Soul Murder?
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Soul Murder?
Soul Murder?
This morning I would like to bring a message in a question form.
Soul Murder?
Can you send someone to Hell?
Can you send someone to Hell?
Ezekiel 3:15-21
15 Then I came to them of the captivity at Tel-abib, that dwelt by the river of Chebar, and I sat where they sat, and remained there astonished among them seven days.
16 And it came to pass at the end of seven days, that the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
17 Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.
18 When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
19 Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.
20 Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
21 Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he is warned; also thou hast delivered thy soul.
In verse 17 we see the word Watchman.
What is a Watchman?
Illustration:
To best put it. In our services, we have a person to walk around to watch to make sure no intruder come in, or the enemy doesn’t sneak into the camp.
A Watchman is in constant danger. You say, “Why?” It’s because or their position. A Watchman never leave their post.
Because, if they do they can be accused of being a deserter. If you ever served in the Military. You where given “General Orders” to follow when standing guard.
The first “General Order” was, “I will guard everything within the limits of my post and quit my post only when properly relieved.”
Did you know that all Born Again Christians are Watchman for God.
If you know the Lord Jesus Christ, then you have been inducted into the Lord’s Army.
I love that children’s song. That goes like this.
I may never march in the Infantry, ride in the calvary, shoot the artillery. I may never fly over the enemy, but I’m in the Lords Army.
Let me say this, “The average Christian Watchman leaves their post.
They have gone AWOL on the Lord.
That’s right , they are Absent With Out Leave.
They Have Deserted the “Lord’s Army.”
I want to deal with somethings that will help you.
Notice the very last part of verse 17. (please underline or circle this) God said, “Give them Warning from Me.”
Ezekiel
17 Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.
Look at the second line of Verse 18
18 When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
Ezekiel
“and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn. (underline or circle that)
Look at the top of Verse 19
19 Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.
Ezekiel 3
“Yet if thou warn the wicked” (underline or circle that)
Look in the middle portion of Verse 20
20 Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
Ezekiel
“Because thou hast not given him warning.”
Look at the top part of Verse 21
21 Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he is warned; also thou hast delivered thy soul.
“Nevertheless if thou warn” (underline or circle that)
Again the bottom part of verse 21
“Because he is warned” (underline or circle that)
I see here, God wants us to Warn People.
Again if we look at verse 17 we see God want us to give warning of Him.
17 Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.
Ezekiel 2:17
You and I are charged with giving warning to the Lost and Saved.
Not everyone we speak to will be saved, but we are to warn everybody.
It’s my job and your job if your saved to warn everybody.
We are to speak to them on the streets.
We are to speak to them in the Super Markets.
We are to speak to them at the Gas Stations.
We are to speak to them at School.
We are to speak to them at the Laundry Mats.
We are to speak to them Door to Door.
We are to speak to them on the Parking Lots.
We are to speak to them by way of Social Media.
We are to speak to them by way of Phone Call or Text.
What ever you do speak of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. (Which is? Please respond in the comments)
Our commandment is not to change the world.
Our commandment is to tell the world.
We are not in the business to Christianize the world.
We are in the business to Evangelize the world.
We are to caught them.
We are not to use a pole like we do fish.
The Lord implies in the Gospels that we are to drag net them in.
The Lord implies in the Gospels that we are to drag net them in.
If you dragnet them in your going to catch every kind.
Baptist Churches are like that if we do what we are suppost to do.
We are going to dragnet and catch every kind.
Baptist Churches get their yield from;
The Crusers
The Drug Addicts
The Lying Crowd
The Thieving Crowd
We get that kind and I thank God for it.
The problem is a lot of people try to qualify the fish in are Baptist Churches.
If you want God to blessing, then get the dragnet out and get every kind in our church.
Jesus spent his time during the His 3 1/2 year ministry dragging the sinners in. He was around the sinners, not the self-righteous people.
We live in a day when people like to pick out what kind comes into the church.
That’s what is wrong with our Baptist Churches today.
God wants us to be Watchman.
God wants you and I to bring them in.
God want us to drag them in.
And if we drag the net right.
Your going to catch every kind of fish available.
A. There Are Two Major Attacks On The Watchman Today.
A. There Are Two Major Attacks On The Watchman Today.
Hyper-Calvinism:
You say, “What is that?”
It’s that false doctrine going around that says; What ever will be will be.
It’s that wicked doctrine going around that says, “God has already chosen who will be saved, and will not be saved.
It’s that wicked fake doctrine that keeps people from going around Soul Winning.
The reason someone came up with this doctrine.
Is they are lazy and don’t want to go around and knock on doors.
And tell people about the Lord Jesus Christ.
God has not or ever will preordain who will go to heaven and who will go to Hell.
We are predestine after we get saved
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
John 3:
Underline the word. “Whosoever believeth in Me.”
Hyper-Calvinism is a major attack on our Local New Testament Baptist Churches
Then there is another attack.
Be very careful you might send someone to Hell.
That’s the other attack.
Can you send people to Hell?
Can you Soul Murder?
Can a Born Again Christian send anyone to Hell?
I can honestly say, “There is no verse in the Bible that support.
That you can send anyone to Hell.
You can tell someone to go to Hell.
But, you can’t send anyone to Hell.
We don’t send people to Hell.
We let them go to Hell.
Big difference here.
We don’t have the power to send people to Hell.
We have the power to Warn Them.
According to verse 17 of our text.
God wants us to warn people
17 Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.
Ez
The reason why people go to Hell is not because of you or I sending them to Hell.
It’s because they love their unrighteousness.
10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
2 Thessalonians 2:
You want to know why your friend want get saved.
It’s because they love their sin.
They love unrighteousness.
God said, “They had pleasure in unrighteousness.
We are to watch out for this old trick of the devil right here.
People are not getting saved because they love their sin.
Let me shock you this morning with something.
We have a tendency to blame other religions for sending people to Hell.
WE want to blame the;
Mormons
Jehovahs False Witness
Church of Christ
Buddist
Hinduism
For sending people to Hell.
Let me tell you something they don’t send people to Hell.
I can honestly tell you they go to Hell, because they won’t come by way of Jesus Christ.
6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
That lets me know one thing about other religions.
And that is other religions embrace ERROR.
FALSE DOCTRINE.
And that what causes it.
People choose this doctrine of false religion.
Everybody has an opportunity to be Saved.
Let me tell you something.
People today embrace False Religion,
Because they don’t want to admit that they are a;
Dirty
Rotten
Sticken
Ungodly Sinner deserving of Hell.
They embrace other Religions because it makes them feel better about themselves.
And because, they their unrighteousness.
That’s why people go to Hell.
You go to Hell because you choose to go, and if you go to Hell you go as a trespasser.
41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
Let me give you somethings that might help you.
Every unsaved person is already on their way to Hell.
While your watching this livestream people are going to Hell
While I am speaking to you this morning people are going to Hell.
Wether your doing something or not people are dying and going to Hell.
Did you here me People are going to Hell.
There is nothing we can do about while I’m speaking and you watching this livestream.
Every unsaved person is going to Hell.
God is only obligated to speak to a person heading to Hell one time.
My Bible tells me in;
11 For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,
Titus
God is obligated to talk to sinners one time.
He may do it more than once.
There will not be one person to stand before God and say you didn’t tell me.
They will be able to point their finger back at us, but not God.
Because God made us a Watchman for Him.
You want find one.
You can’t say, “I didn’t know about it.
I didn’t know I needed to be saved.
You want be able to point your finger at God.
And say, “You never told me.”
A person goes to Hell because they made their choice.
20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
14 I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise.
Romans
20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
Romans 1:
They made their choice and they preferred their Sin.
They decided that’s the life they wanted.
That person made that choice for themselves .
And never be able to point their finger at Almighty God.
And say, “You didn’t tell me Lord!”
Our intercessory work gets God's attention.
the work of the Christian trying to keep people out of Hell is important.
Soul Winning is God’s plan.
It’s God’s plan to get people saved.
It’s God’s plan for us to tell people about Jesus Christ.
This is God’s intercessory work He has for you and I.
Be careful when you say, “I’m going to shake the dust off my feet.”
You say, “Why preacher?”
That gets God’s attention.
We Baptist are quick to say, “I will never talk to that person again about getting saved.
I’m just going knock the dust off my feet.
I’m never knocking on their door again.
You better watch what that, because that’s very dangerous.
If you don’t witness.
Who will?
If you knock the dust off your feet and say, “your never talking to that person again about the Lord Jesus Christ.
Then maybe, no one else will either.
Think twice, because God may have called you to be the only one to talk to that person about Jesus Christ.
And what He has done for us.
We have to be very careful.
We are Born Again Christians.
God called us to do His intercessory work.
We are to go out on God’s behalf.
To tell people how to be saved.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Telling people about the Gospel.
And what is the Gospel Church? (put the answer in the comments)
If you say, “I’m not going to do that because that person has;
A Bad Attitude.
They Cussed me out.
They made fun of me.
Then I say, “Shame On You!”
I know must of us have been cussed out one time or another.
I’ve been made fun of all the time.
So, what if that person has a bad attitude.
Is that a reason to let someone go to Hell?
Jesus Himself has been cussed out, but He still died on the Cross of Calvary for our sins and to give us Eternal Life.
1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
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There are sometimes when people are not going to like you.
That happens a lot of times.
Hey, I don’t like deacons, but we have deacons. Just joking.
We have a good deacon board at Faith Bible Baptist Church.
I could ask for any better men to serve.
Our intercessory work gets God’s Attention.
You can never talk to the wrong person, who is going to Hell.
Don’t say, “I just don’t feel lead to talk to this person.
I know things about that person, and I just don’t feel lead.
That’s a “COPOUT!”
COPOUT!”
There is a lot of people that Baptist has given upon.
Don’t you give up because, there is nobody that is disqualified.
You should be able to talk to everybody about the Lord Jesus Christ.
You can never talk o the wrong person who is on his why to Hell.
Remember you cannot send anyone to Hell!
Anyone can deliver the message.
That tells me that every Born Again Christian can open their mouths, tell people about what the Lord Jesus Christ has done for them and do some good.
You say, “I don’t know how to get the conversation started?”
You say, “I don’t know what to say?”
All you have to do is tell people about the Gospel.
You know the;
Death
Burial
And Resurrection of Jesus Christ
They simply need to believe and accept the Lord Jesus Christ as their personal savior.
9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Romans 10:9-
13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
Everyone can say,
12 He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
Anyone of us can deliver the message.
All who believes and accept Jesus Christ are caught.
Nobody is Rejected.
My Bible tells me in the Book of John
37 All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.
John
If you lead a person to the Lord Jesus Christ.
They are caught.
They are going to Heaven.
You may say, I don’t approve of some of the things they do.
So, What!
If they are saved there saved.
God will Chasten that person, it’s not me do judge.
6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
Hebrews 12:6-
We are to pray for that person, and work with them to get them back on track.
But, sadly many of us turn are backs on them.
I believe we have come to the place in America. That we believe we have done all we can do in our lives to get people saved.
How sorry are we. Some of us watching the livestream this morning have; love ones, friends, coworkers that need to be saved.
But, you want talk to them about the Lord Jesus Christ. And that’s because your; Lazy, Embarrassed, or Ashamed of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
If you don’t tell people about Jesus Christ, those people are going to Hell.
B. What we need to do this morning is to get on our knee’s and pray to God for a Burden for the people going to Hell.
B. What we need to do this morning is to get on our knee’s and pray to God for a Burden for the people going to Hell.
That’s what has been forgotten in our Baptist Churches.
Satan slick us down so, we don’t ever have that Burden for people going to Hell.
The Apostle Paul, wrote in the Book of Romans.
This is a Post From A Pastor:
I trust God and I wear my seatbelt
That he would be willingly to take his kinsmen punishment, if it would save his people from Hell.
I trust God and I wear a motorcycle helmet
I trust God and there are enough life jackets in the boat for everyone on board
1 I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,
2 That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.
3 For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:
I trust God and I use oven mitts with really hot dishes
I trust God and I lock my house at night
Romans 9
I trust God and I have smoke detectors in my house
I trust God and I take my prescribed medicines
That’s the attitude we need to have.
I trust God and I will follow the best guidelines to share the task of flattening the curve
Acting with caution and wisdom does not indicate a lack of trust in God.
We barely ever cry for the lost anymore.
We’re dry eyed
No Tears
No Commpassion
We don’t care anymore.
We get happy if we have 30 in the services and say, “Well God is sure blessing us!”
Since when do we get satisfied with numbers.
Don’t get me wrong I love preaching to a big crowed.
the problem with numbers is people get satisfied with higher numbers.
Then they stop Soul Winning.
They say,
We have enough people in the church
We don’t need to knock on doors
We don’t need to invite anyone else to church, it’s big enough.
We simply get satisfied.
I say, “NO!”
People are going to Hell!
People are going to Hell while i’m speaking to you this morning.
Tell the dig the hole to hell story.
C. No we can’t send people to Hell, but we can let them go to Hell!
C. No we can’t send people to Hell, but we can let them go to Hell!
Closing: