Ezekiel 3:18-21 (ESV)
If I say to the wicked, ‘You shall surely die,’ and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, in order to save his life, that wicked person shall die for his iniquity, but his blood I will require at your hand. But if you warn the wicked, and he does not turn from his wickedness, or from his wicked way, he shall die for his iniquity, but you will have delivered your soul. Again, if a righteous person turns from his righteousness and commits injustice, and I lay a stumbling block before him, he shall die. Because you have not warned him, he shall die for his sin, and his righteous deeds that he has done shall not be remembered, but his blood I will require at your hand. But if you warn the righteous person not to sin, and he does not sin, he shall surely live, because he took warning, and you will have delivered your soul.”
This is a pretty simple truth to understand but very difficult to apply to one’s life. In the first six chapters of Ezekiel, the prophet is being given his marching orders; his mission. He is to go to the house of Israel and proclaim sudden destruction upon them. They might reject him, yes, but his role is to speak truth, no matter their response. If he does not speak truth, that will be on him. If he speaks truth and they don’t listen, it will be on them. That is the principle we are to follow in service for the King. We are to speak truth to the world and allow God to work. We are not to worry about their response. We are to worry about our delivery of the message. God will produce the outcome. We are the messengers. Our faithfulness to God is in the delivery, not the outcome.
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