The word of the Lord came to me, saying, Son of man, speak to the children of your people, and say to them: When I bring the sword upon a land, and the people of the land take a man from their territory and make him their watchman, when he sees the sword coming upon the land, if he blows the trumpet and WARNS the people, then whoever hears the sound of the trumpet and does not take warning, if the sword comes and takes him away, his blood shall be on his own head. He heard the sound of the trumpet, but did not take warning, his blood shall be upon himself. But he who takes WARNING will save his life. But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet, and the people are not WARNED, and the sword comes and takes any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at the watchman's hand.", thus says the Lord.
WARNING TO ALL SPIRITUAL LEADERS OF GOD'S PEOPLE...
As for you, son of man, the children of your people are talking about you beside the walls and in the doors of the houses, and they speak to one another, everyone saying to his brother, Please come and hear what the word is that comes from the Lord. So they come to you as people do, they sit before you as MY people, and they hear your words, but they do not do them, because with your mouth they show much love, but their hearts pursue their own gain. Indeed you are to them as a very lovely song of one who has a pleasant voice and can play well on an instrument, for they hear your words, but they do not do them. And when this comes to pass... surely it will come then they will know that a prophet has been among them.
Thus says the Lord God to the shepherds: WOE to the shepherds of Israel (the church) who feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed the flock? You eat the fat and clothe yourselves with the wool, you slaughter the fatlings, but you do not feed the flock. The weak you have not strengthened, nor have you healed those who were sick, nor bound up the broken, nor sought back what was driven away, nor sought what was lost, but with force and cruelty you have ruled them. So they were scattered because there was no shepherd, and they became food for all the beast (false teachers) of the field when they were scattered. My sheep wandered through all the mountains, (from church to church) and on every high hill (false doctrines). Yes, MY flock was scattered over the whole face of the earth, and no one was seeking or seaching for them.
Posted By: DAVID JOHNSON
Monday, November 1st 2010 at 5:33AM
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