WEBVTT NOTE Podcast: Acts 29 Vancouver Episode: Presence – Fear of God Publishing Date: 2013-11-10T05:00:44-08:00 Podcast URL: https://acts29.ca Episode URL: https://acts29.ca/presence-fear-of-god/ 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.360 Guys we are talking about the characteristics of 00:00:03.640 --> 00:00:07.120 Presence and we finished reconciliation. We finished 00:00:08.600 --> 00:00:15.960 Prosperity finished as and we've touched on reconciliation and prosperity and now we come to the fear of God and we had 00:00:16.400 --> 00:00:20.560 Talked about the fear of God in Feb in the middle of Feb 00:00:20.560 --> 00:00:24.140 We had talked about the fear of God, but there's more added to it now 00:00:24.800 --> 00:00:27.160 Should be the case and so we look at it again 00:00:27.280 --> 00:00:34.440 So what are we saying? We are saying that Moses said in Exodus 33 verses 11 14 to 17 00:00:34.840 --> 00:00:36.840 Moses said that oh God 00:00:37.200 --> 00:00:44.460 Your presence is what distinguishes us from all the people of every other nation on the face of the earth. And so 00:00:45.600 --> 00:00:47.600 that's what makes us distinct and 00:00:47.840 --> 00:00:50.160 That's where we started some six weeks ago 00:00:50.160 --> 00:00:56.840 And we are saying that when the presence of God is in a people there are some characteristics that are manifested 00:00:57.240 --> 00:01:00.000 One of the characteristics we said is reconciliation. We dealt with that 00:01:00.000 --> 00:01:03.920 the other characteristic is prosperity which we talked about last week and 00:01:04.240 --> 00:01:10.200 Now we're talking about the fear of God a people in whom the presence of God is 00:01:11.240 --> 00:01:16.080 Manifest not as in resident, but both resident and manifest will 00:01:16.960 --> 00:01:21.600 Cultivate or will express this amazing thing called the fear of God 00:01:22.400 --> 00:01:23.520 and 00:01:23.520 --> 00:01:26.720 So, how do I know or how do you know that Jacob in your life? 00:01:26.720 --> 00:01:31.840 There is a manifest presence of God you will see in Jacob's life the cultivation of the fear of God 00:01:31.840 --> 00:01:34.400 And so we're going to talk about what this fear of God is today 00:01:34.400 --> 00:01:41.200 And so what did we say these characteristics or outworkings of his manifest presence are we said reconciliation? We said prosperity 00:01:41.200 --> 00:01:43.000 We said fear of God 00:01:43.000 --> 00:01:45.880 Then we'll deal with fearlessness as in boldness 00:01:46.480 --> 00:01:48.840 signs and wonders zeal and 00:01:49.680 --> 00:01:51.160 passion 00:01:51.160 --> 00:01:55.200 Introduction as in both after his kind and numerically 00:01:55.760 --> 00:02:02.360 Liberty as in freedom and Dominion these are the topics that we will cover and then perhaps stop or add more to it 00:02:02.360 --> 00:02:05.700 So let's talk about the fear of the Lord guys. Here's the thing 00:02:06.320 --> 00:02:09.760 The fear of the Lord is a fear born in love 00:02:10.560 --> 00:02:13.880 It really complicates things the fear of the Lord 00:02:15.600 --> 00:02:17.600 Is a fear 00:02:18.600 --> 00:02:26.160 That is born out of love 00:02:29.040 --> 00:02:33.760 That is born out of love in that it dreads 00:02:37.760 --> 00:02:39.760 Offending 00:02:40.320 --> 00:02:42.320 The father I 00:02:43.840 --> 00:02:45.360 Love 00:02:45.360 --> 00:02:47.960 Very different from the Old Testament concept 00:02:50.320 --> 00:02:53.760 In the Old Testament the fear of the Lord 00:02:54.720 --> 00:02:59.960 Had reverence in it and had a lot of trembling and shaking in it. I'm not saying we have 00:03:00.520 --> 00:03:03.160 We put that behind but in the New Testament 00:03:03.160 --> 00:03:09.280 There's this new new take on the fear of the Lord where the fear of the Lord is a fear 00:03:09.400 --> 00:03:12.200 That is born out of love and what do I mean by that? 00:03:12.200 --> 00:03:16.000 It's that I dread offending the father I love 00:03:17.920 --> 00:03:24.400 How cool is that that I dread offending the father I love 00:03:27.600 --> 00:03:29.600 It's a fear born out of love 00:03:30.800 --> 00:03:33.380 So the fear of God is impossible 00:03:34.000 --> 00:03:35.200 without 00:03:35.200 --> 00:03:41.600 recognizing the love of the father so that you can now love him back and live in the fear or the dread of 00:03:42.120 --> 00:03:43.200 offending 00:03:43.200 --> 00:03:45.360 the father who you love I 00:03:46.960 --> 00:03:50.680 Love what Jesus has done to to the Old Testament 00:03:52.560 --> 00:03:54.700 He's put such a cool spin on it 00:03:57.960 --> 00:03:59.960 Where everything changes 00:04:00.520 --> 00:04:05.000 So the fear the Lord is a fear born out of love it dreads offending the father that you love 00:04:05.400 --> 00:04:09.320 And so it's impossible to understand the fear of God unless you understand the love of the father 00:04:11.600 --> 00:04:16.800 It's impossible to have the fear of God without understanding the love of the father 00:04:19.120 --> 00:04:21.120 So 00:04:21.840 --> 00:04:25.840 We cannot therefore understand the fear of God without understanding the love of the father 00:04:26.400 --> 00:04:28.560 Comes back to all that we are talking about yesterday 00:04:28.560 --> 00:04:34.600 So let me throw these things at you just so you have an estimation of where you are at and where I'm at 00:04:34.600 --> 00:04:36.600 And how we need to upgrade 00:04:36.600 --> 00:04:42.720 Guys as 2014 rolls around comes along you're okay. Come on feeling hot cold 00:04:44.080 --> 00:04:46.400 You're feeling warm, but otherwise you're good 00:04:51.160 --> 00:04:57.880 This is true, yes, it'll change perhaps after tonight so the 00:05:00.480 --> 00:05:03.320 The fear of God is not just about the fear of God 00:05:03.320 --> 00:05:05.320 The 00:05:05.600 --> 00:05:10.440 The fear of the okay, so guys here are some questions I want questions and statements 00:05:10.440 --> 00:05:16.240 I want to throw out at you and me and it'll give us an understanding of where we are at and I would so suggest 00:05:16.240 --> 00:05:18.240 That as 2014 rolls along 00:05:19.960 --> 00:05:25.600 Why don't you upgrade why don't you upgrade your perception of God because it's vital to this 00:05:25.680 --> 00:05:31.480 So what is your vision of the father? What is your vision or your perception of the father? 00:05:32.320 --> 00:05:38.280 Because guys how you see him is how you will see yourself and 00:05:40.040 --> 00:05:42.040 How you will live your life I 00:05:43.600 --> 00:05:45.840 Think it's such an important statement that I've made 00:05:47.160 --> 00:05:49.720 What is your vision or perception of the father? 00:05:50.680 --> 00:05:52.680 Because how you see him is 00:05:53.960 --> 00:05:57.880 How you will see yourself and how you will live your life 00:05:58.080 --> 00:06:01.840 For example if I see the father as judgmental 00:06:03.280 --> 00:06:09.560 Then I will see my life as one that has to be severely judged analyzed 00:06:11.000 --> 00:06:15.360 And I will live my life that way too afraid of being judged 00:06:16.200 --> 00:06:18.200 if I see my father as 00:06:18.720 --> 00:06:20.720 joyful and 00:06:21.160 --> 00:06:22.680 kind I 00:06:22.680 --> 00:06:26.200 Will begin to live a life that now basks in 00:06:26.960 --> 00:06:29.720 His kindness and his joy over me 00:06:30.400 --> 00:06:35.640 And I'll begin to live that way if I see the father as uninterested I 00:06:36.840 --> 00:06:38.840 will see 00:06:38.920 --> 00:06:44.560 My life as one that has to constantly do things to persuade or draw his interest 00:06:44.560 --> 00:06:48.840 And I'll begin to live my life striving always for his interest 00:06:51.960 --> 00:06:53.960 Go home and ask yourself 00:06:54.960 --> 00:06:57.040 Go home and ask yourself 00:06:57.040 --> 00:07:04.240 What is my perception of the father and it will show you why your life is where it is and why my life is where it is? 00:07:12.760 --> 00:07:18.760 Because how I see him is how I see myself and how I live my life if I seem as hard to please 00:07:19.600 --> 00:07:26.400 Then how do I see my life a life that is constantly trying to please that is constantly trying to be deserving and 00:07:26.880 --> 00:07:32.760 So everything in my life gets colored my marriage gets colored how I get money gets colored 00:07:33.000 --> 00:07:35.880 How I relate to you gets colored because now 00:07:36.280 --> 00:07:42.240 There is this need in my life because I see the father differently to always please 00:07:42.760 --> 00:07:44.760 How do you see the father 00:07:49.600 --> 00:07:54.880 Are you a sinner who struggles with the love of the father 00:07:56.480 --> 00:08:03.680 Are you a sinner who struggles with the love of the father or are you a lover of the father? 00:08:04.400 --> 00:08:06.400 Who occasionally sees the father? 00:08:06.440 --> 00:08:11.480 Or are you a lover of the father who occasionally struggles with sin? 00:08:15.400 --> 00:08:19.600 Are you a sinner who struggles with the love of the father? 00:08:22.640 --> 00:08:24.720 Or are you a lover of the father? 00:08:26.560 --> 00:08:28.560 Who occasionally struggles with sin? 00:08:30.400 --> 00:08:35.080 Changes everything depending on where I'm at if I am suffering 00:08:35.320 --> 00:08:39.500 If I am someone who as a Christian bound for heaven 00:08:40.520 --> 00:08:47.800 Is struggling with the concept of the love of the father on a daily weekly basis then yes 00:08:48.960 --> 00:08:51.200 This thing called sin can be overpowering 00:08:53.320 --> 00:08:56.940 Or am I a lover of the father which makes it then 00:08:57.460 --> 00:09:04.300 So different because now I'm the lover of the father I'm a lover of the father who struggles with sin every now and then 00:09:06.300 --> 00:09:08.980 Guys the right image of the father 00:09:09.780 --> 00:09:12.380 Will open heaven for you here on earth 00:09:13.260 --> 00:09:16.140 I'm telling you man. It is so true 00:09:17.100 --> 00:09:23.740 The right image of the father will open heaven for you here on earth 00:09:23.740 --> 00:09:28.420 So upgrade your image as 2014 comes along upgrade that image 00:09:30.100 --> 00:09:33.540 As the image of my father changes to who he is 00:09:35.500 --> 00:09:39.020 Heaven will open here on the earth for me. I mean we sang 00:09:40.260 --> 00:09:42.260 Your presence is heaven to me 00:09:43.660 --> 00:09:49.180 A couple of days ago one of the things a lot was saying to me was heaven has plenty of all that you need I 00:09:50.140 --> 00:09:52.140 Was struggling with the love of the father 00:09:52.180 --> 00:09:55.180 I was struggling with an aspect of provision and 00:09:56.100 --> 00:10:01.400 The song came to man and I started singing it and in the middle of the song I felt the Lord saying hey Jacob 00:10:01.540 --> 00:10:09.060 Heaven has plenty of all that you need not heaven has enough for you or heaven is sufficient heaven has plenty of 00:10:09.100 --> 00:10:11.100 all that you need and 00:10:12.300 --> 00:10:15.860 Suddenly I began to hone in on the father as 00:10:16.300 --> 00:10:20.380 One who provides just like my earthly dad did my earthly dad went out of his way 00:10:20.700 --> 00:10:22.700 He worked longer 00:10:22.940 --> 00:10:29.460 Beyond retirement because his son was not still on his feet and was in Canada 00:10:29.460 --> 00:10:32.460 And he's worked a couple of years more so that he could send me money 00:10:38.740 --> 00:10:43.260 Because I squandered a lot of his money so he had to work an extra two years, but he still did it 00:10:47.860 --> 00:10:49.860 The image of the father 00:10:50.420 --> 00:10:54.860 If upgraded will open heaven to you on earth so 00:10:56.020 --> 00:11:00.820 Ask myself. What is my perception of God when I pray is he? 00:11:02.020 --> 00:11:04.020 Someone who needs to be persuaded 00:11:06.060 --> 00:11:10.820 Amazing how many times we think that that as we pray God is someone who has to be persuaded 00:11:12.980 --> 00:11:15.380 Yeah, but he has to be persuaded 00:11:15.900 --> 00:11:18.380 Is the father someone who needs to be persuaded or 00:11:18.780 --> 00:11:22.620 When I go to pray do I think that the father is someone who's 00:11:23.180 --> 00:11:26.780 deeply interested in me and delighted with me and is 00:11:28.260 --> 00:11:32.580 Intently having his ear inclined to me every time I open my mouth 00:11:35.700 --> 00:11:42.460 What a difference prayer will take on if I think God does not need to be persuaded and 00:11:42.740 --> 00:11:45.220 That is actually interested and delighted in me 00:11:46.660 --> 00:11:50.580 There are days when your children know that you're in a good mood and 00:11:51.220 --> 00:11:55.580 Those days they come to you and they ask for ridiculous things. I 00:11:59.660 --> 00:12:03.180 Remember one day when my dad I know I've told you this when my dad took me 00:12:03.900 --> 00:12:08.940 With him in a Jeep into a market area. I knew he was in a good mood 00:12:08.980 --> 00:12:10.940 I knew he was in a good mood 00:12:10.940 --> 00:12:16.660 He loved having my company there and we saw a guy with a horse and it's colt walking by the roadside 00:12:16.660 --> 00:12:20.240 And I asked my dad to stop Jeep and asked him to buy me the horse 00:12:20.820 --> 00:12:24.060 Because I wanted to go to school on a horse. I wanted to ride to school 00:12:25.580 --> 00:12:27.580 And he was in such a good mood that he 00:12:28.540 --> 00:12:31.780 He stopped we looked at the horse and then he told me 00:12:33.540 --> 00:12:36.700 Asked me whether I'd be willing to get up in the morning feed the horse 00:12:36.700 --> 00:12:39.780 Asked me whether I'd like to clean up its poo when it poos 00:12:40.300 --> 00:12:44.700 asked me where I would tie up the horse when I'd be in class and 00:12:46.380 --> 00:12:48.540 He didn't need to ask too many questions. I said no dad 00:12:48.540 --> 00:12:53.500 I'll bike to school and so I decided to bike and not ride a horse the point being I 00:12:55.500 --> 00:12:59.700 Always wanted to be the first cowboy in India, but no what? 00:13:02.100 --> 00:13:04.100 First Indian cowboy 00:13:06.980 --> 00:13:08.980 A 10 gallon hat yeah, oh 00:13:09.420 --> 00:13:11.020 No, it's right there 00:13:11.020 --> 00:13:16.620 It's right there and no I'd prefer coming by my Tucson and not by a horse to church. So don't buy me one 00:13:18.380 --> 00:13:23.100 Yeah, that's the Mexican as usual we are going down a rabbit trail let me get his back I 00:13:23.940 --> 00:13:26.100 Started it. I admit. Yeah, so guys 00:13:27.020 --> 00:13:32.460 It's so different when you know, your dad is interested that his ear is inclined to you that he delight 00:13:32.460 --> 00:13:34.460 He's delighted with you being with him 00:13:34.980 --> 00:13:40.120 How it changes prayer but I would suggest to you that many of us me included so many times 00:13:40.580 --> 00:13:42.580 Feel like we have to persuade him in prayer 00:13:45.740 --> 00:13:51.020 Do you know that he loves you by choice and not because he created you 00:13:53.420 --> 00:13:55.420 He loves you by choice 00:13:55.780 --> 00:14:00.740 He chooses this is his choice. He wants to love me. He loves me by choice and 00:14:01.740 --> 00:14:09.460 Yet how often do I try to deserve the father's love so much of my life is sometimes spent trying to deserve the father's love 00:14:09.860 --> 00:14:11.860 But he loves me by choice. I 00:14:16.780 --> 00:14:21.340 Have phrased differently once before I said he loved us into existence 00:14:22.300 --> 00:14:25.940 He loved us. He didn't even create us. He loved us into existence 00:14:26.900 --> 00:14:29.380 it's a choice he's it's his choice and 00:14:29.780 --> 00:14:34.260 Yet so much time I spend in deserve deserving his love 00:14:34.260 --> 00:14:41.040 I said this yesterday when you do well God approves of you when you do poorly God accepts you 00:14:41.820 --> 00:14:46.020 When you do well God approves of you when you do poorly 00:14:47.140 --> 00:14:49.140 God accepts you 00:14:49.380 --> 00:14:54.180 There's never any deserving of his love. I was fascinated by this statement a 00:14:55.660 --> 00:14:57.780 Question do you think guys? 00:14:58.100 --> 00:15:03.500 That the father loves you more today than when you were an unbeliever 00:15:07.420 --> 00:15:09.420 Just think of that 00:15:13.620 --> 00:15:16.740 He does not love you more today than when you were an 00:15:17.260 --> 00:15:23.780 Unbeliever and lived in hostility or did not know him. He does not love you more today if that is the case 00:15:25.500 --> 00:15:27.500 It's ridiculous 00:15:27.940 --> 00:15:33.200 To think that people out there who do not know the Lord are loved as much 00:15:33.980 --> 00:15:36.860 By him today as they will if they met the Lord tomorrow 00:15:40.420 --> 00:15:42.420 What 00:15:43.940 --> 00:15:49.820 Is the father's love for you ever less than 100% no it has never been less than 100% since the day you were born 00:15:50.300 --> 00:15:54.380 the difference is we now begin to experience it because we know him and 00:15:54.740 --> 00:15:57.380 They are not able to experience it 00:15:57.380 --> 00:16:02.260 They occasionally catch glimpses of it and they perhaps give credit to some other person or some other God 00:16:03.500 --> 00:16:08.020 But it's things that God loved me the same as he loves me today even when I did not know him 00:16:09.020 --> 00:16:10.620 Bless is my heart 00:16:10.620 --> 00:16:15.340 What kind of God is this but you see when we begin to see the father like this? 00:16:16.380 --> 00:16:18.380 You're like a child that is weaned 00:16:21.420 --> 00:16:23.920 Quiet restful peace 00:16:24.380 --> 00:16:26.380 You 00:16:28.500 --> 00:16:32.020 Here's another question is the father the happiest person you know 00:16:35.220 --> 00:16:40.780 We never think of stuff like that because from what we've heard he's grumpy most of the time 00:16:42.180 --> 00:16:44.580 Is the father the happiest person you know? 00:16:46.620 --> 00:16:48.620 Is he the kindest person you know 00:16:51.420 --> 00:16:53.800 Is he the most trustworthy person you know 00:16:54.380 --> 00:16:56.380 I 00:16:58.580 --> 00:17:02.700 When was the last time you were overwhelmed by his love tangibly 00:17:06.300 --> 00:17:11.340 You know I believe he's trustworthy, but I've never thought of him as the happiest person I know 00:17:16.780 --> 00:17:19.160 The joyfullest happy happiest 00:17:19.840 --> 00:17:23.840 Irrepressibly laughter-filled God I don't often think of him like that 00:17:25.480 --> 00:17:30.600 Because if I did it would change the way I approach him to change the way I live and it will change the way 00:17:30.600 --> 00:17:32.600 I live with you 00:17:35.600 --> 00:17:39.120 Does it occur to you that he looks forward to loving and enjoying you every day 00:17:39.720 --> 00:17:41.960 Not to me doesn't happen to me every day 00:17:42.280 --> 00:17:46.360 Does it occur to you that he looks forward to enjoying and loving you every day? 00:17:46.440 --> 00:17:51.240 There are days I wake up, and I don't think he's particularly looking forward to enjoying me today 00:17:56.680 --> 00:18:03.600 Guys the reason I'm asking this question is to expose where our minds and our hearts are at what a different God we are looking at 00:18:05.880 --> 00:18:07.880 But if I don't recognize 00:18:08.280 --> 00:18:12.880 This father that we are talking about then the fear of God cannot be born 00:18:13.440 --> 00:18:17.560 Out of love and I will not dread offending the father I love 00:18:18.680 --> 00:18:24.040 Because I cannot love him till I recognize how much he loves me you know we let circumstances harass us 00:18:24.720 --> 00:18:29.800 Torment us and frustrate our relationship with the father have you noticed how in circumstances get 00:18:30.360 --> 00:18:36.760 Tight when things begin to press in what does it do it harasses torments and frustrates our relationship with him 00:18:37.000 --> 00:18:42.400 It's like where is he he's not here abandoned and no good. I've said my prayers nothing has happened 00:18:43.040 --> 00:18:49.080 Line after line after line comes out I would suggest to you that circumstances reveal two things one it reveals our 00:18:49.600 --> 00:18:53.820 understanding of God and to our understanding of the nature of the father 00:18:54.440 --> 00:19:01.480 Both are the same circumstances revealed our understanding of the nature of the father. This is why I said some weeks ago I 00:19:03.040 --> 00:19:09.360 Think I quoted Abraham Lincoln. He said if you give me four hours to cut down a tree. I'll spend three hours sharpening the axe 00:19:12.960 --> 00:19:15.360 It's during times of peace when there are no 00:19:16.240 --> 00:19:21.440 Problems when there is no crisis that I'm supposed to sharpen my axe so that when crisis comes it 00:19:21.760 --> 00:19:24.280 Reveals my understanding of the nature of the father 00:19:34.880 --> 00:19:39.180 Meditate on scriptures guys that reflects the nature of God. I'll help you with that today before you go 00:19:39.700 --> 00:19:42.600 Meditate on scriptures that reflect the nature of God 00:19:42.600 --> 00:19:49.180 How take one scripture and spend an entire week going over it again and again and again and again and again a 00:19:49.660 --> 00:19:53.220 Couple of weeks ago. I think it was Psalm 28 verse 7 or something 00:19:53.220 --> 00:19:57.260 I got every morning I'd get up and I'd go over it again and again and again 00:19:57.460 --> 00:20:03.980 What is meditating self God directed self-talk God directed self-talk where I take the scripture 00:20:04.020 --> 00:20:09.460 It's God directed and I examine it from every side just like you examine 00:20:10.500 --> 00:20:12.500 Your iPhone 5s 00:20:12.700 --> 00:20:14.220 Look at this way than this way 00:20:14.220 --> 00:20:20.660 It's the same phone but every angle and if it's got a gold back or then you show it around to oh 00:20:22.220 --> 00:20:26.640 No, I'm not looking at you know why you are feeling guilty suddenly 00:20:33.980 --> 00:20:35.980 I just heard it today in the living news and whatever 00:20:48.580 --> 00:20:54.820 You read that verse she read it right now we all nodded sagely which is great we should not sagely 00:20:55.620 --> 00:21:00.820 But now if you really want to understand that you'll have to take it for a week at least go over it 00:21:01.700 --> 00:21:05.780 Again and again and again pondering on it and then it becomes real 00:21:07.260 --> 00:21:11.020 Changes your perception of God and your mind. Yeah 00:21:12.180 --> 00:21:14.180 Any questions before we go on? 00:21:17.060 --> 00:21:23.820 Any questions before we go on that was not a question by the way, yeah, it's very rarely that answers come from that side of the room 00:21:26.660 --> 00:21:28.660 Okay 00:21:29.060 --> 00:21:32.060 So so what is the fear of the Lord 00:21:33.980 --> 00:21:37.780 Let's examine other things about the fear of the Lord keeping this in the background 00:21:37.780 --> 00:21:41.180 We always keep this in the background as we talk about the fear of the Lord 00:21:42.140 --> 00:21:48.900 The fear of the Lord guys part of it is Deuteronomy 424 where it says our God is a jealous God 00:21:48.900 --> 00:21:54.420 He's a consuming fire our God is a jealous God. He's a consuming fire 00:21:54.820 --> 00:22:01.900 Why are why am I bringing that up guys one of the things you need to understand about the father is that he is 00:22:03.220 --> 00:22:07.060 Consuming fire and he'll actively clean your house 00:22:07.900 --> 00:22:12.540 Torching all that needs to be burnt and he won't quit until it's cleansed 00:22:14.940 --> 00:22:17.660 That is the nature of a loving father 00:22:17.660 --> 00:22:26.780 God is consuming fire because he's jealous over his reputation and over you because his reputation is now connected to you 00:22:26.780 --> 00:22:32.660 God is consuming fire because he's jealous over his reputation and over you because his reputation is now connected to you 00:22:33.620 --> 00:22:35.020 Hey 00:22:35.020 --> 00:22:37.020 Why is it that when? 00:22:38.060 --> 00:22:40.060 Gabriel starts crying 00:22:40.580 --> 00:22:43.540 After a while when the crying gets louder and louder and louder 00:22:43.620 --> 00:22:49.020 Why does Mary Anna walk with the child into the room two reasons one 00:22:49.700 --> 00:22:53.340 It's her child needs to be calmed. That's one two 00:22:53.500 --> 00:22:58.900 she does not want you to think that her child is a reason for a disturbance because 00:22:59.500 --> 00:23:04.220 Her reputation as a mom is connected to her child. And so she takes a child and moves away 00:23:06.340 --> 00:23:09.660 We don't realize this but our father thinks of us much 00:23:10.660 --> 00:23:12.660 Highly year than we think of him 00:23:13.860 --> 00:23:16.500 Highly areas Greek and so 00:23:20.860 --> 00:23:26.180 And so so I knew there was something wrong with the word 00:23:31.380 --> 00:23:35.220 Thank You Elma for helping out and so 00:23:36.300 --> 00:23:41.700 because he thinks of us much higher than we think of him his reputation is connected to me and 00:23:42.700 --> 00:23:49.460 So one of the things God does as a father is he's consuming fire in that he will actively 00:23:49.780 --> 00:23:56.980 Cleanse or clean my house. He will torch all that needs to burn and he won't quit 00:23:57.500 --> 00:23:59.500 Until I'm clean 00:23:59.780 --> 00:24:02.780 this is the nature of the father and if I 00:24:03.420 --> 00:24:05.420 continually resist this 00:24:05.580 --> 00:24:07.060 program of 00:24:07.060 --> 00:24:11.420 Cleaning that he initiates because he's consuming fire. He has another option 00:24:12.060 --> 00:24:14.060 which 00:24:14.180 --> 00:24:18.500 You won't like he'll just tell you come home and he'll take you home 00:24:22.420 --> 00:24:24.420 As in 00:24:25.140 --> 00:24:31.500 You ain't changing here Jacob, so why don't I just change you and bring you to live with me 00:24:31.500 --> 00:24:36.780 Don't be scared of death just be scared of all the things that will be left undone if that happens 00:24:37.620 --> 00:24:39.980 Death is a micro fraction of a second. So 00:24:41.220 --> 00:24:43.220 It's over 00:24:43.540 --> 00:24:45.540 Not even over 00:24:46.340 --> 00:24:48.340 You didn't even hear that because it was that fast 00:24:49.140 --> 00:24:52.780 So don't be afraid of death, but be afraid of the stuff that is left undone 00:24:52.780 --> 00:24:54.780 So I would rather I would rather 00:24:54.860 --> 00:25:00.220 So don't be afraid of death, but be afraid of the stuff that is left undone 00:25:00.220 --> 00:25:08.480 So I would rather actively participate in his clean cleaning up here where his cleaning house where is torching all that needs to be burned 00:25:10.620 --> 00:25:16.180 He did this with the temple by the way brought a whip and chased out everything we prayed that last week 00:25:17.020 --> 00:25:23.380 So be aware that it's been initiated in prayer and it'll happen to your lives in mine and it'll start with me 00:25:23.380 --> 00:25:25.380 So don't think 00:25:25.500 --> 00:25:30.420 That it won't happen. We asked God for that and I heard you guys saying amen. Amen as I was praying 00:25:32.700 --> 00:25:34.700 Then is laughing 00:25:36.180 --> 00:25:41.500 Jesus cleans the temple in Revelation 3 19. He says those that I love I to rebuke 00:25:42.220 --> 00:25:44.340 Those that I love I rebuke 00:25:45.760 --> 00:25:47.760 My dad 00:25:48.820 --> 00:25:50.820 Helped me that way tremendously 00:25:54.380 --> 00:25:58.260 Look at listen to these two lines a guy called Mike Yaconelli 00:25:59.180 --> 00:26:03.380 Said these lines. I love these two lines. The church must become a place 00:26:04.900 --> 00:26:08.500 Where God continually has to tell us fear not 00:26:09.420 --> 00:26:13.220 Why because his presence shatters our egos into dust 00:26:13.900 --> 00:26:15.900 burns our sin into ashes and 00:26:16.420 --> 00:26:20.060 strips us naked to reveal the real person within and 00:26:20.660 --> 00:26:26.820 Every time your lips say whoa, I'm undone. You will hear God whispering those three 00:26:27.460 --> 00:26:29.460 terrifying words I 00:26:29.620 --> 00:26:31.620 love you 00:26:33.700 --> 00:26:35.700 I'd love us to become a people like this 00:26:36.500 --> 00:26:40.580 Where we understand that God is consuming fire his father? 00:26:40.780 --> 00:26:45.860 He will torch all that is in my life that is unnecessary and doesn't look like Jesus 00:26:45.980 --> 00:26:48.220 he'll torch that he'll clean house and 00:26:48.860 --> 00:26:50.860 As I see his 00:26:51.220 --> 00:26:53.500 Magnificence and his jealousy over me 00:26:54.220 --> 00:26:57.460 I'll say like Isaiah said in Isaiah chapter 6 00:26:58.140 --> 00:27:00.140 Whoa, I'm undone 00:27:00.340 --> 00:27:02.700 because I'm a man of unclean lips and 00:27:03.340 --> 00:27:07.820 As I say that I'll hear three terrifying words from his slips. I 00:27:09.100 --> 00:27:13.220 Love you and then the torching becomes easy 00:27:13.220 --> 00:27:20.340 I'll open up store rooms in my house that nobody knows of and I'll say father this one too. This one too. This one, too 00:27:21.060 --> 00:27:26.860 Because now I'm caught up in this statement. I dread offending the father 00:27:26.860 --> 00:27:33.220 I love and I'm open to him taking away things so that he chisels me into another Jesus 00:27:33.220 --> 00:27:37.180 Cool thing this fear of God is what a different take on it man 00:27:42.420 --> 00:27:47.220 Let's look at another reason what is the fear of the Lord the fear of the Lord is 00:27:48.060 --> 00:27:49.620 the 00:27:49.620 --> 00:27:57.100 Consciousness of a future appointment the fear of God is the consciousness of a future appointment 00:27:57.180 --> 00:28:01.380 The fear of God is the consciousness of a future appointment 00:28:01.380 --> 00:28:05.140 What do I mean by that not death second Corinthians 5 10? 00:28:06.100 --> 00:28:08.100 second Corinthians 5 10 00:28:08.380 --> 00:28:10.380 Where it says that sooner or later 00:28:11.420 --> 00:28:14.700 Matt and I you can pick whichever Matthew one 00:28:15.500 --> 00:28:17.500 sooner or later Matt and I 00:28:18.700 --> 00:28:25.740 Will have to face God appear before Christ and be judged for the works that Matthew 5 10 00:28:25.780 --> 00:28:28.180 For the works that Matt and I did here on earth 00:28:30.900 --> 00:28:32.900 It's called the Bema judgment 00:28:33.180 --> 00:28:39.260 It's not your eternal security is not in question. You have Christ in you. You're eternally saved 00:28:39.420 --> 00:28:44.300 but second Corinthians 5 10 talks about standing before Christ at 00:28:45.620 --> 00:28:49.580 what is called the Bema judgment where he will judge your works and 00:28:51.500 --> 00:28:53.500 Accordingly give you rewards 00:28:56.540 --> 00:29:03.540 It's no light thing guys to know that one day I will stand in that place of judgment Paul said 00:29:03.660 --> 00:29:09.140 That's why I work urgently with everyone. I meet to get them ready to face God 00:29:10.220 --> 00:29:12.780 That day God will sit there as father 00:29:12.780 --> 00:29:19.980 Yes, but he will sit there as a father who wants to see how his son did with what was given to them 00:29:19.980 --> 00:29:20.940 and 00:29:20.940 --> 00:29:24.220 It is no light thing says God 00:29:25.180 --> 00:29:28.320 It is no light thing says God 00:29:30.220 --> 00:29:34.620 When you stand before me that day Jacob and have to give an account for 00:29:35.980 --> 00:29:42.380 How you did and so Paul says and look at that's why I work urgently with everyone 00:29:42.380 --> 00:29:48.560 I meet to get them ready to face God. So there's there's happy tension where in Jude 24 00:29:48.560 --> 00:29:54.060 It says and now God is able to present you faultless and blameless before him 00:29:54.220 --> 00:29:56.620 So your eternal security is fine 00:29:57.100 --> 00:30:03.020 But yet at the same time there's revelations 22 12 which talks about shape up guys 00:30:04.140 --> 00:30:08.220 Because you will have to give account for how you lived with what you were given here on earth 00:30:09.260 --> 00:30:11.260 first Peter 1 17 00:30:12.220 --> 00:30:14.220 Since you call on a father 00:30:14.220 --> 00:30:16.460 Who judges each person's work? 00:30:17.240 --> 00:30:23.260 Impartially live out your time here in Vancouver as foreigners in reverent fear 00:30:24.220 --> 00:30:27.020 Let me read that again since you call on a father 00:30:28.060 --> 00:30:30.060 Who judges each person's work? 00:30:30.680 --> 00:30:32.060 impartially 00:30:32.060 --> 00:30:36.220 Live out your time as foreigners here in Vancouver in reverent fear 00:30:37.980 --> 00:30:39.980 First Peter 1 17 00:30:41.500 --> 00:30:43.500 So there is a facing God 00:30:44.300 --> 00:30:45.900 not as in 00:30:45.900 --> 00:30:49.740 There you are father come i'm going to come running to you and the father said just once like jake up 00:30:49.740 --> 00:30:53.980 You are my son, but this is a slightly different scenario and there were days like that with my dad 00:30:55.180 --> 00:30:56.620 Where he would say okay? 00:30:56.620 --> 00:31:01.260 I gave you work to do show me your work and those days if I went and tried 00:31:01.580 --> 00:31:03.580 Kutiku in my dad it was like pointless 00:31:04.780 --> 00:31:06.780 Because he wanted to see 00:31:07.020 --> 00:31:09.020 What I had done 00:31:11.660 --> 00:31:18.380 It's part of his fatherhood. It's not a nasty streak. It is just measuring evaluating how you did 00:31:18.380 --> 00:31:22.540 And each of us has different things to do I think I told you the story of a pastor who 00:31:23.660 --> 00:31:27.340 Went out with his wife and told his daughter that he wanted 00:31:29.260 --> 00:31:30.540 The 00:31:30.540 --> 00:31:31.900 Her bedroom 00:31:31.900 --> 00:31:38.380 To be tidy when they came back and so he goes and he comes back and as they drive back to their home 00:31:39.660 --> 00:31:42.060 They amazed the lawn is mowed 00:31:42.620 --> 00:31:45.900 The step in and the living room has been vacuumed 00:31:46.380 --> 00:31:49.340 They go to the kitchen. She's washed all the dishes 00:31:50.140 --> 00:31:54.860 They go up to their room and all the papers that were lying have been stacked 00:31:55.500 --> 00:31:58.060 carefully, and they are overjoyed and they 00:31:58.780 --> 00:32:04.540 Want to avoid the daughter and they go knock her in her room and want to say such a job well done 00:32:04.780 --> 00:32:07.980 And there she is in her room, and it's a mess nothing has been tidy 00:32:07.980 --> 00:32:13.580 And the dad withdraws this is an actual story that happened he relates it and he says I withdrew and I said 00:32:13.580 --> 00:32:16.700 I'm so sorry. I so want to commend you 00:32:17.580 --> 00:32:24.460 For all the other things you did and yet the one thing that I asked that was what I asked of you 00:32:24.460 --> 00:32:26.460 You left undone 00:32:26.700 --> 00:32:30.220 This is when we will still enter heaven 00:32:30.780 --> 00:32:33.980 By the same time that we are going to be able to see the truth 00:32:33.980 --> 00:32:36.860 And then we will still enter heaven 00:32:37.580 --> 00:32:39.580 By the seat of our pants 00:32:39.660 --> 00:32:45.820 But what we have built will be tested with fire and some of us will build with gold silver diamonds 00:32:46.460 --> 00:32:48.460 some with hay and straw 00:32:51.580 --> 00:32:53.580 This is why as you approach 2014 00:32:54.620 --> 00:32:57.660 Even though god does not work necessarily in chronological years 00:32:58.540 --> 00:33:04.540 Find out about what what what is the bedroom you want me to tidy and i'll put my heart to it 00:33:06.940 --> 00:33:09.980 Because there is a facing god that happens there is 00:33:13.900 --> 00:33:16.460 1st john 2 28 and now little children 00:33:17.260 --> 00:33:21.420 Abide in him so that when he appears we may have confidence 00:33:22.140 --> 00:33:26.700 Not to shrink from him in shame at his coming and now little children 00:33:26.940 --> 00:33:33.100 So these are the children of god these are ones that are saved now little children abide in him so that 00:33:33.900 --> 00:33:37.500 When he appears we may have confidence not to shrink from him 00:33:38.300 --> 00:33:41.900 In shame at his coming. I know I told you this story 00:33:42.140 --> 00:33:48.380 So i'll shorten it and quickly say I was at a bible camp the team that I was leading won 00:33:48.380 --> 00:33:54.240 Because we had 90 points and the team after us had 82 points or thereabouts 00:33:55.100 --> 00:33:59.340 But if you didn't have your badge on you would lose 10 points 00:33:59.900 --> 00:34:03.100 And i'm the leader of this group of young kids and they've worked very hard 00:34:03.660 --> 00:34:07.900 We win the cup and they're going up to get the cup and I realized that I don't have a 00:34:08.460 --> 00:34:14.380 Badge I lost my badge and I know that if they see the entire group will lose 10 points and we'll come second 00:34:14.780 --> 00:34:18.140 So they call up the kids for the cup and they have a whole lot of 00:34:19.580 --> 00:34:24.380 And hurrah and medals for each one the only one who 00:34:24.940 --> 00:34:28.860 Did not go up to receive nothing was me with my jacket 00:34:30.220 --> 00:34:32.540 Zipped up right till here stifling 00:34:33.260 --> 00:34:37.820 But not willing to pull my zipper down because I know that if they see that I don't have a bag 00:34:38.140 --> 00:34:40.940 The team will suffer so the only guy who did not participate 00:34:41.020 --> 00:34:47.660 The team will suffer so the only guy who did not participate in the medals in the trophy in the thing and he was scared 00:34:47.660 --> 00:34:49.660 To even stand in a picture 00:34:50.940 --> 00:34:52.940 Was me 00:34:53.500 --> 00:34:55.740 Oh, and yet we won 00:34:57.980 --> 00:35:05.020 Won john 228 and now little children abide in him so that when he appears we may have confidence and not shrink back in shame 00:35:05.260 --> 00:35:06.540 At his coming 00:35:06.540 --> 00:35:12.460 We will be there and yet may it not be said that rob you didn't do all that you were supposed to do jacob 00:35:13.420 --> 00:35:16.940 Preached every sunday, but still didn't do what I was supposed to do 00:35:19.340 --> 00:35:21.340 May that not happen 00:35:21.900 --> 00:35:23.900 What is the fear of the lord thirdly 00:35:25.100 --> 00:35:27.100 Or fourthly or whatever 00:35:27.420 --> 00:35:29.420 It's the scandalous weight 00:35:29.980 --> 00:35:34.780 Of someone of supreme worth dying for me. It's the scandalous weight 00:35:36.540 --> 00:35:42.860 It's the scandalous weight of someone of supreme words dying for me. You know, there was a will smith movie 00:35:42.940 --> 00:35:46.220 I'm not recommending this movie. I'm just telling you there was a will smith movie 00:35:47.100 --> 00:35:49.100 Called seven pounds 00:35:49.820 --> 00:35:51.820 And in this movie 00:35:53.020 --> 00:35:57.740 Will smith for reasons that the movie explains in the beginning is 00:35:58.940 --> 00:36:05.020 Slowly donating his organs to different people so that they may live 00:36:06.700 --> 00:36:08.220 So he takes out 00:36:08.220 --> 00:36:11.020 A kidney and gives it to somebody he takes out a lung 00:36:11.100 --> 00:36:15.580 He gives it to somebody else and in the end there are these two people one needs an eye and one needs a heart 00:36:16.060 --> 00:36:18.060 And so he literally 00:36:18.060 --> 00:36:20.060 commits suicide 00:36:20.060 --> 00:36:22.060 And as he's dying 00:36:22.300 --> 00:36:24.300 He calls 911 00:36:24.300 --> 00:36:26.700 And he says i'll be dead in four or five minutes 00:36:27.740 --> 00:36:30.940 Come quickly so that you can harvest my heart and my eyes 00:36:32.220 --> 00:36:34.300 And he helped seven people that way 00:36:34.940 --> 00:36:36.940 And 00:36:36.940 --> 00:36:42.780 In the end you see these people meeting at an event and this lady who's got a new heart looks at this guy 00:36:42.780 --> 00:36:44.780 Who's got a new set of eyes 00:36:44.860 --> 00:36:48.780 and this lady knew him and as she's looking into his eyes, she says I know those eyes because 00:36:50.460 --> 00:36:52.300 Those were eyes of 00:36:52.300 --> 00:37:00.940 Her friend but it's this union of six or seven people who have received different organs from him over a period of time 00:37:00.940 --> 00:37:03.180 And they owe him everything 00:37:04.300 --> 00:37:11.020 Because they are alive today. They see today they breathe today. They're able to operate today because someone else 00:37:12.300 --> 00:37:19.260 Scandalously gave up organs even while they're living and then killed himself so that some two others could live 00:37:19.260 --> 00:37:25.100 The premise is not necessarily christian, but the point is there is a scandalous weight 00:37:26.700 --> 00:37:28.860 Of responsibilities from the other person 00:37:29.500 --> 00:37:31.500 Of responsibility sometimes 00:37:31.980 --> 00:37:40.380 when I think of the one who is of the greatest most supreme worth in the universe laying down his life so that I may live 00:37:41.020 --> 00:37:42.540 and there is now 00:37:42.540 --> 00:37:46.220 this dread of offending the father I love because of how 00:37:47.900 --> 00:37:52.780 I now lift up my hands with and heart recklessly abandoned to 00:37:53.180 --> 00:38:00.780 I stand with arms high and heart abandoned in awe of the one who 00:38:01.420 --> 00:38:03.420 laid it all 00:38:03.420 --> 00:38:05.420 gave it all 00:38:05.420 --> 00:38:12.060 I stand my soul lord to you surrendered all I am is yours 00:38:12.620 --> 00:38:14.620 same principle 00:38:14.620 --> 00:38:16.620 the scandalous weight of what he did 00:38:23.100 --> 00:38:27.500 Amazing thing this fear of the lord is guys in proverbs 16 00:38:29.100 --> 00:38:35.660 6 and proverbs 8 13 it says the fear of the lord is required to turn away from evil 00:38:36.700 --> 00:38:37.900 Ha ha 00:38:37.900 --> 00:38:45.100 It's almost impossible to turn away from evil unless you love the father and you can only love the father by 00:38:45.420 --> 00:38:52.220 Recognizing how much he loves me so therefore upgrade your perception of the father quickly so that you understand 00:38:52.780 --> 00:38:57.980 Enter 2014 as a brand new person and you live a life that dreads offending the father you love 00:39:03.900 --> 00:39:10.940 Another scripture says that proverbs 9 10 and psalm 110 111 10 says the fear of god 00:39:13.340 --> 00:39:20.940 Opens my life to wisdom and what is wisdom wisdom is the sum total of all of god's instructions the sum total of all of god's instructions 00:39:21.900 --> 00:39:26.380 The wisdom of god is open to me when I have 00:39:27.660 --> 00:39:30.860 Fear that is born out of love for god 00:39:31.580 --> 00:39:35.020 His instructions now are not rules. It's this thing. I desire 00:39:35.020 --> 00:39:42.540 I'm like a minor panning for gold more wisdom about wanna see wanna see why because I desire it does it is 00:39:43.580 --> 00:39:45.580 to eat about 00:39:46.940 --> 00:39:48.940 That's a Greek word too 00:39:49.580 --> 00:39:51.580 Try it 00:39:57.420 --> 00:40:01.660 The other great thing is guys when you cultivate the fear of god 00:40:03.340 --> 00:40:05.340 A strange thing happens 00:40:05.660 --> 00:40:11.820 The enemies of god are afraid of you because the fear of the lord falls upon them and that fear is a different fear 00:40:12.460 --> 00:40:14.460 So 00:40:14.700 --> 00:40:20.460 In second chronicle 17 10 it says when people walk in the fear of the lord the fear of the lord falls upon the kingdoms around 00:40:20.780 --> 00:40:23.020 And they made no war against jahoshaphat 00:40:24.620 --> 00:40:27.660 Acts chapter 2 talks about it and great fear 00:40:28.620 --> 00:40:34.780 on one hand the disciples gathered and they broke bread had fellowship indulged in prayers and 00:40:35.260 --> 00:40:38.700 Followed the apostle's doctrine as they did that 00:40:39.660 --> 00:40:45.740 They began to enjoy god and as they began to grow in the fear of the lord strange thing happened 00:40:46.540 --> 00:40:52.300 On the rest of the city the fear of the lord fell and that was not the fear that was as in 00:40:52.460 --> 00:40:54.460 Let's not mess with these guys 00:40:55.420 --> 00:40:57.420 Yeah 00:40:57.820 --> 00:41:00.220 So there there is a dread that of 00:41:00.860 --> 00:41:06.060 That's not like offending the father that you love and then there is a dread of jacob which is leave that nation alone 00:41:06.060 --> 00:41:08.060 They have the lord of 00:41:08.140 --> 00:41:10.140 god of israel walking amongst them 00:41:11.100 --> 00:41:17.500 There is this falsehood which we have decimated many times and we decimate again today that the closer you get to god 00:41:17.820 --> 00:41:19.820 The less room the devil has 00:41:20.300 --> 00:41:25.420 There is no truth to the statement that when you get close to god the devil attacks you more not true 00:41:27.820 --> 00:41:29.820 Falsehood that is 00:41:32.380 --> 00:41:34.380 Let's look at two more verses 00:41:34.940 --> 00:41:42.220 I love this some 25 12 to 14 some 25 12 to 14 00:41:45.820 --> 00:41:49.420 Some 25 12 to 14 00:41:53.660 --> 00:41:55.660 Look at this man 00:41:58.380 --> 00:42:02.460 If any man fears the lord 00:42:05.100 --> 00:42:07.100 He shall be 00:42:08.300 --> 00:42:10.300 Shown 00:42:11.900 --> 00:42:13.900 The path 00:42:14.860 --> 00:42:16.860 That 00:42:16.860 --> 00:42:18.860 He should 00:42:19.820 --> 00:42:21.820 Choose 00:42:23.820 --> 00:42:25.820 He shall enjoy 00:42:28.860 --> 00:42:30.860 Lasting prosperity 00:42:34.620 --> 00:42:36.620 And 00:42:38.860 --> 00:42:45.820 So on the lord will confide his purpose 00:42:51.900 --> 00:42:53.900 And his covenant 00:42:56.620 --> 00:42:58.620 Is theirs to know 00:42:59.020 --> 00:43:04.460 Why am I writing this whole thing just to illustrate how important this is if anyone fears the lord 00:43:05.660 --> 00:43:08.300 He shall be shown the path 00:43:09.500 --> 00:43:10.940 He shall 00:43:10.940 --> 00:43:12.940 Enjoy lasting prosperity 00:43:13.980 --> 00:43:16.940 The lord shall confide his purpose 00:43:18.140 --> 00:43:21.900 And he shall make his covenant theirs to know 00:43:24.220 --> 00:43:26.220 Amazing 00:43:26.460 --> 00:43:28.460 Amazing 00:43:29.420 --> 00:43:31.420 Um must be an ivy 00:43:34.540 --> 00:43:36.540 Confide as in hey 00:43:36.940 --> 00:43:41.260 Mariam jeff, I need to talk to you guys. I want to do something at acts 29 00:43:41.260 --> 00:43:44.700 I just need your opinion on it and I need your help with it because I really think 00:43:45.100 --> 00:43:47.180 There's something that god wants us to do 00:43:47.580 --> 00:43:51.660 So can I talk to you about this and tell you about it and I want to hear what you have to say about it 00:43:52.060 --> 00:43:54.220 And I tell nobody else in this church except you and jeff 00:43:54.780 --> 00:44:01.020 And so i'm confiding as in i'm telling you a purpose that I want done but i'm telling only you 00:44:02.540 --> 00:44:04.540 It's it's because I 00:44:05.260 --> 00:44:06.380 There's this 00:44:06.380 --> 00:44:12.700 Friendship there's this potential that god sees that he begins to confide in you abraham becomes his friend 00:44:13.340 --> 00:44:15.340 confiding purpose 00:44:15.340 --> 00:44:17.340 Think of all these things that happen 00:44:18.380 --> 00:44:22.380 Fascinating and what's response? How does all this happen through the fear of the lord? 00:44:22.380 --> 00:44:24.380 Through the fear of the lord 00:44:25.660 --> 00:44:30.060 Shows me his path you want god to show you his path get into the fear of the lord 00:44:30.060 --> 00:44:35.840 Which is born out of love and which is the fear of offending the father you love want to enjoy lasting prosperity 00:44:38.300 --> 00:44:40.060 Want to have him 00:44:40.060 --> 00:44:42.620 Wake you up in the middle of the night saying son. I want to talk to you about something 00:44:42.620 --> 00:44:45.100 I want to do on the earth gosh just think of that 00:44:45.980 --> 00:44:47.980 The god of the universe just woke you up 00:44:48.300 --> 00:44:51.340 Because he wants to talk to you about a purpose. He wants to bring to pass here on earth 00:44:52.140 --> 00:44:54.140 Ridiculous man, but it's true 00:44:57.500 --> 00:45:03.900 And then his covenant his agreement is theirs to know greater understanding of this agreement 00:45:05.340 --> 00:45:07.340 Like you'd say oh jacob there are 20 pages of 00:45:07.740 --> 00:45:11.260 Disclaimers and footnotes let me explain them to you and he begins to explain it 00:45:13.340 --> 00:45:16.380 Guys how does this all happen to the fear of god? 00:45:17.340 --> 00:45:19.340 I invite you to 00:45:20.280 --> 00:45:26.700 Unfortunately every teaching I keep saying this is so important because it is I wish I could say this one is the most important 00:45:27.020 --> 00:45:29.020 Yeah, but this is so 00:45:29.340 --> 00:45:31.820 Fundamental man, you can step into things with this 00:45:35.500 --> 00:45:37.500 Proverbs 34 9 00:45:38.140 --> 00:45:42.380 Fear the lord all you his holy people for those who fear him lack nothing 00:45:42.620 --> 00:45:46.220 Do you have lack in your life? We all do at different points in our lives 00:45:47.100 --> 00:45:53.260 Fear the lord all you his holy people for those who fear him lack nothing 00:45:55.820 --> 00:45:57.820 Proverbs 34 9 00:46:00.620 --> 00:46:02.620 Psalm 34 9 sorry 00:46:05.420 --> 00:46:11.260 Psalm 34 9 fear the lord all you his holy people for those who fear him lack nothing 00:46:11.260 --> 00:46:13.740 So at the end of the day guys how do you sustain 00:46:15.100 --> 00:46:22.140 The fear of the lord remember it's a fear born out of love that dreads offending the father 00:46:23.420 --> 00:46:25.420 So fall in love 00:46:25.980 --> 00:46:29.180 How by correcting your perception of god 00:46:29.900 --> 00:46:35.740 May I suggest to you that one way you can fall in love with one way you can correct your perception of god 00:46:36.060 --> 00:46:39.180 And then you can correct your perception of god 00:46:39.180 --> 00:46:47.820 The way you can correct your perception of god is by hanging out with people who have a better perception of god than you presently have 00:46:50.620 --> 00:46:56.860 I challenged people on monday night. I said to them you want to know the father better come and hang out with us 00:46:58.380 --> 00:47:00.380 Find time and instead of sitting at home 00:47:01.100 --> 00:47:03.660 Find time come and say want to spend time with you 00:47:04.060 --> 00:47:09.660 Because you have a perception of god that I do not have and it begins to rub off guys 00:47:10.220 --> 00:47:15.100 Because how I see god is how I see myself and how I live my life 00:47:16.140 --> 00:47:20.540 So if you have a perception of god that is greater than I as I live with you 00:47:20.620 --> 00:47:23.660 It is impossible to escape your perception of god 00:47:25.960 --> 00:47:29.740 Impossible it will upgrade my estimation of him 00:47:30.060 --> 00:47:33.180 I will tell you how wonderful emirates is as an airline 00:47:33.900 --> 00:47:37.660 And I'll convince you to fly emirates at some point and i've done that to a few of you 00:47:42.060 --> 00:47:43.260 Why 00:47:43.260 --> 00:47:47.580 Because you begin to speak of the things that you hold in high esteem 00:47:49.100 --> 00:47:55.180 And you begin to dis that when which you hold in low esteem like the maple leaves and stuff like that 00:47:55.340 --> 00:47:57.740 Low esteem like the maple leaves and stuff like that 00:47:59.580 --> 00:48:01.580 As in the syrup i'm talking about the syrup 00:48:03.020 --> 00:48:05.020 What did you think 00:48:05.660 --> 00:48:11.520 Oh, you're wearing that sweatshirt too. Oh, that is not good chris. She didn't mean it jason 00:48:16.220 --> 00:48:18.220 Okay, well then it's the other maple leaves 00:48:25.180 --> 00:48:27.180 I'm 00:48:48.380 --> 00:48:52.620 Yeah, no, no, I hear you i'm just trying to formulate an answer here here's my answer to 00:48:55.260 --> 00:49:00.460 Isn't fear dark like the heathen they're not afraid of here's my here's my answer to your question 00:49:00.940 --> 00:49:06.540 One when I talk about upgrading our perception of god, it's not a touchy feely thing 00:49:07.260 --> 00:49:10.620 It is knowing the nature of god. Let me give you an example 00:49:11.660 --> 00:49:14.220 There's nothing touchy feely about me and jason 00:49:15.900 --> 00:49:17.900 I think i've told him I 00:49:17.980 --> 00:49:19.980 love him twice 00:49:19.980 --> 00:49:26.140 That's about it in the last three years and that too I said it in such a way that it was not touchy feely at all 00:49:27.340 --> 00:49:28.940 but 00:49:28.940 --> 00:49:35.260 In the time that I spend with him. He's getting to know my nature and i'm getting to know his nature 00:49:36.140 --> 00:49:39.900 And it's got nothing to do with emotions, but it's an understanding of 00:49:40.460 --> 00:49:47.180 The nature of this person and therefore my perception of jason is changing and his perception of me is changing 00:49:47.180 --> 00:49:52.460 So first of all when I talk about upgrading our perception of god as a loving father 00:49:52.700 --> 00:49:54.700 It has nothing to do with touchy feely 00:49:55.340 --> 00:49:59.100 When touchy feely comes I love it, but it has got nothing to do with it 00:49:59.960 --> 00:50:01.960 secondly 00:50:02.540 --> 00:50:05.660 The story of ananis and safira falls into the 00:50:06.460 --> 00:50:12.140 Part I said when I said that our god is a jealous consuming fire 00:50:12.860 --> 00:50:14.460 and therefore 00:50:14.540 --> 00:50:17.660 He will torch the things that need to be burnt 00:50:18.460 --> 00:50:21.820 And will clean the house and in that instance 00:50:22.380 --> 00:50:28.860 He was not being nasty to ananis and safira because we see death as nasty for him. It's a removal from one plane to the other 00:50:30.540 --> 00:50:33.580 But it was a cleaning of a fledgling church 00:50:34.220 --> 00:50:41.420 Which would have been corrupted by what was happening had it spread because it had the nature of contaminating sin 00:50:41.740 --> 00:50:43.740 And therefore they were removed 00:50:44.700 --> 00:50:49.760 Which is why I said that when god is consuming fire and I continuously 00:50:50.440 --> 00:50:52.300 resist 00:50:52.300 --> 00:50:56.380 The torching of areas in my life that need to change god says come home son 00:50:57.980 --> 00:51:01.740 You are not going to change you i've spent years you've resisted me 00:51:01.980 --> 00:51:05.980 I can't do anything with your free will but you did exert your free will to receive me into 00:51:06.780 --> 00:51:08.940 Your life so come home 00:51:08.940 --> 00:51:12.220 And in an instant as I die i'm transformed in soul 00:51:12.220 --> 00:51:17.100 To perfection and my spirit is perfect anyways, and I live with him now 00:51:19.500 --> 00:51:21.500 So that's how I would answer you 00:51:36.700 --> 00:51:40.700 Like make it grow you better build it just so 00:51:42.220 --> 00:51:45.020 God's not gonna hit you when you make a mistake 00:51:47.660 --> 00:51:49.660 That is a large aspect 00:51:49.980 --> 00:51:51.660 That is a large aspect 00:51:51.660 --> 00:51:58.140 Everything in my life changes according to the perception of god that I have and my perception changes through the word 00:51:58.540 --> 00:52:01.740 Through the work of the spirit and through the ones that I associate with 00:52:03.580 --> 00:52:05.580 This is vital guys 00:52:06.220 --> 00:52:10.940 Three things that change my perception of god what the holy spirit does because he changes people 00:52:11.420 --> 00:52:16.380 The word of god which gives me a correct understanding and three the people that I associate with 00:52:18.940 --> 00:52:20.940 Please for me I I had the wrong 00:52:21.980 --> 00:52:23.980 Yeah 00:52:29.340 --> 00:52:31.840 Yeah, and that's the work of the spirit of god 00:52:40.940 --> 00:52:45.900 Marianna loves me but there is he may not believe that but if Marianna says it to him 00:52:46.780 --> 00:52:48.540 It's different. Yeah 00:52:48.540 --> 00:52:50.380 And that's the work of the spirit 00:52:50.380 --> 00:52:56.540 Yeah, and the spirit of god is so willing to do that. Remember James says that the spirit of god yearns over you 00:52:57.160 --> 00:52:59.100 jealously 00:52:59.100 --> 00:53:02.780 What a beautiful word the spirit of god yearns over you jacob 00:53:03.160 --> 00:53:07.020 Jealously the same jealousy that the father has the spirit of god has over me 00:53:07.340 --> 00:53:10.460 He wants me to know the father's love he'll do that 00:53:11.900 --> 00:53:13.820 and 00:53:13.820 --> 00:53:15.820 This is not 00:53:16.220 --> 00:53:18.620 Easy life this is 00:53:21.580 --> 00:53:23.580 God life 00:53:26.060 --> 00:53:28.860 It's god life it's not easy life it's god life 00:53:30.700 --> 00:53:34.860 I would suggest to you living out there and getting these things is much easier 00:53:35.260 --> 00:53:37.260 How do you sustain this 00:53:37.740 --> 00:53:43.340 one by correcting your perception of the father so that you can you can you can 00:53:44.220 --> 00:53:48.220 You can live in the dread of offending the father you love and two 00:53:48.780 --> 00:53:50.780 Proverbs 2 1 to 6 talks about it 00:53:51.340 --> 00:53:55.660 Proverbs 2 1 to 6 it says that if you receive my word 00:53:56.860 --> 00:53:58.860 If you treasure my commandment 00:53:59.420 --> 00:54:01.420 If you call out for insight 00:54:01.900 --> 00:54:03.900 You will understand that you will understand 00:54:04.220 --> 00:54:08.700 You will understand the fear of the lord gosh if you receive my word 00:54:10.220 --> 00:54:12.220 If you treasure my commandments 00:54:12.540 --> 00:54:14.300 David got the hang of it 00:54:14.300 --> 00:54:18.860 How can a man keep himself pure? How can he keep his way straight by cherishing your law? 00:54:19.660 --> 00:54:25.280 If you receive my word receive with meekness receive with the quality of hearing that is outstanding 00:54:26.780 --> 00:54:29.820 When you receive the word where you treasure 00:54:30.620 --> 00:54:36.220 His commandments and where you ask or call out or cry out for insight 00:54:36.940 --> 00:54:40.700 Then you will understand the fear of the lord when you combine that with 00:54:41.740 --> 00:54:42.860 this 00:54:42.860 --> 00:54:45.180 Dread of offending the father you love 00:54:47.340 --> 00:54:49.340 That's greek too 00:54:54.380 --> 00:54:58.620 David said in psalm 86 teach me your way o lord so I may walk in your truth 00:54:59.420 --> 00:55:01.420 Unite my heart 00:55:01.420 --> 00:55:03.420 To fear your name 00:55:04.860 --> 00:55:11.100 Bless you guys. Let's break bread as you break bread as we break bread 00:55:13.820 --> 00:55:18.700 I want us to do man. We are so doing well for time 00:55:20.140 --> 00:55:24.140 As we break bread, uh, and you take bread and go 00:55:24.860 --> 00:55:28.060 I want you to take one of these scriptures from this 00:55:29.500 --> 00:55:31.180 i've got 00:55:31.180 --> 00:55:34.700 verses written in this I want you to take one of these verses 00:55:35.500 --> 00:55:37.500 and throughout this week 00:55:38.380 --> 00:55:41.740 I want you to break this verse down 00:55:42.300 --> 00:55:44.300 and meditate on it 00:55:44.540 --> 00:55:45.900 Chew on it 00:55:45.900 --> 00:55:53.420 Let it change your thinking because much of it has to do with either the nature of god or what god wants for you 00:55:54.700 --> 00:55:57.020 Come so many people were inside there 00:55:59.580 --> 00:56:01.580 Wow 00:56:06.860 --> 00:56:11.520 When i'm done you can you can stop it now, thanks