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“Ingredients: Fear of God”
“Ingredients: Fear of God”
welcome
thank guest Bro Rob
talk about Gideons a little
read passage
“I tell you, my friends, do not fear those who kill the body, and after that have nothing more that they can do. But I will warn you whom to fear: fear him who, after he has killed, has authority to cast into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him! Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? And not one of them is forgotten before God. Why, even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not; you are of more value than many sparrows.
talk about this passage
recap = fear of God
women and true beauty worthy to be praised
Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain,
but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.
a sinful man is lacking the fear of the lord Psalm 36.1
Transgression speaks to the wicked
deep in his heart;
there is no fear of God
before his eyes.
so what is this fear we speak of??
Yr’ (ירא) Ya-ray = means to tremble, to be afraid, to fear. to respect and reverence and exalt.
“I tell you, my friends, do not fear those who kill the body, and after that have nothing more that they can do. But I will warn you whom to fear: fear him who, after he has killed, has authority to cast into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him!
so we are given the fear of the lord in the new covenant new birth through the holy spirit within us
Jere 32.40-41
I will make with them an everlasting covenant, that I will not turn away from doing good to them. And I will put the fear of me in their hearts, that they may not turn from me. I will rejoice in doing them good, and I will plant them in this land in faithfulness, with all my heart and all my soul.
A true knowledge of God.
A pervasive awareness of God’s presence
A growing gratitude for what God has done
A strong sense of our responsibility to God
so the first ingredient was a true Knowledge of God = Talk on this…
today we will try and get through the remaining ingredients if we can…
lets begin today with our next one, A pervasive awareness of Gods presence
Christians know that God is omnipresent. Intellectually, we understand that.
But do we have an “astonished reverence” because of it? Are we in our daily lives living this out? Maybe not so much.
lets read Psalm 139.1-10
O Lord, you have searched me and known me!
You know when I sit down and when I rise up;
you discern my thoughts from afar.
You search out my path and my lying down
and are acquainted with all my ways.
Even before a word is on my tongue,
behold, O Lord, you know it altogether.
You hem me in, behind and before,
and lay your hand upon me.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;
it is high; I cannot attain it.
Where shall I go from your Spirit?
Or where shall I flee from your presence?
If I ascend to heaven, you are there!
If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!
If I take the wings of the morning
and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
even there your hand shall lead me,
and your right hand shall hold me.
WOW think about Davids question here real quick
Where shall I go from your Spirit?
Or where shall I flee from your presence?
What a great admission. Perhaps we need an epiphany today, “the Lord is here!”
And every Lord’s day we need this.
But not just on Sunday when we gather.
But Monday morning, Thursday afternoon, Saturday night when you cannot sleep. The Lord is in this place!
talk about the youtube video
talk about Jacob
Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, “Surely the Lord is in this place, and I did not know it.” And he was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.”
preach on this
There is a latin phrase that describes this way of living: Coram Deo, which means before the face of God or in the presence of God.
RC Sproul put it beautifuly
To live coram Deo is to live one’s entire life in the presence of God, under the authority of God, to the glory of God. To live all of life coram Deo is to live a life of integrity. It is a life of wholeness that finds its unity and coherency in the majesty of God.
We can sort of compartmentalize our lives.
We have the parts of life that are secular and parts that are spiritual or overtly Christian.
But living in the presence of God frees us from that way of thinking and living.
This is why Paul could say, “whether then you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.”
Of course, there are certain things we can NEVER do to the glory of God and so those things do not fit into “whatever you do”.
The second ingredient of the fear of the Lord is a pervasive awareness of God’s presence.
Conclude…recapping having a true knowledge of God and an awareness of his presence…
Preach
HOLY SPIRIT TAKE OVER…