"Turn you at My reproof.... For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them" (Proverbs 1:23,32). "Son of man, I have made thee a watchman... therefore, hear the word at My mouth, and give them warning from Me" (Ezekiel 3:17). "Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto Him, Master, thus saying Thou reproachest us also. And He said, Woe unto you also, ye lawyers! For ye.... have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered" (Luke 11:45-52).
The task of watchmen is to warn.
This describes what watchmen do.
No matter who will heed or scorn,
The watchman warns of what is true.
The Lord has likewise called His own
To preach the Gospel to the lost,
To tell them Christ can save alone
And warn them of rejection's cost.
Our Savior warned the Pharisees;
He warned the lawyers then as well
Who had, yet took away, the keys
Of knowledge to escape from hell!
O Lord, we know we are assigned
As watchmen, since we have Your Word.
Yet light will not convince the blind,
And words to deaf cannot be heard.
We are Your watchmen, just the same,
Though You must open eyes and ears.
There is no other saving name
But Jesus Christ as judgment nears!
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