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Welcome to From the Pulpit and Classic Sermons.

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Each week we bring you a different message

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from some of history's greatest speakers in the

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Christian faith and powerful sermons from modern preachers

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This week we have various speakers with the

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message, The Fear of God, Has the Church

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Lost It?

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Look at

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your word this morning.

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There was a time that you and I

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fully embraced the heart of God and the

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will of God and the ways of God

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and the Word of God.

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Oh beloved it's now.

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There was a time in this country when

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I'm sure you would walk in the house

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of the Lord and if you were living

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in willful sin you would tremble.

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Oh there was a reverence of God.

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There was a sense of God's holiness.

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There's very little of the fear of God

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among today's Christians.

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Now I want to tell you God is

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no grandfather.

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He's not one who just ignores anything you

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do like grandfathers do.

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What did we read in 1 Peter 1?

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Spend your entire life on earth.

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This is not Old Testament.

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This is New Testament.

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It's the Apostle Peter writing 30 years after

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the day of Pentecost.

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Spend your entire life on earth in fear.

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The same word.

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I'm supposed to live my entire life on

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earth 1 Peter 1 17 in fear.

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In fear of what?

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Fear of God.

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But there was a trembling.

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There was a time in this country when

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you walked in the house of God and

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you knew if you were living in sin

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you were going to be confronted.

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Paul speaks in Romans 11 about the severity

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and the goodness of God.

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In what connection?

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In his dealing with this ancient people.

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There's no fear in the church for God.

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The fear of God is absent from the

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church and that's why we take the horrendous

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liberties that we do.

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For how shall we fear him if we

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have not known his severity, his judgments, his

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dealings, how far he will go even with

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his own ancient people who are yet the

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apple of his eye despite their fallenness.

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Even in the church we've lost our sense

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of the holiness of God.

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You know Charles Wesley gave us that lovely

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children's hymn gentle Jesus meek and mild look

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upon the little child.

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But you know some people never get past

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gentle Jesus.

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He's lost the fear of God.

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There's no fear of God left in the

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land.

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This is what the Bible says the fear

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of the Lord the fear of the Lord

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and depart from evil.

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The fear of the Lord is to hate

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evil.

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By mercy and truth and iniquity is purged

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and by the fear of the Lord men

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depart from their evil.

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From the fear of the Lord.

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A reverend fear of God which brings freedom

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and it's because many Christians do not have

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that reverend fear of God that they don't

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come into freedom.

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Call it what you want reverential awe call

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it what you want but there's such a

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thing as remember that God is not mocked.

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There's such a thing as looking at the

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majesty and holiness of God.

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But a one-sided Christianity which always spoke

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about always be sure you're accepted before God.

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God loves you brother.

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Don't don't be.

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Remember God loves you just as you are.

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His love is unconditional.

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It's all true.

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But if you only look at that you've

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got one side of God and you've got

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a one-sided God and you'll see the

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end result of that in the way you

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live.

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The other is the fear that I may

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hurt God.

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There is no awe no sense of fear

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no deep respect that he's a living God

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and a seeing and a knowing God and

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we can't get away with our little gitchy

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goo and cutting corners as if he does

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not observe it.

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The church of Jesus Christ needs a new

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revelation of the majesty of God.

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The remarkable thing is he lets it go

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on and he's silent and we assume that

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he has condoned it or he's not seen

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it until the day comes.

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Genesis 20 verse 10 and Abraham said verse

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11 because I thought surely there is no

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fear of God in this place and they

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will kill me because of my wife.

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There is no fear of God these fellows

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are sexually.

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It is interesting that the first time the

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Holy Spirit uses the phrase the fear of

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God is in relation to sexual sin.

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As I meditated on it the Lord showed

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me that it is through sexual temptation more

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than in any other area that I test

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whether men especially fear me or not.

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We're not like Paul who always lived in

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the conscious sense of the judge and the

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day of judgment that we shall be held

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accountable for every idle word that we speak

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and that what all that we have done

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in our bodies both good and bad will

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one day come before us when we stand

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before the judgment of God.

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Folks what's it going to be like and

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I've tried to imagine this what is it

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going to be like when we stand before

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the throne every pastor every evangelist when I

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stand there everyone in this pulpit stands there

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and everyone who's ever taken the gospel to

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their lips and we stand before a Holy

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Christ and the books are opened I can't

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I can't bear the thought that I would

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have preached for 20 years here in New

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York City from this pulpit and that to

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keep the money flowing or to keep the

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crowds coming and every seat filled that I

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should give a half gospel or diluted so

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I won't offend you in Jeremiah's day the

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false prophets had the biggest crowds the true

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prophet could hardly get folks together in Jeremiah's

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day the thing that was so heavy on

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his heart was the false prophets told the

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people what they wanted to hear and the

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people naturally flocked and when he would start

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to prophesy the true word of the Lord

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the people said would you get this guy

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to shut up could somebody take care of

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this guy we don't want to hear this

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anymore and you see if you have no

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fear of God you have to invent a

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gospel of convenience there's all kinds of phony

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people now of huge followings you just turn

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on some of the Christian television it's enough

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to make you sick and they got people

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writing checks all over the whole country for

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them and they're not even close but because

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of the biblical illiteracy among the people they

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don't know the genuine from the false because

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only through knowing God's Word are we going

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to know what's true and this is what's

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happened in America and around the world you

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see man can't get away from that nagging

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sense and that's the Holy Spirit who says

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there's death and then there's judgment there's a

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day of standing before God to give an

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account the Bible makes it very very clear

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there's a heaven and there's a hell and

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there's a day we're going to have to

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give an account and there is a hell

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and Jesus said there's a hell of fire

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and weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth

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a darkness that can be felt a lot

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of us share God's Word here and there

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Paul says how he preached he says in

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1 Corinthians 2 verse 3 when I came

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preaching to you I was with you in

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weakness and in fear and in trembling preaching

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with fear and trembling where do we hear

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of that today people who preach afraid lest

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they may say something God doesn't want them

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to say repent or be damned well thank

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God someone's still crying it out because that's

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the whole Bible from the heart of the

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God of love that you say wouldn't say

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those words you liberal theologians shame on you

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sending people to hell just so you can

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have a job but you don't live from

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this book sir God will require of you

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and their blood will be in your hands

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you better start preaching truth or get out

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of the pulpit you live for a terrible

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shock the next moment you'll be in front

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of God not only with your own soul

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to give account for but those you kept

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from truth but today a whole lot of

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people are learning about grace who haven't learned

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about the fear of God and you got

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to learn the fear of God before you

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can appreciate the grace of God otherwise you'll

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get a false grace the rep reverence for

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God is an essential component of the true

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grace of God a grace of God that

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does not include a reverential fear of God

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is a false grace verse 17 honor all

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men love the brotherhood and fear God this

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is the true grace of God the grace

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of God which does not include the fear

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of God is a false grace if you

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don't contend and fall into a kind of

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a slipshod easy casualness you are almost guaranteeing

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your deception I would hate to die in

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that condition because in whatever condition we end

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this life or in the Lord's coming in

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that condition we eternally remain there is no

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remedy there's a finality there's closure and there's

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no mercy mercy is gone forever and I

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believe that many Christians are worshiping a false

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God God of their imagination who's a grandfather

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who just loves them do what they like

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better is a little a little with the

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fear of the Lord and great treasure better

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is a little with the fear of the

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Lord and great treasure and trouble they with

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trouble they with and it will come let

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me tell you you're dealing with a holy

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God before the day of judgment sir and

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if you're saved you're dealing with a God

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that will chasten you so that you come

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on in the school of God don't play

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and think these things will never happen to

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you conserving integrity with money that's the reason

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why we have so many lovers of money

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in Christendom that's the reason why we have

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so many divorces in Western countries anyway in

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Christendom today that's why that's the reason why

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so many fine young believers are defeated by

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the lust of the eyes 365 days of

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the year that's why there are so many

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believers who are involved in internet pornography you

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think they lack Bible knowledge they got Bible

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knowledge oozing out of their ears but and

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their tongue especially but they haven't learned ABC

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they haven't learned the fear of the Lord

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but we have to confess it has not

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remained primary it's secondary at best it's been

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lost in the shuffle our car our home

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our family our job our career our vocation

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has pushed out the concern of God first

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the kingdom of God is righteousness really impresses

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God is if all the drums and the

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music are all going wonderfully and our singing

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is so beautiful and the parts go so

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well but what about the holiness that's the

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one thing God is looking for 7-1

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since we have these wonderful promises let us

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cleanse ourselves from every filthiness not only of

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the outward things in the flesh but the

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inner things of the spirit thoughts attitudes motives

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as much as our words and actions and

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how do we do it we perfect holiness

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not in the fear of man but in

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the fear of God those guys are perfecting

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holiness in the fear of man they're afraid

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of being exposed in the meeting that's not

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true holiness here it says we perfect holiness

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in the fear of God in chapter 2

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verse 12 my beloved just as you have

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always obeyed not as in my presence only

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but much more my absence work out your

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salvation with fear and trembling this is New

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Testament with fear and trembling I have to

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work out what God works within me what

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God works inside me I got to work

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out not casually but with fear and trembling

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that brings a solemn fear of the Lord

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in my heart and I persuade men I

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say hey fellas remember this you're going to

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stand before God and don't think with all

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these justification gimmicks you're going to stand there

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verse 21 be subject to one another in

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the fear of Christ is there a place

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for that in your life fear of Christ

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we think these are Old Testament verses no

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Ephesians 5 we lack a consciousness of God

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actually as present and seeing and observing not

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only the things that we say and do

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but even the condition of our secret heart

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when it's silent you got the picture what

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am I am I commending some kind of

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legalism and rob you of your charismatic freedom

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and bring you into some kind of constraint

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that God is always there seeing and knowing

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I'll tell you dear Saints the greatest malady

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of the church today is the lack of

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the fear of God as God he will

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say to me in that day Lord Lord

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have we not prophesied in thy name cast

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out devils and in thy name done many

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wonderful works profess unto

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them I never knew

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you I never knew you depart from me

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ye that work iniquity depart from me ye

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that work iniquity when the

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church falls into excellent condition do you think

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this denomination is going to have any power

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against sin when they become the perpetrators of

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sin so many people are going to go

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to hell through these churches they're going to

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go to hell these pastors will be held

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responsible you need to contend for the faith

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continually that is where the devil trips us

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up a false freedom where we think of

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God's love God's love God's love God's love

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and you go through a whole year without

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ever hearing about the fear of God we

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got so friendly with Jesus that we've lost

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our reverence and when I hear people singing

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you know put your hand in the hand

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of him that walked on the water forget

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it the new song that's out shake hands

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with Jesus listen when you see Jesus you're

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not going up and say hey buddy I'm

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glad you died for me when you see

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Jesus you'll be almost paralyzed with fear unless

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you have a glorified body in a glorified

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mind John the man who had walked with

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him and talked with him for three years

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says that when I saw him I fell

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at his feet as dead what do you

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think you and I are going to do

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well I'll tell you what God looks for

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is there a man who fears me oh

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beloved because God says to this man will

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I look whatever it takes whatever it takes

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keep me on my knees the fear of

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God said I saw many great things but

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the greatest thing that I've ever thought of

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the most awesome the most terrifying the most

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shattering thought I've ever had is my personal

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accountability to God one day feet are like

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burnished brass his face is like the Sun

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in its strength his eyes are living coals

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of fire his tongue is a sharp threaded

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sword on man who fears God and hates

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him with a passion oh no no no

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no no the man who only wants his

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sins forgiven is trifling with Christianity this is

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not the time to play games is extremely

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dangerous time to play games with God judgment

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with every secret thing he said be ready

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at any time because I could come as

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a thief of the night and so I'm

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going right back back back to the foundation

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will you remind people of the goodness and

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the severity of God the most precious thing

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we have a handle is the human soul

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the player to one day we'll go up

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in dust the cistern chapel will be blown

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to smithereens that the soul of a man

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will live forever and ever and ever and

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ever either in eternal darkness or eternal bliss

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heaven is impeccable joy there'll be no sorrow

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hell is eternal misery there's no joy there

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is only one way to heaven there are

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a million ways to hell if I believe

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that and I'm sitting watching a r-rated

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movie I believe that and yet I carry

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grudges the wrench of the vengeful spirit can't

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lay down the hurt the

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question arises what is God telling you to

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stay away from this is this is where

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we move towards truth or we cover our

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own selves with a garment of religion you've

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heard a lot of things today alone in

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your mind just like Abraham heard one night

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in his bed God spoke to him give

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up your son you've heard some things today

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nobody else heard it the person sitting next

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to you didn't hear it you're like Abraham

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read Genesis 22 where he spoke something to

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only to you even Sarah sitting sleeping next

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to him didn't hear it person sitting next

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to you hasn't heard it your wife didn't

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hear it your husband in here you heard

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something now God is testing you whether you'll

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obey that or not Abraham obeyed God said

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to him Genesis 22 now I know that

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you fear me this is a call to

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each one of us what is the Holy

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Spirit telling you right now to walk away

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from see this is where you're going to

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make a choice you're going to either cover

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sin with religion are you going to throw

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off that garment and move towards a holy

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God and say Lord I'm I'm going where

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you're calling me don't put off what God's

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called you to do the more you put

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it off the greater chance that you'll make

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peace with it if you have doubtful practices

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in your life put them away if you

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have embraced sin believing erroneously today that there'd

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be no judgment for it flee that as

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quickly as you can walk in what is

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right the New Covenant is a wonderful wonderful

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truth but it's only for the honest Christian

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it is not a contract for dishonesty it

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is not a covering for willful rebellion folks

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against God there is no protection for you

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Zia and there is no protection for the

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person who willfully embraces wrong if you don't

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believe that then read Acts chapter 5 and

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see what happened to Ananias and Sapphira that

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was New Covenant Christianity and they died by

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the hand of God folks the fear of

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the Lord is the beginning of wisdom don't

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ever lose the fear of God God is

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wonderful loving just and kind but you cannot

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mock him you cannot play games with a

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holy God there has to be an honesty

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in the heart but I'm giving to you

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now is the mercy of God who so

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loved you that he put you in a

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seat in this church this day and said

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today now is a time to make it

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right but my calling this morning is a

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watchman and I'm telling you now what I

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believe the Holy Spirit is saying it's time

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to get right with God he's saying I

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have wooed you so many times this time

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I say to you in great love from

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the Lord and from his heart if you

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pay the price I'll open doors for you

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I'll speak through you I'll use you again

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I could have never conceived but you see

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for a few this is the last call

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I say it in the spirit and with

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love so be careful what you

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do with this sermon now sir you

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have been listening to the from the pulpit

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and classic sermon series this week you heard

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various speakers with the message the fear of

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God has the church lost it tune in

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next week for another powerful message from God's

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Word on from the pulpit and classic sermons