Sermon Tone Analysis

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*The Responsibility of the Believer*

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*Ezekiel 3:16-21*

 

 

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.

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**A RESPONSIBILITY GIVEN*

A.   A responsibility not assumed

B.   A responsibility not to be ignored

C.   A responsibility given by God

 

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**TO WHOM THE RESPONSIBILITY IS GIVEN*

A.   Those called by God

B.   Those to whom the message is given

C.   Those who have received the spirit

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*III.

**THE BURDEN AND THE JOY OF THE RESPONSIBILITY GIVEN *

A.   Failure to sound the warning is grievous

B.   To sound the warning provides deliverance

C.   To sound the warning brings great joy