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We're going to start tonight. 
I just want to go to Psalms 34, 

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Psalms 34, verses 7 through 9 
and I want to talk a little bit 

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about the fear of the Lord. 
And so in Psalms 34 it reads 

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this way, it says the Angel of 
the Lord and I'm reading out of 

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the amplified in camps around 
those who fear him with awe 

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inspired reverence and worship 
him with obedience. 

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Our obedience worships him. 
Have we ever made that 

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connection that when we actually
obey him and are obedient to his

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word, it brings worship towards 
him? 

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And so then he goes on to say, 
and he rescues each of them. 

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Taste and see that the Lord our 
God is good. 

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How blessed, fortunate, 
prosperous, and favored by God 

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is the man who takes refuge in 
him and reverently fears the 

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Lord, you, his Saints, 
believers, holy ones. 

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For those who fear Him, there is
no want. 

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For those who fear Him, there is
no want. 

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See, we don't have to want for 
any good thing when we fear the 

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Lord, right? 
We don't have to want for 

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anything when we fear Him. 
And then he goes on to say, Come

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you children, listen to me and I
will what teach you to fear the 

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Lord with awe inspired reverence
and worship him with obedience 

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and worship him with obedience. 
And we want to give the correct 

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definition and define what fear 
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This is not a fear in the fact 
that we are afraid, like when we

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are afraid that we may get hit 
by a car or we're afraid to get 

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on a plane because it may crash.
This is not this type of fear. 

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We have learned here that fear, 
this fear of the Lord is to 

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Revere, is to Revere Him. 
It is to stand in awe. 

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And that's what we did. 
As we began to worship Him, we 

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were reminded how awesome our 
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And we stand in awe that He is 
the Creator. 

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Come on. 
Of everything in the universe, 

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He created it with His mere 
words. 

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He spoke it into existence. 
Come on. 

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And and so it means to stand in 
awe of who he is. 

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It means to honor Him, to honor 
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When we come in corporately to 
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worship. 
It is for one thing and one 

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thing only, to bring honor to 
God, to bring honor to the Lord,

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Amen. 
To honor who He is and what He 

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has done in our lives, that is 
the only reason why we are doing

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praise and worship, is to remind
ourselves that we must honor Him

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and who He is because we fear 
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Amen. 
We honor Him. 

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We honor the fact that He would 
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bring His presence to His 
people. 

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We honor that. 
We honor Him because He brought 

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us out of darkness into His 
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We honor Him because of that. 
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worship, there should be that 
honor towards Him, not just so 

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we can have a fun little praise 
and worship. 

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That's not what that's about. 
It's about us bringing our honor

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towards Him, our honor towards 
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And when He is honored, He'll 
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presence. 
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honored for who He is, it means 
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And we've also read that it 
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when you say you are one that 
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that I am devoted to him, I'm 
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fear him, I'm devoted to him. 
It means to respect, right? 

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I respect him. 
I, I respect what he has done 

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for me in my life, for what he's
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And then it means to be afraid. 
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but to be afraid or to dread in 
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ever do anything that would 
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You would never want to be a 
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he is and what he's done for 
your life, or displease him by 

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not doing the will of the 
father, because you can 

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displease him. 
When you refuse to do the will, 

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that of the Father, you can 
displease Him for Him who knows 

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what to do through scripture and
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What is that to you? 
The Scripture says it's sin. 

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And so when you choose to not do
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dishonors Him. 
It actually displeases Him. 

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Amen. 
He's not pleased with it, 

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especially when you know what 
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don't do it. 
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believers, if we're going to 
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and we're going to continue to 
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that God wants us to be as his 
children, as representatives and

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ambassadors of Christ. 
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are we simply obeying what 
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life? 
Because if not, then we are 

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dishonouring Him and we're not 
respecting the fact that he has 

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put things in His word that he 
expects his children to do. 

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And isn't that something even 
with your own children, you 

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know, it is disrespectful when 
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something and they refuse to do 
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What are they doing? 
They're rebelling against you. 

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And and some people think that, 
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they're just having fun. 
Oh, you know, and make excuses 

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for that behavior because you do
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But that is not what our father 
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When we see things in his word 
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ought to be walking in and we 
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He does not think it's funny. 
He thinks it's dishonouring and 

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displeasing and disrespectful. 
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And so here, as we continue to 
go through some things on the 

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fear of the Lord, we have to 
exercise, you know, the things 

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that we know as a believer that 
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And I can just go ahead and let 
you know, as a believer, even as

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an infant in Christ, as a babe 
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this thing, if you just simply 
read Scripture and do whatever 

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the Scripture tells you to do, 
you are going to be pleasing to 

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God. 
It's that easy. 

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And do you know, it doesn't 
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It doesn't stop. 
But you know, I found that the 

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longer, sometimes the longer 
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the more they lapse and not do 
any longer what the Scripture 

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has done. 
And maybe things they did in the

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beginning that they don't do now
because they were so thankful 

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and so in awe of him saving them
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situation that they were in and 
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And it was easy for them to want
to there we're excited about the

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Word and read the Word and do 
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Word and all the things that he 
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believer. 
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growing, you know, coming to 
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longer, the more those things 
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And then as believers, we start 
slipping in things that we know 

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we should do in Scripture. 
Amen. 

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And know that that is a place 
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always judge ourselves. 
Do you know the Scripture tells 

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us, judge yourself lest you be 
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Do you know He wants you to 
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ultimately you don't have to 
stand before him and Him judge 

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you on that? 
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even have to judge you on that? 
Because you refuse to do it. 

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You refuse to obey. 
You refuse to be obedient to the

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very thing that His word was 
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And He's always there wanting us
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things. 
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parent, if I give my child a 
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do it, there should be a 
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There should be a consequence. 
See, there's so many natural 

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aspects in the earth that we can
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God operates through His Word. 
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this is how I should be 
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right? 
Amen. 

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So let's move on. 
So, you know, John Bevere made 

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this statement which made me 
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some things concerning the love 
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And so he said this. 
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God until we fear Him, nor can 
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love Him, right until you love 
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And so you know, Pastor has 
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that the the foundation of the 
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It's built upon God's love and 
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But I would say that it is as 
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the Lord. 
And if one of those 2 is out of 

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balance, if you're only focused 
on, oh he loves me, he loves me,

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he loves me, he loves me, he 
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of him, then there is going to 
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There's going to be abuse, 
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We can see that even in a 
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Do you know the Bible says women
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and respect them, right? 
They ought to honor their 

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husbands and respect them. 
So you could. 

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I know women that say they love 
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when they open up their mouth I 
know they disrespect their 

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husband. 
They disrespect him because of 

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the way they talk to him, 
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Degrading, belittling, 
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That's no respect. 
That's no honor for him being 

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the lead in the home. 
I don't care if he's a good 

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leader or not. 
You have a responsibility as a 

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wife who loves the Lord. 
Amen. 

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And actually the scripture says 
do it because you may win him by

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your behavior, your godly 
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But anyway, I'm not talking 
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talking about parenting. 
But we're going to move on, OK? 

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Because it gets tight anytime 
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talking about my kid and surely 
don't be talking about my man 

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and my marriage anyway. 
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of God is built upon the love of
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And they work hand in hand. 
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of out of balance, you could 
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perverted and abused. 
It will become a perverted and 

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abused. 
Do you know, even in Christian 

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marriages? 
I guess I'm on the marriage 

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topic. 
I don't know. 

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Somebody in here must need it 
anyway. 

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I need it always. 
What was I going to say? 

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Oh, abuse. 
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See, when one of these is out of
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And you know, you can act like 
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long and you know, do all these 
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that what even he God says? 
He says you, you love me with 

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your with your words of the 
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from me, right? 
So you can tell you, you can 

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tell those things. 
There's an atmosphere there in 

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relationships and different 
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And when there's no respect, you
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advantage. 
Oh, I know what I was going to 

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say. 
Here it is. 

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Thank you, Holy Ghost. 
There have been Christians, 

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women especially, that I've seen
through the years that we've 

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done counseling with and 
different things that, you know,

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they think because and see this 
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They think because they're a 
Christian and because they are 

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supposed to walk in love that 
they can be abused and taken 

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advantage of and manipulated. 
Well, God tells me I just need 

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to forgive him. 70 Psalms 7 But 
no behavior ever changes. 

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No, that's abuse because 
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You see what I'm saying? 
And so again, even in our 

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relationship with the Lord, if 
we don't have a clear 

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understanding of what the fear 
of the Lord is and what the love

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of God is, and that it is the 
foundation of everything that's 

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built from the Kingdom of God, 
then there's going to be abuses.

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And you've seen that in the 
church, right? 

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You see that in the church with 
people thinking, oh, well, God 

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loves me, He loves me, He loves 
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I'm under grace, grace, grace. 
So I don't have to obey what the

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Scripture says and I can still 
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That's abuse. 
That's abuse. 

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You're disrespecting God and his
holy word. 

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You see what I'm saying? 
And so again, we have to have 

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that clear understanding of what
it is. 

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So the being afraid or dread 
that is defined with fear is 

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associated with obedience to His
will, that you would be afraid 

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to not obey God's will for your 
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There ought to be fear. 
And, and you've even seen this, 

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if people have been called by 
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in their life and they refuse to
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to be so much fear of the Lord. 
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they know, look what happened to
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He wanted to disobey and not do 
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OK, so just because we're in the
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we get to disobey or not be 
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Scripture is telling us we ought
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life, because those who fear Him
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is for their life. 
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God, but rather acknowledging 
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It's about acknowledging His 
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which leads us to a desire to do
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fear Him, I'm going to. 
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me to do. 
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not do the will of God for my 
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And then let's read out of 
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Proverbs 1427 says this. 
The fear of the Lord is the 

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fountain of life, that one may 
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fountain of life. 
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life, it is the starting point. 
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It is the fountain of your life.
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from the wellspring of the fear 
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It's good. 
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means. 
It is the source of life, and it

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is the wellspring, the starting 
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The fear of the Lord, The fear 
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reverence him, to not want to 
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any way, to want to respect him.
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don't have that in your life, 
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There's going to be issues. 
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six, it says this Isaiah 33 and 
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be your sure foundation, 
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salvation, wisdom and knowledge.
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treasure, is your treasure. 
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Lord, when it is your treasure, 
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just like it's the fear of the 
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spring, the fountain of your 
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He's saying, listen, the fear of
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your life and it is the 
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that word treasure, it literally
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It means an Armory. 
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at the Florida National Guard in
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Weapons, weapons. 
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correlation to which I'm not 
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correlation to this storehouse, 
this treasury, it is your 

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weapon. 
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weapon, and that's why he says 
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around those who fear the Lord. 
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honor God, you being a person 
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being a person that does not 
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saying. 
Listen, if you'll stay up 

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underneath the fear of the Lord,
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weaponry. 
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you. 
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And it also means a full supply.
A treasury also has what riches 

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Come on. 
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Caribbean, right? 
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When you fear the Lord, there is
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Come on, there's provision, 
there is a full supply, there's 

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a treasury waiting for you. 
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Everything that you need as a 
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source or the spring. 
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of the fear of the Lord, 
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believer, that's what it's 
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So it's your treasure. 
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Glory to God. 
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Philippians chapter 2. 
I read a lot of Old Testament in

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the Psalms and you know, Isaiah,
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the New Testament has to say 
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because it actually has a lot to
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But we're just going to tap into
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tonight. 
That's all we have time left to 

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verses 12 through 13, it says 
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So then, my beloved, just as you
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presence only, but now much more
in my absence, what does He say?

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Work out your salvation with 
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God who is at work in you both 
to will and work for His good 

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pleasure. 
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work for you, because you have 
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and you have been granted 
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And He lets us know that now 
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will and there is a work that 
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Now, again, this is not a work 
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you've already earned it by His 
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faith. 
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You see that you're born again 
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And He lets us know that we now 
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And how are we to work it out? 
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With fear and trembling, With 
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That means we are to work out 
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salvation with the Lord, with 
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respecting him, with thinking 
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in awe of what He's done. 
The fact that He even drew you 

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out of darkness and saved you 
and brought you into the Kingdom

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of God and gave you a new life 
in Christ and put the third 

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person of the Godhead on the 
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Hallelujah and then gave you the
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pertains to life and godliness 
that he's given us this earthen,

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this treasure in earthen vessel.
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, glory to

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God. 
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out with honor, work it out with
respect, work it out with 

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pleasing Him, work it out by 
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This is your responsibility. 
God's already done his job. 

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Jesus Christ has already paid 
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out on the mercy seat. 
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And now it's our responsibility,
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mercy of God, by the faith of 
God that He's given us a mustard

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seed up to work our salvation 
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trembling. 
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been a lack of the fear of the 
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we're going to read anyway. 
So he tells us workout. 

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I want to read what workout 
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It's not like going to the gym, 
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Hallelujah. 
And my daughter texts my husband

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today as I was stuffing my face 
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do this 5K across the lions? 
There's a Lions bridge 5K that's

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coming up this weekend. 
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what do you want to do it? 
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And he said, well, I'll do it. 
If you want to do it, you know, 

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I'll do it with you. 
It's not like I want to do it, 

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but I'll do it if you want me to
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And then he looks over at the 
table, he said, I think that's a

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good goal for you too, and I'll 
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Can you imagine him as my 
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That's why it's not happened in 
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He's trained me enough anyway. 
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said, you know what he told me? 
He told me, you know, a long 

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time ago you told me you had a 
dream of you just running and 

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that you were a runner. 
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pizza you made me eat that 
night. 

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No, anyway, but I might do it. 
Hey, you never know. 

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I'm ready to turn a new leaf. 
Come on anyway. 

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So work out your salvation with 
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That word work out means 
perform. 

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But yet you know, there's this 
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it's not about performance. 
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working out is about perform 
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What is he saying? 
You need to perform the 

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salvation that has been given to
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You need to work it out. 
You need to. 

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It also means produce it, have 
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We're doing it through the grace
that strengthening that 

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empowering that we learned about
that grace, that supernatural 

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grace that's been instilled in 
every believers life the day 

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they called on the name of the 
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It means workout means this to 
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that from which something 
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Is there any results in your 
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That is a good question. 
That is a good question that we 

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Is there fruit? 
Is there those things that are 

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having a result in our life? 
Because we year after year, are 

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continuing to work out our 
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We're letting the Holy Spirit 
deal with us and work us out. 

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You know the Holy Spirit will 
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It's not there just to give you 
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And it means this to bring about
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Listen to this. 
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Greek to render one fit for a 
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What thing you being a child of 
God to render one fit. 

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That's what that means to to do 
the work, to do the work or 

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deed, to do the deed. 
That's what it means. 

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That means there is going to be 
tangible results and your life 

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as a believer that you can see 
how God has changed you, has has

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done things within you you never
thought you would be doing as a 

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believer. 
You can see it in your marriage,

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you can see it with your 
children, you can see it in your

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finances. 
You can see it in every area of 

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your life because you've allowed
yourself and the Holy Spirit and

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the Word of God to work out that
salvation in your life, doing 

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things by just simply obeying 
what the Word has said and what 

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God has said on the inside of 
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living God. 
Amen. 

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It means to fully accomplish. 
Remember, the goal of salvation 

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is not just to get you in to get
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It's to actually get you in. 
To be the sons and the daughters

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come on and of the Kingdom of 
God, to be royalty, to be those 

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that know how to rule and reign 
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To be those that are 
accomplishing great feats like 

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we see those in the Bible do 
right to accomplish these 

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things, to mature, to flourish 
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Because you know what? 
He tells us that we can not 

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finish our course in Scripture. 
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We have to work out our 
salvation so that we do finish 

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our course. 
We run our race, we do the 

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things that God has put in us to
be able to do, Amen. 

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And that is going to take us 
participating with God to do the

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things that He wants to do in 
our life. 

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Now I want to read this out of 
the amplified OK, and I want to 

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go up early to verse 3. 
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13, and the reason why I want to
read it, I want to want you to 

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see in full context of what he's
actually talking about when he's

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inserting in there that you are 
to work out your salvation with 

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fear and trembling. 
Because it's actually in context

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of doing the will of God for 
your life and doing the things 

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that God is speaking to you to 
do in your life. 

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But then also talking about 
doing things not in your flesh 

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or carnally, because the fear of
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place of holiness. 
I like to do it, this little 

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thing. 
Fear equals holiness. 

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Holiness equals glory. 
And this is how we see God work 

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in your life, is that when you 
actually understand the fear of 

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the Lord and begin to honor and 
be, obey and begin to do what 

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God is asking you to do in your 
everyday walk, being willing and

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obedient to do His will, then 
guess what? 

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That is going to then produce 
holiness within your life 

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because you're actually doing 
the Word, and the Word will by 

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the Holy Spirit bring 
sanctification and holiness.