Sunday 2-May-2021
Let's Close Our Eyes. I'm going to pray before we get into the wood.
Jesus says, I share this word. As I share this would this morning with your very precious Church. Your bride. The one whom you love the one. Whom you died on the cross for The one Lord that you. You said God that you gave us everything. You have is now ours. all those, I share this would let it not be me sharing this world, but together with the Holy Spirit, I pray in Jesus name. That's something. We'll be berthed here. At the Way Church, something you will be, but this will alter the course of all lives. Not alter the course of Our Lives. God, lord, I humbly ask my God, that you would do. An incredible will kill my God. I humbly ask. Oh, God. It is my heart's desire. Father to see all the church? My God to see our church. Father to see our church transformed. My God to see our church, God renewed father, To see it, become the church, you desire it to be Lord, every single person sitting here, Lord, whether they are here on these people, they're not here. My God. Lord, I speak to every single one of them by God and I say Hots be prepared. Lord, I speak to every hockey. Oh, God, every heart would be unveiled. My God, every heart would be unveiled. My God, every heart would be suffering to God to hear your wood old consuming fire that you would consume us this morning all consuming fire that you would consume us this morning. Lord let us. God for what you want to do. My God let us be ready. Let us be vulnerable. My God to you this morning. Let us be open my God to you this morning God. So father. Remove any Pride of the Wailord remove any evidence of the way, my entitlement out the way my God, what is hindering about this word from being sewn into hot? My God. Lord change the condition of a heart. My god. Father, Reckless. Shake us up. Miss us up this morning. God, we give you that permission. Oh God to do that. Lord literature. Would do what it is designed to do. Old sword, a sword. Do what you were designed to do penetrate into also penetrate into our Spirits penetrate into our joint, penetrate into our marrow, judge our thoughts. Shut the attitudes of a heart. Also do. What you were designed to do. Old sword. Also do what you want designed to do. Get through with nothing else, can get through, get through and nothing else. Can get through car to photoshop sword, a sharp sword. In Jesus name, we pray And everyone said, amen this morning, is it going to be a different? Would I know you were looking at the title in you thinking, what is this all about? But I can tell you one thing I have never and may not show in my face. I'm a kind of that person who, you know, shows how excited I am if I'm excited to sound very excited, you know, pasta always teases me but this is one would. I truly am truly a man, preached not a lot of messages, but but this one here is different. This one is different. This one here, excites me, this one here, I can't wait to share it with you. Make me tell you. This is going to be a Tupac Series today were talking about pot one and simply an introduction. That is so much to cover on this topic. So much to cover So, you know, we will always be teaching on this soap today is an introduction to it.
The fear of the Lord.
I started studying this topic. And it was not because I wanted to study the fear of the Lord. I was actually standing up on wisdom and discernment about knowledge and wisdom and discernment. I wanted more wisdom in my life. I wanted more knowledge. I wanted more discernment in my life so I started studying that I went to the wood.
Anna Wintour proverbs. Proverbs 2:1. Studying it out. And it says this in Proverbs 2:1, I think we've got that on their own. On the screens, does my son if you accept my words and store up my commands within you turn in your ear to wisdom and applying your heart to understanding indeed if you call out for a night and cry aloud for understanding, some of you may recognize the scripture when he preached the sermon on spiritual discernment and if you look for it, as you look for silver and search for it, as for Hidden Treasure, then you will understand. So, this is probably to 1 if you want to follow in your Bibles. Then you will understand the fear of the Lord. And I thought I looked at this and I studied that off. I looked at both 5 and it said, then you will understand the fear of the Lord. I was confused by this. I thought what does the fear of the Lord have to do with wisdom and understanding and discernment? What is it going to do it? What what, how is that connected? And as I looked at, that was those words fear of the Lord even though I did not know a lot about the topic. Even though I didn't know much about it, I looked at it and I said, Lord, you know what note? I love you. You know I love you very much. But if I was really really honest with myself God I don't think that I actually feel you. And this is after being saved for many, many years, many years. I came to realization and none of my own that I said, I don't think that I actually feel you. You know the Bible says this in Philippines to 13 for God is working in you giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases him. Sometimes they say things that you may not have sort of but you have this desire and you don't know why, it's not you but it is God. Giving you the power to do what pleases him. Who was the study. The fear of the Lord. And there's so much in the world about the fear of the Lord. Please posted that. You see here, my Bible I can tell you majority of this, majority of this post, it is highlighting scriptures about the fear of the Lord. The Bible has so much to say about that. This was something that defined the first church. If you look in the book of Acts, it says that the church was being the church in Samaria and Judea they were growing in numbers. They was strengthened with the Holy Spirit and they were living in the fear of the Lord. They won living in the fear of the Lord. Now, we don't see much of this today. Sadly, we don't see much of this today. The church today has lost that has lost the concept of the fear of the Lord. but I pray that God bring that back into his church in these days in these times and in this generation and amongst us, he brings back that so, You may be asking. So what is the fear of the Lord? What is this all about? Help me understand the Sabbath better. First of all, what it is not The fear of the Lord is not to be afraid or scared of him. Let me say that again. Sophia the Lord is not to be afraid or scared of him. Now, the fear of the Lord is not to be confused with the spirit of fear. That's not from God. Spirit of fear causes you to be timid to call and to run away. That is not from God.
Exodus 20:20. Make the differentiation differentiation different slightly. Sisters. When the people this is talking about Moses and the Israelites when he brought them out of Egypt, and he was going to take them to introduce them to God. When the people saw the Thunder and the lightning and hurt the trumpet, and saw the mountain and smoke, they trembled with fear, they stayed at a distance and said to Moses speak to us yourself and we will listen but we don't have to speak to God. We don't have to speak to God or we will die. Moses it to the people do not be afraid. God has come to taste you. So that the fear of God will be with you to keep you from sinning. Now it sounds like Moses is contradicting himself, Don't Be Afraid, God has come to taste you. So that the fear of God will be with you and keep you from sinning. He wasn't contradicting himself, but he was showing the difference between being scared of God and the fear of the Lord.
Curious what the fear of the Lord means the fear of the Lord is to honor esteem, to Value to respect and be in awe, and reverence him about anything else, or anyone else it is to love what he loves it is, to hate what he hates. What is important to him, is important to us. That's some of these words, I'll be honest with you, I think we've lost the meaning of some of these was in his generation when you talk about another when you talk about value and you talk about respecting, you talk about reverence that you kind of have to go to the dictionary and really dig deep and find out what do these words mean because this generation has lost that has lost. Respect to honor means to treat someone with such a high regard that you pay them. Special attention and respect. Respect, if you show respect to someone's wishes, all right, you avoid doing anything they dislike, or God is wrong.
Always to stand. And just go.
A few, I think about a month ago. We went out to the northern Province. I think it was no other problems. And we were taking a walk in a forest first, and then we'll see these trees, these massive, massive trees in was Artemis? Who is closed. So you must, you know, that make that areas with mountains and trees and we walked into this forest and there was this tree that I don't know. It must have spent maybe about in with I think maybe about two meters in width and I don't know how tall it was. It was it was told and I stood there in this forest and it was many trees around student. I looked at it and I thought I actually had a feeling of being humbled by it. It was so Majestic. I stood that I soaked up this and I thought this is just a tree. But look at how Majestic it is. This is just a tree but I feel so small. Imagine standing before the one who created this tree, what that must feel like. It's just a tree but it was so glorious. You know, John said this was one of Jesus's disciples. I mean he was with him. He has He was with Jesus, he saw Jesus, he knew Jesus, he knew who we once he was familiar with him but when John had that Vision on the Isle of Patmos, if this day, I John fell as one did when I stood before Jesus. He couldn't even stand in the presence of Jesus. When he saw Jesus in his full Glory, he couldn't even stand in his presence. So can you imagine what that must be like to stand in the presence of Jesus? The Bible says that his clothes are so white, it look like a light, like a light emitting from him. Even the angels have two Shields they face. When they're in his presence. Diesel radiant. And he's so Majestic.
Now, here is where we can just see about self. We think that it's just a feeling we have, you can easily deceive yourself and saying I don't even sweat. Respect God. I respect him. I come to church. I worship a sing. How Great Is Our God? I feel the holy spirit's presence. It moves me I get down on my knees and I Wish by I respect him a river. You see it's not a feeling, it's not just a feeling to fear. God is not just a feeling. The fear of the Lord is not a feeling of fear, you have to attend, but it is an attitude of respect and reverence towards him. That is manifested and made visible by obedience Enterprise living. let me just find attitude, your attitude is the way you think and feel about something and especially shows itself in the way you behave to us, it
so in saying that the fear of the Lord, Is, what is your attitude towards God? And how does your attitude attitude show itself up towards God? What are your actions towards him?
What are your actions towards MCT easy to be deceived and thinks? Yeah, I am. I'm a believer of this safe alone. Accuse the wonderful thing about what the word can do to that it judges you, when you get into this wood and it confronts you, you've been stopped to see like you did for me. Don't I don't do this. I don't do that. I don't, I'm not doing that. So therefore why don't fear Him by my attitude and by my actions, I thought all along that I did,
you see the field, the Lord draws, you closer to God, it causes you to seek him out to find out what pleases him and to do it to find out who he is and to model at in your own life It is a foundational aspect in every believer's life. It's a foundational aspect and here is with so many Believers at I'm missing a key part of our foundation. We want to grow on wood and godliness, but we're missing a key part of our foundation. Yes, the love of God is foundational in every believer's life. Yes, it is. But the love of God and the fear of God work together, you need them both. You need them. Both the love of God. Keeps you from? Legalism. The love of God keeps you from legalism, the fear of God keeps you from lawlessness?
The fear of God keeps you from lawlessness. It is a key to a healthy relationship with God. You see, he is the father of compassion. He is the father of compassion but he's also a holy king. He is a friend but he is also a consuming fire He is a wonderful counselor. But he's also judge. He is also judge Romans, 11:22 sisters, considered a full but kindness and the son of God. The kindness and the Stillness of God. So you may be thinking now we'll all of this just sounds a bit heavy for me you know the sounds like overweight you don't know what happened to that I can the you know, do whatever I want and God will forgive me. What happened to the grace of God? Sisters in Scripture. Jude 1 full. They are ungodly people who provide the grace of our God into a license for immorality. See the grace of God is not a license for you to do whatever you want to do and live. However you want to know if it is not a license for immorality. If you remember the scripture in Exodus 20:20, what Moses it to the people. He said this so that the fear of God will keep you from sinning. It's not the love of God that will keep you from sending it is the fear of God will keep you from sinning. We all know the most of us you have kids. Most of us yet have kids will have raised two children You know that to be kind and son is healthy in your relationship with your children. A man You have one. Maybe just kindness and friendship with your with your kid in love and spoiling them. What do you think will happen to your child as it grows up as he or she grows up? No discipline whatsoever.
You will raise a brat told you. And what if you swing it to the other side and or you will discipline and stun to your kid? You break your child. So you see that our relationship with God is key to have both. God. Love you. Keep you from legalism? And the fear of the Lord will keep you from lawlessness. It'll keep you right in the middle where you need to be. Keep you right in the middle now, you may be thinking while the, the sounds a little bit. Much sounds like a bit of a drag, but it's not. Here's the strange. Part of all of this is that it's a delight. Isaiah 11:2, Sistas, the spirit of the Lord will rest on him. The spirit of wisdom and understanding
The spirit of counsel and of Might, they're talking about as I was talking about Jesus year. The spirit of the knowledge and fear of the Lord, and He will. The light in the fear of the Lord. Jesus delighted in the fear of the Lord. Jesus to light it up electric lighting for him to the fetus. A wonderful thing. It is a wonder that you may not. You may not buy what I'm selling right now. I understand that, I understand that. But the Bible tells us so many benefits. So many wonderful rewards and benefits to fearing the Lord. I was just some with you see so many I really encourage you. Go home, start out a study on the fear of the Lord and you will be very surprised how much the Bible has to say about it. Psalms 31:19 says, how abundant are the good things you have stored up for those who feel you. Psalms 34:7 says that the angel of the Lord encamps around those, who fear Him and he delivers them. Fear the lord. You're holy you, his holy people for those who fear Him, lack nothing.
Come my children. Listen to me. I will teach you the fear of the Lord, Psalms 25 13 states. Where is the man who fears? The Lord, God will teach him how to choose the best. That means you'll, you'll get to Sunman. He shall live with, in God's circle of blessing and his children shall inherit the earth. Proverbs, 22, forces true. Humility, and fear of the Lord lead to riches, Anna and long life. And on, and on, and on, and on, and on. What was the condition they for all this benefits and blessings? To fear the lord and you may be asking how do I do this? How do I look this Outhouse practical for me? How can I apply it to my life? How do I run with the snow? Someone to give you a couple of practical points on what it means to fear the lord and exactly how we do this. You know, as I was studying this out, And I wanted to know more about the fear of the Lord. First place, I went like you would do anything in life is here know, not to you.
To buy Bible.
That's where you go. Start with the wood. Stop with the word. Research what the word has to say about the fear of the Lord. Study the lives of those in the world and around you. You see the sin and model that It's so many people in the Bible talks about those who fear the lord, but I did was, I looked at that and then looked at the fruit of the life. I saw that they were wise, they were, they were, they had Anna, they had riches and I try to track it down to see. How did they get that? And then if you win for the back, you saw some with pod in the scripture and they feared the Lord. It's almost like a bit of a treasure hunt. You do when you researching your Bible, you start off of the one thing and then you'd leads you to something else. And when you find that, it's like a movie National Treasure. Remember that movie, we want you to search for Treasure and then he found this cute and it led him to that and it led him to this. That is what it's like when you study out your Bible. Quiet lives of those. You see it in study the lives of those you seated. Hang around those people, hang around those people. You see it in. Let me tell you, I'm just going to show up Bob here for a second. I know you like what
when you hear Bob pray. When you hear Bob pray. You feel the rhythm?
We all seem to pray once I think it was for production. I was like this.
How you pray and it wasn't to show, it wasn't a nothing. You could feel the honor you had for God, you could feel it, you can sense. It, it was tangible. I was envious of it. I want that. What's the name of Jesus? My Lord. Holy Father.
That's right. That is how you speak to God. That is how you approach him, not casually. Bible does say yes come confidently into the throne room of Grace so that you may receive doesn't stay come arrogantly.
Doesn't say come boastfully. Does it say come barging in?
Justice. Come confidently.
Think humility soak in the life of a believer. Mixing humility House of God, fear of the Lord is a good combination. Good combination, always remembering our place. In fact, one of the things I actually pray to God. I do study out V, the Lord. Have you noticed, sometimes when you be praying, you'll be praying something, you thought we did that. Come from because it's a holy spirit was giving you that desire and you say that. Also, you think what? I didn't know what I wanted that. I know I wanted, but wow, I actually prayed this. Once I said, Lord, teach me my place.
Show me when my places, sometimes you can step on the toes of God thinking that you can order him around.
You can get so lost in space that you started demand from him.
Zillow, teach me my place. Teach me how to come to you. Teach me how to come to you.
So what does it look like practically? How do you leave the salt? What does it mean to fear the lord, the fear of the Lord? The fear of the Lord. Is to submit to him and to recognize him as the highest Authority in your life. He's your boss. He's the boss, man, he tells you what to do and you go yesterday.
In in Exodus.
Exodus chapter one and it starts from verse 15, the king of Egypt, the king of Egypt. This is where the Israelites were slaves in Egypt. Okay. And a king of Egypt started to notice that the Israelites were growing in number. They will be coming too, large for him now, they were becoming a threat to Egypt, so he sent out an order to all the Hebrew midwives, and he said that when you help give birth the Hebrew woman, when you help them give birth, I want you to kill all the boys. All the baby boys. You can let the girls know but I want you to kill all the males. The Bible says this.
The Midwives. However, feared God and did not do what the king of Egypt had told him to do. They let the boys love then the king of each of some of the midwives in Austin. Why have you done this? Why did you let the boys live? The Midwest on Saphira Hebrew, women are not like Egyptian women that vigorous and give birth before the midwives arrive. Distance. So God was kind to the Midwife and the people increased and became even more numerous because the midwives feared God, he even gave him families of Their Own. They recognize a current order from the king of Egypt, The Authority in the land. Add a recognized, another thority that was above that Authority and they said, I have to obey that Authority, even if it gets me in trouble. Even if I have to risk my life for it, even if it means I got a sacrifice. Some even me so I can put my life on the line, I got to listen to him and I cannot go against him. I feel God I feel God.
So to feel God means you recognized him as the highest Authority. Above any other authority. You listen to what he said, you need to do.
The fear of the Lord is this. It means to obey him.
It means to obey him. Abraham was asked to give up his son.
Abraham was asked to give up his son by God.
Abraham was not given a reason why. God did not explain a single thing to him. It goes acrobacias on the one whom you love Abraham, would weigh 225 years for his fan. 25, long years for the thing, he desired the most, it was the most precious thing in his life. He loved his son, he loved his son, I think about your son or your child, you love them, right? You sacrifice things for them, you would give them anything they want. And God said, I want you to give them to me. Notice what the scripture says? Is this?
The next morning, Abraham got up early.
Early the next morning, he went instantly. He did not go to weeks time. He did not take a month to obey. God. He did not take 6 months to obey God. He did not take a year to obey. God, he went the very next morning early in the morning. He obeyed God instantly. How often have you heard believe the same as well? I'm just wrestling with God on the God told me to do something else. I'm wrestling with him. Just saying, I'm just being disobedient. You know, we take pride and I'll just obedience. He went instantly to feel God means that you obey him and you obey him instantly you obey him promptly. You obey him promptly even when it hurts. Even when you have, when not given a reason, why? Even if you were not given an explanation,
and even if it doesn't benefit you, even if it doesn't benefit you you obey him promptly and you obey him to completion, you do fully what he are. You don't try and cut corners and be technical well actually, God told me to do something. I'll do it like this. Technically is that Isaac was Abraham was reading his knife, wasn't his hand, he was about to go down and the angel, stopped him and sister. Do not lay a hand on the boy. The angel said, to not hurt him in any way for now. I know that you truly fear God. You truly fear God. You see he obeyed because he feared God. God said do something he went yesterday.
The fear of the Lord means walking uprightly before him. It means walking up, right before him Proverbs 14, two sisters, whoever fears the Lord walks upright lie but those who despise him a devious in their ways.
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Proverbs 5:21. For the ways of man are directly before. The eyes of the Lord, he carefully, watches all of his path. There's nothing you do that. It's going to be a secret from God. So walk uprightly before him. Have honesty have integrity? Be truthful. Even when no one is watching. Because someone is watching. God sees everything. The Bible says that your life is directly or days are open before minute is directly before his eyes. To feel God needs to walk uprightly. When does opportunities and they do come, and they present themselves before you and it is tempting because nobody will know about it. It's not really hurting anybody. It's a small lie. It's a white lie, white pink, purple, black gray, Eliza life in the Bible tells us about life.
The Lord. Detests lying lips.
The Lord. Detests lying lips. But those who speak the truth. those who speak the truth on his
It means to have integrity and how you conduct yourself with people doing the right thing. Even though no one is watching, me is not to be deceitful with it is in your finances and your business, dealings in, your personal, dealings in your speech, or in your ways. When you're faced with a situation, you don't know what to do. An authentic black pressure. Do you know you go to quickly respond? Say, holy spirit, help me. Always choose the truthful thing to do, always choose the path of truth even if it mean my lost, even if it means I'll get in trouble. Aloe help me always do the right thing before you it's business and problems. 1560 beta to have a little with the fear of the Lord than, to have great pleasure within a someone not talkin about property, but it's, sometimes it's the situation. And I can tell you, they present themselves in such a lovely way. Saving money. That happened to me recently of signing up for a package, a software package for church presentation, software package for church and it asks a question. How many members are in your church? And depending on how much members you've got, is the price range. So the least members you have the cheaper, the software will be and goes off when it goes off. I thought you could choose 50 people, nobody would know. No one would know what companies will win the us. Anything
And I stopped.
Are you alive?
Thanks, Michelle.
Are you being dishonest?
Sometimes we think it's okay to to do these last cuz it's a company, man, they can make money. You know, but that's not the point. God is looking and watching to see you interested. That's what description means. Better to have a little bit even if you just lose out. And have the fear of the Lord choir. Great wealth. And you have inner turmoil inside of you.
Obviously, I went to the Hyatt package is more important than saving money. So, to be honest and truthful, even if it means, you lose our to fear. The lord means to hate what he hates. Proverbs 8:13 to fear. The lord is to hate evil. God hate life. God hate dishonesty and girl, hits a person who sews Discord in the family.
Is many, many more things, he hates you. Those are just three. I picked her up. He hates when somebody to somebody Souls trouble. Within a group of friends. Souls trouble in a family by gossiping about somebody by telling someone against someone by speaking out against your boss, gossiping about your boss with your colleagues in your coworkers. What does that? Cause you're sowing Discord. Your sewing offense in others. He hates him. Somebody Souls Discord. The fear of the Lord means to take his work. Seriously, it has the final say in my life. Isaiah 66:2, sisters. These are the ones I look on with favor, who are humble and contrite, in spirit, and who tremble at my word will tremble, at my wood. It means that you shake every time you read the word, no means you treat that word with respect for the reverence and you do what the word says. He says, those people who do that, I look on with favor. I look on with favor. The ones that take my word, seriously. The Bible says the same James 1:5. We know this about wisdom, and I'm always misunderstood what the scripture meant, if any of you lack wisdom, you should ask, God will give you a receipt over finding fault and it'll be given to you. But when you are asked, you must believe and not doubt, it was the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea blown, just blown and tossed by the wind that person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. Such a person is double-minded, man is unstable in all, they do not think any tougher, the scripture, but when you ask, you must believe or not. I was thinking somebody who can hold on, I don't want your wisdom, but effective means this. Yes, is that a mindset waivers is not completely convinced that God's way is best it treats. God's word, like any human advice and retains the option to disobey it. Entertain the option to disobey it.
so, when you read the word and it says, things like the slaves, today's language that would be employees in reverent fear of God, submit yourselves to your Masters, not only to those who are good and considerate, but even to those who are harsh, The God is saying, even if your boss is not so good, I want you to submit to him.
Why would you ask me to do that? Cuz it's God is teaching you don't run from Hot. Chip, Hot Chip, is what grows you up, spiritually? That is spiritual maturity not sitting in a room and lock yourself up there for a week in a month and reading the word and thinking that, you know, everything about the wood that is not spiritual maturity. It's when you get around other people and you practice the wood, when you practice what God is saying to do you, when you going to forgive somebody that you didn't do anything too, but they are offended with you. But God says you go and make right to that person and I didn't do anything. For the Bible says, if, you know someone who's offended with you, you who I most brutal going to school that relationship. You can go. But but but
But the fear of the Lord mean to tremble at his word, needs to do his word, to take it, seriously me to obey him and Obey him from Play. Amen.
Sonic super going to go with part two of this. today has been a little bit of a A deeper one, a little bit more challenging one, but it's got to be the word has to challenge. You, we ask for Daily Bread, not daily sugar and Men, We want Daily Bread.
In conclusion, in conclusion. King Solomon was the wisest King wise man. Ever had a lot to say about a lot of things yet. Wisdom. The people from Far countries would come just to hear him. This isn't easy access after writing Book of Proverbs, what was the other one? Song of Solomon and then he wrote Ecclesiastes. The very last thing he pins down. They lost any pens down at the end of his life. He says that now has been hurt and he is the conclusion of the meta fear God and keep his Commandments. But this is the duty of all mankind for God will bring into judgement every day, including every hidden thing. Whether it is good, or whether it is evil my challenge to you with this. I challenged uses you may be thinking, I want to serve God that way.