A man stands at the entrance of a road. He knows a few hundred yards beyond the entrance is a fallen bridge taken out by flash flood waters. He has seen it. The approaching travelers have not. He waves his arms. He gets the driver’s attention. The driver rolls down his window and curiously observes the unkempt insane looking man. The man explains what he has witnessed, yet the driver acts indignant. “I’ve traveled this road a thousand times and the bridge has always been fine, even in the worst of weather.” The driver chooses his experience over intervention. What danger lies ahead? What truth is there in what the desperate man has said? He can trust the man’s words or he can stubbornly continue, putting his family in unnecessary jeopardy. And this is no different than what was described to an Old Testament prophet by the name of Ezekiel. God sent the prayerful, astute prophet to the idolatrous nation of Israel with a warning.

When 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.

Nevertheless, 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.
Ezekiel 33:8-9

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