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Thank you. 
Oh, it really is a tremendous 

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joy to be with you this morning.
I just want to start by saying a

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deep thank you to Doctor Mark 
Job for the opportunity to open 

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God's Word with you. 
And the last time I was here at 

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Moody on the premises was two 
years ago for a student 

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leadership event. 
And I was really blessed by 

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that. 
And one of the reasons why I was

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blessed by that was because we 
had the chance to explore a 

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topic together, discussion, one 
that changed my life, one that 

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may not be popular today, but is
very popular in the scriptures. 

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The fear of the Lord, the fear 
of the Lord. 

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And my time is limited today. 
So I, I want to get straight 

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into it and follow up on that 
message, on the fear of the 

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Lord, a Part 2 if you will. 
And there needs to be no need to

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worry if you weren't there. 
This is a standalone message. 

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It will apply just as much. 
Specifically, I want to speak to

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you about some of the blessings 
that flow from this fountain 

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called the fear of the Lord. 
In Isaiah 11 verse three, we are

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told of the Messiah, the perfect
servant of Yahweh, who would 

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delight in the fear of the Lord.
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Isaiah 33 verse six, we are told
that the fear of the Lord is 

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Zion's treasure. 
I'm not sure how many people 

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today would equate the light and
treasure with the fear of the 

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Lord, but the Bible does. 
The Bible does. 

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And again, I wish I had the time
with you today to unpack what 

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the fear of the Lord is and how 
it is totally relevant to the 

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New Covenant. 
And though we can't exhaustively

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look into that, just in case 
there may be hesitations 

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initially, just by even hearing 
that phrase, the fear of the 

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Lord, I want to make just a 
couple of brief comments that 

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will hopefully bring down any 
walls to this glorious truth 

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that has been made available to 
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Often times we hear that and we 
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concept, but here are two things
that I want to just make mention

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before we touch on just some of 
these gems, these rubies, these 

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pieces of gold and silver for 
the soul that comes from this 

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treasure chest known as the fear
of the Lord #1 The Bible 

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emphatically declares that the 
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component to the New Covenant. 
In Jeremiah 3240, the prophet 

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declares of an everlasting 
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he will not turn away from doing
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And then he follows it up with 
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After saying that there is 
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I will put the fear of me in 
their hearts that they may not 

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turn from me. 
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the New Testament and you read 
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you'll see this, this idea of 
the fear of the Lord sprinkled 

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throughout. 
And so Peter says in first Peter

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117 And for those who call on 
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of what he's about to say. 
For those who call on, we call 

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on God as Father. 
In Christ. 

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We've been adopted in Christ, 
we've been redeemed in Christ, 

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we have right standing before 
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We've been justified by faith. 
And Peter says for those who 

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call on God as Father, who does 
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judge according to each one's 
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He goes on to say, conduct 
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of your exile. 
And then you come to the end of 

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the book, You come to the 
conclusion of this glorious 

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divine library, and you read 
something interesting at a 

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critical juncture of the 
Tribulation period. 

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In Revelation chapter 14, we 
were told that there will be an 

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Angel in verse 6, an Angel who 
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gospel. 
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He didn't just say gospel. 
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The eternal gospel, the gospel 
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has been foreknown from eternity
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prophesied by a roster of 
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Covenant. 
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preached by the apostles, the 
foundation, their doctrine, be 

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the foundation of the church. 
The gospel that I pray saved 

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your soul, the one that you 
relish in and you can sing 

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about, the one that you have 
tasted, and through tasting 

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you've seen that the Lord is 
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That gospel, the eternal gospel,
at some point will be proclaimed

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by this heavenly creature to all
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And then in verse 7 of 
Revelation 14, we're told of the

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first words that will come out 
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being prepared and knowing that 
it will be the eternal gospel. 

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And he says this fear God and 
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Fear God, fear God. 
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gospel of grace? 
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harmonious. 
Evidently they don't cancel each

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other out. 
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that the Lord deposits in the 
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causes it to fear God. 
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evidence and the relevance of 
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in the new Covenant, it is very 
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And I wish we can again spend 
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God is not. 
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hour or two to collect all the 
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possible, to get the clearest 
picture of what the Holy Spirit 

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means in His Word when He calls 
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But I just want to present to 
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that I believe provides a 
general grasp of what it means 

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to fear the Lord. 
And I invite you, if you have a 

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copy of God's Word in your hand,
to meet me in Psalm 33 and verse

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8. 
Psalm 33, verse 8, Let all the 

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earth fear the Lord. 
Let all the inhabitants of the 

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world stand in awe of Him. 
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at work. 
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when it's synonymous 
parallelism, the author is not 

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interested like we might be in 
the English speaking world with 

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rhyming words. 
He's interested in rhyming 

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thoughts. 
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you want to say something in two
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Meaning in the first line here 
we have a statement declared, 

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let all the earth fear the Lord.
And how this works is that the 

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second line will essentially say
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variations. 
And the purpose of that and, and

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the fruit of that is that the 
second line often will bring 

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greater clarity to the first 
statement or it will bring a 

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fuller picture to the teaching 
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breath or in that Psalm. 
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what we see here is in verse 8, 
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part is equated with standing in
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Let all the earth fear the Lord.
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statement. 
Let all the inhabitants of the 

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world stand in awe of him. 
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understand this fear, because 
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It's a combination of 
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It is a mingling of feelings. 
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It includes this high honor and 
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It includes this continual 
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and all His splendor and all His
excellencies that would even in 

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a healthy way, bring a redeemed 
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It even includes this intense 
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stimulate the shunning of 
absolutely anything that would 

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grieve the very one that we 
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the Lord. 
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characteristics of this fear, 
and when you study in depth what

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this fear entails, then verses 
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little bit more sense. 
Where you read with you there is

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forgiveness that you may be 
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Hold on for a second. 
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it. 
Lightning, smoke, rumbling law. 

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I get it. 
Tremble, awe, forgiveness. 

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Why? 
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Yeah. 
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grace of God. 
The grace of God should cause 

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you to fear God. 
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How does that work? 
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holiness of God, the brilliance 
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then I take my eyes and plant 
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love of God, the justice and 
mercy of God, kissing the wisdom

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of God, as Paul called it, 
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Oh, should I not tremble when I 
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elements and I realized what 
that bread and what that cup 

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signify, the great price of 
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Should I not invoke in me a 
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What a mighty God, what a 
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God, what a price that has been 
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With you there is forgiveness 
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In case what I presented to you 
as an introduction did not 

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satisfy potential confusion or 
hesitation to grasp this, if you

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would take from this place a 
spark, if there's a spark in 

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your belly, I encourage you to 
journey into this and begin at a

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critical place that will help 
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Take this as a nugget, Exodus 
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mediator in the Old covenant 
faces the people of Israel who 

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have just experienced this 
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God. 
And he calls this people to not 

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fear. 
Check it out for yourself. 

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I don't have time to look into 
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yourself in Exodus 2020 where he
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fear. 
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Do not fear, for the Lord has 
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fear of Him is in you. 
Oh wait, you just told me not to

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fear, and now you're telling me 
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Oh, which one isn't? 
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types of fear. 
God is interested in one, and he

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wants you to reject the other. 
This fear doesn't cause you to 

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cower. 
This fear doesn't cause you to 

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be a slave, to shrink from Him. 
Moses declares that this fear 

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compels you, it keeps you close.
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you to be afraid to be away from
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Don't fear. 
God has come to test you, to see

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if the fear of Him is in you. 
So there is a fear, there is a 

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love, a perfect love that casts 
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love that strengthens another 
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What are some of the blessings 
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My time is running short. 
I want to give you 3. 

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Don't tempt me by saying that I 
want to give you 3. 

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Oh there are so many, I want to 
just give you 3. 

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Life altering because this is 
more than just an emotion that 

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might come to you in a 
spontaneous moment of worship or

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revelation. 
This fear of God is meant to be 

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embedded. 
It's meant to be a frame of 

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mind. 
It's meant to control you and 

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guide you until you finally see 
the one that you have feared 

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along your pilgrimage. 
Where is the first time the 

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expression fear of God is 
mentioned in the Bible? 

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I'm not talking about an example
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I'm not talking about an 
illustration of it. 

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I'm talking about the first time
this expression fear of God is 

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mentioned in Holy Scripture. 
You might be surprised where it 

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is. 
Turn your Bibles with me to 

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Exodus or excuse me, Genesis 
chapter 20 and verse 11. 

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Abraham is in a land called 
Garrar, and Abraham upon the 

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scene is very fearful. 
He he observes something that 

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causes him to lie about his 
wife. 

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She's not my wife, she's my 
sister. 

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Throw your wife under the bus 
like that. 

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So Abimelech take Sarah as his 
wife, and God visits him in a 

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dream and he tells him you're a 
dead man. 

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She's not supposed to be yours. 
She belongs to someone else. 

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Abimelech claims his innocence. 
He's fearful. 

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God confirms his innocence, and 
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and makes things right. 
He tells his servants they're 

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afraid, and finally they bring 
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And it's so funny. 
In that very chapter, we're told

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that Abraham is a prophet. 
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investigation. 
And Abu Malik asks Abraham, hey,

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listen, you put us in a very 
dangerous position. 

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Why did you lie to us? 
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You put me in a very 
compromising state. 

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And here is Abraham's 
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And it's the first time the 
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the Scriptures. 
Abraham said, I did it because I

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thought there is No Fear of God 
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will kill me because of my wife.
I did it because I thought there

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is No Fear of God at all in this
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The man who observed that this 
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did not fear God. 
To think about it, you lied, you

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feared man. 
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the story who truly feared God, 
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Because when God told him you're
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with this woman, he said I'm 
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you. 
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here to verse 7, who's telling 
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You and your people evidently 
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At least I observed that. 
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And here's a man who obviously 
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Because when you fear God, you 
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The fear of God cancels every 
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Isaiah 812 Let him be your fear,
let him be your dread. 

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Don't worry about all these 
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specifically. 
Don't worry about all these 

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nations that are conspiring 
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Just keep your eyes and you're 
on God. 

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But Abraham's not totally wrong 
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analysis, at least in his 
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I find it quite fascinating that
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fear of God is mentioned in the 
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sexuality. 
I did it because I thought there

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is No Fear of God at all in this
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because of my wife Abraham. 
You're not wrong there. 

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When you remove the fear of God 
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remove the fear of God from 
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grounds for much immorality. 
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want to present to you, and I'm 
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Number one, the fear of God is a
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immorality. 
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against sexual immorality. 
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realize that it's not just a 
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impacts the soul. 
Let me say this way, the fear of

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God fulfills you, you know, and 
wanting us to pursue holiness 

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and people even wanting others 
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There's a lot of emphasis on 
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Behave, behave, behave, behave. 
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exhortations of what we should 
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I think about Paul who said 
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where he says beholding the 
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in the same image. 
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who is the Lord. 
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we are conformed, how we are 
transformed. 

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You can tell people to behave 
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their heads against it. 
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how to behold. 
You got to learn how to behold, 

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and then when you behold, you'll
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will follow. 
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beholding, beholding the glory 
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Then as a result, I am 
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And so when I see Him and all 
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accurate description as provided
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something that takes place 
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I'm mesmerized. 
I'm drawn to Him. 

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I realize also that in Psalm 25 
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the Lord is for those who fear 
Him. 

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God. 
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knowledge of Him in a personal 
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foundation set. 
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that place, oh, it satisfies. 
He who was full loads, honey. 

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But to him who is hungry, 
everything bitter is sweet. 

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He who is full loads honey. 
Look, I had breakfast today. 

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I'm hoping to eat later on, but 
I've had plenty of breakfast is 

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where I'm so full I don't eat 
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And let's just presume today was
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by a buffet and there is those 
aromas and there's those colors 

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of the different cakes. 
Whatever it may be, I can tell 

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you confidently because of what 
I ate that morning, I can walk 

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by that and not even give it a 
glance. 

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Why? 
Because I'm already filled with 

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a different substance. 
I am already full. 

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I loathe it. 
I don't need it. 

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Not saying that you don't 
experience temptation, but all 

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it gives you the strength to 
soar above it. 

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Why? 
Because I see him and I know him

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and I'm drawn closer to Him and 
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I can say more about that 
because sexual sin today, not in

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the world, even in the church, 
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And what we're hearing and 
seeing more than anything else 

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is people like the Israelites of
that time shaking and cowering 

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behind the hills thinking who's 
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It's possible not in your own 
strength, but by the grace of 

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God who infuses in you the 
ability through a fear of him 

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that causes you to be able to 
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want you. 
Let's move forward here. 

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Let's try to do this turn with 
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I want to bring you to the 
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Lord Abraham again, you know 
this story very well. 

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Verse one after these things God
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Abraham, and he said, here I am.
He said, take your son, your 

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only son, Isaac, whom you love, 
and go to the land of Moriah and

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offer him there as a burnt 
offering on one of the mountains

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of which I shall tell you I love
this. 

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Verse 3. 
So Abraham rose early in the 

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morning. 
He didn't wait, he didn't sleep 

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in that day. 
God gave me instruction, I'm 

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going to obey it. 
He didn't press the snooze 

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button. 
He rose early. 

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here that it was a three day 
journey. 

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God gave Abraham time to think 
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You just imagine this, here's 
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this promise of a son. 
The promise comes and here he is

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now relishing in that promise, 
making memories with that 

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promise. 
So much hope and future for the 

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descendants of his own seed 
through this promise. 

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And God one night says, I want 
you to give him up. 

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Abraham doesn't debate, he 
doesn't argue. 

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He rises early, he goes and I 
love this in verse 5. 

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Then Abraham said to his young 
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location, Stay here with the 
donkey. 

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I and the boy will go over there
and worship and come again to 

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you. 
Worship. 

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This is worship. 
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Now for the sake of time Abraham
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wonderful picture of Christ. 
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Angel of the Lord intervenes 
after this man that has this 

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knife in the air. 
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your hand on the boy or do 
anything to him for now. 

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I know that you fear God seeing 
you have not withheld your son, 

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your only son from me. 
When you read this, you have to 

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compare. 
You have to always remember, 

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have I seen this before? 
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A very similar statement was 
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chapter. 
Notice he says here, I know that

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you fear God seeing that you 
have not withheld your son, your

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only son for me. 
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He said take your son, your only
son Isaac, whom you love, and go

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to the land of Moriah and offer 
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Noticing the identification of 
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the Lord omits something that he
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In verse 12 we read here it says
the son, your son do not with. 

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You have not withheld your son, 
your only son from me. 

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In verse two he says your son, 
your only son whom you love. 

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He didn't include that in verse 
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Do you know why? 
Because Abraham proved to God 

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that he loved God more than 
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And he says you've passed the 
test. 

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Now I know you fear me. 
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loving God and fearing God. 
If I'll say it this way, you 

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can't know true love for God, 
greater maturity and love of God

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and for God without this fear. 
Blessing #2 The fear of God 

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keeps the blessing of God in its
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We are very good at taking the 
blessings of God and loving 

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those more than God himself. 
Isaac was a gift and God wanted 

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to test him. 
Let me see if you love this 

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promise more than the promiser. 
Give him up. 

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He does, He's willing. 
God says you've proven yourself.

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You fear me. 
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honor Him as our supreme 
delight, our supreme joy, our 

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supreme, supreme source of 
everything. 

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It places God where He needs to 
be, in places, everything else 

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where they need to be. 
Eli did not do that. 

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Eli had two sons, Hofthy and 
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And we're told about Hofthy and 
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Tabernacle. 
This is this is minute. 

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These are ministers and the Holy
Spirit says they were worthless 

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men. 
You know why they were 

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worthless? 
The same verse says because they

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did not know the Lord. 
You can be in ministry and not 

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know the Lord. 
You can study theology with all 

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those letters by your name and 
still not know God. 

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They were worthless men because 
they did not know the Lord. 

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And all these sins that were 
coming to Eli's attention and he

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just a light tap on the wrist, 
He did not deal with it 

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adequately. 
Finally, an unnamed prophet 

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comes in First Samuel 229 and 
tells Eli of the consequences of

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his sin. 
He proclaims it faithfully and 

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he says this. 
For you have honored your sons 

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above me. 
You have honored your sons above

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me. 
So here we go. 

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We have Abraham, who has the son
as a result of a promise, 

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Abraham, a faithful man, Abraham
with no great explanation to 

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give up his son, and he does so 
to win the smile of God. 

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And then you have this other 
man, Eli, with two sons, 

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worthless men, disobedient, 
deserving of chastisement, and 

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he's not willing to let go of 
his sons as he should because he

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didn't want to bring them to 
shame. 

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You've honored your sons above 
me. 

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The fear of God will help you 
honor God above everybody else. 

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It keeps the blessing of God in 
their proper place. 

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If we're not careful, we'll be 
like the Israelites. 

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How do they make the golden calf
in the wilderness? 

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Where do they get it? 
They had one night to leave. 

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Well, remember when they left, 
they took the the jewelry of the

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Egyptians. 
And God had in mind that that 

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jewelry would be used. 
For what? 

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Why? 
So they can look bougie in the 

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desert? 
No, because he had a House of 

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worship in mind that would 
require that material, an ark of

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the covenant, a tent with 
specific prophetic instruments 

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and furnishings, and what was 
meant for the House of worship. 

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They turn into a golden calf. 
We could take the blessing of 

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God and make them in something 
that they should not be. 

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Lastly, blessing #3 Leviticus. 
Leviticus. 

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Yes, Leviticus chapter 19. 
This is going to be fast 

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forwarded version verse 14. 
Leviticus 19, verse 14, This is 

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the holiness code for the nation
of Israel. 

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And here we have these sporadic 
different commands and this 

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one's caught my attention, He 
says in Leviticus 1914, you 

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shall not curse the deaf or put 
a stumbling block before the 

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blind, but you shall fear your 
God. 

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I am the Lord. 
God's command here is greater 

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than just the Israelites not 
being cruel toward the disabled.

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This in principle is a command 
that deals with taking advantage

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of a sinful situation because 
you believe that you will go 

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unnoticed. 
If I take something from a blind

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person, it's much easier as it 
not. 

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If I am my frustration curse 
somebody who's deaf in my 

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presence, you get away with it a
lot easier, right? 

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Here's what the Lord is saying, 
knowing that that would be a 

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temptation of the people. 
The blind may not see you, the 

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deaf may not hear you, but I do 
so fear me. 

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Blessing #3 The fear of God 
provides an unbroken sense of 

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accountability. 
The fear of God provides an 

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unbroken sense of 
accountability. 

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There's a lot of talk about 
accountability. 

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I think it's important. 
I've heard it all my Christian 

451
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life, a lot of talk about 
community. 

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I think communities is huge. 
I encourage every single one of 

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you to be a committed member of 
a local church and to have 

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people that you do life with. 
Absolutely, there are a lot of 

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strategies of how to deal with a
variety of sins, but I don't 

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think they're sufficient. 
I believe we've left out 

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something that is so important 
and that is the fear of the Lord

458
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because your accountability 
partner won't be able to go with

459
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you on every single business 
trip when you're in that hotel 

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room by yourself. 
Your elders won't be with you in

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your room as you file your 
taxes. 

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Your teachers are not going to 
be over your shoulder as you're 

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browsing the Internet. 
But you know what will be there?

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The fear of God. 
The fear of God is your greatest

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accountability partner. 
Why? 

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Because when you understand who 
He is and all his nature and all

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his power, you realize that he's
all seeing, all knowing. 

468
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I think of Joseph. 
You've heard this a million 

469
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times. 
Let me present to you a million 

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and one. 
Here's this man away from his 

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home. 
Here's this man away from his 

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family. 
Here's this man away from people

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00:30:16,240 --> 00:30:18,600
who worship the true God. 
Here's this man in Potiphar's 

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house and his wife is throwing 
herself at him. 

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00:30:23,080 --> 00:30:25,240
It's one thing to be tempted as 
you look on something or 

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someone. 
It's another thing when the 

477
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person presents itself to you 
persistently. 

478
00:30:30,440 --> 00:30:32,200
And here's this young man, we're
told he was handsome. 

479
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He was, he was goodly shaped. 
And there he is. 

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And day after day, he's 
resisting and he's resisting. 

481
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And I can't help but be moved 
every time I stumble upon that 

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story because this man was able 
to resist pre infilling of the 

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Holy Spirit, pre law on Mount 
Sinai. 

484
00:30:51,440 --> 00:30:56,240
How is this man be able to say 
no to something that most people

485
00:30:56,240 --> 00:30:59,200
would give in to? 
He could have gotten away with 

486
00:30:59,200 --> 00:31:01,200
it. 
They could have kept it a 

487
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secret. 
Finally he says to her, how can 

488
00:31:05,760 --> 00:31:07,840
I do this great evil against 
God? 

489
00:31:09,680 --> 00:31:13,480
That's the fear of God and it's 
your greatest accountability 

490
00:31:13,480 --> 00:31:16,080
partner. 
I love my God. 

491
00:31:16,080 --> 00:31:18,880
I know my God. 
I I these promises that I've 

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enjoyed in God. 
Second Corinthians 7 one, Since 

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we have these promises, let us 
bring holiness to completion in 

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00:31:27,000 --> 00:31:29,320
the fear of God. 
What's my motivation to stay in 

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00:31:29,320 --> 00:31:33,440
the fear of God? 
The promises, these promises. 

496
00:31:33,440 --> 00:31:36,560
Why would I let go of these 
promises for a cheap thrill? 

497
00:31:37,640 --> 00:31:40,640
I'm not, and I'm so close to my 
God. 

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00:31:40,640 --> 00:31:43,480
I've inherited so much from my 
God that I refuse to give myself

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00:31:43,480 --> 00:31:47,000
to something that is inferior to
the joys and the ecstasies that 

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He gives me. 
Oh, I can tell you today about 

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how again the fear of the Lord 
leads into friendship with the 

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Lord. 
I could tell you how the fear of

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the Lord according to Romans 11 
drains the heart from pride. 

504
00:31:58,840 --> 00:32:00,440
I could tell you how the fear of
the Lord according to 

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Ecclesiastes 7 liberates people 
from legalism. 

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00:32:04,120 --> 00:32:07,240
Yes, the fear of God liberates 
you from legalism. 

507
00:32:07,880 --> 00:32:09,800
I can tell you how the fear of 
God according to the Psalms 

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promises the assurance of God's 
providential leading in your 

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00:32:12,840 --> 00:32:15,080
life. 
But time does not suffice. 

510
00:32:15,320 --> 00:32:19,960
All my prayer is in this place 
is that you would leave here 

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00:32:20,360 --> 00:32:23,640
with the Psalm 8611 cry where 
David prayed. 

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00:32:23,640 --> 00:32:26,560
Unite my heart to fear your 
name. 

513
00:32:29,440 --> 00:32:32,560
We pray fear away. 
Get this rid. 

514
00:32:32,640 --> 00:32:35,240
Yes, you have every right to, 
but let me tell you the secret 

515
00:32:35,680 --> 00:32:38,120
to squashing every other fear, 
the fear of him. 

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00:32:38,720 --> 00:32:41,280
Unite my heart. 
My heart is prone to wander, 

517
00:32:41,520 --> 00:32:44,960
Lord, I fear it. 
So anchor it in your fear. 

518
00:32:45,560 --> 00:32:47,520
Help me see you and behold, you 
know you. 

519
00:32:47,680 --> 00:32:51,680
Peel away these layers of the 
flesh that make me casual around

520
00:32:51,680 --> 00:32:57,360
you. 
That's my prayer. 

521
00:32:57,800 --> 00:33:00,480
Moody Bible Institute students, 
faculty, and everybody in 

522
00:33:00,480 --> 00:33:03,400
between. 
Staff, fear the Lord your God 

523
00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:07,600
and watch the blessings flow. 
Let's pray. 

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00:33:15,720 --> 00:33:19,680
Lord, we stand in awe of you 
today. 

525
00:33:19,680 --> 00:33:26,240
Our hearts are moved by the 
revelation of your awe. 

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00:33:29,240 --> 00:33:32,120
Oh Lord, we just pray that 
prayer that David prayed. 

527
00:33:36,040 --> 00:33:41,760
Lord, we know that this is a 
secret, a secret to longevity, 

528
00:33:41,760 --> 00:33:46,160
to fostering integrity, to 
unlocking fruitfulness as people

529
00:33:46,160 --> 00:33:49,920
are being trained here for 
ministry, leadership, missions. 

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00:33:51,480 --> 00:33:56,280
Lord, help us have this fear. 
Thank you that it's a grace that

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we receive in the gospel, but 
it's a grace like many other 

532
00:33:59,360 --> 00:34:01,720
graces that needs to be nurtured
and protected. 

533
00:34:03,040 --> 00:34:05,400
So we pray, Lord, that if that 
fear is there, may it grow, 

534
00:34:05,400 --> 00:34:07,400
Lord, If it's not, there may be 
birthed. 

535
00:34:08,440 --> 00:34:15,719
And Lord, may this place produce
ministry, ministry leaders, 

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00:34:15,760 --> 00:34:19,600
ministers who undeniably fear 
the Lord. 

537
00:34:20,639 --> 00:34:22,600
This is our prayer and our heart
cry. 

538
00:34:22,600 --> 00:34:27,159
Maybe not just for this moment, 
but maybe a perpetual plea. 

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00:34:27,840 --> 00:34:30,520
In Jesus name we pray. 
Amen. 

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00:34:41,159 --> 00:34:44,639
It was a great joy and an honor.
I've been told to tell you that 

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you're dismissed. 
God bless you.