Chronicles of a Watchman by Dr. James P. Norman Jr.

Church is the beauty of holiness I Chronicles 16:29 - give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name bring him an offering and come before him; Worship the Lord in the beauty of Holiness. Psalms 29:2 - Christians are commanded to be perfect in Holiness in body and spirit. such as possible in Christ. God is spoken of as being glorious in holiness. His throne is called one of holiness. Ministers Should Be Holy   Avoid everything inconsistent with Leviticus 21:6 and Isaiah 52:11 Leviticus. 21:6 - profane means to show irreverence, blaspheme, and to disrespect the name of God by sinning  Isaiah 52:11 - Be ye clean, you who bear the vessels of the Lord. Be Examples of Holiness I Timothy 4:11-12 - Once again a example of charity in spirit , in faith, and purity. Exhort to Holiness Heb. 12:14 meaning to follow /to pursue /chase seek after/follow closely Luke 21:19 - In your patience possess ye your souls. Possess your Possessions  Obadiah is about both Deliverance and ...

The Power of Pastors Pastors have eminence power to represent God. Pastors stand in the gap between God and man.  Jesus is the truth about God, and Jesus is the power of God to man.  God has given to man the power to man war on the enemies of the church. There is always a band of evil warriors willing to divide the church on issues no matter small or large ( Eph. 16:1-24; 1 Tim. 5:17; Eph. 1:1-23; Ezk. 30). As churches we really only have one direction to take, that is to go back to the  standards which are holiness, righteousness, and sanctification. If we don’t go back to God’s plan we can’t go forward and develop the church to meet the attacks developed by Satan (while for this modern world).  As church leaders we have authority to see into the church and must believe that we are involved in Spiritual Warfare. The very morals of the church have been invaded by immoral satanic spirits. We need to change from material, and look to arming the saints for th...