"But if the watchman sees the sword coming
and does not blow the trumpet, so that the people
are not warned, and the sword comes and takes any
one of them, that person is taken away in his iniquity,
but his blood I will require at the watchman's hand."
(Ezekiel 33:6)
"The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand,
and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of
the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou
sawest are the seven churches."
(Revelation 1:20)


Moses on the mountain
"For the Lord does nothing without revealing his secret
to his servants the prophets."
(Amos 3:7)
Mighty Moses, the prophet, the Watchman of Israel, had quite a flock to watch over. So do our Godly, anointed, called and chosen Pastors, as they watch for our souls. Why do we need a watchman? "For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places." (Ephesians 6:12) What heavenly places? There are three heavens: the clouds and sky we readily see are the first heaven; above that is the second heaven which is satan's domain; and the throne room of God is the third heaven. This is where the term "pray through" comes from. We, in earth, must "pray through" the second heaven or the devil's territory, to get to God.


"Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the
spirits to see whether they are from God, for
many false prophets have gone out into the world."
(I John 4:1)


What does the person do? In Matthew 7:15-20
Jesus explained that false prophets are known
by their fruit, their actions.
Does the person exalt the Lord Jesus Christ as the
Lord and Savior? I Corinthians 12:3
What does the person say? Do their words line up
with the truth of God's Word? I John 4:1-3


we know. These are things obtained through growth in the Lord, and disciplined searching and seeking. God will never say anything other than what is already in His Word. And, as my very wise Pastor has said many times, "If someone is pulling fire out of heaven (miracles, signs, and wonders); you better find out his doctrine." Doctrine is EVERYT'HING; we are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Jesus Christ as the chief cornerstone. (Ephesians 2:20)
"Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they
are keeping watch over your souls, as those who
will have to give an account. Let them do this
with joy and not with groaning, for that would
be of no advantage to you."
(Hebrews 13:17)


Oh, how thankful we should be for the Watchman of our souls, the Pastor who brings us salvation, lays hands on us to be filled with the Holy Ghost, who buries us in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ in baptism, who marries us, dedicates our babies, buries us with words of "thou good and faithful servant," who fights the wolves from his flock, who keeps us from drowning in waters too swift and too deep ... but goes upstream and dams it up for "still" waters, who checks us daily for "burrs" in our thick wool, who fills the snake holes with oil and then anoints us with oil so that when the snake smells the oil, it flees ... Ah, our Shepherd in earth, our Pastor, our Watchman ... Night and day, he's on the wall.
"For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom
knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of
preaching to save them that believe."
(I Corinthians 1:21)

Well said, Brother Barnes! That so-called "foolishness" kept "me" from suicide and a torrential burning hell. So, I say, PREACH IT, Watchman, PREACH IT Pastor, PREACH IT!

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Pastor Kenneth Phillips
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PromiseLand Church, Austin, Texas
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