Watchman What Of The Night?

God will not fail his people!

I say, "God, give the church a backbone today, Don’t let us be like the old wilderness church who wandered around in circles for forty years because they refused to believe. But let us rise to the occasion and show forth ourselves mightily in this hour of despair. Another thing the watchman sees is;

2) IT’S DECISION TIME

The church is at a crossroad today. Will the church call Sin, Sin, or will they simply pretend not to see it? The church condones to many things today. Sin used to be on the outside of the church, but now it’s moved to the front row. Isaiah 58:1 says, "Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and show my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins." Watchman, what of the night? God spoke through Isaiah in the 62nd chapter: and said, "I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day or night: Ye that make mention of the Lord, keep not silence...and give him no rest, till he establish, and make Jerusalem a praise in the earth." God has set watchmen over his churches today, over classes, over each family here.

God has told us, "Cry aloud", "Keep not silent"

He’s telling us to call sin, SIN. Euphonies it all you want to; Paint it some Pastel color, but it’s still SIN! You can call a skunk, a two toned kitty with fluid drive if you want too, but it still stinks!

It was Peter and John that said, "We cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard." I want you to know that there are a lot of people speaking things that they’ve heard, but it wasn’t from God! I’ll agree with Billy Sunday, he said, "I’ll butt sin as long as I have a head; I’ll kick it as long as I have a foot; I’ll beat it as long as I have a fist; I’ll bite it as long as I have teeth; And when I’m foot less, and fist less, and toothless, I’ll gum it to death. I hate Sin!!

If you are the head of your house, you are the watchman of your house. And God will hold you accountable. What will your answer be when the call goes out? "Watchman, what of the night?"Is everything well?

Well God, my daughter is in trouble. She was running with the wrong crowd! And God will say to you, "Did you teach her, Did you warn her, Did you cry aloud?, Did you make her attend church?" Don’t you know they are you’re responsibility?

I believe there are some at the crossroads today. If you don’t cry aloud and warn your family, you could lose them. Hear me today, God has set you as a watchman over His property.

I’m closing with this story of Esther

I think about Esther, Israel was about to be destroyed by wicked Haman who had influenced the king, but Mordecai had raised her up as his own daughter. He had taught her the right way and now she was the Queen. And the proclamation went out, All Jews will be destroyed and killed on a certain day. So Mordecai wept, and cried, and fasted at the gate.

Esther sent to enquire of him, "What’s wrong?" Did you know that you can be in the kings house and not know what’s going on? He said, "We’re going to be killed, go in and ask the king for mercy upon Israel", but she said, "I’m just as you are, I’m not allowed in his chamber either, If I go in and he does not find favor and stretch out the scepter then I will be killed"