1 00:00:02,320 --> 00:00:06,440 Spirit of wisdom, the understanding, Spirit of 2 00:00:06,480 --> 00:00:10,360 counsel, Spirit of might, Spirit of God. 3 00:00:10,880 --> 00:00:16,400 We need the fear of the Lord. We want the fear of the Lord. 4 00:00:19,760 --> 00:00:22,480 Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Love Quest International 5 00:00:22,480 --> 00:00:25,600 Church podcast where we seek to love all nations, equip the 6 00:00:25,600 --> 00:00:28,560 church, mobilize the equipped, and serve all. 7 00:00:28,880 --> 00:00:32,040 We're super glad you're joining us from whenever and wherever 8 00:00:32,040 --> 00:00:34,760 you're at in the world. Welcome to the family to get 9 00:00:34,760 --> 00:00:37,440 your Bibles ready, get some water, get some coffee, maybe 10 00:00:37,440 --> 00:00:39,680 some tea, and get ready to receive. 11 00:00:39,880 --> 00:00:41,680 It's go time. Let's get into it. 12 00:00:44,760 --> 00:00:52,600 Hallelujah, Hallelujah. Well, welcome everybody to Love 13 00:00:52,600 --> 00:00:56,680 Quest International Church. I am so blessed to see each and 14 00:00:56,680 --> 00:01:01,440 everyone of you guys here today. My brothers and my sisters in 15 00:01:01,520 --> 00:01:03,800 Christ, thank you for being here. 16 00:01:04,480 --> 00:01:08,200 My name is Dylan. I am one of the pastor's here at 17 00:01:08,200 --> 00:01:14,080 Lovequest and I am blessed with the opportunity to preach a word 18 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:18,000 here today that I believe will encourage you guys in the Lord. 19 00:01:19,120 --> 00:01:22,800 I believe that this message is straight from God. 20 00:01:24,360 --> 00:01:28,720 He's continuing to unpack it to me even as I preach it to you 21 00:01:28,720 --> 00:01:30,640 guys. I know it has been a blessing to 22 00:01:30,640 --> 00:01:35,680 me as I was putting it together. And I want to take this time and 23 00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:38,840 just give honor to where honor is due. 24 00:01:38,840 --> 00:01:42,480 And that's to our lead pastors, Pastor Terence and Pastor Julia. 25 00:01:43,080 --> 00:01:47,440 Thank you guys for doing such an amazing job in leading this 26 00:01:47,440 --> 00:01:52,360 church and specifically personally in leading me and 27 00:01:52,360 --> 00:01:55,360 raising me up in the faith and in the way that I should go. 28 00:01:55,880 --> 00:02:00,840 And for calling out the gifts in me, the preacher in me when I 29 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:05,760 did not see them. And also for activating those 30 00:02:05,760 --> 00:02:10,400 gifts in me, mobilizing them through opportunities like this. 31 00:02:10,400 --> 00:02:15,640 So I'm forever grateful for you. I love you, and I don't take it 32 00:02:15,640 --> 00:02:17,920 lightly that I'm entrusted with this microphone. 33 00:02:18,680 --> 00:02:25,200 And so today I am going to continue to preach on the 34 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:32,400 subject of the fear of God. 2025 the year that we are in the Lord 35 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:39,000 gave Pastor Terence this theme, the fear of God, a year of awe 36 00:02:39,160 --> 00:02:43,920 and wonder. And this was to be a year where 37 00:02:43,920 --> 00:02:48,440 where we really believe as the church to grow in the fear of 38 00:02:48,440 --> 00:02:52,320 God. Now when we speak about the fear 39 00:02:52,320 --> 00:02:56,960 of God, this is not that we are to be afraid of God. 40 00:02:57,920 --> 00:03:03,960 Rather, this saying, fear of God speaks to a reverence or an awe 41 00:03:03,960 --> 00:03:11,760 or a deep respect for God, a deep awareness of who God is and 42 00:03:11,760 --> 00:03:18,320 who I am in relation to God. And so the word that the Lord 43 00:03:18,320 --> 00:03:25,880 gave to me to preach was the fear of God living in spirit and 44 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:31,600 in truth. And as I was meditating on the 45 00:03:31,600 --> 00:03:36,960 essence of the fear of God, what the fear of God truly means, the 46 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:43,440 Lord gave me a picture of what it might have been like when man 47 00:03:43,560 --> 00:03:51,160 first discovered fire. Imagine a day like today. 48 00:03:52,120 --> 00:03:57,200 It's dark out, it's gloomy, it's cold, it's wet. 49 00:03:59,080 --> 00:04:05,120 Before civilization really took place, before buildings were 50 00:04:05,120 --> 00:04:10,000 constructed, before there was technology, before there was 51 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:17,959 electricity, there was a time when man was without fire and 52 00:04:17,959 --> 00:04:22,240 left to try and survive through the cold of winter, just 53 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:24,200 huddling in the warmth of a cave. 54 00:04:24,920 --> 00:04:28,120 Maybe they found some animal hide to wrap themselves around 55 00:04:28,120 --> 00:04:33,360 with. But imagine the first time man 56 00:04:34,480 --> 00:04:40,360 discovered fire and how exciting that would be. 57 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:48,960 Fire represents warmth. Fire would present a better 58 00:04:48,960 --> 00:04:53,480 possibility to survive throughout the cold winter 59 00:04:53,480 --> 00:04:57,600 months. Fire brought comfort. 60 00:04:58,920 --> 00:05:02,240 Fire brought a level of security from predators. 61 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:09,560 Fire would bring the ability to cook and sanitize water. 62 00:05:10,480 --> 00:05:14,520 It brings a level of nourishment to which man hadn't experienced 63 00:05:14,520 --> 00:05:19,640 before. Fire brought the ability to 64 00:05:19,640 --> 00:05:26,560 create pottery vessels as well as forge metal into weapons. 65 00:05:28,160 --> 00:05:37,680 Fire radically marked humanity, and fire marked the time where 66 00:05:38,160 --> 00:05:45,320 mankind began to not only just exist in the world, but begin to 67 00:05:45,360 --> 00:05:48,520 shape the world by which they live in. 68 00:05:50,240 --> 00:05:59,320 And so the Lord gave me the idea of the fear of God parallel and 69 00:05:59,320 --> 00:06:04,360 not to what it might be like for when man first discovered fire, 70 00:06:05,600 --> 00:06:10,200 and how discovering fire radically impacted man's 71 00:06:29,900 --> 00:06:35,700 is in mindfulness of God. Amen. 72 00:06:36,860 --> 00:06:45,200 So come with me as I unpack this word this morning and help me 73 00:06:45,200 --> 00:06:48,240 out by letting me know if stuff is good and you're tracking with 74 00:06:48,240 --> 00:06:50,040 me. You can go on and say things 75 00:06:50,040 --> 00:06:54,080 like preach on, preach up. That was good. 76 00:06:57,400 --> 00:07:01,520 And so the fear of God does not speak to being afraid of God, 77 00:07:02,080 --> 00:07:05,000 but it speaks to reverence towards God. 78 00:07:05,720 --> 00:07:12,440 Proverbs 19 verse 23 says this, that the reverent, Worshipful 79 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:20,480 fear of the Lord leads to life, and he who has it rests 80 00:07:20,960 --> 00:07:25,000 satisfied. Isn't that what we're all after 81 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:30,080 in life is to be satisfied, to arrive at a place of contentment 82 00:07:30,240 --> 00:07:34,240 and find true peace? He cannot. 83 00:07:34,480 --> 00:07:40,320 The one who worshipfully fears the Lord, he cannot be visited 84 00:07:40,520 --> 00:07:44,480 with actual evil. So what this scripture is 85 00:07:44,480 --> 00:07:49,880 telling us is the one who lives in the fear of God, that they 86 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:57,560 find true life, that they become truly satisfied and they are 87 00:07:57,560 --> 00:08:03,920 above evil. Death no longer has a sting in 88 00:08:03,920 --> 00:08:07,880 their life. The enemy that once had a hold 89 00:08:07,880 --> 00:08:10,920 on you no longer has a hold on you. 90 00:08:12,240 --> 00:08:16,280 And that is good news. And so God is not calling us 91 00:08:16,280 --> 00:08:18,680 forth to be afraid of Him. He's saying no. 92 00:08:18,680 --> 00:08:22,520 Be mindful and aware and reverential of me because I 93 00:08:22,520 --> 00:08:25,880 desire to satisfy you, my people. 94 00:08:26,320 --> 00:08:30,800 I decide to bring you true life and life in abundance, and I 95 00:08:30,800 --> 00:08:34,720 require to get you out of place where the devil is under your 96 00:08:34,720 --> 00:08:38,200 feet. That is great news. 97 00:08:38,840 --> 00:08:42,840 Hallelujah. And so this word reverence means 98 00:08:43,159 --> 00:08:49,480 a deep respect for someone or something other words that can 99 00:08:49,480 --> 00:08:52,680 be interchanged with the word reverence. 100 00:08:53,280 --> 00:08:56,080 I believe it was. I believe there's synonyms. 101 00:08:57,520 --> 00:09:00,160 Is that right, honey? Yeah. 102 00:09:00,440 --> 00:09:03,640 Interchangeable words. I looked at a thesaurus, if that 103 00:09:03,640 --> 00:09:06,520 helps. So other words for reverence 104 00:09:06,520 --> 00:09:12,720 should be respectful, Worshipful, adoring, loving, 105 00:09:13,280 --> 00:09:21,560 admiring, devoted, dutiful, obedient, odd, submissive, 106 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:27,720 humble, and meek. Again, think back to the first 107 00:09:27,720 --> 00:09:32,400 man that discovered fire. Think about how much he would 108 00:09:32,400 --> 00:09:38,280 have respected this fire. The same fire that could bring 109 00:09:38,360 --> 00:09:42,680 all the blessings when mishandled can do a lot of 110 00:09:42,680 --> 00:09:47,080 damage. Fire has the ability to consume 111 00:09:47,640 --> 00:09:51,400 a forest. Fires to be respected, 112 00:09:51,960 --> 00:09:56,080 reverenced. Imagine the man, how much he 113 00:09:56,080 --> 00:09:59,400 would adore and love that fire when it was his only companion 114 00:09:59,400 --> 00:10:06,760 at night to keep him warm. Imagine, oh, have you ever got 115 00:10:06,760 --> 00:10:10,120 lost just looking into a fire or at a candle? 116 00:10:10,840 --> 00:10:13,720 Something about it that's just sucking your gaze into that 117 00:10:13,720 --> 00:10:15,720 thing. It's so peaceful. 118 00:10:16,560 --> 00:10:23,000 It's so admiring so to be odd. I look at you that way too. 119 00:10:23,400 --> 00:10:29,440 My wife, thank you. Take notes, fellas. 120 00:10:30,400 --> 00:10:32,720 I'm learning from my elders and pastors. 121 00:10:34,720 --> 00:10:38,000 And so this reverence means a deep respect for someone or 122 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:43,000 something. And so the fear of God, as Elder 123 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:48,600 Brett was unpacking last Sunday, the fear of God is to know God. 124 00:10:49,320 --> 00:10:55,520 If I'm going to handle something correctly, I must know the thing 125 00:10:55,520 --> 00:10:59,560 I'm handling in order to position myself before it 126 00:10:59,560 --> 00:11:03,320 properly. And so Elder, Elder Brett did a 127 00:11:03,320 --> 00:11:08,240 wonderful job last week unpacking just the vastness and 128 00:11:08,240 --> 00:11:12,400 the greatness and the almightiness of our God that we 129 00:11:12,400 --> 00:11:16,600 serve, the one who formed the heavens and the earth. 130 00:11:17,640 --> 00:11:20,320 He is a mighty God. He is a loving God. 131 00:11:20,320 --> 00:11:27,040 He is a good God, and so the fear of God is to know God. 132 00:11:28,680 --> 00:11:32,480 And so if it is the fear of God or reverence that brings life to 133 00:11:32,560 --> 00:11:37,080 us, that brings satisfaction to us, that brings safety to us, 134 00:11:37,080 --> 00:11:44,040 that sets us above all evil, we need to know God, the true 135 00:11:44,040 --> 00:11:49,160 essence of who He is, in order to rightfully position ourselves 136 00:11:49,160 --> 00:11:55,640 before Him. God is spirit, the Bible tells 137 00:11:55,640 --> 00:12:02,400 us, and we church our try part beings. 138 00:12:03,240 --> 00:12:07,720 We are first spirit. We were created in the image and 139 00:12:07,720 --> 00:12:11,200 likeness of God and we possess a soul. 140 00:12:11,200 --> 00:12:15,800 That's our mind, our will and our emotions, our thinker, our 141 00:12:15,800 --> 00:12:21,520 feeler, our chooser. And we live in these bodies 142 00:12:22,200 --> 00:12:27,080 which have a sinful nature which we inherited from our ancestors, 143 00:12:27,080 --> 00:12:33,640 Adam and Eve, who allowed sin to enter into mankind when they 144 00:12:34,200 --> 00:12:39,480 disobeyed the Word of God. And so we are three-part beings. 145 00:12:39,840 --> 00:12:44,600 And so there is 1/3 of us that is made in the image and 146 00:12:44,600 --> 00:12:49,560 likeness of God. There is 1/3 of us that is made 147 00:12:49,560 --> 00:12:56,600 right before God. There is 1/3 of us that once was 148 00:12:56,600 --> 00:13:01,480 dead in sin but now has been made alive by the blood of 149 00:13:01,480 --> 00:13:05,360 Jesus. And so there is one part of us 150 00:13:06,120 --> 00:13:12,280 that we need to learn to grow in and engage in because for the 151 00:13:12,280 --> 00:13:17,120 majority of some of our lives we lived not being led by the 152 00:13:17,120 --> 00:13:20,440 Spirit. For the majority of my life up 153 00:13:20,440 --> 00:13:25,440 until the age of 27, I did not know what it meant to live a 154 00:13:25,440 --> 00:13:29,360 spirit LED life. I did not know what it meant to 155 00:13:29,360 --> 00:13:45,530 worship God in Word which became flesh. 156 00:13:46,050 --> 00:13:51,130 And nothing has come into being apart from the word of God. 157 00:13:52,410 --> 00:13:58,680 Jesus said my word is spirit and life and as a follower of Christ 158 00:13:58,680 --> 00:14:02,440 we are to build our lives on the word of God. 159 00:14:03,080 --> 00:14:07,720 It is our firm foundation. The word of God is spirit. 160 00:14:10,280 --> 00:14:18,200 John 4 verse 24 says that God is a spirit, a spiritual being, and 161 00:14:18,200 --> 00:14:25,720 those who worship Him or those who engage with him must worship 162 00:14:25,720 --> 00:14:31,960 Him in spirit and in truth. And so we don't worship God 163 00:14:31,960 --> 00:14:35,680 simply just by showing up here this morning at church. 164 00:14:36,440 --> 00:14:42,000 It's less about a physical location and it's more about a 165 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:49,400 heart posture before the Lord. And that heart posture only 166 00:14:49,400 --> 00:14:53,240 comes through the revelation of the living Word of God. 167 00:14:54,200 --> 00:14:58,640 My heart is only pure before the Lord by the good news of 168 00:14:58,640 --> 00:15:03,120 salvation in Christ alone being revealed to my heart, my 169 00:15:03,120 --> 00:15:08,000 receiving that, my believing that, my confessing, that makes 170 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:11,680 me right before God, pure before God. 171 00:15:12,280 --> 00:15:17,400 And it's in that place of knowing that it's in the place 172 00:15:17,400 --> 00:15:23,640 of gratitude for that, that I'm able to engage in the Lord, 173 00:15:24,320 --> 00:15:29,080 worshipping him in spirit and in truth. 174 00:15:30,640 --> 00:15:36,600 And so the fear of God is to engage with God in spirit. 175 00:15:38,800 --> 00:15:41,800 And as I mentioned before, there was a time where I didn't know 176 00:15:41,800 --> 00:15:46,320 how to engage my spirit man to encounter the Lord. 177 00:15:47,280 --> 00:15:52,000 And so we must learn this life to be led by the Spirit to 178 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:58,000 engage with God. God's word is truth. 179 00:15:59,480 --> 00:16:04,880 God formed the world, the heavens and the earth with His 180 00:16:04,880 --> 00:16:09,760 Word. God's word is the bottom line. 181 00:16:09,760 --> 00:16:18,080 It is truth. And PT often says, as a believer 182 00:16:18,440 --> 00:16:25,680 walking by faith, we don't ignore the facts, we simply just 183 00:16:25,720 --> 00:16:30,720 stand on the truth that if the Word of God says this is the way 184 00:16:30,720 --> 00:16:33,040 it is, then that is the way it is. 185 00:16:33,320 --> 00:16:37,480 And it doesn't matter what the circumstances in the natural are 186 00:16:37,480 --> 00:16:42,600 telling me, because God, who is supernatural, the Word who is 187 00:16:42,600 --> 00:16:49,520 supernatural says this. It doesn't matter what my soul 188 00:16:49,520 --> 00:16:53,600 is telling me, what my emotions are telling me. 189 00:16:54,560 --> 00:16:58,000 It doesn't imagine. It doesn't matter what the lies 190 00:16:58,000 --> 00:17:02,920 of the enemy is telling me. What matters is what the word of 191 00:17:02,920 --> 00:17:07,400 God is telling me. The word of God is truth. 192 00:17:08,520 --> 00:17:14,640 The Bible says let all men be a liar and God's word be true. 193 00:17:17,760 --> 00:17:22,079 And you sound silly to the world talking like that because you 194 00:17:22,079 --> 00:17:28,240 can be sick with a runny nose coughing and say by the blooded 195 00:17:28,240 --> 00:17:35,160 by Jesus's stripes I am healed. When your Co workers saying bro 196 00:17:35,160 --> 00:17:38,160 you should have take a sick day because you're coughing and 197 00:17:38,160 --> 00:17:42,160 snorting. And I'm not saying be unwise. 198 00:17:42,160 --> 00:17:49,400 But when you become so convinced that the word of God is truth, 199 00:17:51,960 --> 00:17:55,320 you begin to renew your mind so that your soul comes into 200 00:17:55,360 --> 00:17:57,920 alignment with the Word of God, which is spirit. 201 00:17:59,160 --> 00:18:04,280 And as your soul comes in alignment with your spirit man 2 202 00:18:04,280 --> 00:18:07,360 out numbers one, the last which is your body. 203 00:18:07,360 --> 00:18:11,160 So your body has to now come in alignment with your soul and 204 00:18:11,160 --> 00:18:14,360 your spirit. And that church is what's called 205 00:18:14,360 --> 00:18:18,280 being single minded or walking in the fullness of the mind of 206 00:18:18,280 --> 00:18:22,520 Christ. There is a wrestle between the 207 00:18:22,520 --> 00:18:27,040 flesh and the Spirit. Romans 8 says, And when I am 208 00:18:27,040 --> 00:18:30,760 living according to the flesh, I am at war against the things of 209 00:18:30,760 --> 00:18:35,400 God, the mind of the Spirit. And I have to make up in my 210 00:18:35,400 --> 00:18:42,880 heart God's word is truth. We are in this world, but we are 211 00:18:42,880 --> 00:18:46,640 not of this world. And so this world is going to 212 00:18:46,960 --> 00:18:51,280 present lies to me. That may be facts, it may be the 213 00:18:51,280 --> 00:18:56,880 way it that it is in the natural, but I am a supernatural 214 00:18:56,880 --> 00:19:04,080 being and God's word Trump's the facts that this world is 215 00:19:04,080 --> 00:19:09,160 presenting. Hallelujah. 216 00:19:13,040 --> 00:19:17,120 So to truly walk in the fear of God, we must come to this 217 00:19:17,120 --> 00:19:21,120 conclusion that God's word is true. 218 00:19:22,120 --> 00:19:27,080 So to walk in the fear of God, I must walk in a fear or respect 219 00:19:27,080 --> 00:19:31,880 or a reverence or a mindfulness of the Word of God. 220 00:19:32,320 --> 00:19:35,240 The Word of God must have final say in my life. 221 00:19:36,400 --> 00:19:42,240 Hebrews 4 verse 12 says that the word of God is living and 222 00:19:42,240 --> 00:19:47,040 powerful. Say living and powerful and 223 00:19:47,040 --> 00:19:52,000 sharper than any 2 edged sword, piercing even to the the 224 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:59,000 division of soul and spirit and of joints and marrow, and is a 225 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:02,640 discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. 226 00:20:03,520 --> 00:20:09,920 We have to allow the Word of God like a sword, to discern, to 227 00:20:09,920 --> 00:20:13,720 cut, to separate what my thoughts are. 228 00:20:14,360 --> 00:20:19,120 How my soul is navigating through this situation and 229 00:20:19,120 --> 00:20:24,440 present to us how the Spirit is is navigating through this 230 00:20:24,440 --> 00:20:27,840 situation and how the Word of God says I am to navigate 231 00:20:27,840 --> 00:20:38,680 through this situation. Your word is truth. 232 00:20:39,800 --> 00:20:46,640 So Jesus's prayer for us to the Father is that the Father would 233 00:20:46,640 --> 00:20:52,760 sanctify us, that he, the Father, would purify us by the 234 00:20:52,760 --> 00:20:58,000 truth, which is His Word. And so as we spend a life 235 00:20:58,600 --> 00:21:03,240 meditating on the Word, keeping the Word before us, and speaking 236 00:21:03,240 --> 00:21:06,920 the Word, there is a purification process that is 237 00:21:06,920 --> 00:21:11,520 taking place within our hearts. We are being cleansed by the 238 00:21:11,520 --> 00:21:15,760 Word of God. We are being purified by the 239 00:21:15,760 --> 00:21:20,040 Word of God. Remember, Jesus is the word 240 00:21:20,040 --> 00:21:27,000 which became flesh, and Jesus is the one who came to deliver us, 241 00:21:27,280 --> 00:21:32,840 to redeem us, to sanctify us by cleansing us with the pure blood 242 00:21:32,840 --> 00:21:36,480 of the Lamb. And so there is a there is a 243 00:21:36,480 --> 00:21:40,720 cleansing process that takes place in your heart, in your 244 00:21:40,720 --> 00:21:46,400 mind, the renewing of the mind through a relationship we build 245 00:21:46,400 --> 00:21:50,640 with God's Word. His word is truth. 246 00:21:52,080 --> 00:22:01,160 John 8 verse 31 to 32. So Jesus said to those Jews who 247 00:22:01,160 --> 00:22:08,600 had believed in him, If you abide in my word, hold fast to 248 00:22:08,600 --> 00:22:13,120 my teachings and live in accordance with them, you are 249 00:22:13,120 --> 00:22:18,840 truly my disciples. He's talking about living in the 250 00:22:18,840 --> 00:22:22,320 Word. The Word is not just something 251 00:22:22,320 --> 00:22:27,280 to encourage you on Sunday morning, it is something that 252 00:22:27,280 --> 00:22:32,000 you are to build your life upon Monday through Sunday. 253 00:22:32,760 --> 00:22:37,680 Every day of your life is to be in reverence towards the Word of 254 00:22:37,680 --> 00:22:44,640 God, mindful of the Word of God. Every decision I am to make, I 255 00:22:44,640 --> 00:22:49,280 am to be fearful or reverent or respectful of. 256 00:22:49,280 --> 00:22:52,840 What would the Word have me do in this situation? 257 00:22:53,720 --> 00:23:01,040 Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Jesus goes on to say, and you will 258 00:23:01,040 --> 00:23:05,440 know the truth, and the truth will set you free. 259 00:23:07,520 --> 00:23:10,920 You will know the truth and the truth will set you free. 260 00:23:12,440 --> 00:23:16,920 It's only the truth that you know that will set you free. 261 00:23:19,360 --> 00:23:23,360 The Lord has given you everything you need to walk in 262 00:23:23,360 --> 00:23:26,560 freedom. It's up. 263 00:23:26,640 --> 00:23:33,880 It's up to us to search out the truth, to come to this place of 264 00:23:33,880 --> 00:23:37,280 knowing the Word, who the sun sets. 265 00:23:37,280 --> 00:23:42,040 Free is free indeed, so that when the soul, my soul, or my 266 00:23:42,040 --> 00:23:45,360 thoughts, or the enemy or anybody else tries to tell me I 267 00:23:45,360 --> 00:23:51,200 am not free, I could say no, no, no, no, because I know the truth 268 00:23:52,520 --> 00:23:57,120 that who the sun sets free is free indeed, and I am one with 269 00:23:57,120 --> 00:24:05,600 the sun. And so Jesus encourages us to 270 00:24:05,600 --> 00:24:13,280 abide in his Word. So we don't read the Word simply 271 00:24:13,280 --> 00:24:16,600 just to memorize it, though it is powerful to memorize 272 00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:19,120 Scripture. I have Scripture I remembered in 273 00:24:19,120 --> 00:24:25,000 Sunday school as a child. But we don't simply just read it 274 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:29,840 to know it, just to know it. We get in the Word to build a 275 00:24:29,840 --> 00:24:37,120 relationship with the Word, to abide and to dwell and camp out 276 00:24:37,400 --> 00:24:42,080 in Scripture. I know Psalms 23 is one of my 277 00:24:42,080 --> 00:24:45,160 favorite camping spots in the Word of God. 278 00:24:45,920 --> 00:24:50,320 I'll set up my tent there and I will build a little campfire 279 00:24:50,320 --> 00:24:55,800 there and I will just meditate on that scripture because the 280 00:24:55,800 --> 00:25:00,120 Word of God is alive and there's times when I want to draw near 281 00:25:00,120 --> 00:25:03,240 to the Lord. I just want to remember the Good 282 00:25:03,240 --> 00:25:06,720 Shepherd who has everything I need. 283 00:25:07,320 --> 00:25:10,640 And he caused me to walk along still waters, and he caused me 284 00:25:10,640 --> 00:25:14,920 to lay down in green pastures. He restores my soul. 285 00:25:15,680 --> 00:25:18,760 Sometimes I'm looking to the world to restore my soul, but I 286 00:25:18,760 --> 00:25:22,360 need, I need to be reminded. No, it's the Good Shepherd that 287 00:25:22,360 --> 00:25:26,560 restores my soul. He anoints my head with oil. 288 00:25:27,480 --> 00:25:30,160 Because of him, my cup runs over. 289 00:25:31,280 --> 00:25:37,080 And so we get in the Word to meet the Lord there, to build 290 00:25:37,080 --> 00:25:39,160 relationship with the Word of God. 291 00:25:41,720 --> 00:25:49,480 The fear of God is to let God's Word reign in my life, to let 292 00:25:49,480 --> 00:25:56,480 God's Word have the final say, to let God's Word reign supreme 293 00:25:57,520 --> 00:26:03,360 in my life. And so I'm not allowing the 294 00:26:03,360 --> 00:26:11,440 facts, the current situation, my current emotions, I'm not 295 00:26:11,440 --> 00:26:16,200 allowing my desires. I'm not allowing what the world 296 00:26:16,200 --> 00:26:22,840 is telling me to rule in my life, to steal my peace, to be 297 00:26:22,840 --> 00:26:26,600 my peace. I'm choosing. 298 00:26:27,680 --> 00:26:35,520 I'm actively choosing to let the word of God reign in my life. 1 299 00:26:35,520 --> 00:26:42,880 John 416 says that God actually go back before that. 300 00:26:43,800 --> 00:26:48,280 God is love. Remember to walk in the fear of 301 00:26:48,280 --> 00:26:51,120 God we must properly know who God is. 302 00:26:51,120 --> 00:26:57,080 God is spirit, His word is true and God is love. 303 00:26:57,320 --> 00:27:05,200 True love agape love this that spirit love this is a love 304 00:27:05,240 --> 00:27:11,480 unlike we have ever known before you know, leading up to our 305 00:27:11,480 --> 00:27:15,560 encounter with Jesus Christ, we thought we might have known what 306 00:27:15,560 --> 00:27:20,800 love is but the love that we know knew before God is 307 00:27:20,800 --> 00:27:28,960 conditional love. I love you because either I got 308 00:27:28,960 --> 00:27:35,120 to because you came from me. I love you because you've done 309 00:27:35,400 --> 00:27:43,960 XY and Z to earn my affection. But God is a God is love. 310 00:27:44,720 --> 00:27:49,560 It's who he is. Everything God does is out of 311 00:27:49,560 --> 00:27:56,880 this posture of love, this correction, guidance, equipping. 312 00:27:58,080 --> 00:28:03,680 Everything God does is rooted in and motivated by love, because 313 00:28:03,680 --> 00:28:08,920 God is love. And we must become well 314 00:28:08,960 --> 00:28:16,760 acquainted with this agape love because, well, I was yet a 315 00:28:16,760 --> 00:28:20,880 Sinner, Well, I was an enemy towards God. 316 00:28:20,880 --> 00:28:27,440 The Bible says Christ died for me, demonstrating this agape 317 00:28:27,440 --> 00:28:31,080 love of God, this unconditional love of God. 318 00:28:31,640 --> 00:28:36,880 When Jesus was being nailed to the cross for the remission of 319 00:28:36,880 --> 00:28:41,240 sins, for the one that was nailing him to the cross, Jesus 320 00:28:41,240 --> 00:28:43,760 cried out and said forgive them Father. 321 00:28:44,720 --> 00:28:48,960 The ones who are crucifying me right now, forgive them Father, 322 00:28:49,320 --> 00:28:51,280 for they know not what they are doing. 323 00:28:52,120 --> 00:28:57,360 That kind of love, agape love which always believes the best, 324 00:28:57,840 --> 00:29:02,720 always sees the best, always gives the best. 325 00:29:04,120 --> 00:29:08,880 God so loved you, He gave you his best, His only begotten Son, 326 00:29:11,680 --> 00:29:14,840 that if you believe in Him, you will have eternal life. 327 00:29:16,360 --> 00:29:20,240 And so we must become well acquainted with the love of God 328 00:29:20,840 --> 00:29:29,840 if we are to continue on in this love. 1 John 416 says God is 329 00:29:29,920 --> 00:29:37,120 love and he who dwells. There's that word again next 330 00:29:37,120 --> 00:29:41,280 slide. He who dwells and continues in 331 00:29:41,280 --> 00:29:49,320 love dwells and continues in God, and God dwells and 332 00:29:49,440 --> 00:29:55,880 continues in him. And so we see this promise here, 333 00:29:56,720 --> 00:30:04,600 this promise that that says that if you dwell and continue in 334 00:30:04,600 --> 00:30:12,320 love and you continue in God, God promises in return that he 335 00:30:12,320 --> 00:30:19,960 will dwell and continue in you. And so you can see as I, as I 336 00:30:19,960 --> 00:30:23,280 mentioned earlier, like God inhabits the praises of his 337 00:30:23,280 --> 00:30:27,400 people. As we engage God, he engages us. 338 00:30:27,840 --> 00:30:33,200 As we engage God, he engages us. And so you can see how powerful 339 00:30:33,200 --> 00:30:37,760 a life lived in the fear of God. As we are reverent and mindful 340 00:30:37,760 --> 00:30:40,840 towards God, He is reverent and mindful towards us. 341 00:30:41,280 --> 00:30:46,320 As we position ourselves before God, God is positioning himself 342 00:30:46,640 --> 00:30:51,120 before us. There is this perpetualness 343 00:30:51,480 --> 00:30:57,800 about choosing to abide in love, choosing to abide in God. 344 00:30:59,280 --> 00:31:03,120 And who knows that love is not always easy. 345 00:31:04,520 --> 00:31:05,640 Me only. OK. 346 00:31:05,640 --> 00:31:13,000 As few of us, the moment you're born again, you're born into a 347 00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:16,680 new Kingdom. And Jesus says it's an upside 348 00:31:16,680 --> 00:31:22,800 down Kingdom. We are called to act opposite of 349 00:31:22,800 --> 00:31:27,320 how the world acts. The world lives by eye for an 350 00:31:27,320 --> 00:31:30,680 eye, tooth for a tooth. You do me bad, I'm going to 351 00:31:30,680 --> 00:31:33,720 return that with more bad. I'm going to try and out bad 352 00:31:33,720 --> 00:31:37,800 you. But Jesus says that or I'm 353 00:31:37,800 --> 00:31:43,240 really getting on them. It's those moments where we are 354 00:31:43,240 --> 00:31:48,480 presented the opportunity to walk in love, God love. 355 00:31:49,600 --> 00:31:52,680 And those times you choose to do that, it catches your enemy off 356 00:31:52,680 --> 00:31:57,240 guard. They say what the heck and it's 357 00:31:57,240 --> 00:32:04,480 powerful and God is in it and and ultimately the battle 358 00:32:04,480 --> 00:32:08,640 belongs to the Lord. Only the Lord can change your 359 00:32:08,640 --> 00:32:11,400 enemy's heart. So why not bring them into the 360 00:32:11,400 --> 00:32:15,000 fight by choosing to love when it's hard to love? 361 00:32:16,280 --> 00:32:23,360 And who knows that Love Tests brings out Love's best when we 362 00:32:23,360 --> 00:32:28,480 choose to let love have its way in that situation. 363 00:32:29,720 --> 00:32:36,360 Love tests also bring out our worst, and it's for good reason 364 00:32:36,360 --> 00:32:42,040 so that we can leave it out. Sometimes Love Test shows us 365 00:32:42,040 --> 00:32:46,680 what's in us, but God works all things together for good. 366 00:32:49,200 --> 00:32:57,720 And so we must come to know that God is true love, agape love, 367 00:32:58,400 --> 00:33:04,800 and become acquainted with this love in order to live in it, in 368 00:33:04,800 --> 00:33:10,360 order to share it, in order to see the world come to know 369 00:33:10,360 --> 00:33:14,120 salvation in the name that's above every name, Jesus Christ. 370 00:33:15,880 --> 00:33:22,680 The fear of God is to is to dwell and continue in God's 371 00:33:22,680 --> 00:33:26,680 love. There's no end in your pursuit 372 00:33:27,280 --> 00:33:31,440 of God's love. Every day we are to go after the 373 00:33:31,440 --> 00:33:36,000 Lord with our whole heart. Every day we are to pursue God 374 00:33:36,400 --> 00:33:40,240 and his love. And he continues, and is 375 00:33:40,240 --> 00:33:47,600 faithful to pursue us in turn. John 3 says this, that Jesus 376 00:33:47,600 --> 00:33:51,840 answered him. I assure you, most solemnly I 377 00:33:51,840 --> 00:33:58,080 tell you, that unless a person is born again anew from above, 378 00:33:58,680 --> 00:34:05,000 he cannot ever see, know, or be acquainted with and experience 379 00:34:05,480 --> 00:34:10,120 the Kingdom of God. And so Jesus tells us, in order 380 00:34:10,120 --> 00:34:13,480 to live in this upside down Kingdom, you must be born again. 381 00:34:14,199 --> 00:34:17,360 You must be born again of the water and of the Spirit. 382 00:34:19,159 --> 00:34:24,440 And so if Jesus is telling us we must be born again, then we must 383 00:34:24,440 --> 00:34:32,159 be OK with being a baby in the Spirit, and we must commit 384 00:34:32,159 --> 00:34:38,280 ourselves to be raised up in the way we should go in the Spirit. 385 00:34:39,639 --> 00:34:44,000 Paul tells the church, you have many teachers but few fathers. 386 00:34:45,120 --> 00:34:49,520 And we are blessed to have pastors that truly carry the 387 00:34:49,520 --> 00:34:52,199 heart of the Father. Here at Love Quest International 388 00:34:52,199 --> 00:34:57,280 Church, we have pastors who hear from God and obey God's leading. 389 00:34:58,080 --> 00:35:04,440 And we as children of the house, as sheep of the flock, must 390 00:35:04,480 --> 00:35:09,160 engage with the process of growing in the Spirit. 391 00:35:10,920 --> 00:35:18,080 Acts 17 says For in him in Christ, that is, we live and 392 00:35:18,080 --> 00:35:23,440 move, and have our being, as also, some of your own poets 393 00:35:23,440 --> 00:35:27,880 say, have said, for we are also His offspring. 394 00:35:29,080 --> 00:35:37,200 The fear of God is to live, is to move, and is to be in Christ. 395 00:35:38,560 --> 00:35:43,840 It is a lifestyle. The fear of God is a lifestyle. 396 00:35:45,720 --> 00:35:51,680 And like of fire, the fear of God grows as you feed it. 397 00:35:52,600 --> 00:35:56,280 It takes intentionality to feed that thing. 398 00:35:57,080 --> 00:35:58,920 Two slides past and you'll have it. 399 00:36:00,440 --> 00:36:12,400 The fear of God grows as you feed it and I will just end by 400 00:36:12,400 --> 00:36:16,320 releasing Psalm 34 verse 9, the last slide. 401 00:36:18,960 --> 00:36:23,560 This is to you church. Oh, fear the Lord, you His 402 00:36:23,560 --> 00:36:29,960 Saints Revere and worship Him, for there is no want to those 403 00:36:29,960 --> 00:36:35,040 who truly Revere and worship Him with godly fear. 404 00:36:35,680 --> 00:36:40,640 And so Church, the Lord desires for us to know Him as the Good 405 00:36:40,640 --> 00:36:46,120 Shepherd, that the Lord is your shepherd you shall want for 406 00:36:46,120 --> 00:36:51,520 nothing. Church, the Lord desires for you 407 00:36:53,480 --> 00:36:58,720 to walk in a life knowing who God is and who you are as His 408 00:36:58,720 --> 00:37:05,520 Beloved, and that in Him you find everything you need for 409 00:37:05,520 --> 00:37:10,280 everything that you need for life, and godliness has already 410 00:37:10,280 --> 00:37:54,880 been lavishly poured upon each. But as we posture our heart 411 00:37:54,880 --> 00:38:02,040 towards You, Lord, that we find everything that our soul is 412 00:38:02,040 --> 00:38:08,160 searching for, we thank You. That as we live a lifestyle in 413 00:38:08,160 --> 00:38:15,120 the spirit built on Your Word and we choose to dwell and live 414 00:38:15,120 --> 00:38:25,480 in love, Father, we thank You. That as we make this decision to 415 00:38:25,480 --> 00:38:29,720 set you on the throne of your heart and keep you there, that 416 00:38:29,720 --> 00:38:35,040 You are faithful to Your Word, I thank You. 417 00:38:35,040 --> 00:38:43,320 That right now, in this moment, being made to go from in to all 418 00:38:43,320 --> 00:38:51,080 in lukewarm to burning hot. That right now in this moment, 419 00:38:51,160 --> 00:38:59,200 people are making decisions to come to know You by Your Word. 420 00:39:00,720 --> 00:39:04,560 That there is a burning desire to get into Your Word, which is 421 00:39:04,560 --> 00:39:10,680 life and spirit, to set up a camp in Your Word to build 422 00:39:10,680 --> 00:39:13,120 relationship with you, our loving Father. 423 00:39:15,480 --> 00:39:19,800 I thank you Lord God, that the wind is blowing and as the wind 424 00:39:19,800 --> 00:39:26,920 comes to blow and make a fire burn hot and big and overtake 425 00:39:26,920 --> 00:39:32,920 and consume, that the fear of God is being new. 426 00:39:32,920 --> 00:39:35,800 Life is being brought to the fear of God in each and every 427 00:39:35,800 --> 00:39:40,280 one of our hearts. Wind blow, wind blow, wind blow. 428 00:39:42,800 --> 00:39:45,640 Have your good and perfect way in this place. 429 00:39:46,560 --> 00:39:50,240 In Jesus mighty name I pray. Amen. 430 00:39:51,360 --> 00:39:55,600 Amen. If you receive anything that was 431 00:39:55,720 --> 00:39:59,640 preached, give Jesus a great big handclap. 432 00:40:05,000 --> 00:40:14,160 Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Amen. God is good and all the time. 433 00:40:15,360 --> 00:40:23,080 God is so good, man. Yeah, the fear of God kind of 434 00:40:23,080 --> 00:40:29,080 often had a scary feel about it for me in the past, but as I 435 00:40:29,080 --> 00:40:32,520 grow in revelation of it, the Lord's just saying, Nah, I want 436 00:40:32,520 --> 00:40:37,120 to get good stuff to you, but it only comes through being mindful 437 00:40:37,120 --> 00:40:44,200 of me. And so I hope that was as much 438 00:40:44,200 --> 00:40:45,880 of A blessing to you as it was to me. 439 00:40:47,440 --> 00:40:49,440 Few announcements to get to you guys. 440 00:40:50,520 --> 00:40:56,360 Starting October 22nd through to November 30th, we will be doing 441 00:40:56,360 --> 00:40:59,920 our through the ribbon 40 day fast. 442 00:40:59,920 --> 00:41:06,560 Who's excited to grow in the spirit now? 443 00:41:06,560 --> 00:41:08,680 Fasting isn't all about going without. 444 00:41:08,680 --> 00:41:11,720 It's about going within. It's about living this thing 445 00:41:11,720 --> 00:41:16,320 out, life in the spirit, life in the truth, life in love. 446 00:41:16,960 --> 00:41:23,440 And so be excited for that. There is more information about 447 00:41:23,440 --> 00:41:27,040 the fast, about the list of things we will be eating and the 448 00:41:27,040 --> 00:41:30,960 list of things we'll be going without as well as there's some 449 00:41:30,960 --> 00:41:34,400 lifestyle stuff in there that we encourage you guys to engage in 450 00:41:34,400 --> 00:41:38,880 as well. Private devotional time, word 451 00:41:38,880 --> 00:41:41,640 and prayer, exercise. Because remember, we're tripart 452 00:41:41,640 --> 00:41:43,800 beings. There's some body, soul, spirit 453 00:41:43,800 --> 00:41:50,080 stuff happening in this fast as well as no to gossip and social 454 00:41:50,080 --> 00:41:56,640 media just for 40 days, social media after 8:30, just for 40 455 00:41:56,640 --> 00:42:00,040 days. And then you could choose if you 456 00:42:00,040 --> 00:42:02,600 really missed it and it was benefiting your life up until 457 00:42:02,600 --> 00:42:04,240 that point, you can choose to go back. 458 00:42:04,720 --> 00:42:07,000 I'm just kidding. We should never gossip. 459 00:42:07,000 --> 00:42:09,680 It's not good. Yeah. 460 00:42:09,680 --> 00:42:12,600 So there's more information about the fast on social media 461 00:42:13,520 --> 00:42:16,800 baptisms we will be having on November 1st. 462 00:42:16,800 --> 00:42:21,840 If you have made a decision to make Jesus Christ your Lord and 463 00:42:21,840 --> 00:42:26,560 Savior, this is just an outward declaration of an inward 464 00:42:26,560 --> 00:42:29,920 decision you've made. And if the Lord is working on 465 00:42:29,920 --> 00:42:34,520 your heart and you feel like, man, I have truly taking a stand 466 00:42:34,520 --> 00:42:38,600 for my salvation in a new fresh way and the Lord's tugging on my 467 00:42:38,600 --> 00:42:42,760 heart to be re baptized, do it. Be obedient to the Lord's 468 00:42:42,760 --> 00:42:47,560 prompting within you. And so anyone who is would like 469 00:42:47,560 --> 00:42:50,440 to be baptized, sign up via e-mail at 470 00:42:50,440 --> 00:42:54,800 weconnect@lovequestchurch.com. Or if you have any more 471 00:42:55,160 --> 00:42:58,520 questions about that, you can just speak to our guest services 472 00:42:58,520 --> 00:43:00,400 in the back or any other leader here. 473 00:43:02,240 --> 00:43:07,760 The homecoming table, sorry, yeah, not guest services, the 474 00:43:07,760 --> 00:43:11,440 homecoming table at the back. OK. 475 00:43:11,440 --> 00:43:19,360 And then lastly, no immersed next Sunday, November 20, it 476 00:43:19,360 --> 00:43:23,160 says November 26th, but I think it meant to say October 26th. 477 00:43:23,480 --> 00:43:27,800 There will be no evening service in Vancouver, but we will carry 478 00:43:27,800 --> 00:43:32,160 on business as usual here with our two morning services. 479 00:43:32,600 --> 00:43:35,480 Does that sound good to you? Awesome. 480 00:43:35,960 --> 00:43:38,600 Well, we are all out of time, but we are. 481 00:43:42,480 --> 00:43:44,680 Thank you so much for tuning into this week's sermon. 482 00:43:44,680 --> 00:43:48,040 We pray you were challenged, equipped and encouraged. 483 00:43:48,280 --> 00:43:50,240 Make sure to follow us on all platforms. 484 00:43:50,240 --> 00:43:54,320 That's love quest Intl church. We out here for real. 485 00:43:54,400 --> 00:43:56,680 We're really doing it. That's Facebook, Instagram, 486 00:43:56,680 --> 00:43:59,880 YouTube and TikTok. You can find us anywhere you 487 00:43:59,880 --> 00:44:02,160 need to find us. But until next time, you know 488 00:44:02,160 --> 00:44:04,400 the drill. You know the motto, get your 489 00:44:04,400 --> 00:44:06,600 love fixed man and we'll see y'all real soon.