DO NOT EVER TAKE WARNINGS LIGHTLY
A REAL LIFE DRAMA:
The Main Story :
I had just moved into this area which was pretty new to me and so were my neighbors.
One of my neighbors got acquainted pretty fast and gave me a small brief case, for safe custody, which I did without asking any questions.
During our various interactions he confided that the property which he was holding belonged to his late Dad, who did not make a will before his demise.
The property was in his custody.
As the days passed by, slowly and steadily his sisters started asking him to share the property among them.
For reasons not known he did not oblige and stood grounds.
I knew for good, that what ever he was doing was wrong but I did not have the courage to tell him so.
Time passed by :
On a hot summer noon time, by the persuasion of the Holy Spirit I began to read the Bible and soon my eyes got riveted onto the below verses.
Ezekiel 33:1-9 (King James Version)
1Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of their coasts, and set him for their watchman:
3If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people;
4Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh not warning; if the sword come, and take him away, his blood shall be upon his own head.
5 He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his blood shall be upon him. But he that taketh warning shall deliver his soul.
6But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand.
7So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me.
8When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
9Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.
As soon as I finished reading the above Verses, I was moved by the Holy Spirit to take immediate action on that.
And in my spirit I knew exactly, to who this message was to be delivered.
I wasted no time because now I am the watchman and I do not know where the sword is and I was pretty sure that I can’t take any chance, so I practically ran out of the house and headed to my neighbors house. (In the worldly point of view, I really did not have to be so very excited about the passage I read)
On reaching his house, I was told that he had gone to the Church.
Disappointed, I came out of their house and I had a choice of direction in front of me, either to the left or to the right.
Not knowing why, in a moments time I chose the right turn and headed blindly down that lane.
Was that a miracle, that he should be walking towards me??
And there coming from the other end of the lane was none other than my neighbor.
I stopped him right in the middle of the road and started to preach him giving various real life incidences which had happened in my life.
Based on the below references:
The Ten Commandments Ex. 20.1-17
19 Neither shalt thou steal
21 Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbor's wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbor's house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbor's.
11 Ye shall not steal neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
12 And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.
13 Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbor, neither rob him:
After explaining all this and hoping that he would have felt ashamed for having been stubbornly lusting for others wealth, I persuaded him to share the property with his sisters amicably. But what happened???
Stony heart and deafened ears
After almost an hours time of preaching all this to him, he told me that some how his sisters have found out that the documents of the property is with him.
Suddenly he asked me: “do you remember the brief case which I had given to you, on your arrival?? Please give that back to me, the documents of the property is in that brief case and I have to safe guard them from my sister’s hands”
My God My God, how stony the heart of man is and how deaf are his ears and how much does he lust for others wealth.
I had spoken with fear of the Holy Lord, filled with the fire of the Holy Spirit I spoke, but yet he was so numb to understand what he was doing because he was under the bondage of the Power of Darkness and he was not willing to invite the Power of the true light to shine in his life.
Shocked to the core and with a very sad heart I went back home.
Many of the following passages from the Bible kept ringing in my mind.
Mathew 11.15 He, who has ears, let him hear.
Revelation 22. 11 He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.
12 And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.
13 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.
14 Blessed are they that do his commandments that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
Nah 1:2 God [is] jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and [is] furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth [wrath] for his enemies
The next day as usual in the morning I left for my office. On the way I saw my neighbor watering the plants fully immersed in his gardening.
Back home that evening, I had my usual bath and was about to relax when I heart the door bell ring.
When I opened the door, there stood another neighbor whose face was terror struck.
I quickly let her in and anxiously waited to listen to what she had to say.
She was gasping for breath and went on to say that “He is no more” I asked who?? And she pronounced my neighbor’s name with great difficulty as she was still gasping.
I couldn’t believe my ears but she said that it was true and that he had gone for a prayer meeting where he had collapsed and was rushed to the hospital where he was declared dead.
I rushed to that particular hospital and found most of our neighbors and his relatives waiting for the body.
While all of them were waiting, at the far end of the building through a chink of the curtain, my eyes picked up something which resembled like his shoes.
Without telling anyone I rushed into that room and flung the curtain aside to see him lying on the table, his eyes still opened.
I cried bitterly and closed his eyes.
Oh how fast came the judgment, I asked “Lord is this why you asked me to warn him ???”
refuse to conform to the world so that you will enjoy true blessing:
Psalm 128
A song of ascents.
1 Blessed are all who fear the LORD, who walk in his ways.
2 You will eat the fruit of your labor; blessings and prosperity will be yours.
3 Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house;
your sons will be like olive shoots around your table.
4 Thus is the man blessed who fears the LORD.
5 May the LORD bless you from Zion all the days of your life;
may you see the prosperity of Jerusalem,
6 and may you live to see your children's children.
Peace be upon Israel.
Dear Friend please send this true life witness to your loved ones so that they will not lust for others possessions and positions so as to avoid the wrath of the Lord Almighty.
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