{"id":996,"date":"2023-08-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/256-tim-galbraith-with-moses-on-horeb\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T04:29:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T04:29:37","slug":"256-tim-galbraith-with-moses-on-horeb","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/256-tim-galbraith-with-moses-on-horeb\/","title":{"rendered":"256: Tim Galbraith – With Moses on Horeb"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week we are listening to a class by Brother Tim Galbraith that is
\nentitled “With Moses on Horeb”, but it’s really about “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge”. This is was given in 2001 at the
\nLos Angeles Ecclesia Midweek Bible Class.<\/p>\n

We hope this strengthens your Faith and brightens your day!<\/p>\n

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\nWelcome to good Chris Elfian
\ntalks. <\/p>\n

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\nI’m Levi.
\nAnd I’m Chris. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I’m Brian.
\nThank you for joining us this <\/p>\n

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\nweek on this podcast.
\nWe select one Talk a week to <\/p>\n

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\nhelp us get the Bible in our
\nDaily News feed. <\/p>\n

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\nWe post a new episode at the
\nstart of each week. <\/p>\n

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\nWith a short intro beforehand to
\nkind of set the stage for the <\/p>\n

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\ntalk you’re about to listen to.
\nAnd now, let’s talk more about <\/p>\n

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\nthis week’s talk.
\nThis week’s talk is a lecture by<\/p>\n

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\nbrother Tim Galbraith from
\nHyderabad, India. <\/p>\n

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\nHe presented this talk in 2001
\nat the Los Angeles Ecclesia here<\/p>\n

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\nin LA.
\nThis is a midweek class and it’s<\/p>\n

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\nthe first class in a series of
\nmidweek classes that he gave <\/p>\n

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\nleading up to A to a study
\nweekend back then. <\/p>\n

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\nThe title is with Moses in Horeb
\nbecause as he kind of touches on<\/p>\n

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\nright at the beginning, this is
\none example of of an interaction<\/p>\n

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\non the mountain, and this is the
\nfirst one. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd he kind of makes the point
\nthat Moses and horrib is he he <\/p>\n

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\nhe uses this as a as a jumping
\npad to a discussion on the fear <\/p>\n

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\nof the Lord.
\nSo it’s pretty funny. <\/p>\n

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\nI’m putting this title here on
\nthe podcast because he barely <\/p>\n

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\ntalks about Moses at horrib.
\nIt’s really a a really amazing <\/p>\n

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\nstudy on the concept of the fear
\nof the Lord and how the fear of <\/p>\n

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\nthe Lord is the beginning of
\nknowledge. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd then he broadens that really
\nover the whole scripture. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd this is something I’ve known
\nfrom hearing Brother Tim in <\/p>\n

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\nperson.
\nJess and I were in India many <\/p>\n

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\nyears ago and then I’ve heard
\nhim when he’s been here in the <\/p>\n

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\nStates other times.
\nHe is one of the best we have at<\/p>\n

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\njust a comprehension of of the
\ntotal message of scripture and <\/p>\n

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\nyou’re going to hear it in this
\nclass. <\/p>\n

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\nIt really is a broad study.
\nHe goes all over the place to <\/p>\n

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\nexpand this concept of how the
\nfear of the Lord is the <\/p>\n

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\nbeginning but it is still
\nnecessary and that that I think <\/p>\n

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\nmight be my favorite part.
\nMiddle of the second-half at <\/p>\n

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\nsome point he talks about how he
\nstill needs to remember to have <\/p>\n

37
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\nthe fear of the Lord for even
\nhis thoughts. <\/p>\n

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\nThis is a really excellent
\nclass, really fun to listen to. <\/p>\n

39
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\nI’m thankful to have this
\nrecording. <\/p>\n

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\nBrother Chris, one of the Co
\nhosts here, has taken on a task <\/p>\n

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\nof converting a lot of old
\ntapes. <\/p>\n

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\nWe’ve been sent tapes and been
\nput in touch with those who have<\/p>\n

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\na tape library.
\nSo this is a class that’s online<\/p>\n

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\nnow on good on Chris Lefkin,
\nbibletalks.com but recently <\/p>\n

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\nconverted from the tape that it
\nwas in 2001. <\/p>\n

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\nSo thank you Chris for doing
\nthat work. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s been really fun to listen
\nto some of these talks that we <\/p>\n

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\ndon’t have as of yet on any of
\nour Internet sites. <\/p>\n

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\nSo very thankful to share this
\none. <\/p>\n

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\nThis is really again a study on
\nthe beginning, the fear of the <\/p>\n

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\nLord’s beginning of knowledge.
\nBut here is Moses that Horeb by <\/p>\n

52
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\nbrother Tim Galbraith.
\nThanks, Brother Mark and good <\/p>\n

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\nevening.
\nIt’s lovely to be back after <\/p>\n

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\nfour years since I had the
\nprivilege of being with you in <\/p>\n

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\nthis ecclesia.
\nWe wanted this week to look at <\/p>\n

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\nthe question of our spiritual
\ngrowth, of getting closer to God<\/p>\n

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\nas we go through our spiritual
\nwalk. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd of course there are steps.
\nThat need to be taken if we are <\/p>\n

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\ngoing to feel in our lives and
\ngenuinely be closer to our God. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I thought it would be
\nprofitable to go through this <\/p>\n

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\nweek looking at out of the many
\nmountain experiences which the <\/p>\n

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\nBible talks about, looking just
\nat 4 incidents, 4 situations <\/p>\n

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\nthat seem to epitomize our
\ngrowth as we draw closer to God.<\/p>\n

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\nAnd as Mark told us, those four
\nexperiences are first of all, <\/p>\n

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\nthis experience on Mount Horeb,
\nthe experience with Elijah on <\/p>\n

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\nMount Carmel, the experience of
\nour Savior on Calvary, and the <\/p>\n

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\nprospective experience of being
\nwith redeemed on Zion. <\/p>\n

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\nNow obviously, when we read this
\nscene in Chapter 19, there’s <\/p>\n

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\nsomething that really comes to
\nthe fore. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd that is that there is a very
\nfrightening experience for the <\/p>\n

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\npeople.
\nWe are told in verse 16 that in <\/p>\n

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\nthe third day in the morning
\nthere were thunders, lightnings,<\/p>\n

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\na thick cloud upon the mount,
\nthe voice of the trumpet <\/p>\n

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\nexceeding loud, so that all the
\npeople that were in the camp <\/p>\n

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\ntrembled now for some reason.
\nGod chose to scare his people in<\/p>\n

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\nthis beginning of the
\nexperience. <\/p>\n

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\nSee, the covenant has not yet
\nbeen fully made. <\/p>\n

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\nGod is still in the process of
\nbringing the people unto <\/p>\n

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\nhimself, bringing them to the
\ncovenant which he is about to <\/p>\n

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\nmake with them.
\nBut for some reason he decides <\/p>\n

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\nthat this opening experience
\nthat he’s going to give them as <\/p>\n

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\nhe gives his Lord to them.
\nIs 1, which makes them afraid. <\/p>\n

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\nThey’re told to keep well away
\nfrom this mountain. <\/p>\n

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\nThey are given signs that well
\nmake them scared. <\/p>\n

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\nThe there is an earthquake that
\nthe mountain we are told in <\/p>\n

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\nverse 18 was on smoke and fire.
\nThe whole mount quake greatly. <\/p>\n

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\nThere was a mighty earthquake.
\nNow in this step then of God <\/p>\n

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\nbringing Israel unto Himself,
\nafter all, that’s His purpose in<\/p>\n

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\nverse 4, how I bear you on
\neagle’s wings and brought you <\/p>\n

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\nunto myself.
\nSo here he’s bringing them unto <\/p>\n

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\nhimself.
\nHe seeks to owe them with His <\/p>\n

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\nmighty power, with His Majesty.
\nNow we can think why. <\/p>\n

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\nAccording to the Proverbs, as we
\nread again and again, the fear <\/p>\n

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\nof the Lord is the beginning of
\nknowledge. <\/p>\n

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\nLet’s just look at a couple of
\nthose references from Proverbs. <\/p>\n

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\nProverbs chapter one and we read
\nin verse 7. <\/p>\n

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\nThe fear of the Lord is the
\nbeginning of knowledge. <\/p>\n

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\nAgain we read in the 9th chapter
\nand verse 10. <\/p>\n

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\nThe fear of the Lord is the
\nbeginning of wisdom. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd again in verse 33 of chapter
\n15, the fear of the Lord is the <\/p>\n

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\ninstruction of wisdom, and so
\nKnowledge, wisdom instruction. <\/p>\n

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\nAgain, says the wise man with an
\nawe, a fear, a reverence of God.<\/p>\n

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\nAnd so it is that all the people
\nfeared greatly when this <\/p>\n

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\nhappened.
\nNow not only did all the people <\/p>\n

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\nfear, Moses himself was
\nfrightened by this experience. <\/p>\n

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\nMoses knew what was happening,
\nand yet he was exceedingly <\/p>\n

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\nfrightened by this.
\nDemonstration of God’s power. <\/p>\n

108
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\nThis we learn only from the New
\nTestament record in Hebrews <\/p>\n

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\nchapter 12, verse 21 reads.
\nAnd so terrible was the sight <\/p>\n

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\nthat Moses said, I exceedingly
\nfear and quake. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so Moses himself was
\nfrightened by the experience. <\/p>\n

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\nNow that was in Hebrews 12 and
\nverse 21. <\/p>\n

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\nNow if then the fear of the Lord
\nis the beginning of knowledge, <\/p>\n

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\nbeginning of wisdom, beginning
\nof instruction, is that where <\/p>\n

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\nour walk before God starts?
\nAnd yes, it is. <\/p>\n

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\nOf course we know that, unless
\nwe have some knowledge of God. <\/p>\n

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\nThen we can no way draw near to
\nHim, and unless we have some <\/p>\n

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\nwisdom in choosing to draw an
\neye to Him, we cannot draw an <\/p>\n

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\neye to Him.
\nAnd so, as again Hebrews Chapter<\/p>\n

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\n11 tells us, verse six, that if
\nwe are to draw near to God, if <\/p>\n

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\nwe are to come to God, we must
\nbelieve that He is we must have <\/p>\n

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\nknowledge of His existence and
\nknowledge. <\/p>\n

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\nOf his character.
\nBecause how can we draw near to <\/p>\n

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\nregard whom we do not know?
\nHow can we make that choice back<\/p>\n

125
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\nin Proverbs chapter one?
\nWe read and we’ll pick up at <\/p>\n

126
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\nverse 29.
\nTalking about those who refused <\/p>\n

127
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\nthe ways of God, for they hated
\nknowledge and did not choose the<\/p>\n

128
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\nfear of the Lord.
\nIt was their choice as a wise <\/p>\n

129
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\nman whether they were going to
\nfear God or not. <\/p>\n

130
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\nHow people respond to
\ndemonstration of God’s power is <\/p>\n

131
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\ntheir choice.
\nAnd sometimes I used to think as<\/p>\n

132
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\na young child, look, why doesn’t
\nGod just do something <\/p>\n

133
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\ncatastrophic, that something so
\namazing that nobody can say, <\/p>\n

134
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\nlook, is there a God, Does God
\nreally exist? <\/p>\n

135
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\nAnd to realize as you read
\nthrough Scripture, it doesn’t <\/p>\n

136
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\nmatter what God did if people
\nchoose not to fear God, if <\/p>\n

137
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\npeople choose not to heed him.
\nThat they won’t do it. <\/p>\n

138
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\nAnd Scripture is full of
\nexamples of people who, despite <\/p>\n

139
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\nthe most catastrophic
\nsituations, refuse to <\/p>\n

140
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\nacknowledge, fear, respect God.
\nJust turn for example, to the <\/p>\n

141
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\nBook of Revelation and the
\njudgments which are poured out <\/p>\n

142
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\nthere.
\nVery awesome judgments in <\/p>\n

143
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\nRevelation chapter 16.
\nAnd we read here verses 10 and <\/p>\n

144
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\n11.
\nAnd the 5th Angel poured out his<\/p>\n

145
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\nvial upon the seat of the beast,
\nand his Kingdom was full of <\/p>\n

146
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\ndarkness.
\nAnd they gnawed their tongues <\/p>\n

147
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\nfor pain, and blasphemed the God
\nof heaven because of their pains<\/p>\n

148
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\nin the source, and repented not
\nof their deeds. <\/p>\n

149
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\nSo they they had a clear choice.
\nThat in these terrible <\/p>\n

150
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\nsituations they found
\nthemselves. <\/p>\n

151
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\nThey could they could turn and
\nplead God, acknowledge that God <\/p>\n

152
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\nhad the right and the power to
\ndeal as he was with them, but <\/p>\n

153
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\nthey would not acknowledge that.
\nThey would not respect that. <\/p>\n

154
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\nThey would not fear that they
\nchose just to blaspheme. <\/p>\n

155
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\nAnd that tells us also why.
\nGod is calling out of the <\/p>\n

156
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\nnations, the people for his name
\nand not simply plunking the <\/p>\n

157
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\nwhole human race into his
\nKingdom. <\/p>\n

158
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\nAgain, many times we hear people
\nsay, well look, really couldn’t <\/p>\n

159
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\nGod just in his kindness put
\neverybody into the Kingdom? <\/p>\n

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\nBut he couldn’t have a Kingdom
\nif he did that, because people <\/p>\n

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\nwould not.
\nAcknowledge God’s right to do as<\/p>\n

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\nHe wants in His Kingdom, and His
\nrole just turned to Isaiah. <\/p>\n

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\nChapter 26 we read here starting
\nfrom verse 9, Isaiah 26. <\/p>\n

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\nWith my soul have I desired thee
\nin the night. <\/p>\n

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\nYay, with my spirit within me
\nwill I seek thee early. <\/p>\n

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\nFor when your judgments are in
\nthe earth, the inhabitants of <\/p>\n

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\nthe world will learn
\nrighteousness. <\/p>\n

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\nOK, so when Christ comes back
\nand sets up the Kingdom, the <\/p>\n

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\ninhabitants of the world will
\nlearn righteousness. <\/p>\n

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\nBut verse 10 Let favor be showed
\nto the wicked. <\/p>\n

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\nYet he will not learn
\nrighteousness in the land of <\/p>\n

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\nuprightness.
\nHe will deal unjustly and will <\/p>\n

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\nnot behold the majesty of the
\nLord. <\/p>\n

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\nThat word there, Behold.
\nLiterally means to acknowledge. <\/p>\n

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\nIn other words, put him in the
\nKingdom. <\/p>\n

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\nPut him in a perfect situation
\nwhere everything is just fine <\/p>\n

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\nand he will still not
\nacknowledge God’s right to do as<\/p>\n

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\nGod wants to do.
\nAnd so there are people. <\/p>\n

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\nThere are, unfortunately it
\nwould seem, the majority of <\/p>\n

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\nhuman beings who will not fear
\nthe Lord regardless of whatever <\/p>\n

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\nsituation they may face.
\nNow fear of course is something <\/p>\n

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\ntherefore that people must have
\nof God. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd that’s why you will find,
\nfor example in the Acts of the <\/p>\n

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\nApostles, the apostles sometimes
\naddressing the the multitude and<\/p>\n

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\nsaying, men, brethren, ye that
\nfear God, how can? <\/p>\n

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\nBecause if people don’t fear
\nGod, if we don’t fear God, then <\/p>\n

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\nwe are not going to listen to
\nwhat he says. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd that is why God needed to
\nbring this horrible experience <\/p>\n

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\nto Israel.
\nThat they might hear, that they <\/p>\n

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\nmight listen because they fear
\nHim. <\/p>\n

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\nNow, sometimes we don’t have
\nthese experiences that that <\/p>\n

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\nfrighten us.
\nSometimes we do. <\/p>\n

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\nSometimes things happen.
\nAnd as much as we know, every <\/p>\n

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\nday is a day within God’s care
\nfor us. <\/p>\n

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\nYet isn’t it true that when
\ntragedy strikes, when something <\/p>\n

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\nreally happens to us, in our
\nfamily, in our close nitty <\/p>\n

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\ncleisures that we do, we get
\nfrightened. <\/p>\n

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\nWhat is God trying to teach us?
\nWhat really is going wrong in my<\/p>\n

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\nlife, in my family’s life, in my
\ncleisure’s life? <\/p>\n

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\nBecause we fear that God is
\nworking there and we don’t <\/p>\n

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\nunderstand why.
\nAnd that’s right, that we should<\/p>\n

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\ndo.
\nNot that we should trouble <\/p>\n

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\nourselves too much as working
\nout why, as we will see in a <\/p>\n

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\nlater study.
\nBut it is important to recognize<\/p>\n

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\nthat yes, we should pause, we
\nshould consider we should indeed<\/p>\n

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\nrespect and fear our God.
\nNow, that doesn’t mean that our <\/p>\n

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\nwhole walk has to be, as it
\nwere, tailored out of fear. <\/p>\n

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\nFear was the beginning of the
\nexperience for Israel, and fear <\/p>\n

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\nof God may well be the beginning
\nof our experience. <\/p>\n

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\nBut we must grow.
\nWe must grow until, as we will <\/p>\n

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\nfind by the end of the weekend,
\nas we find in first John chapter<\/p>\n

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\n4 and verse 18 that perfect love
\ncasts out fear. <\/p>\n

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\nSo we will get by God’s grace to
\nthat situation where love. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd not fear is the prime mover
\nof all that we do. <\/p>\n

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\nBut the starting point must be
\nwith fear until love takes over.<\/p>\n

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\nAnd there might be times that we
\nneed to induce this. <\/p>\n

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\nYou remember back King David, of
\ncourse, At various times in the <\/p>\n

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\nPsalms he seems to deliberately
\ninduce a sense of awe, a sense <\/p>\n

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\nalmost of fear.
\nOf the greatness of his God, so <\/p>\n

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\nthat he he really can feel his
\nown position before God. <\/p>\n

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\nFor example, in the 8th Psalm 1,
\nwhich is very famous, and verse <\/p>\n

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\nthree and four, when I consider
\nthe heavens the work of your <\/p>\n

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\nhands, of moon and stars which
\nyou have ordained, what is man? <\/p>\n

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\nThat you are mindful of him, the
\nSon of man, That you visit him. <\/p>\n

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\nI mean, what am I?
\nSays David compared to this <\/p>\n

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\nawesome universe.
\nSo he induces a sense of awe of <\/p>\n

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\nhis God, and that’s important.
\nIn fact, in the 34th Psalm, <\/p>\n

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\nDavid reminds us of the need to
\nalways blow God up in our <\/p>\n

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\nthinking into much bigger than
\nHe is. <\/p>\n

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\nAt least much bigger than he is
\nin our thinking. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s impossible to to magnify
\nGod in our thinking bigger than <\/p>\n

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\nhe is because he’s so vast.
\nBut it’s the finding we have as <\/p>\n

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\nhuman beings.
\nWe cannot readily appreciate <\/p>\n

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\nthat all the nations are us.
\nBut a drop in a bucket, I mean <\/p>\n

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\nwhen we have one drop of water
\nin a bucket we we reckon it’s <\/p>\n

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\nempty.
\nWe, we, we, we say, look, <\/p>\n

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\nthere’s no water there.
\nIt’s nothing. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s the dust of the balance.
\nAnd that’s the the. <\/p>\n

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\nProphet goes on to say, and as I
\nthought, he that he counts the <\/p>\n

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\nnations as less than nothing,
\nabsolutely nothing. <\/p>\n

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\nSo who are we?
\nWhat are we compared to this <\/p>\n

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\ngreat God?
\nAnd therefore, in the words of <\/p>\n

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\nPsalm 34, verse 30 magnify the
\nLord with me. <\/p>\n

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\nMagnify.
\nWe know what a magnifying glass <\/p>\n

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\ndoes.
\nIt makes things bigger. <\/p>\n

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\nLet’s make God bigger in our
\nthinking, in our estimation, <\/p>\n

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\nsays David.
\nAnd so we magnify the Lord. <\/p>\n

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\nFor those who fear the Lord, of
\ncourse, do that. <\/p>\n

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\nBut those who don’t fear the
\nLord make God very small, so <\/p>\n

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\nthat God has no power.
\nThat they’re not. <\/p>\n

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\nThey’re not frightened of God.
\nAnd again, the Psalms are full <\/p>\n

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\nof examples of people who are
\nnot frightened of God. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s in Psalm 78, I think, that
\nhe makes mention of this, <\/p>\n

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\ntalking about the wicked and the
\nterrible things that the wicked <\/p>\n

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\ndo, and he goes through.
\nIn Psalm sorry 73 Psalm 73 my <\/p>\n

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\ncorrection and he talks about
\nall the wicked things which the <\/p>\n

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\nwicked do and they say in verse
\n11 and they say how does God <\/p>\n

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\nknow?
\nIs there knowledge in the most <\/p>\n

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\nHigh God?
\nGod doesn’t know all these <\/p>\n

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\nthings.
\nHow can God know everything that<\/p>\n

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\nhappens?
\nGod is a small God. <\/p>\n

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\nWhat’s he going to know if I do
\nthis or I do that? <\/p>\n

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\nBut of course our God is not a
\nsmall God. <\/p>\n

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\nOur God knows, knows, even the
\nhairs of our head, even in the <\/p>\n

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\nmorning or in the evening after
\nwe’ve combed it. <\/p>\n

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\nIt might be less, but we don’t
\nknow. <\/p>\n

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\nBut he knows.
\nAnd that’s the sort of God we <\/p>\n

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\nhave a God that that we we do
\nfear. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I think even as we walk
\nthrough our lives in Christ, <\/p>\n

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\nthere is always an element that
\nmust be there of fear. <\/p>\n

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\nWe know that when we have small
\nchildren, initially children, <\/p>\n

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\nvery small children will to some
\nextent or buy us out of fear. <\/p>\n

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\nThey know that if they do
\nsomething wrong that they will <\/p>\n

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\nsuffer.
\nBut gradually, and this is a <\/p>\n

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\nlong process in a child, those
\nvalues which we are making the <\/p>\n

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\ndecisions on will be
\ninternalized by them. <\/p>\n

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\nSo eventually they leave home.
\nAnd they don’t need the fear of <\/p>\n

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\nparents because they have
\ninternalized from us and from <\/p>\n

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\nthe Scripture the values that
\nwill keep them in the right way.<\/p>\n

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\nThey’ve internalized from us a
\nfear of God, but their parents <\/p>\n

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\nare no longer there, But God is
\nthere, and they don’t want to <\/p>\n

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\nupset God.
\nAnd so it is that in the <\/p>\n

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\nbeginning of our walk, this is
\nthe case. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd it’s interesting that as the
\nEcclesia grew in Acts of the <\/p>\n

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\nApostles, the beginnings of the
\necclesia were marked often by <\/p>\n

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\nincidents that, as it were
\nexact, the ecleasure, the new <\/p>\n

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\nlittle ecleasure, growing with
\nfear that people might not take <\/p>\n

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\nlightly the decision to become
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\nGod.
\nJust turn to a few examples in <\/p>\n

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\nActs chapter 2, verse 43.
\nAnd fear came upon every soul <\/p>\n

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\nand many wonders and signs were
\ndone by the apostles. <\/p>\n

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\nGod saw to it with great things
\nthat there was a certain measure<\/p>\n

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\nof fear that this was some great
\nthing. <\/p>\n

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\nThis was not something to be
\ndismissed lightly or to be just <\/p>\n

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\ntampered with just for human
\npleasure. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd in chapter 5, this is really
\ndriven home with the example of <\/p>\n

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\nAnanais and Safira.
\nAnd and why did this happen? <\/p>\n

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\nWhat was God’s purpose in
\nallowing this to happen in the <\/p>\n

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\nearly church?
\nOh verse 5. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd Ananais, hearing these
\nwords, fell down and gave up the<\/p>\n

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\nspirit, and great fear came on
\nall them that heard these <\/p>\n

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\nthings.
\nThis was God’s decision to <\/p>\n

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\ninduce fear.
\nAnd again verse 11 And great <\/p>\n

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\nfear came upon all the church
\nand many who heard these things.<\/p>\n

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\nSo the Ecclesia realized that it
\nwas not a small thing to tamper <\/p>\n

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\nwith the things of the living
\nGod, that yes, he was a God of <\/p>\n

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\nlove, who sought to bring them
\nunto himself, as he did with <\/p>\n

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\nIsrael, in a very loving way.
\nAnd yet he knew that it was <\/p>\n

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\nnecessary to instill in Israel,
\nand it was necessary to instill <\/p>\n

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\nin the Ecclesia some fear of
\nGod, that we who are so weak in <\/p>\n

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\nthe flesh, should not lightly
\ntamper with the things of God. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd later on in Acts Chapter 9
\nand verse 31 we see the result <\/p>\n

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\nof the development.
\nThen had the churches rest <\/p>\n

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\nthroughout all Judea and Galilee
\nand Samaria, and were edified, <\/p>\n

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\nand walking in the fear of the
\nLord and comfort of the Holy <\/p>\n

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\nSpirit were multiplied.
\nAnd so it was that the Ecclesia <\/p>\n

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\nhad to begin their development
\nthis way. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd when we jumped right forward
\nbeyond our day to the beginning <\/p>\n

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\nof the Kingdom era, when you
\nhave a world which must be <\/p>\n

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\nbrought to its knees to to
\nworship God in the Kingdom age <\/p>\n

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\nagain, it is ushered in by a
\ngreat demonstration of God’s <\/p>\n

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\npower inducing human fear.
\nIf you return to Isaiah 2 as one<\/p>\n

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\nexample of that, where we have
\nthis very graphic description of<\/p>\n

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\nthe fear of God induced by
\nmighty powers, verse 10 Enter <\/p>\n

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\ninto the rock and hide thee in
\nthe dust, for fear of the Lord <\/p>\n

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\nand for glory of His Majesty,
\nthe lofty looks of man shall be <\/p>\n

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\n00:25:30,390 –> 00:25:34,950
\nhumbled, the haughtiness of men
\nshall be bowed down, and the <\/p>\n

328
\n00:25:34,950 –> 00:25:38,150
\nLord alone shall be exalted in
\nthat day. <\/p>\n

329
\n00:25:39,630 –> 00:25:43,450
\nAnd verse 21.
\nTo go into the clefts of the <\/p>\n

330
\n00:25:43,450 –> 00:25:46,930
\nrocks, into the tops of the
\nragged rocks, for fear of the <\/p>\n

331
\n00:25:46,930 –> 00:25:50,010
\nLord, and for the glory of His
\nMajesty. <\/p>\n

332
\n00:25:50,530 –> 00:25:53,570
\nWhen he arises to shake terribly
\nthe earth. <\/p>\n

333
\n00:25:55,890 –> 00:26:01,170
\nGod does it because He knows
\nthat that is the only way that <\/p>\n

334
\n00:26:01,170 –> 00:26:07,330
\nhe is going to begin the process
\nof instruction and knowledge and<\/p>\n

335
\n00:26:07,330 –> 00:26:12,960
\nwisdom for a world that has gone
\nso hopelessly wrong and and we <\/p>\n

336
\n00:26:12,960 –> 00:26:16,480
\ncan see it.
\nWe can see every time we we open<\/p>\n

337
\n00:26:16,480 –> 00:26:19,960
\nour papers or or switch on our
\nInternet news. <\/p>\n

338
\n00:26:20,240 –> 00:26:24,080
\nWe can see that the world is
\ngoing further and further away <\/p>\n

339
\n00:26:24,080 –> 00:26:26,360
\nfrom the instruction of the
\nLord. <\/p>\n

340
\n00:26:26,840 –> 00:26:29,960
\nThat there are laws being
\nushered in in virtually every <\/p>\n

341
\n00:26:29,960 –> 00:26:34,200
\ncountry that contradict the
\nprinciples that the Bible is <\/p>\n

342
\n00:26:34,200 –> 00:26:37,360
\nteaching us.
\nAnd so it is that people will <\/p>\n

343
\n00:26:37,360 –> 00:26:41,080
\nhave to be given this fear of
\nthe Lord. <\/p>\n

344
\n00:26:41,710 –> 00:26:46,990
\nNow, once we have begun our
\nwalk, once we have been <\/p>\n

345
\n00:26:46,990 –> 00:26:51,590
\ninstructed in the things of God,
\nonce we have come to Christ, we <\/p>\n

346
\n00:26:51,590 –> 00:26:54,070
\nhave made our commitment through
\nbaptism. <\/p>\n

347
\n00:26:55,350 –> 00:27:00,710
\nDoes does there need to be any
\nsense of awe, of fear of God? <\/p>\n

348
\n00:27:02,350 –> 00:27:05,790
\nWell, I I think there does.
\nI think God at times had to <\/p>\n

349
\n00:27:05,790 –> 00:27:09,300
\nrekindle in Israel this sense of
\nfear. <\/p>\n

350
\n00:27:09,980 –> 00:27:13,300
\nLittle ways, not not mighty ways
\nas he began. <\/p>\n

351
\n00:27:13,980 –> 00:27:17,380
\nJust turn for example to First
\nSamuel in Chapter 11. <\/p>\n

352
\n00:27:18,780 –> 00:27:24,020
\nHere we just see a small example
\nof how God caused his fear to <\/p>\n

353
\n00:27:24,020 –> 00:27:30,140
\ncome upon the people.
\nFirst Samuel Chapter 11, verses <\/p>\n

354
\n00:27:30,420 –> 00:27:39,080
\n6 and six through to 8.
\nAnd the Spirit of God came upon <\/p>\n

355
\n00:27:39,080 –> 00:27:41,920
\nsoul when he heard those things,
\nand his anger was kindled <\/p>\n

356
\n00:27:41,920 –> 00:27:44,400
\ngreatly.
\nAnd he took a yoke of oxen, and <\/p>\n

357
\n00:27:44,400 –> 00:27:47,240
\nhued them in pieces, and sent
\nthem throughout all the coast of<\/p>\n

358
\n00:27:47,240 –> 00:27:50,480
\nIsrael by the hands of
\nmessengers, saying, Peace <\/p>\n

359
\n00:27:50,480 –> 00:27:54,360
\novercometh not forth after soul.
\nAnd after Samuel so shall it be <\/p>\n

360
\n00:27:54,360 –> 00:27:59,440
\ndone unto his oxen.
\nAnd the fear of the Lord fell on<\/p>\n

361
\n00:27:59,440 –> 00:28:01,520
\nthe people, and they came out
\nwith one consent. <\/p>\n

362
\n00:28:02,520 –> 00:28:07,510
\nUnderstand that it wasn’t the
\nfear of soul that’s being talked<\/p>\n

363
\n00:28:07,510 –> 00:28:09,550
\nabout.
\nYou might think, well the soul <\/p>\n

364
\n00:28:09,550 –> 00:28:11,590
\ndid this graphic thing and
\npeople are a bit frightened that<\/p>\n

365
\n00:28:11,590 –> 00:28:14,470
\nsoul might cut them up if they
\ndidn’t respond, but it doesn’t <\/p>\n

366
\n00:28:14,470 –> 00:28:17,310
\nsay that.
\nIt says that the fear of the <\/p>\n

367
\n00:28:17,310 –> 00:28:21,350
\nLord because soul was simply the
\nLord’s instrument. <\/p>\n

368
\n00:28:21,350 –> 00:28:26,030
\nThe spirit of the Lord verse six
\nhad come upon him wasn’t soul. <\/p>\n

369
\n00:28:26,030 –> 00:28:30,750
\nIt was the Lord who was at work
\nhere to bring this sense of fear<\/p>\n

370
\n00:28:31,070 –> 00:28:34,790
\nso that the people would respond
\nas God wanted them to respond at<\/p>\n

371
\n00:28:34,950 –> 00:28:41,320
\nthat time.
\nNow open Luke chapter 12. <\/p>\n

372
\n00:28:42,600 –> 00:28:45,840
\nOur Lord has something to say on
\nthis theme. <\/p>\n

373
\n00:28:50,080 –> 00:28:54,400
\nLuke chapter 12 and verse four
\nand five. <\/p>\n

374
\n00:28:55,320 –> 00:29:01,080
\nNow notice Luke chapter 12 is a
\nmessage first one to his <\/p>\n

375
\n00:29:01,080 –> 00:29:03,160
\ndisciples.
\nHe began to sign to his <\/p>\n

376
\n00:29:03,160 –> 00:29:08,170
\ndisciples first of all.
\nAnd so this is a message to us <\/p>\n

377
\n00:29:10,010 –> 00:29:13,370
\nthis for I sound to you, my
\nfriends, be not afraid of them <\/p>\n

378
\n00:29:13,370 –> 00:29:16,410
\nthat kill the body, and after
\nthat have no more that they can <\/p>\n

379
\n00:29:16,410 –> 00:29:19,170
\ndo.
\nBut I will forewarn you whom you<\/p>\n

380
\n00:29:19,170 –> 00:29:23,650
\nshall fear.
\nFear him which has, which after <\/p>\n

381
\n00:29:23,650 –> 00:29:26,490
\nhe has killed, have power to
\ncast into hell. <\/p>\n

382
\n00:29:26,770 –> 00:29:31,650
\nYeah, I sound to you, fear him.
\nAnd there’s a clear exhortation <\/p>\n

383
\n00:29:32,290 –> 00:29:36,660
\nfrom the Lord to Don’t fear man,
\nbut but do fear God. <\/p>\n

384
\n00:29:37,620 –> 00:29:39,420
\nDon’t say, well, I I fear
\nnobody. <\/p>\n

385
\n00:29:39,820 –> 00:29:44,180
\nI don’t fear man or God.
\nThat’s what the unjust judge <\/p>\n

386
\n00:29:44,180 –> 00:29:45,540
\nsaid.
\nI don’t fear God. <\/p>\n

387
\n00:29:45,540 –> 00:29:49,220
\nI don’t fear anybody.
\nJesus says don’t be like that. <\/p>\n

388
\n00:29:49,900 –> 00:29:53,300
\nCertainly don’t fear man, but
\nfear God. <\/p>\n

389
\n00:29:54,500 –> 00:30:00,500
\nIn fact, the wise man at the end
\nof his experiment with life, as <\/p>\n

390
\n00:30:00,500 –> 00:30:04,520
\nit were, and Ecclesiastes Trove
\ntells us that that’s the <\/p>\n

391
\n00:30:04,520 –> 00:30:06,280
\nconclusion of the whole matter,
\ndoesn’t it? <\/p>\n

392
\n00:30:07,840 –> 00:30:10,480
\nIn words which I’m sure you know
\nvery well. <\/p>\n

393
\n00:30:11,480 –> 00:30:16,880
\nVerse 13 of Ecclesiastes 12 Let
\nus hear the conclusion of the <\/p>\n

394
\n00:30:16,880 –> 00:30:20,760
\nwhole matter.
\nFear God and keep His <\/p>\n

395
\n00:30:20,760 –> 00:30:24,480
\ncommandments, for this is the
\nwhole duty of man. <\/p>\n

396
\n00:30:24,480 –> 00:30:26,760
\nNotice, by the way, duty there
\nin italics. <\/p>\n

397
\n00:30:27,040 –> 00:30:32,270
\nIt reads much more completely if
\nwe read it as Britain, fear God <\/p>\n

398
\n00:30:32,270 –> 00:30:37,470
\nand keep His commandments for
\nthis, the whole of man, that’s <\/p>\n

399
\n00:30:37,470 –> 00:30:41,070
\nall we are.
\nIt’s not just not a duty, it’s <\/p>\n

400
\n00:30:41,310 –> 00:30:47,430
\nall that there is that is worth
\nhaving in life is a life in <\/p>\n

401
\n00:30:47,430 –> 00:30:51,390
\nconformity with God’s
\ncommandments because we fear him<\/p>\n

402
\n00:30:53,070 –> 00:30:57,670
\nand the Lord.
\nJesus Christ himself had an <\/p>\n

403
\n00:30:57,670 –> 00:31:02,750
\nelement of this as we read again
\nfrom a verse we know well in <\/p>\n

404
\n00:31:02,750 –> 00:31:08,750
\nHebrews chapter 5, a verse we
\noften turn through to show the <\/p>\n

405
\n00:31:08,750 –> 00:31:13,790
\nLord shared our nature.
\nAnd we read verse 7:00 and 8:00 <\/p>\n

406
\n00:31:14,390 –> 00:31:16,830
\nduring the days of His flesh,
\nwhen he had offered up prayers <\/p>\n

407
\n00:31:16,830 –> 00:31:20,390
\nand supplications, with strong
\ncrying and tears unto him, that <\/p>\n

408
\n00:31:20,390 –> 00:31:26,550
\nwas able to save him from death
\nand was heard in that he feared.<\/p>\n

409
\n00:31:28,600 –> 00:31:32,720
\nAnd the margin there has tried
\nto turn around and say all his <\/p>\n

410
\n00:31:32,880 –> 00:31:37,920
\nhis piety, because they have a
\nproblem with the fact that Jesus<\/p>\n

411
\n00:31:37,920 –> 00:31:46,800
\nfeared his Father.
\nBut he did indeed seek to do the<\/p>\n

412
\n00:31:46,800 –> 00:31:51,160
\nFather’s will, because he stood
\nin awe of all that the Father <\/p>\n

413
\n00:31:51,400 –> 00:31:56,170
\nrepresented.
\nAnd many great men of old, many <\/p>\n

414
\n00:31:56,170 –> 00:32:03,930
\ngreat men of wonderful faith,
\noperated at a level of fear that<\/p>\n

415
\n00:32:04,050 –> 00:32:10,290
\nGod was not to be tampered with.
\nFor example, Noah Noah in <\/p>\n

416
\n00:32:10,290 –> 00:32:14,370
\nHebrews 11 we are told prepared
\nan ark. <\/p>\n

417
\n00:32:15,890 –> 00:32:20,590
\nNow why did he prepare an ark?
\nVerse 7 By faith now are being <\/p>\n

418
\n00:32:20,590 –> 00:32:26,310
\nwarned of God of things not seen
\nas yet moved with fear, prepared<\/p>\n

419
\n00:32:26,310 –> 00:32:28,270
\nan ark to the saving of his
\nhouse. <\/p>\n

420
\n00:32:29,430 –> 00:32:34,150
\nHe was quite sure that God meant
\nwhat he said and that there was <\/p>\n

421
\n00:32:34,150 –> 00:32:37,430
\nno tampering with God.
\nAnd I think this is the <\/p>\n

422
\n00:32:37,710 –> 00:32:42,510
\nimportant thing that we have to
\ncarry through our whole walk in <\/p>\n

423
\n00:32:42,510 –> 00:32:45,870
\nChrist.
\nSure, we will move gradually <\/p>\n

424
\n00:32:45,870 –> 00:32:49,690
\nfrom a position of terror, as
\nsome of the Israelites would <\/p>\n

425
\n00:32:49,690 –> 00:32:54,610
\nhave felt, to a position of
\ngreat security and of great <\/p>\n

426
\n00:32:54,610 –> 00:32:58,250
\nlove.
\nBut I think in that movement we <\/p>\n

427
\n00:32:58,370 –> 00:33:06,330
\nwe must retain an element of awe
\nand of fear that our God is not <\/p>\n

428
\n00:33:06,330 –> 00:33:11,450
\nto be tampered with.
\nAnd we’re reminded of that in <\/p>\n

429
\n00:33:11,450 –> 00:33:17,310
\nthe words of the New Testament
\nin the 12th chapter of Hebrews, <\/p>\n

430
\n00:33:18,230 –> 00:33:23,070
\nhaving talked about the the
\nquaking, regarding Moses reading<\/p>\n

431
\n00:33:23,070 –> 00:33:27,190
\nfrom verse 28 and 29, Wherefore
\nwe, receiving a Kingdom which <\/p>\n

432
\n00:33:27,190 –> 00:33:32,110
\ncannot be removed, be moved?
\nLet us have grace we may, <\/p>\n

433
\n00:33:32,270 –> 00:33:36,270
\nwhereby we may serve God
\nacceptably with reverence and <\/p>\n

434
\n00:33:36,270 –> 00:33:41,230
\ngodly fear.
\nFor our God is a consuming fire.<\/p>\n

435
\n00:33:43,360 –> 00:33:50,000
\nSo we cannot ever, I think, say,
\nwell, I don’t, I don’t have to <\/p>\n

436
\n00:33:50,160 –> 00:33:54,720
\nfear God If we were perfect,
\nyes, in the Kingdom, yes. <\/p>\n

437
\n00:33:55,880 –> 00:34:01,280
\nBut let’s face it, there’s a
\nvery clear test, I think, for <\/p>\n

438
\n00:34:01,280 –> 00:34:07,760
\nmyself as to why I need to have
\na greater sense of the fear of <\/p>\n

439
\n00:34:07,760 –> 00:34:09,719
\nGod.
\nMaybe for yourself. <\/p>\n

440
\n00:34:11,670 –> 00:34:19,190
\nMy actions, which I do, are
\nusually within the law, both <\/p>\n

441
\n00:34:19,190 –> 00:34:21,350
\nwithin God’s law and within
\nhuman law. <\/p>\n

442
\n00:34:22,909 –> 00:34:29,590
\nMy words are usually within
\nGod’s law and with human law, <\/p>\n

443
\n00:34:31,429 –> 00:34:37,510
\nbut my thoughts are very, very
\noften outside of God’s law and <\/p>\n

444
\n00:34:37,510 –> 00:34:41,480
\neven human law.
\nI sometimes in my mind think of <\/p>\n

445
\n00:34:41,480 –> 00:34:45,560
\ndoing things that I I’m I’m just
\nso blessed. <\/p>\n

446
\n00:34:45,760 –> 00:34:50,639
\nI feel that people don’t know
\nabout and why don’t I do them? <\/p>\n

447
\n00:34:52,199 –> 00:34:55,960
\nWell, I don’t do very often
\nthose things because what would <\/p>\n

448
\n00:34:55,960 –> 00:34:59,320
\npeople think?
\nI mean, I just couldn’t afford <\/p>\n

449
\n00:34:59,640 –> 00:35:03,000
\nemotionally to do those things
\nbecause I couldn’t cope with the<\/p>\n

450
\n00:35:03,000 –> 00:35:07,890
\nreaction of all the people I
\nlove and many of the things that<\/p>\n

451
\n00:35:07,890 –> 00:35:12,450
\nI might think about saying, I
\nwon’t say because I know what <\/p>\n

452
\n00:35:12,450 –> 00:35:17,610
\npeople will think, but my
\nthoughts, they’re my own. <\/p>\n

453
\n00:35:19,250 –> 00:35:20,610
\nBut then they’re not our own,
\nare they? <\/p>\n

454
\n00:35:22,330 –> 00:35:26,330
\nThe Bible’s very clear that
\nevery thought that we have, even<\/p>\n

455
\n00:35:26,330 –> 00:35:29,770
\nbefore we think it, God knows
\nnow. <\/p>\n

456
\n00:35:29,770 –> 00:35:34,210
\nWhy is it that my thoughts are
\ndirtier than my behavior? <\/p>\n

457
\n00:35:35,800 –> 00:35:39,600
\nFor the simple reason that I
\nhave more fear of what you think<\/p>\n

458
\n00:35:40,240 –> 00:35:43,000
\nright now perhaps than what my
\nGod thinks. <\/p>\n

459
\n00:35:43,320 –> 00:35:47,560
\nAnd I have to remind myself
\nconstantly that it has to be the<\/p>\n

460
\n00:35:47,560 –> 00:35:51,160
\nother way around and that God is
\nlooking on the inside. <\/p>\n

461
\n00:35:51,160 –> 00:35:54,480
\nGod is looking on my thoughts,
\nGod is looking on my heart. <\/p>\n

462
\n00:35:56,280 –> 00:36:02,290
\nAnd therefore I have to see that
\nmy thoughts, not just my words, <\/p>\n

463
\n00:36:02,290 –> 00:36:05,930
\nnot just my actions.
\nMy thoughts must be brought <\/p>\n

464
\n00:36:06,170 –> 00:36:12,210
\nunder his control because he
\nknows what I’m thinking now on <\/p>\n

465
\n00:36:12,210 –> 00:36:15,930
\n1\/2 of me.
\nOf course I my motivation is is <\/p>\n

466
\n00:36:15,930 –> 00:36:20,250
\nthe motivation of love.
\nI want to please God, but there <\/p>\n

467
\n00:36:20,250 –> 00:36:26,130
\nis definitely an element that
\nsays, look, I I’m afraid to <\/p>\n

468
\n00:36:26,130 –> 00:36:29,640
\nthink like that because God
\nknows what I’m thinking. <\/p>\n

469
\n00:36:30,200 –> 00:36:34,760
\nAnd I think for me that’s a
\ntelling point that therefore <\/p>\n

470
\n00:36:34,960 –> 00:36:39,600
\nthere has to be still in my my
\nspiritual work, an element of <\/p>\n

471
\n00:36:39,760 –> 00:36:44,760
\nfear of God.
\nAnd that’s in agreement with <\/p>\n

472
\n00:36:44,760 –> 00:36:48,800
\nwhat the apostles write.
\nIn the second chapter of <\/p>\n

473
\n00:36:48,800 –> 00:36:53,880
\nCorinthians, Chapter 7, Paul
\nhaving in the previous chapter <\/p>\n

474
\n00:36:54,160 –> 00:36:59,810
\ntalked about the necessity of of
\na pure and separated walk, <\/p>\n

475
\n00:37:00,730 –> 00:37:03,290
\nbegins in 2nd 15 seven verse
\none. <\/p>\n

476
\n00:37:04,490 –> 00:37:08,770
\nHaving therefore these promises,
\ndearly beloved, let us cleanse <\/p>\n

477
\n00:37:08,810 –> 00:37:13,610
\nourselves from all filthiness of
\nthe flesh and spirit, perfecting<\/p>\n

478
\n00:37:13,610 –> 00:37:19,850
\nholiness in the fear of God.
\nNow we can cleanse ourself from <\/p>\n

479
\n00:37:19,850 –> 00:37:24,450
\nall filthiness of the flesh,
\nvery much because of the fear of<\/p>\n

480
\n00:37:24,450 –> 00:37:32,290
\nman, but filthiness of the
\nspirit, perfecting holiness that<\/p>\n

481
\n00:37:32,290 –> 00:37:38,650
\nrequires the fear of God.
\nAgain over in Colossians chapter<\/p>\n

482
\n00:37:38,650 –> 00:37:50,710
\n3, reading this time from the
\n22nd verse, Servants obeying all<\/p>\n

483
\n00:37:50,710 –> 00:37:54,190
\nthings your masters according to
\nthe flesh, not with I service as<\/p>\n

484
\n00:37:54,190 –> 00:37:59,990
\nmen pleases, but in singleness
\nof heart, fearing God that <\/p>\n

485
\n00:37:59,990 –> 00:38:04,430
\nwhatever we do for whoever we do
\nit, it is with the knowledge <\/p>\n

486
\n00:38:05,670 –> 00:38:09,710
\nthat I’m doing this to God and
\nGod is not to be tampered with. <\/p>\n

487
\n00:38:11,150 –> 00:38:14,550
\nI don’t do little things on the
\nside that people don’t see <\/p>\n

488
\n00:38:14,550 –> 00:38:19,740
\nbecause God knows and God is not
\nto be tampered with. <\/p>\n

489
\n00:38:20,540 –> 00:38:27,140
\nHe’s a God of love, but he’s a
\nGod of great power and justice. <\/p>\n

490
\n00:38:28,660 –> 00:38:42,140
\nAgain in Peter’s first epistle,
\nFirst Peter and Chapter 2, verse<\/p>\n

491
\n00:38:42,140 –> 00:38:46,840
\n17, Honor All.
\nLove the brotherhood. <\/p>\n

492
\n00:38:47,680 –> 00:38:52,280
\nFear God, Honor the king.
\nThat’s a pretty quick <\/p>\n

493
\n00:38:52,280 –> 00:38:54,960
\nexhortation, isn’t it?
\n4 injunctions in one little <\/p>\n

494
\n00:38:54,960 –> 00:38:57,440
\nverse.
\nHonor everybody. <\/p>\n

495
\n00:38:57,680 –> 00:39:01,040
\nGive respect to everybody.
\nLove your brothers. <\/p>\n

496
\n00:39:02,080 –> 00:39:08,680
\nFear God, Honor the authorities.
\nAnd see when he had to pick out <\/p>\n

497
\n00:39:08,680 –> 00:39:12,760
\none thing that that was needed
\nfor for these believers was to <\/p>\n

498
\n00:39:12,760 –> 00:39:16,040
\nremind them that the
\nresponsibility to God was to to <\/p>\n

499
\n00:39:16,040 –> 00:39:18,400
\nfear God.
\nNow we know that that’s not a <\/p>\n

500
\n00:39:18,400 –> 00:39:21,920
\nfear of absolute terror.
\nThat’s not just shaking in your <\/p>\n

501
\n00:39:21,920 –> 00:39:24,440
\nshoes as the Israelites started
\nout. <\/p>\n

502
\n00:39:25,520 –> 00:39:30,040
\nIt is a a healthy respect and
\nreference for God. <\/p>\n

503
\n00:39:30,320 –> 00:39:36,180
\nBut that underlying thought, as
\nI said before, our God is a <\/p>\n

504
\n00:39:36,180 –> 00:39:39,740
\nconsuming fire.
\nWe don’t tamper with God. <\/p>\n

505
\n00:39:40,580 –> 00:39:43,820
\nWe we don’t take the things of
\nGod, like, and that’s what Anna <\/p>\n

506
\n00:39:43,820 –> 00:39:47,180
\nand Safari did, didn’t they?
\nThey just didn’t have the fear <\/p>\n

507
\n00:39:47,180 –> 00:39:49,660
\nof God.
\nThey they thought, we’ll get <\/p>\n

508
\n00:39:49,660 –> 00:39:51,700
\naway with it, we’ll get some
\nadvantage. <\/p>\n

509
\n00:39:51,980 –> 00:39:54,700
\nAnd they didn’t see it as
\nsomething so terrible. <\/p>\n

510
\n00:39:55,580 –> 00:39:58,500
\nI thought, oh, well, that’s just
\na little bit of way of like <\/p>\n

511
\n00:39:58,780 –> 00:40:00,740
\nmaking extra money.
\nIt’s not hurting anybody. <\/p>\n

512
\n00:40:00,740 –> 00:40:02,020
\nAt least they’re getting half
\nthe money. <\/p>\n

513
\n00:40:02,020 –> 00:40:08,130
\nThey could get nothing.
\nBut it was tampering, tampering <\/p>\n

514
\n00:40:08,130 –> 00:40:14,170
\nwith God, And God answered in in
\nour most dramatic way. <\/p>\n

515
\n00:40:14,970 –> 00:40:18,050
\nAnd I think that’s a lot of our
\nproblem, isn’t it, that we tend <\/p>\n

516
\n00:40:18,050 –> 00:40:21,930
\nto play down the seriousness of
\nour sin? <\/p>\n

517
\n00:40:22,490 –> 00:40:26,170
\nWe tend to say, look, it’s only
\nsomething small, It doesn’t <\/p>\n

518
\n00:40:26,170 –> 00:40:28,730
\nmatter so much.
\nAnyway, just this once, it’s <\/p>\n

519
\n00:40:28,770 –> 00:40:35,310
\nokay and I think God goes out of
\nhis way in the Bible to to show <\/p>\n

520
\n00:40:35,310 –> 00:40:38,910
\nus again and again that that sin
\nis horrible. <\/p>\n

521
\n00:40:40,110 –> 00:40:41,830
\nAnd let’s look at it right at
\nthe beginning. <\/p>\n

522
\n00:40:41,990 –> 00:40:45,390
\nHe he started out OK, they took
\na fruit they were told not to <\/p>\n

523
\n00:40:45,390 –> 00:40:46,950
\ndo.
\nAnd we think, well, who suffers <\/p>\n

524
\n00:40:46,950 –> 00:40:49,070
\nfrom that weather?
\nWhat’s the real problem? <\/p>\n

525
\n00:40:50,150 –> 00:40:53,790
\nBut then God in the very next
\nsin recorded has a brother kill <\/p>\n

526
\n00:40:53,790 –> 00:40:57,230
\nhis own brother and says that’s
\nwhy it matters. <\/p>\n

527
\n00:40:58,230 –> 00:41:02,350
\nYou think just something little.
\nBut if it’s not my standard, <\/p>\n

528
\n00:41:02,350 –> 00:41:06,070
\nwhose standard is it?
\nThe next thing from just taking <\/p>\n

529
\n00:41:06,070 –> 00:41:07,590
\na piece of fruit is killing your
\nbrother. <\/p>\n

530
\n00:41:08,990 –> 00:41:12,630
\nAnd God gives us these two
\nextremes to to show to us that <\/p>\n

531
\n00:41:12,790 –> 00:41:16,430
\nsin is like this and sin is
\ndeadly. <\/p>\n

532
\n00:41:16,430 –> 00:41:18,110
\nWhy?
\nWhy does he use a second? <\/p>\n

533
\n00:41:18,710 –> 00:41:21,670
\nHe uses the most deadly animal
\nthat that we have. <\/p>\n

534
\n00:41:21,670 –> 00:41:25,510
\nBecause it bites you.
\nYou look OK, but inside that <\/p>\n

535
\n00:41:25,510 –> 00:41:29,560
\npoison is killing you.
\nYou look at the human kingdoms <\/p>\n

536
\n00:41:29,560 –> 00:41:33,680
\ndescribed in the Bible that are
\nare controlled by the flesh, <\/p>\n

537
\n00:41:33,680 –> 00:41:36,640
\ncontrolled by sin.
\nThey’re always grotesque <\/p>\n

538
\n00:41:36,640 –> 00:41:38,200
\nanimals.
\nWild animals. <\/p>\n

539
\n00:41:38,480 –> 00:41:41,160
\nDaniel Chapter 7 that kill and
\ndevour. <\/p>\n

540
\n00:41:41,160 –> 00:41:43,080
\nThey’re destructive.
\nWhy? <\/p>\n

541
\n00:41:43,080 –> 00:41:46,960
\nBecause God is telling us that
\nsin is destructive. <\/p>\n

542
\n00:41:46,960 –> 00:41:50,240
\nDon’t sin.
\nI have to. <\/p>\n

543
\n00:41:51,000 –> 00:41:54,040
\nI have to bring vengeance upon
\nsin. <\/p>\n

544
\n00:41:54,480 –> 00:41:58,060
\nSo don’t sin.
\nAnd of course if you do sin, <\/p>\n

545
\n00:41:58,740 –> 00:42:03,340
\nseek forgiveness and say sorry
\nabout it and a world that <\/p>\n

546
\n00:42:03,340 –> 00:42:19,340
\ndoesn’t has to be destroyed.
\nPhilippians Chapter 2 and here I<\/p>\n

547
\n00:42:19,340 –> 00:42:24,110
\nthink Paul brings together two
\nvery important principles <\/p>\n

548
\n00:42:24,390 –> 00:42:28,590
\nregarding our work.
\nRemembering that that fear, <\/p>\n

549
\n00:42:29,470 –> 00:42:36,190
\nremembering that that awe and
\nreverence is necessary, that we <\/p>\n

550
\n00:42:36,190 –> 00:42:40,590
\nmight be instructed, that we
\nmight learn that we might have <\/p>\n

551
\n00:42:40,590 –> 00:42:42,910
\nknowledge and wisdom.
\nFear of the Lord is the <\/p>\n

552
\n00:42:42,910 –> 00:42:46,550
\nbeginning of knowledge,
\ninstruction, wisdom. <\/p>\n

553
\n00:42:47,790 –> 00:42:54,320
\nOK, Livings 2 versus verse 12.
\nWherefore, my beloved, as ye <\/p>\n

554
\n00:42:54,320 –> 00:42:57,720
\nhave always obeyed, not in my
\npresence only, but now much more<\/p>\n

555
\n00:42:57,720 –> 00:43:03,480
\nin my absence, work out your own
\nsalvation with fear and <\/p>\n

556
\n00:43:03,480 –> 00:43:09,040
\ntrembling.
\nNow notice Paul is first of all <\/p>\n

557
\n00:43:09,040 –> 00:43:14,040
\npointing out in this chapter.
\nLook, don’t listen to me simply <\/p>\n

558
\n00:43:14,040 –> 00:43:16,400
\nbecause I’m there.
\nAnd while Paul’s saying it, you <\/p>\n

559
\n00:43:16,400 –> 00:43:18,440
\nknow, we don’t want to upset
\nPaul. <\/p>\n

560
\n00:43:18,600 –> 00:43:22,120
\nWe’re a bit afraid of Paul, so
\nwe have to agree with him. <\/p>\n

561
\n00:43:23,000 –> 00:43:25,320
\nNo, he says.
\nYou’ve done it in my presence. <\/p>\n

562
\n00:43:26,200 –> 00:43:28,320
\nNow do it much more in my
\nabsence, whether I’m there or <\/p>\n

563
\n00:43:28,320 –> 00:43:31,160
\nnot.
\nIt’s not a fear of me that <\/p>\n

564
\n00:43:31,160 –> 00:43:37,520
\nshould control your behavior.
\nIt’s not a fear of the of some <\/p>\n

565
\n00:43:37,560 –> 00:43:42,460
\nsenior brother or sister who
\nmight see us that controls our <\/p>\n

566
\n00:43:42,460 –> 00:43:47,580
\nbehavior.
\nWork out your own salvation with<\/p>\n

567
\n00:43:47,580 –> 00:43:50,100
\nfear and trembling.
\nIt’s up to you. <\/p>\n

568
\n00:43:52,020 –> 00:43:56,660
\nYou.
\nYou can’t depend on the faith <\/p>\n

569
\n00:43:56,660 –> 00:43:58,940
\nand control of your brothers and
\nsisters. <\/p>\n

570
\n00:43:59,020 –> 00:44:03,420
\nUltimately it’s up to you and
\nyou having a relationship with <\/p>\n

571
\n00:44:03,420 –> 00:44:08,610
\nGod yourself where you fear God,
\nnot that the cleisure fears God <\/p>\n

572
\n00:44:08,610 –> 00:44:10,530
\nand you’re a member and so
\nthat’s the way it is. <\/p>\n

573
\n00:44:10,810 –> 00:44:14,050
\nYou personally have a fear of
\nGod. <\/p>\n

574
\n00:44:14,050 –> 00:44:20,810
\nI personally need a fear of God
\nand why do I need to have this? <\/p>\n

575
\n00:44:20,970 –> 00:44:23,090
\nHe says.
\nWhy do I need to have this <\/p>\n

576
\n00:44:23,090 –> 00:44:30,010
\nrespect for God verse 13.
\nBecause it is God that works in <\/p>\n

577
\n00:44:30,010 –> 00:44:34,290
\nyou both to will and to do of
\nhis good pleasure. <\/p>\n

578
\n00:44:36,780 –> 00:44:41,420
\nGod is the force that is working
\nin you, and if you don’t have <\/p>\n

579
\n00:44:41,420 –> 00:44:45,820
\nrespect to that, then there’s
\ngoing to be terrible chaos in <\/p>\n

580
\n00:44:45,820 –> 00:44:50,540
\nyour life.
\nYou have to acknowledge God’s <\/p>\n

581
\n00:44:50,540 –> 00:44:54,820
\nauthority, God’s power, because
\nthat’s the power that’s now <\/p>\n

582
\n00:44:54,820 –> 00:44:56,780
\ninside you in Christ Jesus
\nworking. <\/p>\n

583
\n00:44:58,440 –> 00:45:01,960
\nAnd it’s important that we tie
\nthese two verses together, as <\/p>\n

584
\n00:45:01,960 –> 00:45:06,200
\nPaul does, that we work out our
\nown salvation with fear and <\/p>\n

585
\n00:45:06,200 –> 00:45:08,920
\ntrembling.
\nAnd that’s not saying that we do<\/p>\n

586
\n00:45:08,920 –> 00:45:14,520
\nit ourselves.
\nThat’s saying because for it is <\/p>\n

587
\n00:45:14,520 –> 00:45:22,040
\nGod who’s working in you, and it
\nis God therefore that you must <\/p>\n

588
\n00:45:22,280 –> 00:45:25,240
\nrespect.
\nAnd if we don’t have that <\/p>\n

589
\n00:45:25,240 –> 00:45:30,100
\nrespect of God, then God cannot
\nwork in us. <\/p>\n

590
\n00:45:31,100 –> 00:45:37,100
\nGod can not do his will, He
\ncannot do his pleasure. <\/p>\n

591
\n00:45:38,300 –> 00:45:43,780
\nAnd so it’s necessary, even,
\nsays Paul, that right now we <\/p>\n

592
\n00:45:43,780 –> 00:45:46,660
\nhave this sense of fear before
\nGod. <\/p>\n

593
\n00:45:47,660 –> 00:45:51,580
\nAnd I think very often as
\nmembers of an ecleisure, we we <\/p>\n

594
\n00:45:51,580 –> 00:45:56,500
\ncan depend very much on the
\necleisure, perhaps sometimes <\/p>\n

595
\n00:45:56,500 –> 00:46:00,250
\neven too much, rather than
\ndepending on our God. <\/p>\n

596
\n00:46:00,730 –> 00:46:06,130
\nI think God taught Israel very
\nimportant lesson because they <\/p>\n

597
\n00:46:06,130 –> 00:46:09,690
\nwere a big congregation.
\nIt was very easy for them to <\/p>\n

598
\n00:46:09,690 –> 00:46:13,370
\nsort of just be one of a nation.
\nThey were born Israelites, so <\/p>\n

599
\n00:46:13,370 –> 00:46:15,690
\nwe’re God’s people.
\nThat’s the way it is. <\/p>\n

600
\n00:46:16,570 –> 00:46:20,890
\nIt was very easy for them to
\nlose a sense of an individual <\/p>\n

601
\n00:46:21,050 –> 00:46:26,850
\nrelationship with God And the
\nlaw which God gave through Horeb<\/p>\n

602
\n00:46:27,620 –> 00:46:33,020
\nagain and again brings us to the
\npoint of an individual <\/p>\n

603
\n00:46:33,340 –> 00:46:38,500
\nrelationship with God that we
\neach must have born of a fear of<\/p>\n

604
\n00:46:38,620 –> 00:46:42,860
\nhis great power and of his great
\nlove to call us to himself. <\/p>\n

605
\n00:46:43,340 –> 00:46:47,460
\nIt’s a little example of that if
\nyou just turn to the book of <\/p>\n

606
\n00:46:47,460 –> 00:46:49,620
\nLeviticus and the very
\nbeginning. <\/p>\n

607
\n00:46:49,620 –> 00:46:53,220
\nThe whole book is full of this,
\nbut just at the beginning of the<\/p>\n

608
\n00:46:53,220 –> 00:46:55,900
\nbook.
\nAs an example, Leviticus chapter<\/p>\n

609
\n00:46:55,900 –> 00:47:03,750
\nOne, the ridiculous one, is
\nabout the burnt offering that <\/p>\n

610
\n00:47:04,350 –> 00:47:09,670
\nhad to be brought by anybody who
\nwas going to approach the Lord <\/p>\n

611
\n00:47:09,670 –> 00:47:11,550
\nand wanted atonement for their
\nsin. <\/p>\n

612
\n00:47:13,310 –> 00:47:16,950
\nAnd we read in verse three of
\nthis offering that had to be <\/p>\n

613
\n00:47:16,950 –> 00:47:20,150
\nbrought and it was a male
\nwithout blemish. <\/p>\n

614
\n00:47:20,150 –> 00:47:23,270
\nSo of course it is the Lord
\nJesus Christ that is being <\/p>\n

615
\n00:47:23,270 –> 00:47:26,980
\ntalked about, the Lord Jesus
\nChrist, the one through whom we <\/p>\n

616
\n00:47:26,980 –> 00:47:34,660
\nhave the Atonement, first four,
\nAnd He shall put his hand upon <\/p>\n

617
\n00:47:34,660 –> 00:47:40,500
\nthe head of the burnt offering.
\nNow if you’ve got a reference <\/p>\n

618
\n00:47:40,500 –> 00:47:45,180
\nBible, you will find the cross
\nreference there gives you a host<\/p>\n

619
\n00:47:45,180 –> 00:47:49,820
\nof examples, and there are many,
\nmany more where the Bible tells <\/p>\n

620
\n00:47:49,820 –> 00:47:53,980
\nus you shall put your hand on
\nthe head of the offering. <\/p>\n

621
\n00:47:54,960 –> 00:47:57,480
\nWhy the head?
\nWhy not the side? <\/p>\n

622
\n00:47:57,560 –> 00:48:00,120
\nWhy not grab the tail?
\nWhy not the leg? <\/p>\n

623
\n00:48:00,960 –> 00:48:04,600
\nWhy the head?
\nBecause the head of the body is <\/p>\n

624
\n00:48:04,600 –> 00:48:11,360
\nChrist, and unless each one of
\nus has our own individual <\/p>\n

625
\n00:48:11,360 –> 00:48:16,680
\nrelationship with God through
\nChrist, we cannot go forward in <\/p>\n

626
\n00:48:16,680 –> 00:48:20,360
\nour growth.
\nYou cannot have a relationship <\/p>\n

627
\n00:48:20,360 –> 00:48:25,190
\nwith God by holding the leg,
\nsome strong member of the <\/p>\n

628
\n00:48:25,190 –> 00:48:30,590
\neclesia, by holding the side,
\nany other part of the body, <\/p>\n

629
\n00:48:30,590 –> 00:48:34,750
\nbecause you are not joining the
\neclesia, you’re joining God <\/p>\n

630
\n00:48:34,750 –> 00:48:37,990
\nthrough Christ.
\nThe hand must be on the head, <\/p>\n

631
\n00:48:38,590 –> 00:48:42,710
\nand then it will be accepted to
\nmake atonement for him. <\/p>\n

632
\n00:48:45,030 –> 00:48:50,570
\nAnd so it is that the fear of
\nGod is an important element in <\/p>\n

633
\n00:48:50,570 –> 00:48:54,130
\ndeveloping this individual
\nrelationship with God. <\/p>\n

634
\n00:48:55,450 –> 00:48:59,410
\nNot fear of the ecclesia, not
\nfear of family or brothers and <\/p>\n

635
\n00:48:59,410 –> 00:49:03,090
\nsisters.
\nFear of God through Christ <\/p>\n

636
\n00:49:03,090 –> 00:49:08,010
\nJesus.
\nAnd it’s for each one of us, if <\/p>\n

637
\n00:49:08,010 –> 00:49:13,610
\nwe are going to, if we are going
\nto walk in a way that draws us <\/p>\n

638
\n00:49:13,610 –> 00:49:17,530
\nclose to God, we’re going to
\nhave to remind ourselves <\/p>\n

639
\n00:49:17,530 –> 00:49:21,250
\nconstantly that this is where
\nour contact point has to be. <\/p>\n

640
\n00:49:21,530 –> 00:49:26,970
\nAnd it’s interesting that Paul
\nin Colossionist Chapter 2 picks <\/p>\n

641
\n00:49:26,970 –> 00:49:34,530
\nup on this point of holding the
\nhead and he says Colossionist 2 <\/p>\n

642
\n00:49:35,290 –> 00:49:42,490
\ntalking about those who were not
\nfearing God but seeking to puff <\/p>\n

643
\n00:49:42,490 –> 00:49:47,510
\nthemselves up.
\nHe says verse 19 not holding the<\/p>\n

644
\n00:49:47,510 –> 00:49:51,750
\nhead from which all a body by
\njoints and bands having <\/p>\n

645
\n00:49:51,750 –> 00:49:55,190
\nnourishment, administered and
\nknit together, increases with <\/p>\n

646
\n00:49:55,190 –> 00:50:00,590
\nthe increase of God.
\nIt’s essential that each one of <\/p>\n

647
\n00:50:00,590 –> 00:50:06,550
\nus hold on to the head, that
\neach one of us has our <\/p>\n

648
\n00:50:06,790 –> 00:50:10,510
\nindividual relationship with
\nChrist. <\/p>\n

649
\n00:50:11,910 –> 00:50:18,860
\nAnd even men, as we said, are of
\ngreat faith, were men and women <\/p>\n

650
\n00:50:19,380 –> 00:50:23,860
\nwho were required to experience,
\nsometimes again, the fear of <\/p>\n

651
\n00:50:23,860 –> 00:50:26,460
\nGod.
\nAnd Elijah, who we’re going to <\/p>\n

652
\n00:50:26,460 –> 00:50:30,900
\nlook at more in our next study,
\nis one who had to go back to <\/p>\n

653
\n00:50:30,940 –> 00:50:37,060
\nHoreb to learn this lesson, that
\nhe was small, he was nothing, <\/p>\n

654
\n00:50:37,580 –> 00:50:42,320
\nthat God was everything.
\nJust let us close by taking <\/p>\n

655
\n00:50:42,720 –> 00:50:49,960
\nthoughts from that experience in
\nFirst Kings and Chapter 18, <\/p>\n

656
\n00:50:51,920 –> 00:50:55,440
\nChapter 19.
\nRather, this is after the Carmel<\/p>\n

657
\n00:50:55,440 –> 00:50:59,440
\nexperience in First Kings
\nChapter 19. <\/p>\n

658
\n00:51:00,520 –> 00:51:06,640
\nAnd here is Elijah, feeling
\ndistressed, and he’s run all the<\/p>\n

659
\n00:51:06,640 –> 00:51:12,560
\nway down to Hoeb.
\nWe find in verse 11 of First <\/p>\n

660
\n00:51:12,560 –> 00:51:18,320
\nKings 19 that the Lord passed
\nby, and a great and strong wind <\/p>\n

661
\n00:51:18,320 –> 00:51:21,960
\nrent the mountains and break in
\npieces of rocks before the Lord.<\/p>\n

662
\n00:51:22,720 –> 00:51:25,960
\nBut the Lord was not in the
\nwind, not the wind and <\/p>\n

663
\n00:51:25,960 –> 00:51:27,800
\nearthquake.
\nBut the Lord was not in the <\/p>\n

664
\n00:51:27,800 –> 00:51:30,800
\nearthquake, and after the
\nearthquake of fire. <\/p>\n

665
\n00:51:30,800 –> 00:51:36,360
\nBut the Lord was not in the
\nfire, and after the fire a still<\/p>\n

666
\n00:51:36,640 –> 00:51:41,980
\nsmall voice.
\nNow Elijah had just done <\/p>\n

667
\n00:51:41,980 –> 00:51:47,540
\ndramatic things.
\nHe just put the fear of God into<\/p>\n

668
\n00:51:47,540 –> 00:51:50,940
\nthe people by slaying 400
\nprophets of bail. <\/p>\n

669
\n00:51:53,220 –> 00:51:59,260
\nBut here God is having to say to
\nElijah, you also Elijah, you <\/p>\n

670
\n00:51:59,260 –> 00:52:05,020
\nneed the fear of God.
\nHe brought great power, he said.<\/p>\n

671
\n00:52:05,020 –> 00:52:07,100
\nBut Elijah, I’m not always in
\nthat. <\/p>\n

672
\n00:52:09,010 –> 00:52:13,370
\nAnd it was through the still
\nsmall voice which, when when <\/p>\n

673
\n00:52:13,370 –> 00:52:17,530
\nElijah heard it, he wrapped his
\nface in his mantle and went out <\/p>\n

674
\n00:52:17,530 –> 00:52:20,210
\nand stood.
\nThat still small voice was <\/p>\n

675
\n00:52:20,850 –> 00:52:24,850
\nalmost more frightening than
\nthese great signs of power. <\/p>\n

676
\n00:52:25,970 –> 00:52:30,850
\nElijah had to be humbled.
\nHe had to be instructed that, <\/p>\n

677
\n00:52:30,850 –> 00:52:34,490
\nElijah, you are nothing.
\nI don’t need you, Elijah. <\/p>\n

678
\n00:52:34,880 –> 00:52:37,400
\nI’ve got 7000.
\nPeople in Israel have about the <\/p>\n

679
\n00:52:37,400 –> 00:52:40,000
\nneed to bail.
\nIf you want retirement, Elijah, <\/p>\n

680
\n00:52:40,000 –> 00:52:42,440
\nthat’s fine.
\nI’ll appoint somebody else. <\/p>\n

681
\n00:52:42,600 –> 00:52:45,480
\nThat’s not a problem for me.
\nYou’re not indispensable. <\/p>\n

682
\n00:52:46,080 –> 00:52:52,400
\nHe thought he was.
\nHe’d lost to some degree, his <\/p>\n

683
\n00:52:52,400 –> 00:52:55,520
\nfear of God.
\nThat he was nothing. <\/p>\n

684
\n00:52:56,040 –> 00:52:59,280
\nThat God was everything.
\nThat it wasn’t he. <\/p>\n

685
\n00:52:59,920 –> 00:53:03,570
\nI alone am left, and I rely to
\nyou you’re not. <\/p>\n

686
\n00:53:03,770 –> 00:53:06,890
\nIt is God that worketh in you to
\nwill and do of his good <\/p>\n

687
\n00:53:06,890 –> 00:53:11,530
\npleasure.
\nAnd we have to remember that <\/p>\n

688
\n00:53:11,890 –> 00:53:15,730
\nthat will humble us, to realize
\nthat we are nothing. <\/p>\n

689
\n00:53:18,130 –> 00:53:23,610
\nSo here we stand, brother and
\nsisters, stand now centuries <\/p>\n

690
\n00:53:23,610 –> 00:53:31,610
\nlater, but still standing in awe
\nof the great and mighty God. <\/p>\n

691
\n00:53:33,570 –> 00:53:37,850
\nYou know of him because of his
\ngreat power, but because of his <\/p>\n

692
\n00:53:37,850 –> 00:53:41,970
\ngreat love.
\nAnd we hear the still small <\/p>\n

693
\n00:53:41,970 –> 00:53:46,850
\nvoice and we almost wrap
\nourselves in embarrassment and <\/p>\n

694
\n00:53:46,850 –> 00:53:50,010
\nthink, is that is that really
\ncalling me? <\/p>\n

695
\n00:53:50,970 –> 00:53:58,570
\nAnd it is God is calling us to
\nrespond to journey to the <\/p>\n

696
\n00:53:58,570 –> 00:54:02,380
\nPromised Land.
\nWe’ll begin our journey with <\/p>\n

697
\n00:54:02,380 –> 00:54:05,420
\nfear.
\nThat fear grows to a holy <\/p>\n

698
\n00:54:05,420 –> 00:54:11,820
\nreverence that we can walk
\nhumbly with our God until Jesus <\/p>\n

699
\n00:54:11,820 –> 00:54:27,300
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\nThank you for listening to the <\/p>\n

700
\n00:54:27,300 –> 00:54:29,020
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701
\n00:54:29,780 –> 00:54:32,860
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