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good morning welcome to voice in the
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wilderness Ministries we would like to
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speak to you about the fear of the Lord
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this morning a concept and a doctrine
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that has by and large been eradicated
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from the vernacular of the Christian
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faith and contemporary Society but I can
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assure you it's just as relevant as it
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was back then and you must have a
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balanced approach to the Lord in all
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areas not only is God a god of love but
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God is also a god of wrath and judgment
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and anger when Justified
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we're going to start this off just a
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little bit different today I want to
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speak to
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you about a great prophet in the 20th
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century there were a couple of these
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guys that have nailed the situation as
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we see it in church today better than we
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could have if we actually were speaking
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on it now and the fellow that I want to
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introduce this sermon or this message
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with is a fellow by the name of aen
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Wilson toer
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more familiar as a w toer toer said
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something that caught me and has never
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left me and I'm going to introduce this
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message with
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that and I quote the vague and tenuous
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hope that God is too kind to punish the
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ungodly has become the deadly fentanyl
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in the consciousness of millions of
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people you have seldom found more
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ominous
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statements made by a courageous man of
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God concerning the leodan church culture
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of today than that statement with no
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conviction or personal
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responsibility or
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accountability Progressive and liberal
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ministers priests and churches have
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created worldly counterfit messages that
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have produced worldly passive churches
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by the thousands
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toer goes on to say tens of thousands of
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people if not Millions have been brought
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into some religious experience simply by
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accepting Christ signing a card or
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saying I do to joining a church and they
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have not been truly saved if your
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Christian conversion does not reverse
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the direction of your life if it does
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not transform your Soul's Spirit mind
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and body then you are not you are not
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converted at all other than the obvious
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demonic deception resonating from this
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spiritual fraud the greatest evidence of
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this clear and present danger
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threatening our faith as we know it is
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the absence of any fear of the Lord to
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eradicate the wrath of God the anger of
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God the fear of God and the ultimate
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Judgment of God from the narrative
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dialogue or message of any church is to
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omit the convicting work of the holy
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spirit in the heart of the sinner
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seeking to know God thus The Sinner
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continues his march to Hell oblivious to
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the danger he's in because of the
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deception that was poured into him by
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people that shouldn't have been doing
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this in the first place instead of
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receiving the gift of God's grace once
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again toer
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concludes in this statement there are
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far too many Among Us who have thought
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that if they just accepted Christ but
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nothing has come of it within their own
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lives desires and habits the idea that
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it is the easiest thing in the world to
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accept Christ permits the man or woman
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to accept Christ by the impulse of the
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mind or by the impulse of their emotions
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particularly during a worship service
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again I say if your Christian conversion
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did not reverse the direction of your
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life if it did not transform you then
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you have not been converted and you
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remain in your sinful State as before
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Thomas Watson said sin has the devil for
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its father shame for its companion and
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death for its wages so if you're serious
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about your walk with God and your
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pending eternity of which we will all
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enter into at some point then I want to
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speak to you concerning the fear of the
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Lord in Psalm 34:1 the Bible says Come
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Ye children and listen to me and I will
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teach you the fear of the Lord why is
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that important because Jesus Christ said
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in Matthew 10:28 do not fear any man
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which can kill the body and after that
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nothing more but rather fear him which
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is both able to destroy the body and the
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soul
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in
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Hell the Bible has much to say about the
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fear of the Lord the term fear of the
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fear of the Lord is used over 130 times
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throughout scriptures and your
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relationship to that statement can
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greatly determine the kind of character
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being developed in you it is applicable
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both in the old and the New Testaments
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and it's just as important in the life
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of Believers such fear is based on the
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acknow ment that God is a just and holy
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God whose very nature causes him to
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judge sin to fear the lord is to regard
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him with holy awe and reverence and to
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honor God as God because of his great
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Glory Holiness majesty and power truly
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understanding excuse me truly
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understanding what the fear of the Lord
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means causes Believers to put their
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complete faith and trust in Christ alone
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for salvation those who take the name of
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the Lord then Place their complete trust
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in him in other words those who make a
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commitment to God to repent of their
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sins and to follow him have made a
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complete commitment to the Lord then
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following that profession and commitment
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their commitment their complete trust
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remains in him to sustain him through
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the remainder of this life that they can
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complete their Journey here and spend
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eternity with God in heaven in Psalm 85
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ver9 the Bible says surely his salvation
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is near to them that fear Him in Psalm
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115:11 you who fear the Lord trust in
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the Lord in Psalm
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103:1 the Bible says for as high as the
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heavens are above the Earth so great is
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his Mercy to them who who fear Him in
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Psalm 13:4 the Bible says there is
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forgiveness in you that you may be
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feared in Luke 1: 50 the Bible says his
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Mercy is upon those who fear Him from
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generation to generation to understand
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what it means to fear the lord is to
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recognize that he is a God who is angry
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about Sin and that he has absolute power
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to punish those who transgress his
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righteous laws both here on Earth and in
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eternity there is a cost both ways in
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Psalm 76: 7 and 8 the Bible says you
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yourself meaning God himself are to be
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feared and who may stand in your
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presence when once you are angry who can
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stand in the presence of the Lord when
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he is angry those that seek forgiveness
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and seek divine grace through Christ
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verse eight who you cause judgment to be
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heard from the heaven the Earth feared
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and stood still so just what does it
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mean to fear the
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lord how do you understand the true
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meaning of the biblical statement living
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in the fear of the Lord the
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comprehensive command to fear the lord
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implies the application of all aspects
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of a believer's relationship to God
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essential to understanding the term is a
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recognition of God's holiness Justice
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and righteousness as a counterpart to
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his love and mercy this indicates that
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the very nature of the term demonstrates
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the believer completely understands his
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nature and character fully the word fear
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the Greek word phobius from which we get
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our word phobia of the Lord is not just
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as is of as it is often defined merely
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as reverential trust but also it
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includes in awe of God's power Holiness
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and righteous retribution and the dread
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and the subsequent dread of sinning
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against him and its consequences that
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may follow our disobedience in Exodus 3:
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6 the Bible says God speaking to Moses I
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am the god of thy father the god of
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Abraham the god of Isaac and the god of
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Jacob and Moses hid his face for he was
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afraid of him in Psalm
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119:20 the Bible says my flesh trembles
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for fear of you and I am afraid of your
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judgments and Matthew 10:28 let me
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repeat that verse again because these
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are the words of God himself Jesus
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Christ saying to all men do not fear a
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man which can kill the body but are not
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able to kill the soul but fear him which
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is able to destroy both body and soul in
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hell in Luke 12: 4 and 5 the Bible says
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and I say to you my friends be not
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afraid of them which kill the body and
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after that there is no more they can do
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but I will forewarn you whom you shall
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fear fear him that after he ha killed
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has power to cast into hell yes I say
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unto you fear Him in Job 28: 28 the
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Bible says the fear of the Lord is the
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beginning of wisdom and to turn away
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from Evil means you understand it let me
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say this again the fear of the Lord is
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the beginning of evil and to excuse me
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the fear of the Lord is the beginning of
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wisdom and to turn away from your evil
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means you understand what he said Psalm
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19:9 the Bible says the fear of the Lord
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is clean enduring forever Psalm
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25:14 the scripture says the secret of
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the Lord is with them that fear Him and
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He will reveal to them his Covenant
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Psalm 33:8 the Bible says let all the
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Earth fear the lord in Psalm 33:18 the
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Bible said behold the eyes of the Lord
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are upon them that fear Him upon them
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who hope in his Mercy to deliver their
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souls from from death and to keep them
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alive in famine Psalm
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86:1 the Bible says unite My Heart To
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Fear your name Proverbs 1:7 the Bible
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says the fear of the Lord is the
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beginning of all human knowledge
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Proverbs 3:7 be not wise in your own
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eyes fear the lord and turn away from
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evil in Proverbs 8: 13 the fear of the
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Lord is the hatred
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of all evil Proverbs 9:10 the Bible says
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the fear of the Lord is the beginning of
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wisdom and the knowledge of the Holy is
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understanding Proverbs 14: 27 the Bible
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says the fear of the Lord is the
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Fountain of Life Proverbs 16:6 the Bible
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says for the fear of the Lord by the
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fear of the Lord one turns Away From
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Evil Proverbs 19:23 the Bible says the
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fear of the Lord leads to life and
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whoever has it it rests satisfied in
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Ecclesiastes 12:13 the Bible says to
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fear God and to keep his Commandments
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that is the whole duty of mankind so
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what are the reasons to fear the lord
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obviously the Eternal punishment issue
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is an issue but there's other reasons
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too there's reasons why we should love
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him for who he is and not just preach
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punishment about everything because it's
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not that it's because of who he is that
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we should have the kind kind of respect
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for the power and the capacity to do the
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things that he does he's not looking for
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a reason to destroy us on the other hand
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he's not going to let us behave any way
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we want to especially those that take
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his name now once again we are not this
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site is not here to debate the merits of
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election or or aryanism what I'm saying
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to you is this is your individual walk
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with God and everybody's got an opinion
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about all of that kind of stuff and is
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not ashame to share it but far more
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important to me in the office of an
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evangelist is that you have the complete
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understanding of who God is and the
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limited time that we're allowed to
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present it it's most important that you
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keep a balanced perspective spiritually
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mentally and in every facility that you
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have because it's going to affect your
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conduct it's going to affect the way you
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behave yourself it's going to affect the
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way you treat him and the way you treat
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other people and it's going to testify
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for or against you whether you are
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really who you say you are random acts
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of kindness random acts of devotion
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random acts of worship are not nearly as
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important to him as a transform change a
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transformation that takes place through
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the conversion this process God ordained
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to be and we can get stuck in the M on
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every minute detail but the bottom line
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here is is how you respond to who he is
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is based on how he is presented to you
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and that's vitally important a minister
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that never represents the
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characteristics of God balanced and fair
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is not speaking for him because he does
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love you but he also hates sin and he's
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the one that reconciled you to himself
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and through no work or Merit of your own
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as he done this God loves you so when
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we're talking about these things if God
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was looking for a reason to destroy you
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he certainly has all the power he can to
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do that the Lord does not want to
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destroy men he wants to save them from
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destroying themselves and you cannot
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behave any way you want and expect to be
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called a Christian and be very
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believable in the sight of God or of men
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you have to make an attempt to truly
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learn who he is and if you do that then
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you're everything else else will change
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as you do that he must be first in
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everything and that's the most important
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thing so ultimately the reason for
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fearing the Lord proceeds from the
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meaning of the term the fear of the Lord
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we should fear him because of his great
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power and authority as the creator of
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all things and the creator of all people
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in job
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26:3 the Bible says by his Spirit God
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hath garnished the heavens
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in Psalm 33: 6-9 the Bible says by the
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word of the Lord were the heavens made
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and all the host of them by the breath
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of his nostril he gathered the water of
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the Seas together as a heap he lays up
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the depth in storehouses let all of the
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earth fear the lord let all of the
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inhabitants of the world stand in awe of
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him for he spoke and it was done as he
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commanded and it stood fast let me say
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it again verse 8 let all the Earth fear
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the lord let the inhabitants of the
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world stand in awe of his majesty his
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glory and his
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Transcendence Psalm 96 verses four and
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five the Bible said for the Lord is
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great and greatly to be praised he is to
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be feared above all other gods for all
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of the Gods of the nations are Idols but
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the Lord made the heavens in Psalm 146:6
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the Bible says the Lord which made
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Heaven and Earth the sea and all that
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are in which keeps truth forever and
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Jonah 1 ver9 the Bible says I fear the
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lord the god of Heaven which ha made the
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Sea and the dry
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land as well as understanding that he is
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the creator of everything visible and
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invisible we must always keep in mind
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that he is also the sustainer and author
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of life and death itself his continual
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exercise of power over the elements over
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creation and over us is caused enough to
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live in the fear of the Lord in Exodus
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20: 18-20 the Bible says now all the
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people witnessed the Thundering the
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lightning flashes the sound of the
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trumpet and the mountain smoking and
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when the people did they trembled and
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stood far off then the people said to
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Moses you speak with us and we will hear
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but let not God speak to us lest we die
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and Moses said to the peopleo not fear
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for the Lord has come to test you and
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that his fear may be before you that you
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might not sin Proverbs 16:6 the Bible
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says the fear of the Lord turns one Away
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From Evil there is no question that the
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absence of the fear of the Lord in the
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modern church today in the resonation of
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the behavior and all the different
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factions of Christianity that are rising
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up that disregard human behavior and
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human responsibility and the doctrine of
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discipleship is evidence that the fear
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of the Lord has been withdrawn from what
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our purpose and goal in understanding
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him is he is not all things to all
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people he is not just a god of love he
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is a god of love and judgment and
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Justice and mercy all in one package as
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large as infinite as that is is
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Ecclesiastes 3:14 the Bible says I know
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that whatever God does it shall be
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forever nothing can be added to it and
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nothing can be taken away from it God
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does it that men should fear before
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him in Mark 4:
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39-41 Jesus as God is in a boat crossing
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the Galilean Sea and the winds came up
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and the storms came up and Jesus Jesus
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arose after the petition of his
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disciples to save them he arose and
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rebuked the wind and said to the Sea
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peace be still and the wind ceased and
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suddenly there was great calm and Jesus
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said to the men why are you so fearful
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how is it that you have no faith and
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they feared exceedingly and said one to
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another what manner of man is this that
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even the wind and the Sea obey him
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when we realize the Holiness of God his
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complete separation from sin and his
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constant opposition to it and subsequent
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Judgment of it the normal response of a
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human with any spiritual discernment is
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to fear Him in Proverbs 3: 7 the bible
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says be not wise in your own eyes fear
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the lord and turn away from Evil
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Proverbs 88:13 the Bible says the fear
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of the Lord is the hatred of all evil
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second Corinthians 5:11 the Bible says
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therefore knowing the terror of the lord
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we persuade men in other words knowing
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the terror of the Lord and the Judgment
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that comes to the men who do not turn
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their hearts to Christ is a horrible
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horrible thing to know and for that
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purpose the intensity of the Gospel must
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be reintroduced back into a lost and
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Fallen World Philippians 2:11 the Bible
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says work out your own salvation with
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fear fear and with trembling the Bible
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says in Hebrews 10 it is a fearful thing
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to fall into the hands of the Living
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God we work out our salvation with fear
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and with trembling anyone who
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understands the brightness and the glory
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of God cannot help but at least become
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somewhat afraid I'd like to turn to two
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illustrations of the Bible of faithful
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holy men of God who experienced being in
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the presence of God Isaiah 6 veres 1 and
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5 Isaiah 6 1-5 in the year that King
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Uzziah died I also saw the Lord sitting
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upon a throne high and lifted up and his
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train filled the temple above it stood
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the seraphim Angels each one had six
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wings and with two they covered their
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face and with two they covered their
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feet and with two they did fly and one
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seraphim cried out to the other holy
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holy holy holy is the Lord of hosts
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Adonai tabat holy holy holy is the Lord
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of host the whole earth is full of his
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glory and the posts of the door moved at
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the voice of one that cried and smoke
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filled the whole house then said I woe
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is me for I am I am undone for I am a
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man of unclean lips and I dwell in the
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midst of a people of unclean lips for my
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eyes have seen the Lord of
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hosts well Pastor that's Old Testament
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will let me tell you about a little
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encounter about a man named Saul in Acts
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9:
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1-4 a sworn enemy of Christianity and
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all who represented it with a fervor and
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a hatred and a malice and a fire against
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the Christian faith seldom seen in human
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history acts 9 1-4 the Bible says and
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Saul breathing out threatenings and
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Slaughter against the Disciples of the
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Lord went unto the high priest and
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desired of him letters to Damascus to
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the synagogues that he found any of the
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Christian faith whether men or women he
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might bring them bound into Jerusalem
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for prison or for death as he journeyed
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to Damascus and as he neared Damascus
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suddenly a light shined from the heaven
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and Saul fell to the Earth off his horse
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and heard a voice saying to him Saul
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Saul why are you persecuting me and he
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said who are you Lord and the Lord said
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I am Jesus whom you are persecuting it
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is hard for you to kick against the
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Pricks and Saul trembling and astonished
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as what will you have me to do and Saul
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trembling and astonished trembling and
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astonished said what will you have me to
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do beyond all doubt the fact that God is
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a God of Justice who will judge the
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entire human race systematically
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generates the fear of him it is a solemn
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and holy truth that God is constantly
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watching and evaluating our actions both
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good and bad and that we will be held
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accountable for those actions both now
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and in the day of judgment in
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Deuteronomy 17: 12 through 13 12 and 13
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the Bible says and the man that shall do
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presumptuously and will not hearken unto
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the priest that stands there to minister
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before the Lord or to the judge even
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that man is going to die and all people
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shall hear in fear therefore do no more
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presumptuously in Isaiah 518 and 19 the
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Bible says of the Judgment of God
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according to their deeds accordingly he
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will repay fire to his ad Fury to his
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adversaries recompense to his enemies to
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the islands he will pay recompense so so
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shall they that fear the name of the
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Lord From the Sun from the West and his
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glory to the rising of the sun when the
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enemy shall come in like a flood the
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spirit of the Lord will raise a stand
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other words when Evil's running rampant
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when everything's gone nuts and the
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world has gone wild the spirit of the
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Lord will raise a standard against the
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tide of evil that seeks to swallow the
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peace of God that the believer the one
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in Christ may know of the one true God
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that loved him and gave himself for him
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he will preserve him in those times of
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trouble I'd like to quote you a very
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sobering
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scripture that some of you ought to
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highlight in your bibles if you know
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Christ and to The Sinner you need to
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understand when you give your life to
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Christ there is a commitment that you
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need to make and I mean a true
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commitment that you understand
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completely what he is capable of doing
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both ways Hebrews
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10:26 through 31 for if we sin willfully
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after that we've come to the knowledge
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of the truth there remains no more
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sacrifice for sin now let me stop here
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for just a minute we all make
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mistakes what he's talking about here
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any mistake you make you can be forgiven
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of if you you make a mistake and you're
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convicted of it then you understand the
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spirit of God works inside of you what
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this is displaying here is a blatant
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disregard and empathy for the things of
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God and you're just going to do what you
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want and still when the nut cutting
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comes say you're a Christian that ain't
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going to
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work if you sin willfully habitually and
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knowingly after you've come to the
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knowledge of the truth there is no more
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no more sacrifice for your sins but a
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fearful but a certain fearful
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expectation of judgment and fire
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indignation which shall Devour the
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adversaries anyone who rejected Moses
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law died without Mercy at the testimony
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of two or three Witnesses verse 29 of
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Hebrews 10 of how much sore punishment
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suppose ye shall he be thought worthy
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who has trampled the Son of God
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underfoot counted the blood of the
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Covenant whereby he was
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Sanctified a common thing and insulted
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the spirit of Grace for we know him who
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said vengeance is mine I will repay and
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again the Lord will judge his people it
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is a fearful thing to fall into the
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hands of God let me say this again verse
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29 verse 28 if someone
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died under Moses law under the testimony
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of two or three Witnesses
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how much sore punishment do you think he
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shall be thought worthy who have
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trampled underfoot the the K the Son of
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God other words who counted Christianity
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as a joke who laughs and makes fun of
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Christianity who mocks and disputes and
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always causes trouble against Christians
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and the Christian faith how much more
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sore punishment do you think is coming
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to that guy who had Trampled Under the
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son trampled the Son of God underfoot
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and countered the Covenant which he once
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professed
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that Sanctified him and brought him into
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the presence of God a common thing and
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insulted the spirit of Grace we know him
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who said vengeance is mine I will repay
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sayeth the Lord and again the Lord will
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judge his people it is a fearful thing
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to fall into the hands of the Living God
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so what are the implications of the fear
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of the
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Lord the fear of the Lord is by far more
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than just a Biblical argument or
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doctrine it is applied by the holy
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spirit in all walks of our daily lives
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if we truly live in the fear of the Lord
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we will live a life of obedience to his
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Commandments and we will say no to sin
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in Ecclesiastes Solomon describes the
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whole duty of mankind and two brief
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imperatives fear God and keep his
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Commandments conversely anyone who is
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content to live live a life of
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wickedness does so because there is no
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fear of God before his eyes in Romans 36
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excuse me Psalms 36 1-4 and it's
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repeated again in the New Testament in
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Romans chap 3 verse 1 the Oracle within
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my heart concerning the transgression of
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the wicked there is no fear of God in
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their eyes for he flatters himself in
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his own eyes until his iniquity can be
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found to be hateful the words of his
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mouth are wicked
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until his iniquity excuse me words of
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mou or wickedness and deceit he has
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ceased to be wise and do good he sets
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himself in a way that is not good he
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does not abhor evil true fear of the
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Lord produces a sanctifying effect on
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God's people just as there is a
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sanctifying effect in the truth of God's
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word there is also a sanctifying effect
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in the fear of the Lord the fear of the
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Lord causes us to hate sin and to turn
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Away From Evil Proverbs 3:7 be not wise
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in your own eyes fear the lord and turn
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away from Evil and Proverbs
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8813 the fear of the Lord is the hatred
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of all evil Proverbs 16:6 for the fear
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of by the fear of the Lord one turns
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away the fear of the Lord protects us
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from the breakdown of our Consciousness
00:31:25
and our moral resolve it also causes us
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to be careful and restrained in our
00:31:30
speech regular observation of the fear
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of the Lord will result in the ultimate
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display of personal self-control
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Proverbs 19 10 verse Proverbs 10: 19 in
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the multitude of words sin is not
00:31:44
lacking but he who restrains his lips is
00:31:47
wise in Ecclesiastes 52 and in verse 6
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do not be rash with your mouth and let
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not your heart say anything hastily
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before God for as God is in heaven and
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you are in Earth therefore let your
00:32:01
Words Be Few do not let your mouth cause
00:32:05
your flesh to sin nor say before the
00:32:07
messenger of God that you were lying Pro
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Matthew 5:34 and 37 on the sermon of the
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mount swear not at all don't make
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promises don't give your word neither by
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heaven for it is the Lord's Throne nor
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by the Earth for it is foot stol neither
00:32:24
by Jerusalem for it is the city of the
00:32:26
great G great king neither swear by your
00:32:29
own head for you are incapable of making
00:32:32
one hair on your head white or black but
00:32:35
let your communication be yes yes or no
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no for whatsoever more than these is
00:32:42
evil let your Words Be Few and true and
00:32:46
you'll live a lot happier life than
00:32:48
people trying to get as much garbage out
00:32:51
of themselves as they can in James CH 5
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verse 2 verse 12 James 5 verse 12 a
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parallel scripture but Above All Things
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my brethren swear not neither by Heaven
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neither by Earth neither by any other
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oath but let your yes be yes and your no
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be no lest you fall into
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condemnation there is no greater
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deterrent to the temptation of sin than
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to completely understand what it means
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to fear the lord while we all make
00:33:25
mistakes in life and God will forgive
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every sin that you repent of the
00:33:30
universal church and Christianity around
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the world has come to a very dangerous
00:33:35
place of complacency today we have
00:33:37
arrived at a staggering place of
00:33:39
spiritual indifference when it comes to
00:33:41
behavioral accountability we must
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understand that we serve a sovereign
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holy God and he is not going to change
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the fear of the Lord helps us completely
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understand there are true consequences
00:33:54
for sin in the sight of God he observes
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every sin we commit and how we respond
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to it and he remembers them all and we
00:34:02
as a corporate Church a corporate Faith
00:34:05
have forgotten that and turned around
00:34:08
and are doing something else in contrast
00:34:12
the spirit of carnality compromise
00:34:15
empathy and behavioral indifference that
00:34:18
has infiltrated Christianity and
00:34:20
redefined the culture of the modern
00:34:22
Church poses the greatest clear and
00:34:25
present danger to the Christian Living
00:34:27
today
00:34:28
there is very little distinction between
00:34:30
what happens in the world and what
00:34:32
happens in church and in the daily lives
00:34:35
of a Believer anyone truly in a saving
00:34:38
relationship with God understands just
00:34:41
how powerful he is and what he is
00:34:43
capable of doing when he is angry this
00:34:46
counterfeit transformative work of men
00:34:49
over time has only created the polar
00:34:52
opposite effect without offering any
00:34:54
distinction from the world in its
00:34:56
message methodology or purpose people at
00:34:59
least in most part have started staying
00:35:02
home the result is an unprecedented
00:35:04
Universal decline in church attendance
00:35:07
and commitment never seen in America and
00:35:10
it's time for the hemorrhaging of the
00:35:12
church attendance to stop doctrines such
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as the fear of the Lord personal
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discipleship eternity and the reality of
00:35:19
Hell must be returned to the pulpit to
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be proclaimed by courageous men again
00:35:24
there needs to be a rededication and
00:35:26
recommitment to the truth from all
00:35:29
leaders of our faith in Jeremiah 16:6
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the Bible says stand in the ways and see
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and ask for the Old Paths where the good
00:35:38
way is and walk in it and you shall find
00:35:41
rest for your
00:35:44
souls when we embarked on this journey
00:35:48
at voice in the wilderness
00:35:51
Ministries our goal was to try to reach
00:35:55
as many people as we could
00:35:58
with the message of the Gospel that had
00:36:00
never heard it
00:36:01
before but over the four and a half
00:36:03
years that we've had this ministry we
00:36:06
also know that there is a staggering
00:36:08
amount of biblically illiterate and
00:36:11
uncommitted people taking the name of
00:36:13
Christ that serves as a new Mission
00:36:16
field our narrative our dialogue and our
00:36:19
purpose and our message is to preach the
00:36:22
gospel to any unsaved person whether
00:36:25
they're in America or around the world
00:36:28
obviously our first place is to reach as
00:36:30
many people around the world as we can
00:36:32
but we are not naive concerning the
00:36:35
abuse of the message of the Gospel that
00:36:37
has transpired in the last 50 years by a
00:36:41
number of wellp publicized and well
00:36:44
promoted ministers with their own agenda
00:36:48
and those building their own Empire you
00:36:51
are a Christian if you have taken the
00:36:52
name of Christ you must get the whole
00:36:55
package if someone is not preaching ing
00:36:57
to you both about the love and the
00:36:59
justice of God if there's only one
00:37:02
perspective to delineate and Walking
00:37:06
with God then you're only getting half
00:37:08
of the picture and you could come into
00:37:10
trouble God is love that is of a truth
00:37:13
but God is also a God of Justice and
00:37:16
God's love in Jesus Christ on the cross
00:37:19
satisfies the nature of his Justice and
00:37:22
remain allows him to remain the holy
00:37:24
creator that he intended that he has
00:37:27
always going to be for those of you that
00:37:30
don't know Jesus Christ as your lord and
00:37:32
savior we're going to take the last
00:37:34
minute of the service of the new year
00:37:37
that we're presenting to you to consider
00:37:40
a recommitment if you are a Christian a
00:37:43
recommitment or a professing Christian
00:37:45
that is walking in the world if you are
00:37:48
a professing Christian that's walking in
00:37:49
the world you've walked away from church
00:37:51
you've walked away from the faith
00:37:52
because of delusion or disappointment by
00:37:55
their representatives you must
00:37:57
understand that they are not God you
00:37:59
must turn your hearts back to God this
00:38:03
is eternity find a church find a
00:38:06
minister find a message that is God's
00:38:08
there're still out here in fact there's
00:38:10
more and more every year there's more
00:38:12
people that are turning around and doing
00:38:14
the right thing but there is still a
00:38:16
very distinct danger Among Us that we
00:38:18
must prevent ourselves from staying out
00:38:21
of balance if you have not heard the
00:38:23
gospel if you are someone who is
00:38:26
somewhere around the world and you have
00:38:27
not heard the truth we compel you to
00:38:30
join the Christian faith
00:38:32
today there are always going to be
00:38:35
counterfeits in anything but that does
00:38:37
not hide the fact that the truth remains
00:38:38
a truth I'm asking you
00:38:41
today to give your hearts to Christ give
00:38:44
your lives to Christ and do it with a
00:38:47
commitment that's for the rest of your
00:38:49
life it's not about one point or another
00:38:52
it is a complete commitment to God from
00:38:54
the bottom of your heart in the same way
00:38:56
as a marriage
00:38:58
understand this is a covenant this is
00:39:00
forever God will keep his Covenant
00:39:02
forever with you if you'll keep your
00:39:04
Covenant with him forever doing it the
00:39:06
right way what do I have to do to enter
00:39:08
into this Covenant you must come before
00:39:10
the Throne of God and you must confess
00:39:12
your sins you must repent of your sins
00:39:14
and that means to turn away from them
00:39:16
completely in the same breath you must
00:39:18
be committed to following the Lord Jesus
00:39:20
Christ for the rest of your days to
00:39:22
believe on his name and to follow his
00:39:24
word and to be led by his Spirit come
00:39:27
comes with the implication of obedience
00:39:29
and commitment that so few people try to
00:39:32
wrap their arms around but cannot a
00:39:34
leading of the Holy Spirit to a
00:39:36
surrendered heart is a true measure of a
00:39:38
transformed life according to the word
00:39:40
of God it is the greatest life I have
00:39:43
ever lived it's the greatest life I will
00:39:44
ever know and I recommend it highly for
00:39:47
you in Jesus name amen amen
