATCHMAN. The work of a watchman is to warn others of impending dangers. The prophet is a watchman of God to warn the careless people and evildoers of the dangers of sin (Jeremiah 6: 17). Careless souls move about blindly till doom’s day. Scorners may continue jesting till the day of death if no one warns them. Few realise they may be close to death. Many fail to recognise there is a step between them and death (1 Samuel 20: 3). As there are lots of careless people among those who do not know Christ Jesus, so there are careless and negligent people among those who profess to know Christ Jesus. In the body of Christ/church of God, to aid and abet any sinful conduct is to deny the overseer/preacher of the church the knowledge of his flock about which he must give account to God, and the backslider the opportunity to be availed good counsel and correction of his evil way. Sinners inside and outside the body of Christ/church must be warned of the dangers of sin. Everyone should be given the opportunity of hearing/reading of the saving gospel of Jesus Christ which is the power of God unto salvation (Romans 1: 16). If they hear/read the gospel and by faith repent from sin and call on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and Saviour, they would be saved, else, they will be damned (Mark 16: 15, 16). But how “shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?” (Romans 10: 14). Our God is a God of justice. He does not act indiscriminately. It is the soul that sins against Him that shall die (Ezekiel 18: 4). God will not slay the righteous with the wicked (Genesis 18: 23-33). When a man sins, the immediate fruit of his act is guilt. He bears the burden of that guilt. What he does with his guilt is very important. He may repent of his sins, call upon God for forgiveness and permit Jesus Christ to wipe away his guilt through His shed blood on the cross. If he does this he would be saved. But if he refuses to repent, he will continue to bear the burden of his sins. He risks eternal damnation if no one warns him of the evil of his way and shows him how to be free. This task of warning the careless and guiding him unto salvation is not optional for the believer. We are compelled to warn the sinner and the backslider to repent; else we too risk our own place with God. Our souls are in danger of eternal loss except we warn the careless sinner in or out of the church.
Posted on: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 11:33:59 +0000
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