Watchmen on the Wall

For seven weeks this series has been about what God has done. This week it becomes about what we’re called to do.

In this eighth message of The Ancient Promise, Pastor Kevin Cox turns the series from doctrine to duty through the image of the watchman on the city wall. From Ezekiel 33 — the watchman’s charge to see the danger and sound the alarm. From Isaiah 62 — the intercessor who “will not keep silent” until God acts. From Psalm 122 — the pilgrim’s love for the city and the call to pray for its peace. Warn, intercede, love: the week the truth becomes a task.

Text: Ezekiel 33:1–9; Isaiah 62:1–7; Psalm 122

Key Verse: “On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have set watchmen; all the day and all the night they shall never be silent.” — Isaiah 62:6 (ESV)

In this message:

* The watchman on the wall — why seeing danger makes you responsible to speak

* Why the watchman’s first trumpet is always the gospel

* “Take no rest, and give him no rest” — the holy boldness of praying God’s promises back to Him

* Praying for the peace of Jerusalem without turning it into politics

* Why “the peace of Jerusalem” is finally the same prayer as “Come, Lord Jesus”