I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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Hello, happy Sabbath.
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Welcome to 3ABN Family Worship.
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We're so glad that
you our 3ABN family
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are joining the rest
of us around this table.
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I'm Shelley Quinn.
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I'm JD Quinn, and our family,
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Tim and Ricky are
joining us this Sabbath.
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And we're so
much looking forward
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to sharing this time with you.
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This is a good
topic, Shelley. Yes, it is.
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And let me just go ahead
and tell you what our topic is,
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because it is a
little different.
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It's called Benefits of Fear.
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So you wanna stay tuned.
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Amen. Let's have a prayer.
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Father, as we come
before you this Sabbath.
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We just wanna thank
you, Lord, for life itself.
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Father, just be with us
as we go through this topic.
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I know this is something, Lord,
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that we're all
wanting to learn more about.
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Take care of us,
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put Your hedge
of protection around
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each one of us, Lord.
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We give You praise
and glory in Jesus' name.
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Amen. Amen.
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You know, I just
have to tell you that
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when I was putting
this syllabus together,
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I intended to do
this on, do not fear.
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And all of a sudden,
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the Lord just took me
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in a completely
different direction.
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Rational fear is a bad thing.
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It can ruin our life.
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It leads to tension
and worry and anxiety,
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which can lead
to procrastination
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and inaction.
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But there is a
good kind of fear.
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God gave us a natural instinct
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that we would protect
ourselves against danger.
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And we're gonna be talking about
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the good kind of fear tonight,
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because do you
remember your children,
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when you told them
don't touch the stove,
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it's hot, burn the baby.
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What did it take
for them to learn that?
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Some of them had actually...
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Touched the stove? Right, right.
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Yeah. And so...
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But once they touched the stove,
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what's instilled in their heart,
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the fear of being burned.
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So fear is a good
thing when it causes us
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to take appropriate caution.
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And that's what you know
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we're trying to
teach our children
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'cause children can
be just nearly fearless.
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So, Ricky, why
don't you start us off?
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We're going to
read in Psalm 55:3-5
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shows us David's
natural reaction to fear.
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Yes.
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Psalms 55:3-5 says,
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"Because of the
voice of the enemy,
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because of the
oppression of the wicked,
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for they bring
down trouble upon me
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and in wrath, they hate me.
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My heart is
severely pained within me
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and the terrors of
death have fallen upon me.
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Fearfulness and
trembling have come upon me
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and horror has overwhelmed me."
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Oh, you read that well.
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So we see that there
is this natural instinct
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when we're
surrounded by trouble,
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fear is totally natural.
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But, Tim, how did
David handle his fear?
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Just a few verses
later in Psalm 55:16-19.
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He says, "As for
me, I will call upon God
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and the Lord shall save me,
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evening and morning and at noon
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I will pray and cry aloud,
and He shall hear my voice.
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He has redeemed my soul in peace
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from the battle
that was against me,
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for there were many against me.
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God will hear and afflict them,
even He who abides from of old.
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Selah, because
they do not change,
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therefore they do not fear God."
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Okay.
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So this is just an example
and what we're doing right now,
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I am going to set
some things up here
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before we get into our study.
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And what I mean is,
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if we're talking
about the benefits of fear,
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I know that if we
don't mention this,
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as some of you are
going to write to me and say,
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but the Lord says "Fear not."
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So there is a
common biblical theme
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where God says,
"Don't fear, man.
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Just realize I'm your
source and your sufficiency."
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So let's look at a
couple of those very quickly.
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Genesis 15:1, God says,
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"Fear not, I'm your shield,
your exceedingly great reward."
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Exodus 14:13-14.
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He says, "Fear not, the
Lord will fight for you."
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Isaiah 41:10.
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He says, "Fear not,
I will strengthen you.
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Yes, I will help you.
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I will uphold you with
My righteous right hand."
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Joshua 1:9.
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He says, "Fear not,
for the Lord your God
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is with you wherever you go."
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And, JD, why don't
you read Isaiah 43?
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1-3, "Fear not, for
I have redeemed you.
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I have called you by
your name, You are mine.
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When you pass
through the waters,
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I will be with you
and through the rivers,
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they shall not overflow you.
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And when you
walk through the fire,
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you shall not be burned
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nor shall the flames scorch you,
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for I am the Lord, your God,
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the Holy One of
Israel, your Savior."
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That's one of my
favorite scriptures.
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Mine too. Amen.
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And in John 14:27, Jesus
said, "Peace I leave with you.
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My peace I given unto you,
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not as the world
gives, give I to you."
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He says, "Let not
your heart be troubled.
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Don't be afraid."
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So yes, there is this command
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fear not from the Lord,
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but what does that command mean?
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What do you think?
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Do you think that
God is saying that
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we're gonna be completely
over the emotion of fear,
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this instinctive fear.
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No, we're still gonna have
that kind of panic at times.
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But He wants us to
trust in His promises.
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Amen.
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So it's basically
He's regulating it.
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I mean, He's telling
these people, don't panic.
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When you get there,
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just remember that
I am your sufficiency.
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Ricky, what does...
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Now we're gonna
get into our study.
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Read Jesus' words
from Matthew 10:28.
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"And do not fear
those who kill the body,
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but cannot kill the soul.
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But rather fear him
who is able to destroy
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both soul and body in hell."
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Okay. Have you heard?
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And I think I've said it myself.
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When we talk
about fearing the Lord,
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we say, oh, this
isn't a knee knocking fear.
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This is
reverence and awe for God.
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And that is true.
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But there is an element of fear
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like you would fear a parent.
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Sure. Did you fear your father?
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Oh, yes. Yes. Okay.
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Did your father love
you? Oh, yes. He sure did.
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Do you think that
what he told you not to do
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was for your own benefit?
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Absolutely. True.
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And what happened
when you didn't do it?
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I think we all know.
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We all know what
happened. All right.
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So the reason we say that
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we "fear a parent"
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is because there is an
expectancy of obedience.
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We are submitting to that parent
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and you know what?
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That's what God wants too.
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I found some ancient literature,
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Near Eastern literature
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that was talking about
loyalty, covenant loyalty.
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And we're all in
covenant relationship
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with the Lord.
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And you know how they
expressed covenant loyalty?
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Fear and love.
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We're supposed to love God,
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but we are supposed to fear God
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in that we reverently,
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humbly submit to His authority.
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So what do you think?
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Let's give a definition.
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Jump in here, anybody.
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What does it
mean to fear the Lord?
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Well, I've always heard that
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one of the definition
would be we're in awe of Him.
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So
consequently, we reverent Him.
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Reverence? Okay.
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And submit to Him.
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Submit to Him.
That's a biggy one.
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So why do we
submit to His authority?
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You wanna have respect
for God, respect for His laws,
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even I would say, submit that,
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even having a
dread of offending Him.
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Oh, that's good.
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You just, it should
just and to abhor evil,
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I think it's something
else that would be part of this,
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definition of
the fear of the Lord.
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Amen.
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And, of course, to honor Him.
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If He's our creator,
if He's our redeemer,
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shouldn't we be
motivated by love
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to humbly submit?
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Right.
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I mean, He knows
everything. Right.
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I think we do tend to
make it a little bit lofty
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when we're dealing with God,
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because He's God,
because He is our creator,
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our redeemer.
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But when we put it
in the same perspective
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that we would our fathers,
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our earthly
fathers, and granted,
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there are some that
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have a
dysfunctional relationship
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with their earthly father.
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So that wouldn't necessarily
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be appropriate for every person.
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They may not feel that way.
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But for those like myself,
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I know, you know, I love my dad.
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I love him.
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I know that he
would not do harm to me.
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And he only means good.
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He was a great provider,
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a great husband to my mom
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and a great father
to me and my sisters.
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And so, you know,
there's just the love.
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I think that's so much of
what we need to feel toward God
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about so many of the roles
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that He plays in our life
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is we love Him
because it's a relationship.
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It's the personal
relationship aspect.
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And so even in the fear we
know that it's a good thing.
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If He tells us to fear Him,
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then there's a
good reason behind it.
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And it isn't out of...
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Exactly. And you know what?
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And you're gonna see
that as we go through this.
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We're going to find out that
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in the same verses
where it's talking about
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fear of the Lord, it's
talking about His mercy,
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His favor, and
they're all combined.
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So, Ricky, let's look at
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what covenant
loyalty is all about
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and what are the
benefits of fearing God.
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Ricky, you want
to kick us off? Yeah.
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Let's read here
Jeremiah Chapter...
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And so what is the benefit?
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Okay.
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To fear the Lord,
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we will not
depart from the Lord.
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And He will always
be part of our lives.
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So what happens
without fear of the Lord?
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Jeremiah 2:19 says
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"Your own
wickedness will correct you
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and your
backslidings will rebuke you,
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know therefore and
see that it is an evil
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and bitter thing
that you have forsaken
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the Lord your God.
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And the fear of
me is not in you,
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says the Lord God of hosts."
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So here's, this is God speaking.
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And He's saying,
you don't fear me.
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You don't honor Me.
You don't respect Me.
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You're not... And what happened?
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You have forsaken Me.
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You've departed from Me.
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So what happens
when we do fear the Lord?
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Jeremiah 32:38-41,
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"They shall be My
people, and I will be their God,
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then I will give them
one heart and one way,
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that they may fear Me
forever, for the good of them
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and their children after them.
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And I will make an
everlasting covenant with them,
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that I will not turn
away from doing them good,
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but I will put My
fear in their hearts
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so that they will
not depart from Me.
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Yes, I will rejoice
over them to do them good,
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and I will assuredly
plant them in this land,
00:14:06.27\00:14:10.95
with all My heart
and with all My soul."
00:14:10.98\00:14:14.95
I love the
juxtapositions in here.
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Yeah. Fear me forever.
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I'm going to put fear
in your heart so that what?
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So that I can do
good to you always.
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It's just...
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That's one of my
favorite scriptures.
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He'll rejoice over them.
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He rejoices over those.
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And so we see that,
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you know, I'm gonna say this.
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My sister was someone
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that never
developed fear of my mother.
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She was the most disrespectful,
00:14:49.82\00:14:52.42
rebellious child
you could ever see.
00:14:52.45\00:14:54.49
And my mother
could have told her,
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if you don't do this,
you're gonna get a spanking.
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She couldn't care less.
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And she had a very
troubled beginning.
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It took her years
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before she came
around to recognize
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that she should have
honored and submitted in this.
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So when we don't fear the Lord,
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we have a tendency
to walk away from Him
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and that's where
we get into trouble.
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So, Tim, what's
our second benefit?
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Well, I was going to
just comment real briefly
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about the two
differences in that.
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What happens
without fear of the Lord?
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We walk in consequences.
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But when we...
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What happens when
we do fear the Lord?
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We walk in confidence.
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So you choose today,
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whether you're gonna
walk in consequences,
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which, you know, it
says your own wickedness
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will correct you.
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That so you're gonna
walk in consequences.
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Whereas if
you're walking in fear,
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fear of the Lord,
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when you do fear a
holy fear of the Lord,
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you'll walk in
confidence of Him.
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So, okay.
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Fear of the Lord brings wisdom
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that is declared in
several times in the Bible.
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So in Job 28:28 says,
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"Behold the fear of
the Lord that is wisdom
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and to depart from
evil is understanding."
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Psalm 111:10,
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"The fear of the Lord
is the beginning of wisdom.
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A good understanding
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have all those who
do His commandments,
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His praise endures forever."
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What strikes me about that
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one is if the fear of
the Lord brings wisdom,
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then it's wise to
fear the Lord, isn't it?
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Amen. Right.
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And then the result is what?
00:16:43.57\00:16:46.94
We depart from evil. Sure.
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But then in Psalm 111:10,
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it says, "The fear of the Lord
is the beginning of wisdom."
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That it's a good understanding
00:16:58.55\00:17:01.22
that we walk in
obedience to His commandments.
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Does obeying God save us?
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What saves us? Jesus saves us.
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Jesus saves us by
grace through faith.
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So it isn't our
obedience that saves us.
00:17:16.36\00:17:19.10
But you know what?
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1 John says, I mean,
we're made righteous by faith,
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but yet
obedience is so important
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because God
calls us into covenant.
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It's a covenant
of grace and love.
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He makes all of the promises,
00:17:33.65\00:17:36.65
but He asks of
us covenant loyalty,
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and covenant loyalty is
to love the Lord your God
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with all your
heart, mind, strength,
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and to walk in obedience.
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What did Jesus say in John14:15?
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"If you love Me,
keep My commandments."
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Yeah. Again, it's based on love.
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If what you love
is what you will obey.
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So that's... Yeah.
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And that affects
how we act as well.
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I think about a situation
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where there is a
student at school
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and the professor
at this university,
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he asked for the students
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to write the name of
Jesus on a piece of paper,
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put the paper on the
ground and stomp on it.
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Now there were
several of the students
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who just blindly just did it.
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There is a few students
who didn't want to do it.
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And there was
one of the students
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who just said, you
know, I'm not doing this.
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And he even went and
told the administration
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about what this would happen.
00:18:48.72\00:18:50.06
And he was just
totally against this.
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And didn't like
what was happening.
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The student also told the media
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and the school at first,
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the schools didn't
have a problem with it.
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They said it was all right.
00:19:04.67\00:19:06.14
But then after all the flack
00:19:06.17\00:19:08.44
that they were
getting in the news,
00:19:08.48\00:19:10.68
they recanted
and they apologized.
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Now, what's interesting
about this story is that
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it may shock us that, you know,
00:19:16.62\00:19:21.26
we hold Jesus name
very dear to us, right?
00:19:21.29\00:19:25.69
But have you ever thought about,
00:19:25.73\00:19:28.63
are there any times that
00:19:28.66\00:19:30.03
we may have stomped
on Jesus' name ourselves
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just by maybe how we,
00:19:34.50\00:19:38.87
our attitudes,
00:19:38.91\00:19:42.91
our actions, you know.
00:19:42.94\00:19:47.52
And then, you know,
we should be thinking,
00:19:47.55\00:19:49.98
you know, have we stomped
on Jesus today, you know?
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So this act of fearing God,
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I think that we
need to look twice,
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look at it again
and make sure that
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we aren't that we want
to have a reverence for God.
00:20:07.40\00:20:11.34
And respect for
Him in our thoughts,
00:20:11.37\00:20:15.24
in our actions,
how we treat others.
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I think it's important.
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You know, who you're
honoring, who you're worshiping,
00:20:19.15\00:20:22.58
who you're choosing to serve,
00:20:22.62\00:20:24.49
who you love,
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with this love
comes relationship.
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Yeah. That's who
you want to be with.
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Yeah.
00:20:32.03\00:20:33.36
When you said that, Ricky,
00:20:33.40\00:20:34.73
what came to my mind
was the third commandment
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that you shall not
take my name in vain.
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And truthfully,
00:20:39.47\00:20:42.20
that's a really
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startling example,
00:20:45.47\00:20:50.35
the story you shared.
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But if we call
ourselves Christians,
00:20:52.08\00:20:56.05
and then we go
out into the world
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and we're rude or crude,
00:20:58.42\00:21:00.96
or we're doing something,
00:21:00.99\00:21:02.86
we are stomping on
the name of Christ.
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That's a good analogy.
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This is really quite deep
00:21:11.27\00:21:12.83
if you stop and
really think about it.
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Yeah.
00:21:14.24\00:21:15.57
But did he ever explain himself
why he had the kids do that?
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I mean, that's...
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So the fear of the Lord
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is the beginning of wisdom.
00:21:26.61\00:21:30.09
I knew a lady who had her ThD,
00:21:33.72\00:21:37.63
that's a doctoral
degree in theology.
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She started coming
to some of my meetings
00:21:41.66\00:21:43.60
when I was in Texas.
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This woman had spent like
00:21:47.04\00:21:50.21
she had several degrees,
00:21:50.24\00:21:51.57
but nine years
studying the Bible,
00:21:51.61\00:21:53.98
had no
relationship with the Lord.
00:21:54.01\00:21:57.35
She had a really
00:21:57.38\00:22:01.92
sour personality.
00:22:01.95\00:22:05.59
So was she wise?
00:22:05.62\00:22:08.79
I mean, if the fear of the
Lord is the beginning of wisdom,
00:22:11.89\00:22:14.90
I mean, that should be,
00:22:14.93\00:22:17.13
the fear of the
Lord should come,
00:22:17.17\00:22:19.97
the root should be
love, honor, respect.
00:22:20.00\00:22:24.37
Wisdom doesn't necessarily mean
00:22:24.41\00:22:26.94
how much you've
studied this Bible,
00:22:26.98\00:22:29.94
but how much has
gone from here to here.
00:22:29.98\00:22:33.28
Now there's a difference
between a knowledge and wisdom.
00:22:33.31\00:22:35.52
A head knowledge and a
heart knowledge, right?
00:22:35.55\00:22:38.22
You can know any book,
00:22:38.25\00:22:40.36
but unless you've applied it
00:22:40.39\00:22:42.02
and fallen in love with it,
00:22:42.06\00:22:43.76
or the writer of it
00:22:43.79\00:22:45.83
in this case
that's the difference.
00:22:45.86\00:22:49.03
So wisdom, when we
say the fear of the Lord
00:22:49.06\00:22:51.33
is the beginning of a wisdom.
00:22:51.37\00:22:52.77
It's the
application of knowledge, right?
00:22:52.80\00:22:55.57
That's our spiritual foundation.
00:22:55.60\00:22:58.37
So to fear the Lord,
00:22:58.41\00:23:01.34
the benefit, we will not depart
00:23:01.38\00:23:04.35
from walking with Him.
00:23:04.38\00:23:06.95
We will begin to apply His Word.
00:23:06.98\00:23:10.42
The benefit of fearing God
is that we will become wise.
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JD, what else will happen?
00:23:16.42\00:23:18.79
Well, also, in
following this Lamb
00:23:18.83\00:23:21.96
and falling in love with Him,
we will want to walk with Him.
00:23:22.00\00:23:25.40
We will want to follow His path.
00:23:25.43\00:23:27.37
We will walk in His ways.
00:23:27.40\00:23:30.57
And Deuteronomy 10:12,
00:23:30.61\00:23:33.41
"And now Israel,
00:23:33.44\00:23:35.54
what does the Lord
your God require of you,
00:23:35.58\00:23:38.75
but to fear the Lord your God,
00:23:38.78\00:23:40.75
to walk in all
His ways, to love Him,
00:23:40.78\00:23:44.35
to serve Lord your God,
00:23:44.39\00:23:45.82
with all your
heart, with all your soul."
00:23:45.85\00:23:49.09
Also in Ecclesiastes 12:13-14,
00:23:49.12\00:23:53.93
"Let us hear the
conclusions of the whole matter.
00:23:53.96\00:23:57.63
Fear God and
keep His commandments,
00:23:57.67\00:24:00.84
for this is man's all.
00:24:00.87\00:24:03.27
For God will bring
every work into judgment,
00:24:03.30\00:24:06.07
including every secret
thing, whether good or evil."
00:24:06.11\00:24:12.05
So who was
Ecclesiastes written by?
00:24:12.08\00:24:14.85
Solomon.
00:24:14.88\00:24:16.22
And what was
Solomon's supposed to be?
00:24:16.25\00:24:17.62
Wisest. The wisest man.
00:24:17.65\00:24:19.69
When you look at
00:24:19.72\00:24:21.06
some of Solomon's personal life,
00:24:21.09\00:24:22.59
you kinda wonder about that.
00:24:22.62\00:24:24.89
But after he
found all this vanity,
00:24:24.93\00:24:29.06
he chased so many
things in his life.
00:24:29.10\00:24:32.53
He ends, Ecclesiastes 12,
00:24:32.57\00:24:38.14
it's the last chapter
verses 13 and 14, 12, 13, 14.
00:24:38.17\00:24:42.51
This is a conclusion of
everything that he learned,
00:24:42.54\00:24:47.18
fear God, and
keep His commandments.
00:24:47.22\00:24:50.32
But we just saw Deuteronomy,
to fear the Lord means to what?
00:24:50.35\00:24:55.52
Walk in all His ways.
00:24:55.56\00:24:57.03
Walk in all His
ways and love Him.
00:24:57.06\00:25:00.00
So it is, you know,
00:25:00.03\00:25:02.60
when we talk about
the fear of the Lord,
00:25:02.63\00:25:05.53
this isn't that
the knocking like,
00:25:05.57\00:25:08.20
you know, the Bible says,
"Perfect love casts out fear."
00:25:08.24\00:25:12.64
It's talking about
that knee knocking,
00:25:12.67\00:25:15.58
you know, oh,
like I'm terrified.
00:25:15.61\00:25:17.75
No, it's to love,
00:25:17.78\00:25:20.62
to honor, to reverence.
00:25:20.65\00:25:23.85
You know, I guess, I...
00:25:23.89\00:25:29.19
Go ahead. To be loyal.
00:25:29.22\00:25:30.99
To be loyal.
00:25:31.03\00:25:32.49
It's all about covenant
loyalty and love, isn't it?
00:25:32.53\00:25:36.06
I think about us.
00:25:36.10\00:25:37.43
I was not in any armed service,
00:25:37.47\00:25:40.54
but I think of a private for,
00:25:40.57\00:25:43.54
or sergeant or whatever,
00:25:43.57\00:25:45.47
or for a general
00:25:45.51\00:25:46.84
whatever the
level of rank is there.
00:25:46.88\00:25:51.68
There is a respect that
the lesser has for the greater.
00:25:51.71\00:25:56.58
Yes. But it's more out of title.
00:25:56.62\00:26:00.39
And they know that
there are repercussions,
00:26:00.42\00:26:05.09
again, consequences if
they don't respect that.
00:26:05.13\00:26:07.76
But as children of God,
00:26:07.80\00:26:10.43
we understand that there
is also a rank difference
00:26:10.47\00:26:14.60
of the lesser to the greater,
00:26:14.64\00:26:16.10
but again, because
of our relationship,
00:26:16.14\00:26:18.21
because of our
desire to please Him,
00:26:18.24\00:26:20.81
our desire to be loyal to Him,
00:26:20.84\00:26:22.64
if we truly do have
that kind of a hunger
00:26:22.68\00:26:26.51
to have a godly
relationship, you know with God,
00:26:26.55\00:26:30.72
then I think
that's where that love,
00:26:30.75\00:26:32.25
that's where our walk
and our fear becomes healthy.
00:26:32.29\00:26:35.82
You know, I'm glad you said that
00:26:35.86\00:26:37.73
'cause it reminded me of
00:26:37.76\00:26:39.09
what I was
trying to say earlier.
00:26:39.13\00:26:41.36
In 1 John,
00:26:41.40\00:26:43.43
He says in 1 John 3:8,
00:26:43.47\00:26:48.84
"He who sins is of the devil.
00:26:48.87\00:26:50.77
The devil has
sinned from the beginning.
00:26:50.81\00:26:53.17
And for this purpose,
the Son of God was manifested
00:26:53.21\00:26:56.48
that He might destroy
the works of the devil."
00:26:56.51\00:27:01.15
But He goes on to say,
00:27:01.18\00:27:04.62
"We're made righteous by faith."
00:27:04.65\00:27:06.29
There's no doubt
00:27:06.32\00:27:07.76
'cause our righteousness is
filthy rags before the Lord.
00:27:07.79\00:27:11.86
But then He says,
"Do not be fooled.
00:27:11.89\00:27:14.90
He who practices
righteousness is righteous."
00:27:14.93\00:27:20.47
So to practice
righteousness means
00:27:20.50\00:27:23.81
you're gonna be in
right standing with God
00:27:23.84\00:27:26.34
that you're
gonna walk in His ways.
00:27:26.37\00:27:28.54
Amen. So
obedience doesn't save us.
00:27:28.58\00:27:34.32
But if we're
saved, if we are in that
00:27:34.35\00:27:38.32
redeemed
relationship with the Lord,
00:27:38.35\00:27:43.39
we will love Him.
00:27:43.43\00:27:45.19
We will respect Him.
00:27:45.23\00:27:46.66
It shows that we believe in Him.
00:27:46.70\00:27:48.03
Yeah.
00:27:48.06\00:27:49.40
We walk in Him.
00:27:49.43\00:27:50.77
That is our
covenant faithfulness.
00:27:50.80\00:27:54.54
All right.
00:27:54.57\00:27:55.90
Now what you read,
JD, somebody is gonna say,
00:27:55.94\00:27:59.27
"Oh, Deuteronomy,
00:27:59.31\00:28:00.88
when God said, fear
the Lord, walk in my ways.
00:28:00.91\00:28:04.05
That's Old Testament."
00:28:04.08\00:28:06.11
What Solomon said,
"Oh, that's Old Testament."
00:28:06.15\00:28:09.88
Does the fear of
the Lord play a role
00:28:09.92\00:28:12.65
in the New
Testament church, Tim?
00:28:12.69\00:28:14.76
Sure, it does.
00:28:14.79\00:28:16.39
There are examples
in Acts 9:31 that says,
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"Then the churches
throughout all Judea,
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Galilee and Samaria
had peace and were edified
00:28:22.60\00:28:26.84
and walking in
the fear of the Lord
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and in the comfort
of the Holy Spirit,
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they were multiplied."
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Also in 2 Corinthians 7:1,
00:28:33.64\00:28:37.35
"Therefore having
these promises, beloved,
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let us cleanse ourselves
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from all filthiness of the flesh
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and spirit perfecting
holiness in the fear of God."
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Yeah.
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And another text,
Tim, is Revelation 14:7.
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It says, "Saying
with a loud voice,
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'Fear God and give glory to Him,
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for the hour of
His judgment has come,
00:28:56.97\00:28:59.87
and worship Him who
made the heaven and earth,
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the sea and springs of water.'"
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You know, of course
that's the beginning
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of the three angels' messages
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actually begins
in Revelation 14:6
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where it says that
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there's this everlasting gospel
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to give to all the
nations of the earth.
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And then it starts off
with the first angel saying,
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"Fear God, and give Him glory."
00:29:26.26\00:29:29.60
Now, and it shows here
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we're worshiping
Him as a creator,
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but can we go back to Acts 9:31?
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Let's talk about that.
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The New Testament
churches throughout Judea,
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Galilee and Samaria had peace.
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They were edified,
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which means to be built up,
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walking in the fear
of the Lord and what?
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Comfort of the Holy Spirit.
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Isn't the juxtaposition.
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Every time you see
fear of the Lord, mercy,
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fear of the Lord, love,
fear of the Lord, comfort.
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The juxtaposition,
and that's just to say,
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it's just as if
it's positioned by,
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you know, the
juxtaposition is when you've got
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two seemingly contrasting ideas
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that are just put back to back.
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So when we say fear the Lord
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and the
benefits of fear the Lord
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is to walk in His way.
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We walk in the
comfort of the Holy Spirit.
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So you can see it's
not that knee knocking
00:30:42.07\00:30:46.17
kind of experience.
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Amen.
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And then the end
results was multiplication.
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Yeah. That's good.
00:30:52.68\00:30:54.32
Putting those
two together and...
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So why do you think
the church multiplied
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so much as they walked
in the fear of the Lord
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and the comfort
of the Holy Spirit?
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Well, number one, it's
because they were blessed.
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They were blessed
because of the relationship.
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And I choose to believe that
00:31:09.63\00:31:10.97
as they walked hand in hand,
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not literally,
but together united,
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well then a
relationship was formed.
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And then we find
00:31:23.61\00:31:24.95
through the aid
of the Holy Spirit,
00:31:24.98\00:31:26.72
joining with them,
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then they say became
on fire for the Lord.
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And then they added
to the multiplication.
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Yeah. They
caused it, didn't they?
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Yeah, they did.
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As they walked and obey,
what kind of witness were they?
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You know, if they
were multiplying that fast,
00:31:41.40\00:31:44.33
it's because people
were looking at Adventists.
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Humanity is attracting. It is.
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Attractive.
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It is attractive,
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but it's also
one of these things
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where somebody
might look, Ricky,
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I don't know, you're...
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Were you always a Christian?
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I was reared. Yes, ma'am.
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You were reared
in a Christian home,
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but did you ever have a...
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Oh, I had my
wayward times. Okay.
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So it would be like somebody
00:32:05.59\00:32:07.99
who knew you in
your wayward times,
00:32:08.02\00:32:10.43
all of a sudden they
see a complete reverse,
00:32:10.46\00:32:15.40
and you're walking
in obedience to the Lord
00:32:15.43\00:32:18.57
and the fear of the Lord,
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you've got this piece about you,
00:32:20.90\00:32:22.87
the comfort of the Holy Spirit
00:32:22.90\00:32:25.17
and they go on,
"What happened to you?"
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Don't you think that's probably
why they multiplied so rapidly?
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Yeah.
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I think they said that
about Jesus, didn't they?
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Oh, sure, He didn't
come from where we're from.
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He's gotta be somebody else.
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You spared the bench,
Ricky. Is that you, Ricky?
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"Does anything good
come out of Galilee?"
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Yeah. Yeah.
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But then let's look
again at 2 Corinthians 7:1
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'cause if the fear
of the Lord keeps us
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walking in His ways,
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what's the ending
00:32:56.27\00:33:00.68
of walking in His ways?
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Cleanse our self
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from all filthiness
of the flesh and spirit,
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perfecting holiness.
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Yeah. All right.
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Holiness is
synonymous with sanctification.
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So both of them just mean
to be separated from evil.
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Yeah.
00:33:26.17\00:33:29.27
One of my favorite
scriptures about the Sabbath,
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I think of the Sabbath,
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it says that it
is a memorial of God
00:33:34.04\00:33:37.28
as our creator,
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but He's the one
that's recreating us.
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It is a memorial
that He is our redeemer.
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Hallelujah, I
could never save myself.
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But Exodus 31:13, God says,
00:33:48.92\00:33:52.96
"Remember the Sabbath.
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It is a sign to you that
00:33:54.36\00:33:57.00
I am the one
who sanctifies you."
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I'm telling you what?
00:34:01.17\00:34:03.71
I tried for 50
years to sanctify myself.
00:34:03.74\00:34:09.41
I tried to be a
good little girl.
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I did my best
00:34:11.91\00:34:13.45
and fell flat on
my face constantly,
00:34:13.48\00:34:16.95
constantly.
00:34:16.99\00:34:18.49
Why?
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I wasn't relying
on the power of God.
00:34:19.89\00:34:23.56
But when I realized that
God's promise is to sanctify.
00:34:23.59\00:34:28.36
I remember that
first Sabbath that I kept,
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it was kind of like exhaled.
00:34:30.60\00:34:34.67
And I celebrated Him in a way
00:34:34.70\00:34:40.01
that I never had before.
00:34:40.04\00:34:42.48
So, but my point here
00:34:42.51\00:34:45.11
is in 2 Corinthians 7: 1,
00:34:45.15\00:34:49.18
this perfecting holiness.
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There's something
that we do, isn't there?
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If it says that, let
us cleanse ourselves.
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Abstaining from evil. Yeah.
00:35:01.86\00:35:04.43
So this is kind of
the idea that Paul said
00:35:04.47\00:35:07.67
in Philippians 2:12,
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where he said, "Work
out your own salvation
00:35:09.67\00:35:12.24
with fear and trembling."
00:35:12.27\00:35:13.64
Now, I admit, did that scripture
00:35:13.68\00:35:17.65
ever bother you?
00:35:17.68\00:35:19.01
I never got any
further than that.
00:35:19.05\00:35:21.42
My knees
knocked and it was like,
00:35:21.45\00:35:23.32
that's why I tried so hard
00:35:23.35\00:35:25.25
is because I was fear
and trembling and I didn't.
00:35:25.29\00:35:29.32
One day I'm reading and
I don't know how many times
00:35:29.36\00:35:31.76
I read through
the New Testament,
00:35:31.79\00:35:33.70
several hundred,
00:35:33.73\00:35:35.06
and all of a sudden verse 13,
00:35:35.10\00:35:37.43
which they should
never have been separated.
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When it was written,
00:35:40.17\00:35:41.50
there weren't
chapters and verses.
00:35:41.54\00:35:44.27
So Paul says, work
out your own salvation
00:35:44.31\00:35:47.98
with fear and trembling,
00:35:48.01\00:35:49.54
but not in your
own strength for what?
00:35:49.58\00:35:53.72
It is God who works in you
00:35:53.75\00:35:58.45
to will and to do.
00:35:58.49\00:36:01.52
Two stages.
00:36:01.56\00:36:03.83
Stage one, He changes your will,
00:36:03.86\00:36:07.60
He lines your will
up with His discipline?
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Amen. Yeah.
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Does He ever force us to act?
00:36:12.70\00:36:15.74
So for Him to work in us to do
00:36:15.77\00:36:19.27
after He's
changed the way we think,
00:36:19.31\00:36:22.94
He's changed the
desires of our heart,
00:36:22.98\00:36:26.15
what He asks of us is
that we take a step...
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And give Him our will. Yeah.
00:36:31.15\00:36:33.56
But even then, I
mean, I don't know.
00:36:33.59\00:36:36.56
Oh Lord, I'm
willing to do Your will.
00:36:36.59\00:36:38.86
I'm willing to be made willing.
00:36:38.89\00:36:41.33
Okay. He's making me willing.
00:36:41.36\00:36:43.06
Yep.
00:36:43.10\00:36:44.43
I know how to get off
the couch and go exercise.
00:36:44.47\00:36:46.84
Yep.
00:36:46.87\00:36:48.20
I got the will, I need it,
00:36:48.24\00:36:50.97
but you have to
actually stand up
00:36:51.01\00:36:53.17
and take a step in faith.
00:36:53.21\00:36:56.11
And then the power of
the Holy Spirit shows up
00:36:56.14\00:36:59.95
and He works in us to do.
00:36:59.98\00:37:02.02
Nice. Amen.
00:37:02.05\00:37:03.39
So even obedience is
by His grace, isn't it?
00:37:03.42\00:37:09.06
You know, Shelley,
you were talking about,
00:37:09.09\00:37:10.56
well, I guess it
was Tim talking about
00:37:10.59\00:37:13.03
the consequences of evil
00:37:13.06\00:37:15.33
and the confidence
of good being good.
00:37:15.36\00:37:19.27
Well, as I was
reading here a while ago,
00:37:19.30\00:37:21.87
when we're talking
about a clean conscience,
00:37:21.90\00:37:25.37
that's what we were
talking about right here,
00:37:25.41\00:37:27.28
you know in 2 Corinthians 7:1,
00:37:27.31\00:37:30.38
"Let us cleanse ourselves
00:37:30.41\00:37:31.91
from all filthiness
perfecting in holiness."
00:37:31.95\00:37:34.48
And also that has to
do with that perfect walk
00:37:34.52\00:37:37.79
of getting better.
00:37:37.82\00:37:41.76
You know, when we're
talking about perfect,
00:37:41.79\00:37:43.49
that doesn't mean that we become
00:37:43.53\00:37:44.86
automatically perfect.
00:37:44.89\00:37:46.23
It means that it's
this walk that we're...
00:37:46.26\00:37:48.10
Maturing.
00:37:48.13\00:37:49.46
Maturing, that's the right,
that's exactly the right word.
00:37:49.50\00:37:52.40
So how do we
cleanse our conscience?
00:37:52.43\00:37:55.80
Well, first of
all, it's step by step
00:37:55.84\00:37:57.64
and it's by going
to the Lord in prayer,
00:37:57.67\00:37:59.34
it's our relationship.
00:37:59.37\00:38:00.88
I mean, to me, I mean,
00:38:00.91\00:38:02.24
I love that in life
itself from our life here,
00:38:02.28\00:38:05.48
but more specifically is
with the Lord is relationship.
00:38:05.51\00:38:08.75
We start right here.
00:38:08.78\00:38:10.59
You don't have
to, if you can read,
00:38:10.62\00:38:12.19
that's a good place to start.
00:38:12.22\00:38:13.86
You start, you
know, with any place,
00:38:13.89\00:38:15.69
because through the comforter,
00:38:15.72\00:38:17.89
He's going to come
00:38:17.93\00:38:19.26
and He's gonna
work on our heart,
00:38:19.29\00:38:20.63
cleanse and let us see
00:38:20.66\00:38:22.00
what we need to
see at the right time.
00:38:22.03\00:38:24.20
I was speaking in Texas,
pretty big group, anyway,
00:38:24.23\00:38:29.17
I was commenting
about the joy of repentance
00:38:29.20\00:38:33.71
and you know, of course,
00:38:33.74\00:38:35.48
people are looking at you,
like the joy of repentance.
00:38:35.51\00:38:39.05
So I was going
through the steps,
00:38:39.08\00:38:41.15
but 1 John 1:9,
00:38:41.18\00:38:43.39
it's one of my
favorite Bible verses.
00:38:43.42\00:38:46.39
It says, "If we
confess our sins,
00:38:46.42\00:38:49.42
He is faithful
and just to forgive us
00:38:49.46\00:38:53.23
and" what?
00:38:53.26\00:38:54.60
"To cleanse us of
all unrighteousness."
00:38:54.63\00:38:58.43
So confession
00:38:58.47\00:39:00.60
is the clearing
house of the soul.
00:39:00.64\00:39:03.87
And you know, I
made the comment,
00:39:03.91\00:39:06.24
I confess my
sins daily, you know,
00:39:06.27\00:39:09.31
so I was talking
about like daily repentance,
00:39:09.34\00:39:11.65
and this guy came up to me.
00:39:11.68\00:39:13.25
"Well, you don't understand
the salvation of the Lord
00:39:13.28\00:39:16.05
if you're confessing daily."
00:39:16.08\00:39:17.82
And I said, "Do you sin?"
00:39:17.85\00:39:20.76
"Well, yes."
00:39:20.79\00:39:22.22
"Well, if we sin,
00:39:22.26\00:39:23.99
we're supposed to
be confessing it."
00:39:24.03\00:39:25.89
And there's something about,
00:39:25.93\00:39:29.26
you know, you can say, oh
Lord, forgive us, our sins,
00:39:29.30\00:39:33.00
dah, dah, dah,
00:39:33.03\00:39:35.17
that doesn't
register with our heart.
00:39:35.20\00:39:37.57
But if you say, Lord, I made,
00:39:37.61\00:39:40.68
and I said this the other night,
00:39:40.71\00:39:42.48
I was watching someone on TV
00:39:42.51\00:39:44.98
and I made a catty
remark to JD about this person.
00:39:45.01\00:39:49.28
It was
judgmental kind of a remark.
00:39:49.32\00:39:53.32
And, boy, I'll tell you
00:39:53.36\00:39:54.69
what the Spirit of
the Lord was all over me.
00:39:54.72\00:39:56.06
And that night I was
like, "Lord, forgive me for.
00:39:56.09\00:39:58.53
I don't wanna be
that kind of person."
00:39:58.56\00:40:01.06
And who we are in our home
00:40:01.10\00:40:05.07
is who we are in the
eyes of the Lord, is it not?
00:40:05.10\00:40:07.17
Right.
00:40:07.20\00:40:09.64
And that's... Go ahead.
00:40:09.67\00:40:11.01
No, you go. And
that is part of our walk.
00:40:11.04\00:40:13.17
You know, that's an important
part of our walk, you know.
00:40:13.21\00:40:15.28
And in the same way
with our relationships,
00:40:15.31\00:40:17.68
you know, for a
husband to a wife,
00:40:17.71\00:40:20.68
when you do something
wrong you don't just say,
00:40:20.72\00:40:23.99
"Well, we got married
back, you know, 25 years ago.
00:40:24.02\00:40:26.96
So I'm still your husband."
00:40:26.99\00:40:28.69
No, I don't think
she's gonna appreciate that.
00:40:28.72\00:40:31.63
You're gonna need to go to her
00:40:31.66\00:40:32.99
and apologize and make it right.
00:40:33.03\00:40:34.70
And make it specific.
Yeah, and make it specific.
00:40:34.73\00:40:36.97
Absolutely, to the situation.
You know, it's not his...
00:40:37.00\00:40:39.20
Oh, honey, I'm sorry,
00:40:39.23\00:40:40.57
I hurt your feelings
or I'm sorry, I hurt you.
00:40:40.60\00:40:41.94
Yeah.
00:40:41.97\00:40:43.30
It's like, do you
understand why you hurt me?
00:40:43.34\00:40:46.14
So you have to
kind of be specific.
00:40:46.17\00:40:47.84
Yeah. And to turn from it.
00:40:47.88\00:40:49.71
Right. Of course.
That's the repentance.
00:40:49.74\00:40:51.81
That's to go
back doing that again.
00:40:51.85\00:40:53.92
You had to throw that in.
00:40:53.95\00:40:55.28
It takes me
back a long time ago.
00:40:55.32\00:40:57.19
You know, I had
this farmer friend,
00:40:57.22\00:40:58.59
I still have this
former friend and his wife,
00:40:58.62\00:41:02.52
they've been married
probably for about 15 years.
00:41:02.56\00:41:04.69
Let's just say,
00:41:04.73\00:41:06.06
whenever I'm telling
this story originally,
00:41:06.09\00:41:07.56
I heard it originally.
00:41:07.60\00:41:09.10
And every night she
says, I love you, honey.
00:41:09.13\00:41:14.00
He didn't say anything.
00:41:14.04\00:41:15.50
And she'd just tell
him all through the day.
00:41:15.54\00:41:17.31
You know, I
love you. I love you.
00:41:17.34\00:41:18.67
And he never would say anything.
00:41:18.71\00:41:20.24
"Do you not love me anymore?"
00:41:20.28\00:41:22.48
"Well, I married you, didn't I?"
00:41:22.51\00:41:25.75
And she says, honey,
that's been so long ago.
00:41:25.78\00:41:28.68
Says, I don't
remember even how you proposed.
00:41:28.72\00:41:32.35
"Well, I do."
00:41:32.39\00:41:33.89
And he says, "I
remember I got this place,
00:41:33.92\00:41:37.06
I cleaned it up real nice.
00:41:37.09\00:41:38.43
I had a two car
garage and I asked you
00:41:38.46\00:41:40.63
if you wanted your
car to share garage."
00:41:40.66\00:41:45.77
Wow. Yeah.
00:41:45.80\00:41:47.57
But you know,
that's almost attitude
00:41:47.60\00:41:49.74
that some people
take towards God.
00:41:49.77\00:41:51.67
Well, I said a prayer.
00:41:51.71\00:41:54.74
And so He's my Lord.
00:41:54.78\00:41:56.18
He's my savior.
00:41:56.21\00:41:57.55
But they never made Him Lord
or acknowledge Him as Father.
00:41:57.58\00:42:01.32
Yeah.
00:42:01.35\00:42:02.68
But I was talking
about being woke up
00:42:02.72\00:42:04.22
is that's what you were saying.
00:42:04.25\00:42:05.59
You know, some
people don't like,
00:42:05.62\00:42:06.96
and boy, he caught on.
00:42:06.99\00:42:08.59
Yeah. He caught on, he heard.
00:42:08.62\00:42:12.33
And so from then on,
00:42:12.36\00:42:13.70
he started,
she'd say, I love you.
00:42:13.73\00:42:15.43
And even once in a while,
he'd say, I love you first.
00:42:15.46\00:42:18.73
But he caught on, he just
had missed that day in school.
00:42:18.77\00:42:21.70
Yeah. That's crazy.
00:42:21.74\00:42:23.91
Okay.
00:42:23.94\00:42:25.27
So, so far we know the
benefits of fearing the Lord,
00:42:25.31\00:42:29.54
we will not
depart from the Lord.
00:42:29.58\00:42:32.55
The fear of the
Lord brings wisdom.
00:42:32.58\00:42:36.82
The fear of the Lord
keeps us walking in His way.
00:42:36.85\00:42:42.76
And the fourth one is God takes
00:42:42.79\00:42:46.90
pleasure in those who fear Him.
00:42:46.93\00:42:49.50
JD, you want to give us a
couple of scriptures on that?
00:42:49.53\00:42:51.97
Kind of, where is that Shelley?
00:42:52.00\00:42:53.37
Number four, God
takes pleasure...
00:42:53.40\00:42:55.50
Okay. Yes.
00:42:55.54\00:42:56.87
So, yes.
00:42:56.91\00:42:59.74
Let's look at Malachi 3...
00:42:59.77\00:43:01.78
Go ahead and start
with the Psalms I would say.
00:43:01.81\00:43:03.35
Okay. Psalms 147:11.
00:43:03.38\00:43:05.48
Thank you, Shelley.
00:43:05.51\00:43:06.85
"The Lord takes
pleasure in those who fear Him
00:43:06.88\00:43:10.02
and those who
hope in His mercy."
00:43:10.05\00:43:12.35
Stop once again,
the juxtaposition.
00:43:12.39\00:43:14.32
Right.
00:43:14.36\00:43:15.69
Those who fear Him
have hope in His mercy.
00:43:15.72\00:43:20.80
So I love, you see because it,
00:43:20.83\00:43:25.67
have you ever seen like
an old fashioned Western
00:43:25.70\00:43:30.44
where there's some preacher
coming to them, "Fear God!"
00:43:30.47\00:43:35.34
You know and it's like,
00:43:35.38\00:43:37.65
they wanna beat
people over the head.
00:43:37.68\00:43:39.41
And some parents do
that to the children.
00:43:39.45\00:43:42.48
They have this idea
that they're gonna beat
00:43:42.52\00:43:45.22
their kids over
the head with the Bible
00:43:45.25\00:43:48.62
to get them to love
the Lord or to fear Him.
00:43:48.66\00:43:51.29
You know what I say?
00:43:51.33\00:43:52.66
Tim, you'll like this one.
00:43:52.69\00:43:54.06
You can't beat
somebody over the head
00:43:54.10\00:43:57.20
with a fiddle to convince
them how beautiful the music is.
00:43:57.23\00:44:00.67
Right. Exactly, that's good.
00:44:00.70\00:44:03.20
So this is something that
00:44:03.24\00:44:05.54
we've got to teach our
kids to have a relationship
00:44:05.57\00:44:08.68
with the Lord,
00:44:08.71\00:44:10.05
but here God takes
pleasure in those who fear Him.
00:44:10.08\00:44:15.88
But those who fear Him
have hope in His mercy.
00:44:15.92\00:44:20.12
What a
beautiful, fear of the Lord
00:44:20.16\00:44:22.79
is a multifaceted diamond.
00:44:22.82\00:44:24.96
Okay.
00:44:24.99\00:44:26.33
And then we also
read in Malachi 3:16-17,
00:44:26.36\00:44:30.80
"Then those who feared
the Lord spoke to one another
00:44:30.83\00:44:34.17
and the Lord
listened and heard them.
00:44:34.20\00:44:37.24
So a book of remembrance
was written before him,
00:44:37.27\00:44:40.38
for those who fear the Lord
00:44:40.41\00:44:42.44
and who meditate on his name,
00:44:42.48\00:44:45.31
they shall be mine
says the Lord of hosts.
00:44:45.35\00:44:48.28
And on the day that
I make them my jewels
00:44:48.32\00:44:50.92
and I spare them as a
man spares his own son
00:44:50.95\00:44:54.36
who serves Him."
00:44:54.39\00:44:56.69
Amen. I love that picture.
00:44:56.73\00:44:58.43
What a great
picture that He has,
00:44:58.46\00:45:00.36
a book of remembrance that
He is keeping our names in.
00:45:00.40\00:45:03.80
Amen.
00:45:03.83\00:45:05.17
You know, they're
talking about me today.
00:45:05.20\00:45:06.53
Amen. Yeah.
00:45:06.57\00:45:07.90
I mean, really. Yeah.
00:45:07.94\00:45:09.27
Really just an awesome thing.
00:45:09.30\00:45:10.64
Sometimes, that will hit me
00:45:10.67\00:45:12.01
as I'm on a
conversation with somebody
00:45:12.04\00:45:14.21
and I'll think, ah,
00:45:14.24\00:45:15.64
the recording angel
is writing this down.
00:45:15.68\00:45:18.95
But, Ricky, you know a
lot of the kids' songs.
00:45:18.98\00:45:21.82
Isn't there a song
about the precious jewels
00:45:21.85\00:45:27.22
that I don't
remember how that goes,
00:45:27.26\00:45:30.46
but I think
that's so neat that God
00:45:30.49\00:45:33.26
is saying those who fear Him
00:45:33.29\00:45:35.46
and meditate on His name,
He will make them His jewels.
00:45:35.50\00:45:40.47
Yes.
00:45:40.50\00:45:41.84
And what caught
my attention is that,
00:45:41.87\00:45:44.51
and the Lord
listened and He heard them.
00:45:44.54\00:45:48.84
Yeah. I mean,
that's very important.
00:45:48.88\00:45:53.55
There's someone that
will actually listen to you
00:45:53.58\00:45:56.28
and in listing not
just goes over your head,
00:45:56.32\00:45:58.99
but actually heard them.
00:45:59.02\00:46:00.82
And then,
because he didn't wanna,
00:46:00.86\00:46:02.72
and I'm certainly not
pointing fingers here,
00:46:02.76\00:46:04.99
but this is just
bringing it down to her.
00:46:05.03\00:46:07.00
He didn't wanna make a mistake
in the book of remembrance.
00:46:07.03\00:46:10.80
So He was
listening and He was hearing,
00:46:10.83\00:46:13.20
He was looking at
their heart. Amen.
00:46:13.23\00:46:15.50
But it's neat that it's saying,
00:46:15.54\00:46:17.74
"Those who feared the
Lord spoke to one another."
00:46:17.77\00:46:21.04
Do you suppose it
was like, oh, oh, oh.
00:46:21.08\00:46:23.45
Oh, oh.
00:46:23.48\00:46:24.81
No, God doesn't
take pleasure in that.
00:46:24.85\00:46:27.02
Testifying to
each other. Yes. Yeah.
00:46:27.05\00:46:29.02
Guess what the
Lord did for me today.
00:46:29.05\00:46:31.25
I love that. That's
the way it should be.
00:46:31.29\00:46:33.46
He was meditating on his name,
thinking about His goodness.
00:46:33.49\00:46:38.13
I love that. They shall be mine.
00:46:38.16\00:46:40.66
Yeah. Okay.
00:46:40.70\00:46:42.03
So God takes pleasure
in those who fear Him.
00:46:42.06\00:46:45.93
Tim, what's our next point?
00:46:45.97\00:46:48.00
He accepts, God
accepts those who fear Him.
00:46:48.04\00:46:51.17
Accepts.
00:46:51.21\00:46:52.54
In Acts 10:34-35,
00:46:52.57\00:46:54.48
we read what Peter said,
00:46:54.51\00:46:56.21
"In truth I perceive
00:46:56.24\00:46:58.11
that God shows no partiality,
00:46:58.15\00:47:00.98
but in every nation,
00:47:01.02\00:47:02.52
whoever fears Him
and works righteousness
00:47:02.55\00:47:05.25
is accepted by Him."
00:47:05.29\00:47:07.22
Now that's interesting
00:47:07.26\00:47:08.59
'cause that's not
necessarily a juxtaposition
00:47:08.62\00:47:12.79
because to fear the Lord
is to work righteousness.
00:47:12.83\00:47:15.56
Right.
00:47:15.60\00:47:16.93
What does work
righteousness mean?
00:47:16.97\00:47:19.40
Right living, right doing.
00:47:19.43\00:47:20.77
Right doing, it's
walking in His ways
00:47:20.80\00:47:24.41
obeying the Lord, isn't it?
00:47:24.44\00:47:26.07
I say if you love me,
you'll do my commandments.
00:47:26.11\00:47:28.18
If you fear Him,
works righteousness.
00:47:28.21\00:47:29.71
Amen.
00:47:29.74\00:47:31.35
And Psalm 112:1,
"Praise the Lord.
00:47:31.38\00:47:34.68
Blessed is the man
who fears the Lord,
00:47:34.72\00:47:36.65
who delights greatly
in His commandments."
00:47:36.69\00:47:39.35
So that's almost like
00:47:39.39\00:47:40.82
a definition of fearing the Lord
00:47:40.86\00:47:43.16
is to delight in
His commandments.
00:47:43.19\00:47:45.89
Absolutely. Yeah.
00:47:45.93\00:47:47.26
And one more. Oh,
you have something?
00:47:47.30\00:47:48.63
Go ahead.
00:47:48.66\00:47:50.00
Well, you know, it
says blessed is the man.
00:47:50.03\00:47:52.67
And so in other words,
that person could be generous.
00:47:52.70\00:47:56.24
He could be supportive.
00:47:56.27\00:47:57.87
You know, he just
might be compassionate.
00:47:57.91\00:48:01.91
He trusted in the Lord, blessed.
00:48:01.94\00:48:03.75
It says, blessed is
the man not blessed...
00:48:03.78\00:48:08.75
They will be blessed.
00:48:08.78\00:48:10.12
It says blessed is.
00:48:10.15\00:48:11.49
Right. Yeah.
00:48:11.52\00:48:12.85
It's existing blessing. Amen.
00:48:12.89\00:48:15.86
Luke 1:50, "His mercy
is on those who fear Him
00:48:15.89\00:48:20.90
from generation to generation."
00:48:20.93\00:48:23.33
So that does sound
like a juxtaposition,
00:48:23.37\00:48:26.90
but I don't think it is.
00:48:26.94\00:48:28.27
I mean, it's
those who fear God...
00:48:28.30\00:48:30.61
That's the
consequences in a good thing.
00:48:30.64\00:48:32.61
A good way. Mercy.
00:48:32.64\00:48:34.28
We can have confidence
00:48:34.31\00:48:37.41
that God does have mercy.
00:48:37.45\00:48:41.18
That's right.
00:48:41.22\00:48:42.55
So, Ricky, what's
the sixth benefit.
00:48:42.58\00:48:46.42
God hears the cry of
those who fear Him, saves them.
00:48:46.45\00:48:52.39
And in Psalms 103: 11-14 says,
00:48:52.43\00:48:58.63
"For as the heavens
are high above the earth,
00:48:58.67\00:49:01.70
so great is the mercy
toward those who fear Him.
00:49:01.74\00:49:07.08
As far as the
east is from the west
00:49:07.11\00:49:10.58
so far has He removed
our transgressions from us
00:49:10.61\00:49:15.85
as a father pities his children,
00:49:15.88\00:49:20.22
so the Lord pities
those who fear Him,
00:49:20.26\00:49:25.19
for He knows our frame.
00:49:25.23\00:49:28.23
He remembers that we are dust."
00:49:28.26\00:49:31.43
I love that.
00:49:31.47\00:49:32.80
That's such a beautiful verse.
00:49:32.83\00:49:34.44
Let's break it down.
00:49:34.47\00:49:37.11
As the heavens are high
above the earth, here we go.
00:49:37.14\00:49:41.14
His mercy is on
those who fear Him.
00:49:41.18\00:49:44.71
I don't know about you,
00:49:44.75\00:49:46.08
but I'll take all the
mercy I can get from God.
00:49:46.11\00:49:49.42
Well, according to the
experts, that's a long ways up
00:49:49.45\00:49:54.26
and they say this
is the third heaven
00:49:54.29\00:49:55.62
we're talking about...
00:49:55.66\00:49:56.99
Yeah, as far as the heavens.
00:49:57.03\00:49:58.43
That's a lot of
mercy. That's a lot of mercy.
00:49:58.46\00:50:02.16
That's good.
00:50:02.20\00:50:04.03
But then as far as
the east is from the west
00:50:04.07\00:50:07.44
and east never
beats the west, does it?
00:50:07.47\00:50:08.97
Right. Keep going.
00:50:09.00\00:50:10.37
So far has He
removed our transgressions.
00:50:10.41\00:50:14.88
He's thrown our sin.
00:50:14.91\00:50:16.58
When we confess before the Lord,
00:50:16.61\00:50:19.15
He throws those into the sea...
00:50:19.18\00:50:22.88
And forgets them. Right.
00:50:22.92\00:50:24.25
Yeah. Isn't that...
00:50:24.29\00:50:25.75
And we are the only
one that brings it up.
00:50:25.79\00:50:27.56
Yeah.
00:50:27.59\00:50:28.92
You know, here's
an interesting study
00:50:28.96\00:50:30.99
'cause this was
really fascinating.
00:50:31.03\00:50:32.63
A friend of mine said,
00:50:32.66\00:50:34.06
I don't believe God
ever forgets anything.
00:50:34.10\00:50:36.06
So I started studying this.
00:50:36.10\00:50:38.63
When like in Exodus 4,
00:50:38.67\00:50:40.97
when it says that
God heard the cries
00:50:41.00\00:50:45.57
of the children of Israel
00:50:45.61\00:50:48.28
that were in Egypt,
He heard their cries
00:50:48.31\00:50:52.28
and it says He remembered
His covenant with Abraham,
00:50:52.31\00:50:56.75
Isaac and Jacob.
00:50:56.79\00:50:59.19
The word there
remembered means to act upon.
00:50:59.22\00:51:04.56
When God forgets
something, He doesn't act on it.
00:51:04.59\00:51:10.37
When He remembers
something, He acts on it.
00:51:10.40\00:51:14.70
Right.
00:51:14.74\00:51:16.07
So I just think
that's so precious.
00:51:16.10\00:51:19.01
That is really precious. Yeah.
00:51:19.04\00:51:20.81
So He's removed our sins,
He forgets they're blotted out.
00:51:20.84\00:51:25.01
He's not acting on that sin.
00:51:25.05\00:51:26.98
He's not senile.
He's not forgetful.
00:51:27.02\00:51:29.28
He has the ability to remember.
00:51:29.32\00:51:31.45
He chooses not to
remember our sins against us.
00:51:31.49\00:51:33.46
Yeah.
00:51:33.49\00:51:34.82
He says for my own
sake, I will forget your sins.
00:51:34.86\00:51:37.89
And that's a lesson
we all should learn.
00:51:37.93\00:51:39.63
Amen. Amen.
00:51:39.66\00:51:41.76
But then as a
father pities his children,
00:51:41.80\00:51:45.47
so the Lord pities
those who fear Him.
00:51:45.50\00:51:50.61
He remembers He's our creator.
00:51:50.64\00:51:53.14
He knows He made us out of dust.
00:51:53.17\00:51:56.11
Dust we are to dust we return.
00:51:56.14\00:51:58.61
And you know,
sometimes when I'm praying,
00:51:58.65\00:52:01.05
I'll say, "Lord,
00:52:01.08\00:52:02.42
thank You that you
remember I'm but dust."
00:52:02.45\00:52:04.79
Right, exactly. Yes.
00:52:04.82\00:52:06.22
Thank you that though
00:52:06.25\00:52:07.59
I fall seven
times you pick me up.
00:52:07.62\00:52:11.03
I often will say, you
know, well, I'm human.
00:52:11.06\00:52:14.16
You know, well, that's
God's excuse, not ours.
00:52:14.20\00:52:17.87
He made us, He
remembers that we're dust.
00:52:17.90\00:52:20.37
Amen. JD, what about Psalms 145?
00:52:20.40\00:52:24.54
First thing that jumps up.
00:52:24.57\00:52:25.91
Well, not the first thing,
00:52:25.94\00:52:27.28
it's one thing that jumps
out on that Psalms 145:18-20,
00:52:27.31\00:52:31.71
He's listened all the times.
00:52:31.75\00:52:33.08
He says all,
we're part of that all.
00:52:33.11\00:52:36.32
"The Lord is near to
all who call upon Him
00:52:36.35\00:52:39.55
to all who call
upon Him in truth.
00:52:39.59\00:52:42.52
He will fulfill the
desires of those who fear Him.
00:52:42.56\00:52:45.93
He will also hear
their cry and save them.
00:52:45.96\00:52:48.96
The Lord
preserved all who loves Him,
00:52:49.00\00:52:53.50
but all the
wicked He will destroy."
00:52:53.54\00:52:57.97
It's about as straight
to the point as you can get.
00:52:58.01\00:53:02.31
He will fulfill the
desire of those who fear Him.
00:53:02.34\00:53:07.82
Who honor Him. Here's our cry.
00:53:07.85\00:53:10.79
He fulfills our desire.
I think that's so precious.
00:53:10.82\00:53:14.82
So let me just
kind of sum up here.
00:53:14.86\00:53:17.83
And I have to look
back through my notes.
00:53:17.86\00:53:20.90
We started off very quickly
00:53:20.93\00:53:24.23
talking about what
God said, "Do not fear."
00:53:24.27\00:53:28.10
There He's referring to,
00:53:28.14\00:53:30.37
"Don't fear, man,
look to Me as your source,
00:53:30.41\00:53:33.78
look to me as your sufficiency
00:53:33.81\00:53:37.65
and you don't have to panic."
00:53:37.68\00:53:39.81
So in that sense,
God saying don't fear.
00:53:39.85\00:53:43.39
But then we see that
00:53:43.42\00:53:46.19
there is wisdom
in fearing the Lord.
00:53:46.22\00:53:50.23
The benefits of fearing
God, this is a covenant loyalty.
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One, if we fear the Lord,
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we will not
depart from the Lord.
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And I love your consequences.
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If we don't fear the Lord,
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God says, "Hey,
you're backsliding.
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So I'm gonna rebuke you."
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I mean, it is our consequences
that are rebuking to us.
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But as you said,
there's consequences
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but if we fear the Lord,
there's confidence to Him.
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I love that.
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And then the second benefit
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is the fear of the
Lord brings wisdom.
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If you're
living in a redemption,
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a redemptive
relationship with the Lord,
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there should be
this reverential awe,
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at least that is for me
to think how God saved me
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and what He's doing.
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The fear of the Lord
keeps us walking in His ways,
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for the fear of the Lord,
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our God takes
pleasure in those who fear Him.
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Five, God accepts
those who fear Him.
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Six, God hears the
cry of those who fear Him.
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And He saves them.
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He fulfills the
desire of their hearts.
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So can you think
of a biblical example?
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Why are we talking
about this tonight?
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There are some people
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who think, "Oh,
we're saved by grace,
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we don't have to
worry about obedience."
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But can you think of
a biblical example, Tim,
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where someone knew the Lord,
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walked in His ways
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and then turned away
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because of pressure?
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I believe the Old
Testament talks about that.
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Aaron, Moses'
brother who was a spokesman
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for Moses on behalf
of Moses all the things
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that they went through
and the children of Israel,
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the plagues they
saw God's hand moved.
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And then once the,
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they saw the angel
pass over the houses
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and then going
through the wilderness
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and the dry land and
bitter water into sweet
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and Aaron's rod
turned into a serpent,
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all the things that
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he actually saw God
move on their behalf.
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And then He turned
by, took, putting all,
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melting all the
gold into an idol
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while Moses was up
receiving a word from God.
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So here's Aaron, who
was a pretty cool dude.
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He was a man of God,
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but he let peer
pressure get to him.
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Please don't
ever let peer pressure
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cause you to walk
away from the Lord.
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Here's the last
point we want to make.
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We need to pray for
the fear of the Lord.
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And let me give
you David's prayer.
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Psalm 86:10-13, David's praying.
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And he says, "You are great,
you do wondrous things, oh God,
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you alone are God.
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Teach me Your way, oh Lord.
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I will walk in your truth.
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Unite my heart
to fear Your name.
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I will praise You,
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oh, Lord my God
with all my heart,
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I will glorify
Your name forever more,
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for great is
your mercy toward me.
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And you have delivered my
soul from the depths of Sheol."
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Amen. Our time is all gone.
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We love you.
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Thank you guys so
much for joining us.
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Our prayer for those of you
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at home is that
the grace of our Lord
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and Savior Jesus Christ,
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the love of the Father
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and the
fellowship of the Holy Spirit
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will be with you always.
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