Pray for your Church Leadership

Ezekiel 33:1-6 (New King James Version)

1 Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 2 “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, 3 when he sees the sword coming upon the land, if he blows the trumpet and warns the people, 4 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. 5 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. 6 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.’

Chilling words.

Especially if you are among the leadership of the Reformation Lutheran Church in Wichita, Kansas.

You see, the leadership of that church were appointed "watchmen" over the congregation of their church. One of their members, while serving as an usher, was gunned down. He was a publicly outspoken abortion provider, one of the very few who practice late term abortion, which means he was in the practice of murdering children who could have survived if they were delivered instead of killed. Yes, his murder was just as deplorable as any of the murders he habitually practiced. And God will certainly not overlook the murder of the abortionist. But neither will He hold the leadership of that church harmless for their failure to act as watchmen over Dr. George Tiller's soul. Instead of warning Dr. Tiller, his pastor and elders implicitly agreed with his activities by not applying proper, scriptural, church discipline. Further, by allowing him to serve as an usher, they assuaged any guilt he might otherwise have felt, as certainly his church leadership approved of him and his profession.

Pray for your Pastor, your Elders and your Deacons.

James 3:1 (NKJV)
My brethren, let not many of you become teachers, knowing that we shall receive a stricter judgment.

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