TREASURES FROM GOD’S WORD

• “The Watchman’s Heavy Responsibility”: (10 min.)

  • Eze 33:7​—Jehovah appointed Ezekiel as a watchman (it-2 1172 ¶2)

  • Eze 33:8, 9​—The watchman avoided bloodguilt by sounding the warning (w88 1/1 28 ¶13)

  • Eze 33:11, 14-16​—Jehovah will preserve alive those who heed the warning (w12 3/15 15 ¶3)

Literal watchmen were often stationed on the city walls and towers to warn of approaching danger. Jehovah appointed Ezekiel as a figurative “watchman to the house of Israel.”

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  33:7

  Ezekiel warned Israel that execution would come upon them if they did not turn away from their bad ways

  What message from Jehovah do we proclaim today?

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  33:9, 14-16

  By sounding the warning, Ezekiel could save his life and the lives of others

  What should motivate us to proclaim the urgent message that Jehovah has entrusted to us?