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See Something Say Something

Pastor Erickson preaches from Ephesians 5 and Ezekiel 3, where God makes Ezekiel a watchman to warn his people, and he invites three young people from the church to share how they spoke up for their faith at a community vigil. He calls believers, especially young people, to stand for holiness and the Word of God with holy boldness and to speak up when they see something wrong.

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The message in 6 points

  1. Children of light and a watchman

    He reads Ephesians 5 on walking as children of light and reproving the works of darkness, then Ezekiel 3:17, where God makes Ezekiel a watchman to give His people warning. His title is See Something, Say Something.

    57:46

  2. People who saw something and said something

    He recalls peaceful activists in history, including Martin Luther King Jr., Helen Keller and Harriet Beecher Stowe, his distant relative, who saw wrong and refused to stay quiet. He then brings three young people forward to share what they said at a community vigil the night before about prayer, family and standing for truth.

    1:02:30

  3. Every believer is a herald

    From Romans 10 he says salvation is ignited with a call and spread by hearing. The word preacher means a herald, and he says it is not only for the pulpit: every believer filled with the Holy Ghost is called to be a witness of what God has done.

    1:31:09

  4. Ezekiel lies on his side

    God's people in exile were stubborn and mocked the prophets, so God told Ezekiel to lie on his left side 390 days and on his right side 40 more as a living warning. He obeyed through pain and scorn, and his uncomfortable obedience woke a nation until dry bones lived again.

    1:35:12

  5. A generation that will not stay silent

    He urges young people heading to college to stand on the Bible over any textbook that contradicts it. If you see a friend going down the wrong road, he says, you have to say something and be a light to your generation.

    1:38:55

  6. Unashamedly apostolic and holy

    He calls the church to take the gospel outside its four walls to a community hungry for revival, to be unashamed of holiness, and to know why they believe what they believe. He gathers young people and parents at the altar to pray for holy boldness.

    1:48:41

In his words

“Salvation is ignited with a call. I said salvation is ignited with a call. It's fueled by belief. It's sparked by hearing and it explodes by the preacher and is launched by sending.”

1:31:50

“The prophecy had a price tag. The preacher had a price tag. And it was not ease. It was not comfort, but it was anything but that. Oh, calling out unrighteousness is never going to be comfortable.”

1:38:35

“I believe this not just because my preacher preaches it. Not just because my student pastor preaches it. I believe this because I believe it.”

1:57:36

Taken word for word from the video, with punctuation added.

Scripture

He reads

Ephesians 5:6-16

6Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience. 7Be not ye therefore partakers with them. 8For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light: 9(For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;) 10Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord. 11And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. 12For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret. 13But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light. 14Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. 15See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, 16Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

King James Version.

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Ezekiel 3:17

17Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.

King James Version.

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Romans 10:13-15

13For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. 14How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? 15And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!

King James Version.

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