Ezekiel 33: 1-20 - God’s Promise of Restoration (Part 1)

God’s Promise of Restoration
Ezekiel 33: 1-20

A. Prophet as watchmen:

• The word “Watchmen” can be translated as “to look out” or “look about”
• Watchmen are supposed to look out for danger and warn people 
• The Prophet Ezekiel was asked to warn people of danger

B. Role of watchmen:

• God is using humans to communicate His message to His people
• Warning comes from God to bring people to repentance

C. How can we apply this in today’s church?

• The Role of a Pastor 
• Preaching and Teaching the Word of God 

Matthew 28:19 “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit”.
2 Timothy 4:1-2 “I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom: 2 preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching”.
D. The Role of the Church

• The church is the Body of Christ, doing work for the purpose of glorifying God
• The Church has to seek the lost 
• The Church should be faithful to the Word of God
• The Church should be faithful to go, teach, and Baptize and teach those who are Baptized, Matthew 28;19-20

E. The Responsibility of a believer to his family

• Parents must teach the commandments of God to their Children, Deuteronomy 6: 5-7
• The Disciples knew the importance of teaching God’s commandments to children, Acts 28, “ And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39 For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself.”
• Prerequisite for someone to become a spiritual leader in the church is to be an effective spiritual leader in their home, 1st Timothy 3:1-7, 
• Titus 1:6. “if anyone is above reproach, the husband of one wife, and his children are believers and not open to the charge of debauchery or insubordination”.

F. Why does this matter

• God has promised that the sins of the wicked shall not be remembered against him, Ezekiel 33: 16
• This is amazing promise of forgiveness 

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