Don’t Witness … Experience Judgement?????

This scripture has always irritated me.  Not because of what it says, but because of what people make it to say.  What I read in Ezekiel 33 is that God is given Ezekiel an example using the watchman.  If the watchman alerts the people, and they respond … great.  If the watchman alerts the people, and they don’t respond, the blood of the people is on their own head.  If the watchman sees the danger coming and says nothing … then, the blood of the people is on their own head.  God then tells Ezekiel that he - Ezekiel - is God’s watchman for Israel, and he better speak what God is giving him to speak.

What I tire of is what I have heard for a long time about this scripture.  People say … because of this scripture … if we do not witness to someone we fill led to witness to, then, their blood is on our head.  They say we will be held accountable by God for this negligence.  They say we will be judged for failing to obey.  My question is what will this judgement look like?  Is God going to send us to Hell for a short amount of time?  Is he going to just make us stand there and feel really bad about it for a while?  What is that???? That’s crazy!!!

So, what is the answer.  I think I’ve found it.  At least it makes sense to me.

When I have actually shared my faith, I have experienced one of the greatest joys ever … whether the person got saved or not.  Of course, a decision for salvation makes it even better, but just obeying God in evangelism brings a joy that just cannot be explained or experienced.  You have to experience it for your self.

So, in my opinion, our judgement is that we miss out on this extreme joy given by God!  We miss out on a wonderful opportunity to experience God!  We miss out on a chance to grow closer to our God!  Our judgement is immediate.

Go with God,
Donald B