Fear of Man - Pastor Luke Seymour - Sunday, 9th December 2018
I'm heading out to that groups and everyone else too into someone next year. Just genuinely ask. How was your week?
Is it really matter by the things in our lives? And sometimes do you about two things that All Eyez the sometimes don't really must have that we tend to overemphasize those things in the lives.
Well unless that's just me. I use the analogy when I finish so that opened up they series about the idea of packing a bag that she is my iPod my bag. Sometimes I eat or things that I think take hope some room and it means I called my son a hobble the things that I thought she need because I'm feeling it was still but I might not need. I'm one of those things that were talking about today. Is the idea of a fear of Mom? I don't mean fear of fearing Mount as in males for fear of manners and fear of mankind that I actually sometimes we highlight the role and importance of the opinion of mom. I'm way off. Sometimes actually highlighting the role in the importance of the opinion of. I don't ever suffer with this issue is probably the biggest disease in the world. I would say fearing what man and not man mail mail list today. I'm not meaning males. I'm meeting mankind. Okay, so please excuse me. If I say about fearing what others think I want to start with just those reading app a scripture. Is that okay? So I want you to talk with Luke chapter 22 verse 54 262
So that's Luke chapter 22 verses 54 262 and I'm reading from the ESV version.
He says this. Then They seized him. Being Christ and let him away bringing into into the high priest's House of Pizza was following at a distance. Monday in Kindle the fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together Pizza shot down among them. Medicine go seeing him as he sits in the lights looking closely at him said his mom also was with him. But he denied it saying woman. I do not know him. I'm a little late to someone else saw him and said you were also one of them, but Pizza said Mom, I am not. Good afternoon to love about when I was still and know they insisted saying certainly this mom Oso was with him. But he too is a Galilean. Go Pizza sides, man. I do not know what you were talking about and immediately and immediately while he was still speaking the rooster crows and the Lord turned and looked at pizza at Pizza remembered the saying if the Lord and how he had said to him before the rooster crows today. You will deny me three times and he went out on wax Italy.
And then if you could turn with me and your Bibles just a little further and see the book of Acts and the shop to two.
Honey Knox chapter 2. I'm just going to read three segments of this chapter. If that's okay with you guys. So I'm going to reach the fish segment, which hopefully gives us back of an intro to it. Then the middle and then towards the end. Acts chapter 2 verses 1 through 4 when the day of Pentecost arrived they were all together in one place and suddenly they came from having a sound like a mighty rushing wind and I filled the entire house where they were sitting and divided tongues of fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit McAllen to speak in other tongues as the spirit gave them utterance. I'm going to move to verses 14 to 21.
Emboss happened is they giving the masseur in the Holy Spirit has come upon them let them to all be speaking a different language and language those people who are around them. And so this is my pizza so speaks the people around them who stood Ace and starts to preach the mini size 11 and address them men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let it be known to you and give ear to my words. These people are not drunk as you suppose if they Screech.
These men are not drunk.
Since it is only the third hour of the day. Will this is what was the prophet Joel and in the last days it shall be go to class that I will pour out my spirit on All Flesh of your sons and daughters shall prophesy and you over your men shall see visions and your old men shall dream dreams and even my male Servants of female servants and those days I will pour out my spirit and they shall prophesy and I will know and I will show the one that's at the heavens and the signs of the earth below blood and fire and Vapor of smoke. The sun will be turned to Darkness and the moon to bloat before the day of the Lord comes in the great and magnificent day. Andy Shelby comes pasta everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved a few people know that and then finally, I just want to be 37 to 41.
And I went ahead they said they would cook to the hearts and pizza said to the rest of the Apostles Brothers. What should we do to them repent and be baptized everyone of you in the name of Jesus Christ with the given us of your sentence you receive the gift of the holy spirit's for the promise. The promise is for you and for your children and for all those who are far off everyone whom the Lord I got calls to himself. And with many other words people witnessing continue to exalt them saying save yourself some the Crooked generation. So those who received the word without ties and they were added about 3,000 Souls. Day. Wow, wish I could preach and CD 3000 people saved. Maybe one day I will I will I will get myself with unity.
I come back to them in just a moment. But I fear fear of what others think I believe he's one of those crippling outside cuz I believe that the fear of all this thing. I'm the caring not just feel you know, who wait when you look at the Biblical term of fear. Let me look and see what he actually means. He's he's not just be everything feeling frightened. You watch a scary movie and you sold like, you know, you feel like so much going to jump out of a sense of possession of ball to sense of reverence. So when it says the field got it doesn't mean to be scared of him although Maybe sometimes we should well maybe we should be able to come to those who do not know him. Bold as a sense of actually realizing don't power God's all about strength builds ability. You know, I always think of fear of the Lord I think of when the when when the name Elijah the was in the mountain in the storms passed by in the fire pass by and the wind pass by and you know, I always think of you know, that's that's this pretty scary go when Moses was on the mountain directly seeing all these things. And I'm sorry, I think you're not a Swami by fear cops and that feared might as well. Not really. But Reverend stop possession of. Possession of of opinion is transferred from dogs to my now you become more about walk with a stink. But I believe that fear keeps us from doing what we should do in life morality. I you know, most people I find who fear things, you know, they actually there's a lot of people who would step up in situations boldness in bullying for example in the schoolyards that they don't know because they don't have in the past me being bullied because this guy that it'll happen to them a few stops us from doing what we should David else. I believe it keeps us from doing what God wants us today. How many of us have ever been scared in a situation all what if I'm rejected what if someone tries to say something by myself or someone tries to hold me to a higher opinion if I tell them that I'm a Christian Fear of people going on. I can't really talk to that person anymore because they said they were Christian and you know rejection. Fear of rejection is huge. I believe that this world is so focused on those opinions. We just have to look at all the social media sites. the kids spend hours in days. Just passed through you know, I know Emily's Grandma's Facebook, you know, she's 75
It doesn't have to just be young people but we we realize that when you get a like or a little fun Instagram or any of these sites that tends to be a dopamine affect dopamine drug that makes you happy in your brain. And so you got hit by a stalk me and then suddenly you got that makes me feel a bit better. And then you get addicted to this point of my kids like the how that's what makes him feel good and they will take down there. Let it no crop they will fill suppose. I was going to make sure that they look exactly how they think they should know. How old is she from to look? Buy this whole idea of media is based on what they want. The media is just find us attractive me just to find what's worthwhile. You need this size TV, you need dots in your house. You need this blender and it will make you healthier when does homemade healthy? They can help in those things, but that's how they sell it. That no one ever needed an iPod now. Most people can get by without something to play music off. No never needed a phone in my pocket. But now I phone call go anywhere without the phone, but I'm I'm to blame for all these things. By the way. I am by far perfect some preaching to myself in this.
That there's things aren't real that we focus on when we try and presents the order of mom and the old the opinion of mom to the world that we try and say I like looks great on Instagram, but you feel a mess on the other side. That we actually, more about the opinions of people than we care about ourselves. So if I we ruin our own lives and then we just make sure we clear the part of the room by the photos going to be make sure that it's okay is all the people going to see about that. Don't get me wrong at the Bible talks about, you know, being above reproach amongst men and talks about having good standing amongst all this and don't get me wrong. Those things are good by believe that those good sounding and those being above reproach on about necessarily about how we looked for about character Bible say we need to have good cards in good standing most of this, you know, doesn't mean that while the people think of think about doesn't matter but he's letting them think about the things that are Godly that matter. I always want to be respected because my character not because of the right coats Although I do like a nice coat.
I wonder if there's any reason in any of our lives that we worry about all this people think of us. But more importantly any area where people worry about what they would think about was if they knew what we were doing today. Church Christianity faith Is there any fear in you that I should watch this person thinks? I'm just a weirdo. Or I'm just not who they thought I was all they think I can no longer. I've I've had that one. My people will change the way they speak to me when they found out. I'm a Christian.
And they will hide things from me because I told them that I don't hear that not because I told them that that s*** is and their evil. I think some part of it may be a natural conviction that happens. Some people find it really easy to be very out that I always have so much respect for the people who can just go for it with the gospel with anyone in any situation will be in the laundry and just sleeping people to conversation the gospel and we need to encourage those people more more than ever before his that hog vanishes and I think he's being pushed aside in the Kingdom. I want those to really understand our confidence and how we approach people by our faith and what we stand out for. I just want to say one thing fear is not personality type.
People say I'm interested which means I don't have to talk to people. I like that's true. But also I know a lot of people use introversion as a fee as a way of saying I'm scared to talk to them. I must be interested via should not hold you back.
Do you want to mean? Anyone with me, I'm sick to death of people saying it's not my type is not who I am. You know, you know who you are to be a social being do not live in society do not have a family. Do you not engage with people in an everyday basis? Do you know watch TV one way but they still engaging, you know, I think a little bit and still do when I was 16 was so scared of going to the shop to buy a loaf of bread. But in a mobile, I fear mobilize me from doing things that I was socially what we pull anxious socially awkward and now I'm sorry for the people and I'm preaching most weeks and I'm happy to tell the story of my face in the middle of the week and I did this week with a few people and turn the sensor. Yeah, don't get me wrong. This is time and a season in a place and not even just in the same way, but I do not want anyone ever give him the excuse Sofia. Why they don't preach the gospel? And that's not too guilty fire anyone. That's not to make it don't feel guilty about being afraid. But I don't need you to rescue someone needs to go. What are you stop needing to do me you know that overcome this fear. I didn't take your whole life. It may be a constant battle. I pray it's not
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So what does the bible tell you talk about fear of man? I've I've been on a few verses initially what came to mind was about the whitewashed tombs by the Pharisees who spoke a lot of good stuff. She there's nothing on the inside that those people who don't have the character bar able to completely speak. That's just a spot. That people who can pre priced a good show, but not any prize only in Summit Place between them and God. Can I encourage you guys don't be like those Pharisees who don't have it in here. Also, it's about this Luke 6:26 move to you when all men speak well of you. What does that tell you about the gossip about fa? People going to disagree with you on the way. I can block. Don't try to please everyone. March 12-14 Teacher we know that you're a true and you that you cough and no mountain you do not recall at the position of man, but true the Chiefs the way of Gods. The Game Jesus exemplifying for us thought sense of actually I care about God's opinion above my opinion. 1 Samuel 16-17 man looks at the outward appearance, but God looks at the heart. This is why they have chosen a king Soul. He was Head and Shoulders Above the Rest. He was handsome. He was basically me.
And they're chosen this person to me. It was the ideal. What they thought was the king what my fault was good King and God said, yeah. Okay then.
But then the true king that was David that was nice. She was by Samuel. That. Was a boy an only boy he was seventh in line and all these brothers who were bold and strong were brought out by Jesse beforehand. Man looks at the outward appearance boy size of David that he was a lot like hearted of kind of similar to boot.
proverbs 29:25
fear of man lays a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is say I even care about moms opinion is going to lead us to destruction is going to lead us defend Trump comments a snare you think of a bad snack that when you're an animal in a snack for hunting animals trap shoot you were unable to continue unable to play the fear of mine is something that chop saw us and stop doing what we were meant to do.
So I think the Bible is very clear. Best mascara by walk outside seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and all but I want to talk very quickly about four things. I think happened to Pizza the not enabled him to go from denying Christ fearing. Well, this thing piano piece was in this place when we read that first day of trout to and Luke and me realize that I had been around all these people these days just been captured. So he's confident service already shopped and then suddenly people start recognizing him and he saw his life feel fearful for being on stage with Jesus. He went from being confidence. To being completely denying God is within all of us that one day. We could all deny God for fear of man. I think it's able in all of us.
Palacios real sense that I actually picked you up from that and then you redo Knox preaching in front of thousands Comfort Inn, you know, although you know their Cycles knew he was raised from the dead and I don't think that we had to go out to everyone just yet. I bet the centurions was still after them at Pontius Pilate was still aware of these people who are Kohl's in an uprising he wants to spend the rest of them and show that the Jewish authorities also date. But yeah, he still stands open daylight and gold Skies. This is the gospel boldly and 3000 rounded to Christ to the church. How do you does he go from fearing God fearing man to such boldness and 6 courage that the only thing he hasn't always the fear of God.
And I've got four things based off the Highlight that we need to fear. God above mom. That we need to stop starting block. So I need that we can talk more about him than we do about what mom thinks we will never get past that hurdle that if we go actually know I should be a god we've already started wrong. Baby saying not sleep mom's opinion about this most and then I will serve. We started wrong. We need to start with the song about the saying. Who do I save today? Who's my master? The Bible says we cannot serve two masters call Sophia Rincon safeguards if to choose one of the other. Listen to John chapter 21 verses 15.
St. John chapter 1 verses 5 chapter 21 verse 15 to 18 many of you know, the Scriptures it says when they have finished breakfast Jesus said to Simon Peter Simon, son of John do you love me more than these? Thought very question of fear, isn't it? He said to him. Yes, Lord, you know that. I love you. He said to me feed my Lambs. Do you love me? Yes, you know that I that I love you. He said to tend to my sheep. He said Summa time Simon son of John. Do you love me Peter was grieved because he is such a method of time. Do you love me? And he said to enlarge, you know everything you know that I love you. Jesus at 2 a.m. Feed my sheep. Truly truly I say to you when you were young. You used to dress yourself walk. Wherever you want Siege when you are old you stretch out your hands and another will dress she and carry you to buy you do not want to go. I just want to point out that one of the first things I Think Jesus corrects from peaches interaction with Jesus when he denies him to the point where Jesus obviously correct style and so I'll bring some box, you know, if the three times a night three times, I love you, but also is that reoccurring Who Do You Love do you look mad? Would you love me? Dulaman do you love me and we have to finish saw I saw you say God in the morning and say God I said you today I said me and my household we will serve the Lord.
Start with the fear of God in the right place. That we stopped trying to care what others tell us. Don't get me wrong. This isn't easy. I'm not preaching this isn't going you should do this. You know I'm saying let's do this together not to be worried about what men think women stats by Walk Tall cast about
second knowing your mission
We all know the Great Commission if you read the end of Matthew and the Great Commission is that I should we should go into all the preaching the gospel about tossing those in the name of the father Son and the Holy Spirit. The patron the apostles that they only they stick that was the the thing that Jesus said to them before you left the winds in the send it to heaven but there's a real sense that when they know that mission you will have a confidence that says I'm going to do this. If you don't know your mission, if you don't know your own admission you not going to do anything about it. All You Soldiers will be idle unless they given a mission. So can I encourage you guys if you were a disciple of Jesus Christ? You're on a mission?
But not making much as more than the opinion of Mine by Mission masses more than the opinions of ourselves. That mission is for the sake of the Gospel in the sake of the wells.
You need to know you're on a mission so that Steve got no you're on a mission then Foods. I should before I go on to the third. I just want to come seen you actually knowing your mission. I want to look at just a couple of the Old Testament figures. You knew that mission that helps spare them out and give them courage. I think of Noah's Ark. I think of no way building you talk in the mix of everyone who would scorn them who said why you building and why you paying for these floods? I maybe he could become disheartened. Maybe we can discourage maybe so actually I have I heard this being led astray maybe at those doubts and it may be started to fear what men think more than this Mission from God. We know from the story continued. I believe that I can see him with these nails going. I will build this like I will build this on I believe this this is my mission. I'm going to keep on going. I'm going to keep going to keep on going when others try and distract me and pull me aside. I'm going to keep on building this song. when the world says keep your pretty face private, I'm going to know I'm going to keep on
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He's like don't like me the Egyptians don't like me. I meant to be free in these people who don't even see me.
I wonder whether there was some fear of all this thing. in the midst of thought yeah, he's mission. funny cat Tom finally going home sick. I want to say things something about courage that Karishma that does not mean we do not have fear when you think of someone whose courageous we tend to think that's some new scat and then there's someone is gracious. I don't believe that I believe the true Rich isn't doesn't mean we don't have for you. Play means we have to you and yet we do it. Anyway, I don't have that before I don't seen something like that before. You still in the face Sofia. What courage is standing up David in face of fear in the face of Goliath whenever I'm asked I don't think he didn't fear. I think you said this needs to happen. Anyway, I need to do this. Anyway generation when the world tells wish to privatize off Valley. We have to obey other Idols of the Gods. I knew your faith is not allowed to be in the public Spirit hole and it David Daniel turns around and says he the same way amongst all the other slaves me and my friends and Obey our religion and if we are more healthy more possible, so the end of that you allow us to continue the Daniel Fast as we know it and he's only because of that He had more about God's opinion the man's opinion cuz he was going and praying to his God. They took trimming. I believe that God didn't help him along the way and you know, he changed the Lions and all they still. but I believe it's a message to our generation do not care about what the world says kiy about what belts s When you're being told to stand in line, we need to be learning to stand out. Ax7, you look at Stephen who was stoned to die. And I looked at the 12 apostles who need the old of them last that lie in the polls of face. Look affiliate who had a powerful Ministry in Carthage and North Africa and Asia, and we're here to Betty's wife the wife of Roman punctual and in retaliation. husband. Philip arrested in Crowley Matthew the tax collector rise of the Gospel Ministries and pays you in Ethiopia. Some of the oldest person was that he was not much to it. But While others say he was stopped to think about that when your boss tells me who had widespread missionary travels at 2 a.m. In India with Thomas about to Armenia and Ethiopia and Saudi Arabia and various accounts, but he met his death is a mulcher for the gospel. Simon the Zealot so it goes all ministered in Persia was killed after refusing to sacrifice to the Sun God again standing out when I just been told to get in line. Matthias it was possible. He was chosen to replace Judas tradition sends into Syria and Andrews put to death by burning.
Jung the only one who they think died from Knoxville old age, but even then he was sent to Patmos after being attempted to be boils and they didn't I didn't know what to do with him. So exciting tonight. I'm not why that's why I wrote the Book of Revelation.
There's many more. I believe that this confidence that comes a carriage that comes on these monsters that even when God does not spare them from trouble. Even when God doesn't spare them from trials and tribulations. That willing to go the length and the distance for the gospel to die is Christ died. As we know from Pisa. Seems to be missing a sheet with about pizza and pulled as we know Peter was crucified upside down for the sake of the Gospel. Cuz he didn't want speakers 5S. Wilson Way, they'd be crucified with Christ walls.
Forcefully, so we've got courage it takes courage in the face if it's am going to be counted in. not hard it takes us to know what mission I mean on another mission above the opinion of mine. That's hard takes us to start the day saying we're going to feel God's more than we fear mind.
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Even when they had the courage of pizza it was the Holy Spirit I gave him not fake. I gave him not filtering. So they need to speak when they have no way. It's just me when you guys speak to people about your face and you think I'm scared that I don't know what I'm going to say. I don't know if I'm going to have the ounces. Off and I don't have the answers when I speak to people about my own faith, and I've got a degree in it. I try not to rely on this, but you're trying to rely on this. It's okay to not know that Beyonce and I also tell people from saw the conversation. I don't have a fiance but this is why do you know? And somehow will happen in our conversations that person will go low. And then it'll be it'll be a lightness of spirit. Something will change them or they'll be a sensitive of mutual understanding. They'll be a sense of conveying the truth. I didn't know so I'll say something to someone that's how you know about she sounds like a question for me, but I did not she asked and nobody sense of the spirit moving through. That we need to make sure we are full of the Holy Spirit. That we need to pray for the Holy Spirit to come upon us to lead us to those those who God has prepared before us when she starts speaking in tongues to highlight those who have had in the bumps page Meats. Remember you're full of the spirit and living by the spirit. There's a bit of us goes. I'm going to just go this way today. And we end up having a conversation with someone. We normally how I look hearing testimonies of from Marine about how she bumps into people because she was just being led by the spirit. It's all just very mad to several people. But I know we're going to get some sort of trouble all the time in a good way to give us confidence. It gives us boldness. It gives us courage.
So I just want to come clear this becoming saland. Stop by Saving. Each day. As we overcome from Pizza being denying Christ speaks of being bowls with stocks at 7. Each day know that we are on a mission to preach the good news to take courage in the face of fear and Siege pray then power of the Holy Ghost. Do you guys feel like you're mission-ready? You got your things you need? Not my strength, but my mind still by my spirit. Thoughts on Mission and Amanda is a church here. Let's try together.
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We are we just come see you and say sorry for the times to the missed opportunities for the times when we have put ourselves and put our own opinions and pinion of Mountain View. father God forgive us
father God I pray that you help us to recognize the opportunities you give us by your spirit leaders to those around us.
Will let us be filled with your love for the people around us, but your love is strong Lord. Fill us with your love.
Father God I pray that you help us encourage in the Basin and I didn't even have to return defiant courage in the face of day for your sake. Load up a new race of Daniels. Stevens the apostles in this room father God the people who were going to say. No. I'm going to stand up. Southern just getting to line
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Father God I pray to the holy spirit for each individual here today. Do you pour out your Holy Spirit?
As we look to you.
I won't be overwhelmed.
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Thank you, Jesus. Hey, man. Suleiman bless you guys.