THE GRAND FINALE OF WATCHMEN ON THE WALL EVENT (written May 25,
2012)
Please be advised that I did not do much editing of this blog.
Please bear with me.
It’s been three days already since this
event started. We have been loaded with a lot of rich and spiritual
information. Today’s event started with a boot camp prayer at 5amm, followed by
morning prayer from 6am till 7:am. We have a lot of great men and women of God
on the program to talk to us today. The first of the speakers were Dr. Jim Garlow,
Pastor of Skyline Wesleyan Church in San Diego and Eric Stanley, Senior legal
counsel for Alliance Defense fund. Both opened our eyes to the misconstrued
information about the separation of church and state and the non-profit clause
dating back to 1954. Dr. Jim Garlow, encouraged pastors to be bold and to stand
by the truth. He shared with us about the courageous people in both biblical
and church history. He encouraged pastors to join on the annual pulpit freedom
Sunday. The next one is October 7, 2012. He believes very strongly that the
church should not be controlled by any outside powers. He encouraged the
pastors to speak and stand by the truth without being afraid of the legal
recourse. The alliance defense fund is available to legally bail any pastor out
if they are being intimidated for speaking the biblical truth or confronting
the ills of our society.
As usual, Charles Billingsley, the worship
leader of Thomas Road Baptist Church of Lynchburg, Virginia, led in an
inspiring worship time.
Let me share with you the summation of what
the other speakers spoke about:
1. Dr. Jim Garlow of skyline Wesleyan church
in San Diego, encouraged pastors to stand for the truth on the pulpit. He
states that the pulpits of our churches in America should not be constraint
from speaking the truth.
2.
Anne Graham Lots, the daughter
of Evangelist Billy Graham shared the following with us: She read from Isaiah 21: 11. She states that time
is very important. In Matthew 16, Jesus told the religious leaders that they don’t
understand the time. She asked us to look at Matthew 24. She asserts that human
history has a beginning and human history will have an end. That is when Jesus will
come back to earth. What can we know about the end of time? She talks about the
signs of the end time tagging her message on the Matthew 24 passage. She talks
about certain categories that would point to end time. They include
·
1.spritual
category Matthew 24:5 false Christ
·
national
category verse 6
·
environment
category
·
Indifference
to god. verse 3-7-39
·
Spiritual
deception.
·
global
category 32-34
Finally
she advised all pastors to:
a.
wake
up and watch verse 42
b.
We
must be people of integrity.
c.
Preach
the word—don’t preach opinions but God's word.
3.
Rev. Doug Small spoke on the Pastor and His
Prayer Life. He indicates that the pastor must realize that we are in a battle
about the future of our nation. And we need to stand in the gap and pray for
our nation. He read from 2 kings 2
4. Bishop
Harry Jackson, Jr. spoke on The Pastor Impacting Public Policy through
Preaching. He shared with us about a message he preached on the Mother’s day in
response to President Obama’s gay marriage approval. He indicates that gay
marriage is a destruction of motherhood. He
read from Matthew 23:37.
5.
Dr. Mark Harris, the senior pastor of First
Baptist Church, Charlotte, North Carolina spoke on the Call to do something.
He
read from Nehemiah 2:17-18. Using the story of Nehemiah, he challenged pastors
to get up and do something to change our world.
Here
are some pointers in Nehemiah’s life that he wanted us to realize:
1. Nehemiah
saw the destruction. He recognized the problem and pointed it out.
2. Nehemiah
recognized the hand of God all over his life. He told the people to surrender
to the hand of god.
3. Nehemiah
led the people to seize the day. He asked them to rise and build.
Pastor
Mark Harris advised the pastors to do the following:
A.
be conspicuous.
B. is
consistent. Consistently standing firm on the word of God.
C.
be contagious. Who is the last person that is so infected by your passion for
the gospel of Jesus Christ?
Finally,
Tony Perkins, the president of Family Research Council spoke on the Commission.
He
quoted President Ronald Reagan who said that
“freedom and security goes together.” He states that it is truth that
brings freedom and it must be advanced.
Reading
from Acts 4:1-ff, he challenged pastors as follows:
·
First,
speak and proclaim the truth. He states that a watchman must proclaim the truth
even when it is unpopular. John 8:32. He quoted Dr. Adrian Rogers who once
said: “it is better to be divided by truth than to be united by error.” He
states that in john 15 Jesus warned us about hate from the world.
·
Truth
must be advanced. How to advance the truth?
A.
be bold in your witness. Verse 13.
B.
Be convincing in their acts. The disciples have the benefit of walking with Jesus
before. They have been with Jesus. We must have a prayer life. If we don’t fall on our knees in prayer we
shall end up with despair.
C.
Be undeniable in your presentation of the fact. We need to begin to minister to
the real needs of people. A child that grows up in an intact family does well.
D.
Be prayerful. We have to be powerful with our prayer acts 4:29.
He
satiates that “God is not planning an exit strategy; he plans for us to
advance.”
Toward
the end of the speech, Tony Perkins states that never again in America will a
pastor stand alone. If any pastor needs help anywhere in the US, he promised to
be there to fight for the truth.
He
states that there is a hunger for the truth of God in our world today.
At the end of his speech, he commissioned the Pastors
that have agreed to join the Watchmen on the Wall Movement. He then prayed for
everyone. It must be noted that Watchmen on the Wall was coined from Isaiah
62:6 that says: “I have posted watchmen
on your walls, O Jerusalem; they will never be silent day or night. You who
call on the LORD, give yourselves no rest,”
This event is
worthwhile. When you see the volume of spiritual heritage that this nation
inherited from its founding fathers, you will understand why some, even though
in the minority, are willing to do whatever it takes to preserve this heritage
from being destroyed. I stand by fully by this movement.
Please see some of the
pictures taken at the event here below: