Watchman - What Of The Darkness? - video Dailymotion

Chartridge Mission Church

#Watchman #Darkness #Jesus #Sermon #Ezekiel #EndTimes #Isaiah #PeterEvans #Christian #God #ChartridgeMissionChurch #chesham #thefriendliestfellowship #LearningTheBibleTogether  Peter Evans brings us a compelling end-times sermon based on the Watchman mentioned in the Bible. Peter focuses on the modern-day need for faithful watchmen to warn of the dangers of the end times. Exploring the darkness of days past and present, Peter analyses the capabilities that a watchman needs to warn others of the need for salvation found only in Christ Jesus.  Peter Evans YouTube Playlist:  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeLtfVhcCUFtN0dfTkQeH5BCEYRxB0_ta  Chartridge Mission Church, a beacon of faith, was founded in 1844 and remains in the village of Chartridge, just outside Chesham, in the picturesque Chiltern Hills of Buckinghamshire, England, UK.  We are a warm and welcoming fellowship and would be delighted to have you visit us in person. Join us for our Sunday service at 6 pm, followed by refreshments.   Our Church is fully accessible, with wheelchair ramps and an accessible toilet, ensuring everyone can participate in our services.     Chartridge Mission Church, Chapel Lane, Chartridge, Chesham, Buckinghamshire, HP5 2TH  The village Church with an international audience.  Support our work at Chartridge Mission Church:  Donations via Stewardship.org.uk:    https://www.stewardship.org.uk/partners/20005300    Cheques can be made payable to Chartridge Mission Church and sent to the above address for the attention of Pastor Barry Kempson.   Recorded on Sunday, 15th February 2026.     Join us for our Sunday service at 6 pm.  www.Chartridge.UK   The Friendliest Fellowship.

Transcript

00:00When end life's transiting, when death's cold side stream, shall o'er meet all?

00:12Bless, Saviour, then in love, fear and distrust remove.

00:20Open ye, Saviour, by her ransomed soul.

00:26Well, welcome to our meeting tonight at Charteridge in the name of the Lord Jesus.

00:32We'll start with some words from Psalm number 145 as a call to worship and just a reminder of just

00:40how good and how great our God is.

00:43I will extol you, O my God, O King. I will bless your name forever.

00:50Every day I will bless you and I will praise your name forever and ever.

00:56Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised, and his greatness is unsearchable.

01:04One generation shall praise your works to another and declare your mighty acts.

01:11I will meditate on your glorious splendour and your majesty, and in your wondrous works.

01:19Men will speak of your might and your awesome acts, and I will declare your greatness.

01:27They shall utter the memory of your great goodness, and I shall sing of your righteousness.

01:35The Lord is gracious and full of compassion, slow to anger, and great in mercy.

01:43The Lord is good to all, and his tender mercies are over all his works.

01:50Starting to read at verse 1.

01:53Again the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

01:57Son of man, speak to the children of your people, and say to them,

02:04When I bring the sword upon this land, and the people of the land take a man from their territory,

02:10and they make him their watchman,

02:13When he sees the sword coming upon the land,

02:17If he blows the trumpet and warns the people,

02:21Then whoever hears the sound of the trumpet,

02:24And does not take him away,

02:26His blood shall be upon his own head.

02:30He heard the sound of the trumpet,

02:33But he did not take the warning,

02:36His blood shall be upon himself.

02:39But he who takes the warning will save his life.

02:44But if the watchman sees the sword coming,

02:47And does not blow the trumpet,

02:49And the people are not warned,

02:52And the sword comes and takes away any person from amongst them,

02:56He has taken away his iniquity,

02:59But his blood shall be required of the watchman's hand.

03:04So you, O son of man,

03:06I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel.

03:11Therefore you shall hear the word from my mouth,

03:13And warn them for me.

03:16When I say to the wicked,

03:19O wicked man,

03:20You shall surely die,

03:22And you do not speak a warning to the wicked from his way.

03:26That wicked man shall die in his iniquity,

03:29But his blood will be required at your hand.

03:34Nevertheless,

03:35You warn the wicked to turn away,

03:38And he does not hear,

03:40He does not turn from his way.

03:43He shall die in his iniquity,

03:46But you have delivered your soul.

03:49Therefore you, O son of man,

03:52Say to the house of Israel,

03:55Thus you say,

03:56If our transgressions and our sins lie upon us,

04:02And we pine away in them,

04:04How can we then live?

04:07Say to them,

04:08As I live, says the Lord God,

04:10I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked,

04:13But that the wicked turn away from his way and live,

04:18Turn from your evil ways.

04:20Why should you die, O house of Israel?

04:23If we turn now to Isaiah chapter 21,

04:29We'll just read in verses 11 and 12,

04:33The burden against Juma,

04:35He who calls out to me of Seir,

04:38Watchman, what of the night?

04:41Watchman, what of the night?

04:44And the watchman said,

04:46The morning comes, but also the night.

04:50If you will inquire, inquire.

04:53Return, come back.

04:57Well, the parable of the watchman and Ezekiel,

05:01Or certainly its message,

05:02Is, I would imagine, quite familiar to us.

05:05I find it uncomfortable reading.

05:08I'm not an evangelist,

05:10And most of you are far more qualified

05:11To speak on it than I am.

05:14But it is a message that remains as ever

05:19Relevant to us at the moment,

05:22And throughout all time.

05:24But I'd like to take it in more,

05:27In the context of this little bit from Isaiah.

05:33Because here,

05:35The people of Edom,

05:36Who were no friends of Israel,

05:39No friends of the Jewish people,

05:42Have cried out,

05:43And certainly that,

05:44Whether they've actually gone to Isaiah,

05:46Or Isaiah has heard that cry.

05:50And he,

05:51He has this word for them.

05:56The darkness,

05:58The night that they face,

06:00We think is the Assyrian

06:02Captivity,

06:03The Assyrian

06:06Invasion of that,

06:07Of their land.

06:09The morning,

06:10The brief morning,

06:11Is the gap between that,

06:13And the Babylonian conquest,

06:15That followed it,

06:16Which of course was worse.

06:18So that's the second night.

06:20They're crying out,

06:21When is this oppression,

06:23When is this violence,

06:24Going to end?

06:26So people,

06:28Who have no,

06:31No love,

06:32Of the,

06:33Of Isaiah's people,

06:35Have actually gone to him,

06:37And have requested,

06:38And said,

06:38Watchman,

06:39Can you make sense of this?

06:42Which is,

06:43Perhaps,

06:46More than,

06:47The role of the watchman,

06:49That we see in Ezekiel,

06:50Where the watchman,

06:51Just has to go to the people.

06:53Here,

06:54The people have come,

06:55To the watchman.

06:57And,

06:58Of course,

06:58The message ultimately,

06:59Remains the same.

07:01Return,

07:02Repent,

07:03Of your sin,

07:04Come back to God.

07:06Well,

07:07We'll think about,

07:08The bit,

07:09Isaiah,

07:11In a moment.

07:13But,

07:14We'll go back to,

07:15To Ezekiel first of all,

07:16And just remind ourselves,

07:18Of the basic,

07:19What a watchman is,

07:20And what our role is.

07:22But in our time,

07:26Although there's a,

07:27In the mainstream media,

07:30In perhaps society,

07:31Generally,

07:32There's a complete denial of God,

07:35A complete atheism,

07:37There's a sense of,

07:39There's a sense of,

07:39Escapism,

07:41Hedonism,

07:42And just,

07:43A trivia.

07:46But,

07:47Beyond that,

07:49Many thinking people,

07:50Are asking that question.

07:52Watchman,

07:53What of the night?

07:55Why is the world,

07:57So wicked?

07:58Why are these things,

08:00Going on?

08:02And to every,

08:03Probably,

08:04Many of us,

08:05Will have,

08:06Just that comment,

08:07Given to us.

08:08People who are not,

08:10Have no love of the Lord,

08:11But will make remarks,

08:13Which open up a conversation.

08:16Maybe just when we're,

08:17Next to them in a queue somewhere,

08:19Or just passing.

08:22And say,

08:23How do you feel about this?

08:25I'm so,

08:26Or I'm so afraid,

08:27I'm so worried.

08:29Those sort of comments,

08:31Come out.

08:33But also,

08:34We do have signs,

08:35Like what we're calling,

08:36The quiet revival,

08:37Where there appears to be,

08:39Quite a number of young people,

08:40Particularly young men,

08:42Who are,

08:42Are actively seeking,

08:44And even turning to the church,

08:46At this time.

08:49So that question,

08:50Which has been asked,

08:51Down the ages,

08:52Is still as poignant today.

08:55Watchman,

08:56What of the night?

08:57Why is this happening?

08:59Anyway,

09:00Let's go to,

09:01Ezekiel first of all,

09:05And I think of perhaps,

09:07The basics,

09:08Of what it means,

09:09To be a watchman.

09:11Well first of all,

09:13The watchman has a great,

09:14Position of responsibility,

09:16Position of responsibility,

09:17And trust.

09:18The safety of the people,

09:21Is invested in him.

09:25It's a,

09:26A great responsibility,

09:29To carry.

09:33The believer,

09:35Even if you might not,

09:37Be called to be an evangelist,

09:38Or a prophet,

09:39Is always a witness.

09:42The Lord has commanded us,

09:44To watch,

09:44And to pray,

09:45And to be vigilant,

09:47And to share the gospel,

09:49With,

09:49With those around us.

09:53We carry that trust,

09:56That responsibility,

09:57From the Lord.

10:00We will account for him,

10:02To how we used our time,

10:04And what we did,

10:05In those circumstances.

10:08So it's a position,

10:09Of great responsibility.

10:12The watchman has a viewpoint,

10:15He has an elevated position,

10:18Normally it would be a tower,

10:20In this sort of circumstance,

10:23On the city walls,

10:25There would be a,

10:25There would be high point,

10:27There would be watch towers,

10:29And the watchman is looking out,

10:31Or he is far higher,

10:34Than those on the ground,

10:36But he is focused outwards,

10:38He is focused on the distance,

10:42He is looking out,

10:43From an elevated viewpoint,

10:46A view that,

10:47He has a view,

10:48That others don't have.

10:50And for the,

10:51It's limited,

10:52It's not a satellite view,

10:55But it's further than those around him,

10:57Can see.

11:00The believer,

11:28The believer,

11:31In a way that those around,

11:33Those unsaved,

11:34Do not have.

11:37It may,

11:38Our knowledge,

11:39May be very limited,

11:41But it is far,

11:43Far greater,

11:44Than that of the unbeliever.

11:47And we can see,

11:48The need of salvation,

11:50We can see the danger,

11:51Far off,

11:52That others are,

11:53Are in denial of.

11:57They do not know,

11:58They do not know,

11:58Where their lives are headed,

11:59Or where they are going.

12:01And we can see,

12:03And know,

12:05What their ultimate end is.

12:09The watchman,

12:11The watchman requires stamina,

12:13Those long,

12:15Lonely watches of the night,

12:19The need for concentration,

12:23The need to overcome boredom,

12:26The need to remain alert,

12:29To remain vigilant,

12:31When nothing appears to be happening.

12:35The watchman needs stamina.

12:39The believer,

12:40Say needs stamina,

12:41We would probably call it faithfulness,

12:43Is a better word.

12:46The ability to keep going.

12:50The ability to overcome,

12:55Disillusionment,

12:57Difficulties,

12:59The ability to keep,

13:03Focused,

13:04On the Lord's things,

13:06To keep focused,

13:08On our,

13:09His calling upon our lives,

13:12Amid all the other pressures.

13:15So much of the New Testament,

13:17Is really encouragement,

13:18To do that,

13:20Much in the letters,

13:22Is really that sense,

13:23Where those,

13:24Those young,

13:25Early Christians,

13:26Were facing persecution,

13:27Facing all sorts of difficulties,

13:29So much encouragement,

13:31Is to keep faithful,

13:32To keep focused,

13:34On the Lord,

13:36And on His calling upon our lives.

13:38The watchman,

13:40Requires stamina,

13:42The watchman,

13:45Require,

13:46Has an urgent message,

13:49When he sees danger,

13:51He has to respond,

13:53Immediately,

13:54Or those lives,

13:56Or those lives,

13:56Could be saved,

13:58Or lost,

13:59Within,

14:00A relatively short period of time,

14:03When he,

14:04He has the message,

14:06He has to take it,

14:07He has to deliver it,

14:10As quickly as possible,

14:13The gospel,

14:14The gospel remains,

14:15An urgent message,

14:20For some,

14:21We always live with that factor,

14:22For some,

14:24Tonight,

14:25For some in Chesham,

14:27Someone,

14:27Tonight will be the last chance,

14:29They ever have,

14:30To turn to the Lord,

14:33Their life will be required of them,

14:36And maybe,

14:38A particular time,

14:40Where you have to witness to somebody,

14:42To just be with them,

14:43Maybe the last,

14:44And we,

14:44I'm sure we've all been in those situations,

14:48Where we just had a casual conversation,

14:51An expectancy,

14:53To perhaps see that person again,

14:55Perhaps many times,

14:56Or to continue conversations,

14:59And that it doesn't happen,

15:01Their life is taken,

15:02Or circumstances change,

15:04That there is never another opportunity,

15:09To make the most of those opportunities,

15:12To be urgent,

15:16One of the,

15:17Perhaps the downsides,

15:19Of what we might call,

15:21Soft evangelism,

15:22Friendship evangelism,

15:25Is we can lose that edge,

15:27That sense of urgency,

15:29The idea that we have got tomorrow,

15:34When the only time,

15:35That the Lord has given us,

15:36Is now,

15:37We do not know,

15:38That we have tomorrow,

15:40We do not know,

15:41Whether he will return,

15:42Or whether our lives,

15:44Will be required of us,

15:46The watchman,

15:48Has an urgent message,

15:51The watchman,

15:53Is responsible,

15:55For delivering the message,

15:56Not for its response,

15:58To of course,

15:58Is the key message,

16:00Of this parable,

16:03The watchman,

16:04Just has the responsibility,

16:06To share,

16:06What he has seen,

16:08If people do not,

16:09Respond to it,

16:10Then that is not,

16:11His responsibility,

16:13He will not account for that,

16:16We are called,

16:17To be witnesses,

16:20It is not our responsibility,

16:23For how people respond,

16:25To what we might share with them,

16:27If we have shared it,

16:29Truthfully,

16:30And in the Lord's way,

16:33So there is that responsibility,

16:35To leave,

16:36To know where to leave things,

16:38With the Lord,

16:41That we have shared,

16:42What we have got to share,

16:46It is the Holy Spirit's job,

16:47To take it from there,

16:50The watchman,

16:51The watchman,

16:52Delivers an uncomfortable,

16:55Message,

16:56That may,

16:57Be rejected,

17:00We do not be,

17:02Want to be,

17:03Awakened from our sleep,

17:04We do not want,

17:05Our comfort to be disturbed,

17:07We do not want,

17:08Our complacency,

17:09To be challenged,

17:11We do not want,

17:13Or the unbeliever,

17:15Does not want,

17:15Their self-righteousness,

17:16Righteousness questioned,

17:21The unbeliever,

17:23Does not want,

17:24To be told,

17:26That they need a saviour,

17:27And that they are a sinner,

17:29It is far more comfortable,

17:31To live with,

17:33Our own,

17:35Self-confidence,

17:36Self-righteousness,

17:38And not to,

17:39Question things too deeply,

17:42The gospel to us,

17:44Is good news,

17:45It is wonderful,

17:46Wonderful news,

17:48To the unbeliever,

17:49That is not always the case,

17:53Say,

17:54We do not want,

17:55The challenge it brings,

17:58Do not want,

17:59Probably a changed lifestyle,

18:04Do not want,

18:05To acknowledge,

18:06That they need Christ,

18:08And that in him,

18:10And him alone,

18:11True righteousness,

18:12And true salvation,

18:13Can be found,

18:18The watchman,

18:19Has an uncomfortable,

18:21Message,

18:22That may be rejected,

18:23But the final,

18:25And perhaps the wonderful thing,

18:26Of what is,

18:27Not a comfortable,

18:32Passage really,

18:33In some ways,

18:34Is,

18:35Is of course,

18:36At the end,

18:37We come back,

18:37To that great truth,

18:39The Lord,

18:40The Lord,

18:41The Lord,

18:41Has no pleasure,

18:42In the death,

18:42Of the wicked,

18:44Which I think,

18:45Sometimes we do,

18:46It is,

18:47The Lord's desire,

18:49That all men,

18:50Come to salvation,

18:52Of course,

18:52Says in,

18:53One Peter,

18:54That the Lord,

18:55Is not slack,

18:56Concerning his promises,

18:59But he,

19:00He desires,

19:02All men,

19:02Come to salvation,

19:05All come,

19:06All men,

19:06Come to the knowledge,

19:07Of the truth,

19:09That is always,

19:10The heart of God,

19:17Sadly,

19:18It does not always,

19:19Get a good response,

19:20Because we,

19:21We were discussing,

19:22Or Barry was discussing,

19:23Brought to us,

19:24A few weeks back,

19:26About,

19:26Vladimir Putin,

19:28Do we pray,

19:29Do we hope,

19:30For his salvation,

19:35That the Lord's,

19:36Heart is always,

19:38That men,

19:39Come to salvation,

19:41And not,

19:42He has no delight,

19:44In the death,

19:44Of the wicked,

19:47He wants them,

19:48To repent,

19:49Of course,

19:50As we come on to,

19:51That passage in Isaiah,

19:52That is so key,

19:54To what is happening there,

19:56The message there,

19:58Very much is,

19:59If you want to end,

20:00In the darkness,

20:02Then you have to,

20:04Return to the Lord,

20:05You have to repent,

20:06So let's,

20:08Come on to that,

20:09Ezekiel was witnessing,

20:11Basically,

20:12To his own people,

20:14Isaiah,

20:15And Jeremiah as well,

20:17Were prophets,

20:17To the nations,

20:19Of course we find,

20:20In their messages,

20:21That they go,

20:22Far beyond,

20:25Just the people,

20:27Of Israel,

20:28It's called,

20:29The burden against,

20:30Juma,

20:31Juma,

20:33Also,

20:34As a,

20:34A word that means,

20:35Silent,

20:36Or,

20:37A forsaken place,

20:39Almost an abandoned place,

20:41Which ultimately,

20:42Which ultimately,

20:42Was the end,

20:44Of the people,

20:45Of Edom,

20:47They did not,

20:48Have a great future,

20:51Just a reminder,

20:52Perhaps to all of us,

20:54But they,

20:55They have this cry,

20:56Or Isaiah,

20:57Hears this cry,

21:00From them,

21:01Watchman,

21:01What of the night,

21:04And perhaps,

21:05First of all,

21:06It's worth remembering,

21:08That we need to also,

21:10Live the gospel,

21:12Demonstrate the gospel,

21:15Because,

21:17For the people of Judah,

21:18Not Israel,

21:19But the northern kingdom,

21:22But the people of Judah,

21:23Were of course,

21:23Also faced with,

21:25The Syrian army,

21:27They surrounded the country,

21:28Or surrounded Jerusalem,

21:29And we have this scene,

21:32Where this arrogant commander,

21:35Sends this scroll,

21:37Of his demands,

21:38His demands for,

21:40Surrender,

21:41To King Hezekiah,

21:42Because Isaiah was very involved,

21:44With that,

21:46And,

21:47King Hezekiah,

21:49Goes to the temple,

21:50Of the Lord,

21:51And he,

21:52Puts this scroll out,

21:53Before the altar of the Lord,

21:55And he pleads,

21:56And he prays,

21:58That the Lord will,

22:00Save him,

22:02And save his nation,

22:03And the Lord worked a miracle,

22:06And,

22:08The Assyrian army,

22:09Just ran away,

22:12And there,

22:13You had this little area,

22:15Around Judah,

22:17That wasn't a part of their empire,

22:21Because Judah as well,

22:23Fell to the Babylonians,

22:24So maybe,

22:27The people of,

22:28Of Edom,

22:31Have looked at this,

22:33Have seen this,

22:34And therefore they made this request,

22:36Of Isaiah,

22:37Why have we got this oppression?

22:40When's it going to end?

22:42When's it going to end?

22:47So the need,

22:48Perhaps to be able,

22:50To have integrity,

22:51To start with,

22:53That we,

22:53We can live the gospel,

22:55The message is,

22:57You need to repent,

22:58You need to turn to the Lord,

23:00And that is what they have done,

23:02That's what King Hezekiah,

23:04Had done,

23:04That is what Isaiah,

23:06Had encouraged him to do,

23:09And that is what has happened,

23:11So they lived the gospel,

23:14The other thing here,

23:16Is that false hope,

23:21Where he,

23:24Isiah says,

23:26Well the morning will come,

23:27This oppression will end,

23:29But another one's coming,

23:31A worse one,

23:32It's not really an answer,

23:35And the danger of false dawns,

23:37The danger of making,

23:39False promises really,

23:41There is only one way,

23:44For salvation,

23:46And that was for the people of Edom,

23:48To turn to the Lord,

23:51Return,

23:51O come back,

23:54Repent,

23:57Yes,

23:58One lot of darkness will end,

24:01The Assyrian oppression,

24:02The Assyrian captivity will end,

24:05But there will be another one,

24:06There will be a worse one,

24:08Following it,

24:09There will be another night,

24:16So the danger we have,

24:18Or people have,

24:20In false dawns,

24:23In a daylight coming,

24:26But it won't last,

24:27So Isaiah says,

24:29If you will inquire,

24:30Then the answer is,

24:32Return,

24:32Or repent,

24:34Come back,

24:35Come back to the Lord,

24:40That cry,

24:42Of the people of Edom,

24:45Has echoed down the centuries,

24:49Countless generations of people,

24:51Have cried out,

24:52Why is this happening?

24:54Why is there this violence?

24:56Why is there this oppression?

24:58Why is there this cruelty?

25:00Why is the world a wicked place?

25:07It has been a cry of mankind,

25:11Of humanity,

25:13Down the ages,

25:14It is still a cry today,

25:17The answer remains the same,

25:22If you will inquire,

25:24If you want to know the answer,

25:26Turn to the Lord,

25:28Repent,

25:30Turn to the Lord,

25:32That will end the darkness,

25:35That will bring true daylight,

25:38To your lives,

25:42So what,

25:43When we hear that watchman,

25:46What of the darkness?

25:49Have you got the answer ready?

25:51My faith looks up to Thee,

25:56Thou Lamb of Calvary,

26:00Saviour divine,

26:04Now hear me while I pray,

26:08Take all my guilt away,

26:12Oh, let me from this day

26:15Be holy thine,

26:19May thy rich grace impart

26:23Strength to my fainting heart

26:27My zealous fire

26:31As thou hast died for me

26:35Oh, may my love to Thee

26:39Pure, warm, and changeless be

26:42The living fire

26:46While I stalk, may thy tread

26:51And griefs around me spread

26:55Be thou my guide

26:59Bid darkness turn today

27:03Wipe sorrow's tears away

27:07Nor ever let me stray

27:11From Thee aside

27:14When end lives transiting

27:19When death's cold side stream

27:23Shall o'er meet all

27:27Bless, Saviour, then in love

27:31Fear and distrust remove

27:35Open, be safe above

27:39Her ransomed soul

27:42Brick, burn, and worship

27:45In the message booth

27:45Hudrás, reasonome o'eráp

Watchman - What Of The Darkness?

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