The Watchman

and I can remember because brother CH with did used to sing that song

um man I have some something to share with you last week I told you guys about

our satellite congregation in Philippines right

so if you have wondered if the investment we made into

this equipment and the video cameras and all the things we're doing were

actually the right thing to do I got a video conference call this

morning at about 7:30 from

Pakistan from Pakistan I'll tell you the name of the village hold

on H the name of the village there is

seall and it's in a state called to Tech sing they have been using our videos and

our live feed as their Church um for their Church on a weekly

basis they have 60 people in church most of the time it's over a

100 they have 25 families that are and they're in it in a

village I'm assuming it's pretty big because they have 25 Muslim mosques in

that town and they are making they are getting people saved and popper they said that

they didn't have a church to go to they used to travel to go to church the

person that had that drove the bus that took them to the town where the church was died and they don't have anybody

that could drive their bus anymore so for two years they've been searching for someone to teach them preach to them and

do the things that needed to happen for them and they said 3 months ago they started watching our videos from the

very first one and they had a request they want

Bibles and the leader of their group they're also praying for a pastor which

is a good thing but until then we're their pastors but um they're praying

that God continues to support and uploads uh uplifts our ministry

here and and helps us reach as many people as we can because we're reaching

them and they they had nobody to reach them and they told me they've had

miracles happen and people are being delivered from demonic influences and people are getting healed and you're the

reason um I have to you know you guys need to give the board credit because I

didn't do this by myself the board agreed that we would do this and because

they got in and they have a vision to see this church reach as many people as they can reach we're reaching people we

never thought we would reach Whoever thought we would reach somebody in the Philippines directly now we all know it

happens through foreign missions they send missionaries over there and all that but now I get a video call this

morning that not only are we reaching people in the Philippines 19 adults plus

families but we're reaching a congregation that's never less than 60 but usually running 100 and there's 25

families in that congregation and they need

Bibles that's what I told them I said we'll figure out how to get Bibles to you we'll get you some Bibles we'll

figure out how to get him there you're making a difference you're

doing what God called us to do the Great Commission Matthew 28 he says go into

all the world making disciples teaching them all the things I've taught you to

do baptize in the name of the father Son and the Holy Spirit and and lo I will be

with you until the end of the age when I shared that with Pastor Chuck

this morning and Lee Reynolds Pastor Chuck I'm going to I'm going to read to

you what Pastor Chuck sent back to me this is his comment he

said wow with a face with Stars For Eyes Another Blessing from our

Lord that's exciting my friend make sure the church understands the importance of

such a thing the gospel going out to spiritually hungry people and the

blessing it is to them also you made this possible

you did how many people how many people do

you know are attending a church where they're starting to reach people worldwide we've only been live live

streaming for three months since since the beginning of

June and we're having an impact and it's it's worldwide now the thing you need to

pray for is this we have 20 people in Porterville that are watching our live streams every week we have 22 in velia

we have five uh in Springville we have three in popper we have five in

Strathmore we have some more over in Lindsay and some more down in terabella we want to encourage them to

come to church in person we're going to we're going to minister to them on uh

through the live stream no matter what we're going to minister to them but we also need to be encouraged them because

they need to come here and they need to if they have issues they need handled they need someone to lay hands on them

they need to have uh people praying for them and that's part of that's part of our discipleship process but we also

need to realize that we are reaching people we never thought we would ever

reach and the board helped do that make that Vision work we are reaching the

world literally I mean there's more countries that we're reaching but these are

congregations two different countries contacted me to tell me what we've done

for them and [Applause]

that's that's you so never never think that these

things don't matter the smallest things matter in fact it says the little boxes

spoiled the minds in Malachi chter 3 um that

destroys works but it's also the small things that you do that build works

like pioneer days you're going to be there on Saturday we got a booth we've

got Flyers that are going to get printed that'll be in color it's important because every

person you tell about God and tell about this church is a seed that's being sewn

and we need to sew those seeds never be ashamed as shamed of where you go to church never be afraid

to invite somebody to church even if they say no that's not bad because at

least you did the work so today's message is called The

Watchman and uh we're going to

go to Ezekiel chapter 33 that's where the scriptures are at go ahead the next

that's it 33 verse I got three sets of scriptures here and then I got something to follow up

with when um God set up the church he put people

in different positions and places like pastors and church boards and all these things and their

job is to watch over or Safeguard the congregation that's what we're supposed

to do so this is Ezekiel God speaks to me verse 33 chapter 3 starting in verse

one he says again the word of the Lord came unto me saying son of man speak to the children

of thy people and say unto them when I bring the sword upon a land if the

people of the land take a man of their coasts and set him for their Watchmen if

when he seeth the sword come upon the land he blow the trumpet and warns the

people then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet and taketh not warning

if the sword come and take him away his blood shall be upon his own

head he heard the sound of the trumpet and took not warning his blood shall be

upon him but he that taketh warning shall deliver his soul kind of sounds

like Soul winning doesn't it but if the Watchman sees the sword

come and blow not the trumpet and the people be not warned if the sword come and take any person from among them he

is taken away in his iniquity but his blood will I require at the watchman's

hand you can't get away from witnessing you can't get away from being the

testimony of Jesus Christ because if you fail to witness if you fail to blow the

trumpet God's going to require it at your hands and and it's even worse for a

pastor it's even worse for a pastor because if I don't tell you the truth if

I don't preach the word to you undiluted and preach it correctly and you fall god holds your

blood on my account I'm responsible for what happens

because I'm the pastor he said so thou oh son of man I

have set thee a Watchman unto the house of Israel therefore shal Thou shalt hear the word at my mouth and warn them from

me a lot of people don't like it when a pastor gets up and preaches a hard

message that makes them feel bad but if you feel

bad and most of the time it's because you you need some correction in your

life and you need to make a change pastor's not doing it because he doesn't like you in fact I will guarantee you

getting up and preaching that kind of message is the last thing a pastor wants to do however if he's truly serving God if

he's truly following God and God gives him that kind of message he's required to preach it because if he doesn't and

you die in your sins guess what God's going to hold him accountable hey there

they are she looks better

so we're going to continue going forward on this it says when I say unto the

wicked oh Wicked Man Thou shalt surely die if thou Dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way that Wicked man

shall die in his iniquity but his blood will I require at thine

hand nevertheless if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it if he

do not turn from his way he shall die in his iniquity but thou H has delivered thy Soul it's not about whether or not

they turn it's about whether or not you warn them we have to warn them we have

to you you and I everybody if you're serving God if God if you understand

God's word we're all required to do it pastors even more so because I'm dealing

with people that are already saved for the most part um but listen to what he says verse

10 to 16 because we we've got it it comes in three sections go to the next slide

Chris turn from your evil ways is the first one or the second one this is it

right here listen he says therefore oh thou son of man speak unto the house of

Israel thus you speak saying if our transgressions and our sins be upon us

and we Pine away in them how should we then live say unto them as I live sayeth the

Lord God I have no pleasure now listen this is God speaking I have no pleasure in the death

of the wicked but that the wicked could turn from his way and live that's why he came

and died on the cross he has no pleasure you seen those people saying you know

well God sends him to Hell God has no pleasure in sending someone to hell it doesn't make him happy in the

slightest in fact it hurts him to see people die and go to hell because he

came and died on the cross spent three days in the grave and rose from the dead Victorious over death

to give them an escape from that it hurts him when people don't

repent but that the wicked turn from his way and live turn ye turn ye from your

evil ways for why will you die oh House of Israel and you know there was a whole

generation of Evangelical preachers that preached and traveled in tents tent

revivals trying to get this message across to people some were successful at it some

weren't but the message never changed it's your responsibility my responsibility to warn the wicked that

they're going to fall and that there's consequences for the way they live and we have to do it

in a way where they will receive Jesus as Lord and Savior I talked to you guys a lot about not

judging and uh while we were going through The Sermon on the Mount I went over what judging is from Jesus's point

of view it's when you act in a state of hypocrisy or you act as well I don't do

what you do so I'm better than you which is not the case we are all sinners saved by grace and we're all one sent away

from losing our Salvation uh because what we have if we sin and don't repent and die we've died

in our sins and we've lost our Salvation that's how important it is

it's all also how quickly you can lose it just like that so it's it's a thing that we have

to do we have to repent on a daily basis we have to make sure that our slate

stays clean and I mean let's be honest when

something happens you know if you messed up nobody's got to

come back and tell you you know cuz you got that feeling right there it tells you man I screwed up I screw screwed up

I need to get some prayer here because I screwed up and there's no shame

whatsoever insane I screwed up there is shame in hiding it and sweeping it under

the brook if you confess it what's it say confess your faults one to another that

you may be healed once you confess it I screwed up it's not there anymore you have been

set free from it you have made it

right he says again when I say unto you to the wicked Thou shalt surely die if he turns from his

sin and do that which is lawful and right if the wicked restore the pledge

give again that he had robbed walk in the statutes of life without committing

iniquity he shall surely live and he shall not die none of his sins that he hath

committed shall be mentioned unto him Heath done that which is lawful and

right he shall surely live I'm going to I want to point something out here have you ever met

someone man or woman doesn't matter that knows something that somebody did a long

time ago got themselves in trouble you you met this person they've changed

their life they're no longer living that life yet this person from their past comes up and says you know what this

person did do you know what kind of Center this person is you ever met that

person it's your job to tell them you know what this person repented whatever you're

talking about God doesn't recognize why are you bringing this up

towards that person if God forgave the iniquity who are you to judge

them we have all Bar

None done things that we're embarrassed about in our past

we know we've all failed if we didn't we wouldn't be sitting here we wouldn't be saying I'm

saved because Jesus died for me on the cross I'm just an old sinner saved by

grace but because of that Grace I now walk in righteousness I have right standing between me and God because not

anything I did what Jesus did and it's important that we stand in

the gap for these people we're supposed to

defend the blameless did you know

that if somebody has asked God to forgive them if they've accepted Jesus as Lord and Savior and his word if you

believe what it says he's wiped the Slate clean your job is not to get on that

wagon where people are pointing out their past faults but stand there and say you know

what Jesus forgave them you need to

stop stop beating them up be the example of

Christ because you messed up too or you wouldn't had to accept Jesus as Lord and

Savior it is what it is we're all here because none of us were ever good enough

to get to heaven on our own without

Jesus and it's important that we remember that when we're dealing with

people I I have no reason to judge someone you have a reason to inspect

fruit I shared that with you too if you're saved you're serving God I need

to make sure that you're producing fruit that's my job I'm not the Holy Spirit the Holy

Spirit does the convicting I'm here to make sure you're producing fruit that's what I

do and if you aren't I need to let you know hey you know you need to go back

and examine some things here because there's no fruit in your life do you

know what the fruit of the spirit is can you name them off do you know where to find them in the

Bible longsuffering Peace Love kindness

gentleness Joy Galatians 5 verse 21 and 22 that's

where they're at that's the fruit I'm looking for when I say I'm a fruit

inspector I want to see the fruit of the spirit growing in people's lives if it's

not we need to find out why something's hindering your

growth it happens a lot I I can remember walking into church and

there sister in there that saved for 30 40

years had a critical spirit about everybody that came into

church I think you experienced that before uh he's knew exactly who I'm

talking about not and I'm not naming names but but that's exactly what I'm

talking about I don't need to have a critical spirit I need to have a spirit

of Love towards the people that come in so do you and I'm not saying you don't

I'm reminding you these are things that we need to do because you may not believe this

because it kind of looks like sometimes it ain't happening but God's doing things behind the scenes in this church

it's growing um you guys weren't here when I I shared this

we have two Satellite congregations now we have one in Quon city in the

Philippines and we have which has 19 adults plus kids and I found out this morning

through a video conference call that we have a congregation in

Pakistan yes and they have 60 people who are Faithfully attending and they're

usually running about a hundred every week and they're in a Vil that has 25 Muslim

mosques and they asked us for Bibles and we're going to figure out how to get them over

there so what you're doing matters you are reaching people that we

have never reached before we reached a lot of people in this

town over the over the years but God's not done these fields

here are ripe for Harvest but we do have to be that voice in the wilderness that's crying we do have to be the

Watchmen we have to be sound in the alarm how many of you believe the end is near how many you believe Jesus is

coming back soon how much more should that be making

you feel I have to we have to do something because if Jesus

returns it could be too late for them

and because you didn't sound the alarm God's going to require their blood

at your hands go to the next slide

Chris so it said the children of the people say the way of the Lord is not

equal but as for them their way is not equal when the righteous turns from his

righteousness and committeth iniquity he shall even die thereby this is why when

you people tell you you can't backslide that's a lie you can backslide and it's right

here in Ezekiel chapter 33 you absolutely can

backslide he said but if because once you do you you're no longer walk in as a

child of obedience you're a child of Disobedience and he says but if the

wicked turn from his Wicked this and do that which is lawful and

right he shall live thereby so what he's telling

us and we all know somebody who used to know the Lord that's no longer going to church that's no longer serving God

they're probably living a pretty messed up [Music] life you still got to warn them you

still got to tell them and you still have to be prepared to tell them what the truth

is even if they reject you because once you tell them your

responsibility it's no longer your responsibility once you tell

them the Holy Spirit takes over the Bible teaches us that when when

the Holy Spirit was poured out talking on the day of Pentecost not only the

people on the day of Pentecost received the baptism of the Holy Spirit which is different than the pouring out of the

Holy Spirit it says he poured his Spirit out upon All Flesh and what that means

is when you speak the word to somebody when you witness and testify to them the

holy spirit is able to witness to them because when Christ poured it

out it he poured it out on All Flesh that had that were living at the

time and were ever going to be born afterwards the holy spirit is here until Christ

takes it out of this world you you can reach

people you can share with them what the truth is you can share with them

salvation you can share with them healing restoration overcoming in every

way because the holy spirit is still here and still working in people's lives

he hasn't changed and so we're going to jump into the New

Testament and I'm almost done Ephesians chapter 4 I don't have a slide for this

Chris you can leave it right where it's at so this is called the gifts of

Christ it says but unto every one of us this Ephesians 4:7 it says but unto

every one of us is given Grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ

wherefore he says when he had when he is ascended up on high he led captivity

captive and gave gifts unto men verse n says now that he ascended

that means to go up what is it but that he also descended first into the lower

parts of the earth he spent three days and nights in in the Tomb and the people

he ministered to were the people that were lost that were in bondage

he says he that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all Heavens that he might fill all

things and here's what he did and he says and he gave some Apostles and some

prophets and some evangelists and some pastors and teachers and they all have the same

job we all have the same job for the perfecting of the

Saints that's you for the work of the ministry that's

us all together and for the edifying of the

body of Christ which means to lift up I can't lift you up if I'm tearing

you down you can't lift me up if you're tearing me down we can't lift up a

brother or sister that's hurting if we're spending all our time focused on the things that are hurting them rather

than on the that can heal them it's

important it says till we all come in the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God unto a

perfect man unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ that we hence forth be no more

children tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of

Doctrine by the slight of men in cunning craftiness whereby they lie and wait to deceit that's why it's so important that

whoever is teaching you whether it's the pastor a Sunday school teacher a guest speaker

that you invite in you need to know what they believe and you need to know what they teach before you ever put them up

here because we are Watchmen over God's house and we

have to make sure that the people that are preaching and teaching and lifting

people up are actually doing that and not deceiving them okay there's a whole bunch of

people out there that are preaching a whole bunch of false stuff they kind of sound like Camala Harris and her Joy

jooy thing and that's that's a lie okay I can tell you straight up

you're in a fight when you accept Jesus as Lord and Savior it's a fight because

the devil doesn't like to lose those he already has and when he does he comes

out ready to fight and you have to be ready to fight back you have to be ready to take a

stand just like sister Bonnie did yesterday at the end of our meeting she wanted to pray for brother Tim and she said we're I'm praying for you Tim

before you leave this room and she leted us in a prayer for brother Tim and he's here today and he he's back to normal

and I'm glad to see that a lot of people praying for him okay he was a sick man this last

week okay I've known him for a long time

um first time he ever sent me a message and said I need prayer he just doesn't ask for people to pray for it he's a

tough guy kind of like me I don't ask people to pray for me either um I'm a

tough guy I'll fight my way through it okay but there have been times I needed

people to pray for me and I had to learn how to humble myself before God and say

help I'm sick I need prayer you need to do the same thing there's no

shame in it yeah we're supposed to have a confession that says we're walking in

the Lord we're walking in our healing we're walking in all those things but James said is there any sick among you

let him call for the Elders of the church let him be Anointed with oil and the prayer of faith shall save the

sick that's what we're supposed to do lifting each other up ad ing each other

that means to encourage edifying one another building each other up telling

you you can do this that's what edification is it's not edification is not saying oh

you're the greatest edification is telling you you can do this don't lose your faith don't fall away from what

God's trying to do for you you can do this take it one step at a time one body

of the elephant and I asked you guys this before how do you eat an elephant one bite at a

time every Journey starts with the first step you don't have to run a race you

need to run a marathon to do that you have to pace yourself don't try to do it all in one

day take one battle at a time because if you try to take all those battles on at once you're going to

lose one battle at a time one thing at a time

understand who Jesus is and who he says you are and realize that when you said Jesus

I accept you as Lord and Savior you made an enemy out of the

devil and uh if he came and tempted Jesus three times in the wilderness what

makes you think he's not coming after you and you got a whole lot less than than Jesus did and he couldn't overcome

it he's coming be encouraged because the one who overcame

him lives within you so besides sister Lon I want to pray

for you for your knee is anybody else here come on up Trina anybody

else sister Bonnie can you help me pray for them brother Tim come on up in fact

back I'm