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 Thank you, John.

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 I would like you to turn your Bibles this morning to Proverbs chapter 31, verse 30.

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! Proverbs chapter 31, verse 30.

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 This is Mother's Day, and I know that all of you are aware of it for a number of different reasons.

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 For one, our culture, I think rightfully, makes a great deal of it.

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 And if any of you try to go to the restaurant and I hold you over for, let's say, three or four minutes,

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 you'll probably find that you are on a waiting list.

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 Isn't that right?

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 I was talking with one family that actually intend to go have an early,

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 you could call it either an early supper or a late lunch.

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 They're going to go at around about 2 o'clock, 2.30.

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 They're hoping that the restaurants would have cleared out,

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 and they'll be able to get in and find a table and have dinner together as a family.

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 This is a day when we celebrate and remind ourselves of the blessing that all of us have received

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 through the ministry of godly women in our lives.

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 It is a day that in some churches they are going to ask questions like,

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 all right, we want the mom who has had the most children to stand up.

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 How many of you remember doing that at one point or another, being in church?

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 The most, the youngest, et cetera, et cetera.

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 And there are a lot of different ways to go about that.

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 But this morning what we want to do is really focus our attention on the effect

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 and the impact of a godly woman.

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 And that's the reason that this morning when you're going out,

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 there are going to be people at the door handing out flowers to every woman who is 18 years and old

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 or older, and there will be no carding, okay?

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 So, you know, if you're kind of on the bubble, nobody's going to say to you,

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 hey, can I see your driver's license before you get a flower?

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 We'll just give it to you.

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 And we trust that it's an encouragement to you.

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 I want you to look at a passage this morning that we find in the Word of God

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 that is just a very practical reminder to us of truth that is undeniably critical and essential in our life.

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 And as I look at this passage, I'm reminded at the very outset of just how beneficial it is

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 for us to focus on the Word of God and allow the Word of God to affect the way we think.

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 As we were singing that last song in particular,

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 one of the things that I was doing is as I was working my way through the song, singing it,

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 I was also cross-referencing along with the song.

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 How many of you are working on that now?

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 A little bit more.

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 Raise your hand and wave at me so I can feel like I'm making some moderate traction

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 on getting you to think biblically.

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 Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly.

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 Can anybody help me with where that's found?

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 Colossians chapter 3.

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 When I run the race before me, where does that come from?

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 1 Corinthians chapter 9 would be one passage.

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 Looking unto Jesus, where would that come from?

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 Hebrews chapter 12.

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 We could go on and on and on.

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 And the reason I do that is I want you to be a people who, when you think, think scripturally.

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 Do you follow that?

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 And this morning, we are looking at a passage that is undeniably valuable and precious.

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 And I trust influences your thought.

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 Now, come back again and make the point that the Word is our life.

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 It's valuable to us.

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 And as we think about that statement that I made here just for a moment ago,

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 that the Word is our life, I trust one of the things that goes through your mind is,

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 where did pastor get that idea?

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 I was talking with another pastor, and he made the statement, which I thought is entirely true.

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 Pastors are ultimately plagiarists.

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 You know what we mean by that?

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 They're borrowing information that came from somewhere else.

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 And I trust you never think that I'm reciting something that I thought about creatively on my own.

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 The principal source is the Word of God.

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 And so when I make the statement that the Word is our life,

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 I think about a couple different passages in relationship to that.

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 One is over in Deuteronomy chapter 32.

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 And I want you to follow with me just for a moment.

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 Deuteronomy chapter 32, verse 46 and 47.

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 This is Moses preaching to the nation of Israel his concluding sermon.

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 He knows after this he's dying.

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 And there towards the very end of the book, he makes this little statement.

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 He says,

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 Take to heart all the words which I am warning you today.

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 And he goes on a little bit and he says,

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 It is no empty word for you, but your very life.

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 It is no empty word for you, but your very life.

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 And so when we handle the Word of God, when we think about the Word of God,

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 we recognize that it is our life.

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 We depend upon it for all that we are and all that we do.

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 I think about another passage in which we see a very similar concept appear.

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 And if you turn in your Bible to John chapter 6, we're going to look just for a second.

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 We'll come back to Proverbs, but I want you to think with me of John chapter 6.

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 It's a long chapter.

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 And it begins with Jesus ministering to a group of people.

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 And in that context, he feeds a large crowd.

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 And they love the idea that they had free din-din.

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 And Jesus did it.

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 I mean, it had to be the best bread and fish that anybody ever had.

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 I open cans of sardines periodically in the office,

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 and I am seldom appreciated by anybody else but me.

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 I happen to like them, but I can tell you I'd much rather settle for fresh fish

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 that had been produced by Jesus on the spot than those cans of sardines.

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 And here was Jesus, did this meal.

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 Everybody was excited.

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 And as an outcome of that, he went ahead and took advantage of all this interest

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 to preach a sermon.

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 And guess what the outcome of that sermon was?

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 Everybody left.

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 They were offended.

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 They didn't like what he had to say.

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 And at the heart of it, as everybody's going away, he turns to his disciples,

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 and he says, are you guys leaving too?

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 And that brings us to a little statement that Peter made.

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 He said, Lord, to whom should we go?

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 You have the words of eternal life.

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 Where else?

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 And I want you to think with me just for a moment, because I am stunned.

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 I am stunned when I find out how often professing believers rely on every other resource for

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 information other than the Word of God.

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 Here's Peter.

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 He says, listen, where can we go?

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 You've got the words of life.

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 And so if the Word is so essential, it makes sense, and I want to say this slowly so you don't miss it,

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 it makes sense that it is our first and most important resource in dealing with the questions

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 and challenges that life throws at us.

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 Now, we're at a day today where we celebrate Mother's Day.

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 And as I said, our focus is not just on mothers, but our focus is on godly womanhood

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 and the blessing that godly women are in all of our lives.

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 And that's why we're in the book of Proverbs.

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 Actually, if you were to ask me the question,

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 what book in the Bible has the most to say about women,

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 it would be the book of Proverbs.

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 Now, you'd have to admit, if you're a student of the book of Proverbs,

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 that you know a fair number of the texts in Proverbs do not give a smiley, happy face on women.

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 Would you agree with that?

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 Now, I'm not going to go overboard on this,

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 but you remember that Proverbs has a comment to say that living in a house with a nagging, whining wife

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 is like living in a house where there's dripping, dripping, dripping water, right?

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 I mean, don't go there, but let's just leave it at that.

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 It talks about the fact, I saw some people looking around and going,

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 stop, just listen.

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 Don't get yourself in trouble, guys, okay?

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 And it goes on and says this, and there's a lot that Solomon,

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 I'm wondering about this, why did Solomon not practice the wisdom that he wrote about?

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 He had a lot to say about ungodly women who would cause heartache in young men's lives.

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 Proverbs has a lot to say about the danger of ungodly women.

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 It's interesting as well, and by the way, Proverbs was written to give advice to men,

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 to young men in particular.

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 It's very interesting to recognize that the book of Proverbs closes off essentially with one final chapter,

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 and it is all about women.

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 Beginning in verse 10 and carrying on to the very end of the chapter,

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 Proverbs chapter 31 gives us some very careful instruction about women,

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 and it is given to us in a very interesting fashion.

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 There are 22 verses, and the first verse, if you were reading in your Hebrew Bible,

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 does anybody have one here today?

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 Hebrew Bible, it's back in my office.

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 But if you're reading in your Hebrew Bible, it would begin with the letter Aleph.

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 Caleb, you have yours.

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 Is that what you're saying?

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 Oh, okay.

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 It begins with the letter Aleph, and then it goes to the letter Beth,

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 and then it goes to the letter Gimel, and then it goes to the letter He,

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 Wow, Zion, Heth, Death, etc.

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 Do you know why it's done that way?

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 Any idea?

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 It was written alphabetically with the first part of every verse starting with the letter.

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 A is for apple, right?

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 B is for boy.

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 See, it was there for alphabetical structure for the sake of memory work.

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 And the understanding was that little Hebrew boys were going to memorize this passage

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 so that eventually, when it came around to kicking tires for a girl,

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 they had an idea of what they were looking for.

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 Huh.

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 And it was also memorized by little girls so that they knew what they should be.

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 Now, in our culture, I was thinking about this, we go out of our way to kind of give to,

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 am I going to cause a problem, John?

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 We move this way over here.

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 Are you?

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 Okay.

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 We go out of our way to kind of equip our girls to have an idea of what they should look like when they're adults.

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 Now, what do I mean by that?

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 How many of you have ever seen a Barbie doll?

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 A Barbie doll, you know?

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 Now, what is it about, I'm not going to ask you to explain out loud,

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 but have you noticed that a Barbie doll is not the way that most everybody we've ever known looks like?

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 But it communicates to little girls, this is what is really attractive,

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 and it says to little boys, that's what you're looking for.

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 Hmm.

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 We've got a problem, don't we?

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 The truth of the matter is, is that is not what the Scriptures want us to think about,

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 and we are looking here, and we have an understanding that as this passage is laid out by the Spirit of God

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 in the book of Proverbs, chapter 31,

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 it is given so that God's people will know what to look for in a godly woman,

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 and so a godly woman knows what to be.

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 In the larger context,

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 if you want to recognize the overflow of what we find in the book of Proverbs,

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 we'd put it this way,

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 a godly woman is a great help,

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 and an ungodly woman is a great harm.

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 So, in that we are looking at the very last words in the book of Proverbs,

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 and it's a summary.

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 By the way, chapter 31, 22 verses about women,

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 but we come towards the very end,

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 and one of the characteristics of a good teacher is that they give you a summary.

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 They give you a closing statement, something to remember.

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 Am I right?

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 Generally, one of the principles of good teaching is you tell people what you're going to teach them about,

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 you teach them what you're going to teach them about,

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 and then you remind them what you're going to teach them about,

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 and we're dealing with the little summary, the little reminder at the very end,

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 and here's what it says.

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 Look at it with me.

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 It says,

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 First, I want to recognize the clear cautions that Solomon gives to us.

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 The Holy Spirit takes the two most commonly valued feminine features and turns them upside down.

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 It's interesting, isn't it?

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 Charm is deceitful.

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 The Hebrew word for charm is actually referring to that external elegance of the feminine form

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 as well as the charm and the allure of feminine grace.

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 I do remember that Proverbs was aimed primarily at a son, the male of the species,

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 and ever since the day that God brought Adam, his wife,

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 men have been profoundly affected by what they see with their eyes.

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 Do you know what Adam said when he saw the woman that God had created?

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 What did he say?

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 In practical terms, he said,

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 Wow!

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 You got it?

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 And here's the truth.

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 Every man born of woman is deeply affected by what they see with their eyes.

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 It's the way it is.

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 And it's the reason that advertising is the way it is, right?

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 You don't sell toilet paper without using the beauty of women to do so.

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 Now, everything associated that goes along with sales, we're always kind of floating the eye.

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 If you want to get the man to look, guess what we use?

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 We use the feminine form.

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 We use the female to draw and allure.

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 And here is Solomon saying,

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 Let me tell you something.

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 Charm is deceitful.

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 And so here's what we have.

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 We have the Spirit of God reminding us that what we see on the surface is actually deceitful.

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 Does that mean that every beautiful woman is a snake and a liar?

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 And the answer is no.

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 That's not what it's saying.

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 But it does mean that what we see on the surface is undeniably deceptive

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 and trusting in what we can see with the eye is profoundly dangerous.

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 Often, the more beguiling and attractive the external features are,

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 the less well-developed the internal features and spirit are.

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 Do you understand that statement?

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 Can I say it slowly so you don't miss it?

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 Often, the more attractive and well-developed the external features are,

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 the more deficient what is inside is.

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 It's just the way it is.

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 Nobody, say this slowly so everybody unfollows me,

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 nobody gets to be the complete package.

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 And so if all the attention is put on the exterior, guess what?

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 You're putting all that attention on the exterior

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 because you think that's what you have fundamentally.

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 And at the end of the day, it is not what lasts.

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 I was thinking about this issue of charm as deceitful.

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 I was thinking about Judith and I being in a restaurant some time ago,

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 and the waitress was just, well, she was charming.

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 And Judith made her choice of the menu first.

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 And the young lady, sweet, spirit, and so effervescent, bubbly, you know,

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 and she said, excellent choice.

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 Wow, Judith, that's a good choice.

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 And I didn't do it, but I was thinking, you know,

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 what if I said I would like fried chitlins?

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 Do you know what chitlins are?

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 Does anybody know what?

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 Raise your hand if you know what chitlins are.

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 What part of the hog are they?

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 They're the intestines.

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 Anybody here besides me ever eaten tripe?

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 Do you know what tripe is?

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 It's not from the loin of the cow.

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 Okay.

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 So if I had said, you know, I'd like fried chitlins,

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 and I would like pickled pig's feet,

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 and I would like sardines on the side,

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 and she says, excellent choice.

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 Here, charm is deceitful.

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 Do you follow what I'm saying?

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 I thought to myself, actually, when this girl went to another table

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 and we're eating our meal,

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 and I heard that little saying at the end of,

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 and I'll have blah, blah, blah,

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 and I heard her say, and the enthusiasm was just kind of,

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 excellent choice.

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 I thought, gag.

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 You know?

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 Yeah, perfect example.

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 Excellent choice.

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 So here's the deal.

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 If as a man,

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 you think the value and the sum of a woman

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 is what you see on the surface,

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 or if as a woman,

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 you are consumed with your outward appearance,

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 you are deceived,

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 and you're a deceiver.

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 There's a second thing that we find in the passage in Proverbs,

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 and look at it here.

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 It says, charm is deceitful,

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 and it says, beauty is vain.

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 The Hebrew word for beauty here

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 refers more to the physical beauty,

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 while charm has to do with the,

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 with more of that abstract business

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 that goes with being feminine and alluring.

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 It's just talking about that physical beauty

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 that when Adam was brought his wife,

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 he says, wow.

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 And I've got to tell you something.

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 If you kind of work your way

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 through the various days of creation

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 at the end of every day,

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 what does God say about what he'd made?

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 Good.

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 Good.

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 Good.

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 Good.

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 We're getting to five, I think.

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 Good.

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 And then he comes to the last day,

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 and he makes woman,

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 and what does he say?

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 He says, here's the go,

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 very good.

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 Solomon says, let me tell you something, guys.

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 That beauty is vain.

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 The word vain is a word

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 that is really talking about something

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 that is not lasting.

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 And you have to understand,

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 I have to understand that what Solomon is saying

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 is that that physical beauty

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 of the 21-year-old that is marked

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 by beautiful shining hair

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 and smooth skin

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 and no wrinkles,

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 and there's that wonderful feminine features

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 that are just undeniably attractive to a man.

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 I want you to know

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 that surgery and Botox

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 can kind of keep it there temporarily,

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 but at the end of the day,

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 it all runs downhill.

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 Still.

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 I think I can tell this story

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 and not get in trouble.

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 Not too long ago,

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 we were in a small group,

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 and we were talking about things

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 you have to give up for Jesus' sake.

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 And I was asking questions,

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 and one of these little girls says,

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 we have to give up bikinis for Jesus' sake.

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 And I thought that was interesting.

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 I'll say it loud

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 so some of you in the back can hear me.

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 We have to give up bikinis for Jesus' sake.

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 And I decided that I would

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 step into the pool a little bit

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 and kind of add to that statement.

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 And I said,

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 honey, let me tell you something

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 about using bikinis

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 to draw attention to yourself.

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 When you're 80,

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 I don't have to say anything else, do I?

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 I did ask the little girl.

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 I said, honey,

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 have you ever seen an 80-year-old woman

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 that is gorgeous on the outside?

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 And she shook her head no.

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 That's true.

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 You see,

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 what Solomon's saying

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 is that outward beauty fades.

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 If you are uncertain about that,

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 here's what I want you to do.

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 The next time you go to the grocery store,

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 don't open the covers or anything,

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 but just look on the outward side

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 of People magazine

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 or all the tabloids.

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 How many of you see,

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 just, I mean,

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 can't look at it long,

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 but I mean, there it is.

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 There are 80-year-old women,

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 just one picture after another

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 of elderly people, you know?

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 At the beach,

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 you know,

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 exercised.

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 And by the way,

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 if you're 80

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 and you've been sunbathing too long,

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 do you know what your skin looks like?

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 Huh?

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 What's it look like?

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 It looks like some kind of extrusion.

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 Worse than leather.

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 So here's the point.

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 Let's just go to the end of the story.

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 Outward beauty will not last.

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 And it's well worth remembering.

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 Outward beauty will not last.

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 And those who rely on it,

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 those who are seduced by it,

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 those who buy things

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 because of the packaging

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 rather than the product,

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 are not wise.

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 So what really counts?

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 Look at the passage.

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 A woman who fears the Lord

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 is to be praised.

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 Proverbs compares charm and beauty

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 with a distinctly different mindset.

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 And so before we actually go on to that,

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 here's a question I have.

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 I raised two daughters.

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 I've been here long enough

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 to have watched many of you raising daughters.

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 And I got to tell you,

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 you don't have to work hard

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 at teaching them

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 how to put on makeup

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 when they're little girls.

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 Do you realize that?

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 They begin to experiment

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 without you coaching them.

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 They understand

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 that's part of what's important.

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 And they usually come out

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 their first couple tries,

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 you know what they look like?

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 Lipstick all over the face,

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 rouge and big blotches.

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 And you have to tell them,

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 if you're going to be beguiling,

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 you need to do

00:22:28.400 --> 00:22:29.620
 a little better job.

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 Unfortunately,

00:22:33.000 --> 00:22:35.180
 we seldom put as much energy

00:22:35.180 --> 00:22:37.420
 into teaching young ladies

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 how to have beautiful hearts.

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 Look at what Solomon says.

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 He says,

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 a woman who fears the Lord.

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 So what does fearing the Lord mean?

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 Let me have you work through this with me

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 by helping you understand.

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 First of all,

00:22:56.400 --> 00:22:59.259
 fearing the Lord is the fruit of His grace.

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 I want to say that carefully.

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 Fearing the Lord is the fruit of His grace.

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 I'm not going to have you look at the passage

00:23:06.519 --> 00:23:07.200
 this morning,

00:23:07.400 --> 00:23:08.599
 but let me make a reference

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 to what it says in Jeremiah 32,

00:23:11.140 --> 00:23:12.879
 verse 39 and 40.

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 It makes the statement

00:23:15.000 --> 00:23:17.540
 that really it is the work of God

00:23:17.540 --> 00:23:19.040
 to help us fear Him.

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 Now,

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 it's interesting that

00:23:22.240 --> 00:23:24.240
 the unbeliever

00:23:24.240 --> 00:23:26.300
 is terrified of God

00:23:26.300 --> 00:23:27.300
 at the end.

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 But for most of their life,

00:23:29.580 --> 00:23:30.460
 guess what they're thinking?

00:23:31.560 --> 00:23:32.380
 Where's God?

00:23:32.520 --> 00:23:33.180
 I don't care.

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 He's not going to mess with me.

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 I'm on my own.

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 One of the things it says

00:23:36.740 --> 00:23:38.120
 over and over again in Psalms

00:23:38.120 --> 00:23:38.760
 and also appears,

00:23:38.880 --> 00:23:39.160
 I believe,

00:23:39.220 --> 00:23:39.700
 in Proverbs

00:23:39.700 --> 00:23:41.640
 is that one of the characteristics

00:23:41.640 --> 00:23:42.580
 of the unbeliever

00:23:42.580 --> 00:23:44.980
 is they have no fear of God.

00:23:45.880 --> 00:23:46.580
 That's the way they are.

00:23:48.100 --> 00:23:49.819
 And so if you're sitting here this morning

00:23:49.819 --> 00:23:51.340
 and in your heart

00:23:51.340 --> 00:23:53.200
 there is a wholesome,

00:23:53.819 --> 00:23:55.860
 honorable fear of God,

00:23:56.140 --> 00:23:57.220
 that fear is there

00:23:57.220 --> 00:23:58.920
 because the Spirit of God

00:23:58.920 --> 00:24:00.880
 has worked to give it to you.

00:24:02.120 --> 00:24:02.980
 And so when we think about

00:24:02.980 --> 00:24:03.539
 the fear of God,

00:24:03.620 --> 00:24:04.340
 we need to recognize,

00:24:04.500 --> 00:24:04.900
 first of all,

00:24:04.960 --> 00:24:05.779
 that it's something

00:24:05.779 --> 00:24:07.259
 He has to do in us.

00:24:07.259 --> 00:24:09.539
 Secondly,

00:24:10.359 --> 00:24:11.119
 fearing the Lord

00:24:11.119 --> 00:24:13.720
 means getting the first things right.

00:24:14.879 --> 00:24:15.700
 Turn in your Bible,

00:24:15.819 --> 00:24:16.200
 if you're there

00:24:16.200 --> 00:24:17.359
 in Proverbs chapter 31,

00:24:17.519 --> 00:24:18.500
 I want you to turn in your Bible

00:24:18.500 --> 00:24:20.000
 back to Proverbs chapter 1,

00:24:20.160 --> 00:24:21.059
 verse 7.

00:24:23.059 --> 00:24:24.079
 The book of Proverbs

00:24:24.079 --> 00:24:25.519
 actually has a lot to say

00:24:25.519 --> 00:24:26.640
 about the fear of the Lord.

00:24:28.519 --> 00:24:29.960
 In Proverbs chapter 1,

00:24:30.019 --> 00:24:30.500
 verse 7,

00:24:30.660 --> 00:24:31.700
 at the very beginning

00:24:31.700 --> 00:24:32.379
 of this book,

00:24:32.440 --> 00:24:33.019
 it says this,

00:24:33.339 --> 00:24:34.240
 the fear of the Lord

00:24:34.240 --> 00:24:35.660
 is the beginning of knowledge

00:24:35.660 --> 00:24:37.560
 fools despise wisdom

00:24:37.560 --> 00:24:38.580
 and instruction.

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 You will not fear

00:24:42.080 --> 00:24:43.860
 what you do not know.

00:24:45.480 --> 00:24:47.160
 I want you to recognize that.

00:24:47.820 --> 00:24:48.960
 You will not fear

00:24:48.960 --> 00:24:50.160
 what you do not know,

00:24:50.480 --> 00:24:51.720
 but if you know God

00:24:51.720 --> 00:24:52.820
 and you seek His face,

00:24:52.880 --> 00:24:54.300
 you will grow in your fear of Him

00:24:54.300 --> 00:24:55.640
 and at the same time,

00:24:55.740 --> 00:24:56.519
 very interestingly,

00:24:56.680 --> 00:24:57.660
 you grow in your love of Him.

00:24:58.740 --> 00:25:00.320
 You'll grow in your fear of God

00:25:00.320 --> 00:25:02.019
 and you'll grow in your love of God.

00:25:02.060 --> 00:25:02.800
 And if you're sitting here

00:25:02.800 --> 00:25:03.300
 this morning

00:25:03.300 --> 00:25:04.820
 and the truth of the matter is

00:25:04.819 --> 00:25:06.099
 is that you have no fear,

00:25:06.439 --> 00:25:07.419
 the fact of the matter is

00:25:07.419 --> 00:25:08.679
 you also have no love.

00:25:09.700 --> 00:25:11.759
 The two are linked

00:25:11.759 --> 00:25:13.299
 and cannot be pulled apart.

00:25:13.879 --> 00:25:14.200
 Curiously,

00:25:14.399 --> 00:25:15.599
 but that's the way it is.

00:25:17.099 --> 00:25:17.980
 And so we find here

00:25:17.980 --> 00:25:18.799
 that the fear of the Lord

00:25:18.799 --> 00:25:20.879
 is getting the first things right.

00:25:22.460 --> 00:25:23.399
 The fear of the Lord

00:25:23.399 --> 00:25:25.299
 also means being profoundly affected

00:25:25.299 --> 00:25:26.339
 by His person.

00:25:26.460 --> 00:25:27.119
 I want you to look at

00:25:27.119 --> 00:25:29.220
 Matthew chapter 10, verse 28.

00:25:30.119 --> 00:25:33.000
 Matthew chapter 10, verse 28.

00:25:34.819 --> 00:25:37.839
 There has been some effort

00:25:37.839 --> 00:25:41.960
 by some to kind of water down

00:25:41.960 --> 00:25:45.379
 the theology underlying this issue

00:25:45.379 --> 00:25:46.240
 of the fear of God.

00:25:47.079 --> 00:25:48.599
 And there's some people that say,

00:25:48.720 --> 00:25:50.319
 well, this business of fearing God,

00:25:50.500 --> 00:25:51.980
 it's overplayed

00:25:51.980 --> 00:25:53.779
 and it really isn't to be taken

00:25:53.779 --> 00:25:55.559
 the way that some have taken it.

00:25:55.919 --> 00:25:57.899
 The word fear of God

00:25:57.899 --> 00:25:59.000
 is just talking about

00:25:59.000 --> 00:26:01.559
 having a reverential trust.

00:26:01.559 --> 00:26:04.659
 Now, I wouldn't diminish the fact

00:26:04.659 --> 00:26:06.000
 that having a reverential trust

00:26:06.000 --> 00:26:06.980
 of God is important,

00:26:07.299 --> 00:26:08.919
 but that is not the first

00:26:08.919 --> 00:26:09.980
 and primary thought

00:26:09.980 --> 00:26:11.480
 behind the concept

00:26:11.480 --> 00:26:12.740
 of fearing God,

00:26:13.200 --> 00:26:14.279
 scripturally at least.

00:26:15.399 --> 00:26:17.759
 Matthew chapter 10, verse 28.

00:26:18.579 --> 00:26:19.980
 Jesus makes this statement,

00:26:20.179 --> 00:26:22.099
 do not fear those who kill the body,

00:26:22.799 --> 00:26:25.419
 but cannot kill the soul.

00:26:25.420 --> 00:26:28.220
 It says,

00:26:28.560 --> 00:26:30.160
 rather fear Him who can destroy

00:26:30.160 --> 00:26:32.340
 both soul and body in hell.

00:26:32.640 --> 00:26:34.380
 Now, what we have in this passage

00:26:34.380 --> 00:26:35.920
 is a perfect comparison.

00:26:37.800 --> 00:26:39.580
 How many of you have been terrified

00:26:39.580 --> 00:26:41.279
 on certain occasions

00:26:41.279 --> 00:26:43.700
 at the prospect of something bad

00:26:43.700 --> 00:26:45.220
 happening to you physically?

00:26:47.000 --> 00:26:48.279
 Yeah, you probably have.

00:26:48.279 --> 00:26:54.660
 I remember some time ago

00:26:54.660 --> 00:26:56.660
 actually being on top of a ladder

00:26:56.660 --> 00:26:58.019
 that was stretched out

00:26:58.019 --> 00:26:59.940
 about 25 feet in the air

00:26:59.940 --> 00:27:03.500
 and having been a paint contractor,

00:27:03.879 --> 00:27:05.759
 having an inordinate amount of confidence

00:27:05.759 --> 00:27:06.980
 in my ladder placement,

00:27:07.339 --> 00:27:08.759
 I scampered right up there

00:27:08.759 --> 00:27:10.019
 and didn't anchor it off.

00:27:10.960 --> 00:27:12.259
 Painters are always moving the ladders.

00:27:12.899 --> 00:27:14.240
 And even at 60-something,

00:27:14.379 --> 00:27:14.660
 I thought,

00:27:14.759 --> 00:27:15.579
 I've got this down.

00:27:15.579 --> 00:27:16.659
 And I got up there

00:27:16.659 --> 00:27:18.000
 way up high in the air.

00:27:18.139 --> 00:27:19.319
 And after I got up there,

00:27:19.399 --> 00:27:20.519
 guess what happened to my ladder?

00:27:21.659 --> 00:27:22.619
 It shifted.

00:27:23.599 --> 00:27:25.259
 And in that little shift,

00:27:25.319 --> 00:27:26.960
 it must not have been more than

00:27:26.960 --> 00:27:29.199
 probably six inches up there,

00:27:29.240 --> 00:27:30.039
 about 24 feet.

00:27:30.379 --> 00:27:31.319
 I've got to tell you

00:27:31.319 --> 00:27:32.179
 that for a moment,

00:27:32.299 --> 00:27:33.740
 I thought my life was passing

00:27:33.740 --> 00:27:34.299
 in front of me.

00:27:34.460 --> 00:27:36.939
 And I got that,

00:27:37.000 --> 00:27:37.240
 you know,

00:27:37.339 --> 00:27:38.720
 what is known as the death grip

00:27:38.720 --> 00:27:39.339
 on the ladder.

00:27:39.559 --> 00:27:40.159
 You ever been there?

00:27:40.559 --> 00:27:41.199
 It's like...

00:27:41.199 --> 00:27:43.799
 Okay.

00:27:45.579 --> 00:27:48.119
 Here's Jesus.

00:27:48.240 --> 00:27:48.480
 He's saying,

00:27:48.559 --> 00:27:48.599
 hey,

00:27:48.619 --> 00:27:49.439
 don't be afraid of those

00:27:49.439 --> 00:27:50.240
 who can kill the body.

00:27:51.539 --> 00:27:52.539
 Don't be afraid of that.

00:27:53.740 --> 00:27:54.639
 You need to be afraid

00:27:54.639 --> 00:27:56.119
 of the one who can do you in

00:27:56.119 --> 00:27:57.240
 in this life

00:27:57.240 --> 00:27:59.039
 and deal with you

00:27:59.039 --> 00:27:59.859
 in the one to come.

00:28:01.119 --> 00:28:01.439
 Now,

00:28:01.480 --> 00:28:02.460
 what we see in that passage

00:28:02.460 --> 00:28:03.539
 is that this business

00:28:03.539 --> 00:28:04.199
 of fearing God

00:28:04.199 --> 00:28:04.939
 means fearing Him,

00:28:05.000 --> 00:28:05.659
 being afraid of Him,

00:28:05.740 --> 00:28:06.259
 being terrified

00:28:06.259 --> 00:28:07.419
 at the reality

00:28:07.419 --> 00:28:08.099
 and the prospect

00:28:08.099 --> 00:28:09.319
 of who God is.

00:28:10.220 --> 00:28:11.159
 It's very interesting

00:28:11.159 --> 00:28:12.039
 as you read the Scriptures,

00:28:12.199 --> 00:28:13.759
 you find a very consistent picture

00:28:13.759 --> 00:28:15.140
 that those who became

00:28:15.140 --> 00:28:16.200
 intimately aware

00:28:16.200 --> 00:28:17.359
 of God's presence

00:28:17.359 --> 00:28:17.920
 and glory

00:28:17.920 --> 00:28:19.680
 were always in every case

00:28:19.680 --> 00:28:22.660
 marked by an abject fear

00:28:22.660 --> 00:28:23.519
 and trembling.

00:28:25.019 --> 00:28:26.379
 They're just overwhelmed by it.

00:28:27.759 --> 00:28:29.740
 This idea of floating around

00:28:29.740 --> 00:28:30.819
 through Christianity

00:28:30.819 --> 00:28:33.259
 that God's some kind of

00:28:33.259 --> 00:28:34.980
 good old dude in the sky

00:28:34.980 --> 00:28:37.420
 that we can kind of be flippant with

00:28:37.420 --> 00:28:41.319
 has no scriptural structure to it.

00:28:41.319 --> 00:28:43.279
 The fear of God

00:28:43.279 --> 00:28:45.179
 means to be terrified

00:28:45.179 --> 00:28:46.859
 at the reality of who He is,

00:28:47.220 --> 00:28:50.159
 awed, inspired, but afraid.

00:28:51.799 --> 00:28:53.819
 It means being more afraid of Him

00:28:53.819 --> 00:28:55.259
 as you look at this passage here

00:28:55.259 --> 00:28:57.000
 than you would be of a thug

00:28:57.000 --> 00:28:57.839
 or a tyrant

00:28:57.839 --> 00:28:58.960
 who wants to kill you.

00:29:01.960 --> 00:29:03.279
 Fearing the Lord

00:29:03.279 --> 00:29:06.419
 means also caring a great deal

00:29:06.419 --> 00:29:08.240
 about what He thinks.

00:29:09.759 --> 00:29:10.859
 What He thinks.

00:29:12.039 --> 00:29:13.659
 Proverbs 16, verse 6,

00:29:13.700 --> 00:29:14.139
 and I'll have you

00:29:14.139 --> 00:29:16.639
 just track this passage with me.

00:29:17.939 --> 00:29:18.579
 It says,

00:29:18.679 --> 00:29:19.759
 By the fear of the Lord

00:29:19.759 --> 00:29:22.480
 one turns away from evil.

00:29:23.539 --> 00:29:24.720
 Fearing the Lord

00:29:24.720 --> 00:29:26.619
 means caring a great deal

00:29:26.619 --> 00:29:28.179
 about what He thinks.

00:29:29.200 --> 00:29:30.759
 And the one who fears the Lord

00:29:30.759 --> 00:29:31.960
 turns away from evil.

00:29:32.220 --> 00:29:33.299
 How many of you realize

00:29:33.299 --> 00:29:35.539
 that evil oftentimes

00:29:35.539 --> 00:29:36.619
 ends up being something

00:29:36.619 --> 00:29:37.759
 we begin to think about

00:29:37.759 --> 00:29:38.799
 and we move from

00:29:38.799 --> 00:29:39.819
 kind of thinking about it

00:29:39.819 --> 00:29:41.139
 to eventually doing it?

00:29:41.319 --> 00:29:43.500
 Isn't that a shame?

00:29:45.339 --> 00:29:46.139
 One of the things

00:29:46.139 --> 00:29:47.399
 that always kind of,

00:29:47.899 --> 00:29:48.099
 you know,

00:29:48.139 --> 00:29:48.359
 I think,

00:29:48.480 --> 00:29:48.659
 Man,

00:29:48.720 --> 00:29:49.939
 I can't believe I did that.

00:29:51.000 --> 00:29:51.899
 I have to tell you,

00:29:51.939 --> 00:29:53.200
 when I think back over my life,

00:29:53.259 --> 00:29:54.799
 I recognize that in every case,

00:29:54.879 --> 00:29:55.720
 the things that I did

00:29:55.720 --> 00:29:56.339
 that were wrong,

00:29:56.799 --> 00:29:58.299
 I move from thinking

00:29:58.299 --> 00:29:59.200
 that that might not be

00:29:59.200 --> 00:29:59.759
 a good idea

00:29:59.759 --> 00:30:00.740
 to thinking that it would be

00:30:00.740 --> 00:30:01.480
 a good idea.

00:30:01.480 --> 00:30:05.740
 But it says this,

00:30:05.799 --> 00:30:07.380
 The one who fears the Lord

00:30:07.380 --> 00:30:09.220
 turns away from evil.

00:30:10.380 --> 00:30:11.339
 That's not right.

00:30:12.200 --> 00:30:13.779
 I know what God thinks.

00:30:14.319 --> 00:30:15.759
 I don't want to go there.

00:30:16.240 --> 00:30:18.079
 I don't want to be involved in that.

00:30:18.559 --> 00:30:20.240
 I want to avoid that

00:30:20.240 --> 00:30:24.339
 because I fear God.

00:30:24.339 --> 00:30:27.879
 You know,

00:30:28.079 --> 00:30:29.119
 one of the things that

00:30:29.119 --> 00:30:31.319
 I have to tell you

00:30:31.319 --> 00:30:32.899
 goes with years of ministry

00:30:32.899 --> 00:30:34.439
 is I've lived long enough

00:30:34.439 --> 00:30:35.279
 and I've watched enough

00:30:35.279 --> 00:30:36.000
 people's lives

00:30:36.000 --> 00:30:37.099
 that I've watched

00:30:37.099 --> 00:30:37.799
 a lot of people

00:30:37.799 --> 00:30:38.579
 over the years

00:30:38.579 --> 00:30:39.519
 eventually

00:30:39.519 --> 00:30:40.679
 kind of drift away

00:30:40.679 --> 00:30:41.220
 from the Lord

00:30:41.220 --> 00:30:41.839
 and drift away

00:30:41.839 --> 00:30:43.000
 from the church

00:30:43.000 --> 00:30:43.720
 and drift away

00:30:43.720 --> 00:30:44.579
 into their own little

00:30:44.579 --> 00:30:46.939
 experience and whatever.

00:30:47.199 --> 00:30:47.980
 And here's one of the things

00:30:47.980 --> 00:30:49.000
 I've said over and over again

00:30:49.000 --> 00:30:49.259
 to them.

00:30:49.480 --> 00:30:50.459
 One point or another,

00:30:50.579 --> 00:30:51.399
 I'll have a conversation

00:30:51.400 --> 00:30:51.900
 with them

00:30:51.900 --> 00:30:52.220
 and I'll say,

00:30:52.580 --> 00:30:53.300
 I don't know

00:30:53.300 --> 00:30:54.660
 if you're a believer or not.

00:30:55.320 --> 00:30:56.400
 Now, why is that true?

00:30:57.560 --> 00:30:58.900
 Yeah, I can't read

00:30:58.900 --> 00:31:00.420
 anybody's birth certificate.

00:31:00.519 --> 00:31:01.060
 Do you follow that?

00:31:01.940 --> 00:31:02.920
 Tim Kenoyer's not

00:31:02.920 --> 00:31:04.040
 in birth certificate business.

00:31:04.680 --> 00:31:06.140
 I'm in the business

00:31:06.140 --> 00:31:07.340
 of sharing the truth.

00:31:07.500 --> 00:31:08.740
 But what I will tell you this

00:31:08.740 --> 00:31:09.920
 is if you're a child of God,

00:31:10.240 --> 00:31:12.420
 you will not get away with sin.

00:31:14.840 --> 00:31:15.820
 You can't

00:31:15.820 --> 00:31:17.720
 because the Father loves you.

00:31:17.720 --> 00:31:22.079
 And those who are his children

00:31:22.079 --> 00:31:24.660
 grow in appreciating the fact

00:31:24.660 --> 00:31:26.440
 that they can't get away with it.

00:31:27.420 --> 00:31:28.380
 You ever compare yourself

00:31:28.380 --> 00:31:28.980
 with other people

00:31:28.980 --> 00:31:29.539
 in your neighborhood

00:31:29.539 --> 00:31:30.700
 or other people

00:31:30.700 --> 00:31:31.559
 that you work with

00:31:31.559 --> 00:31:32.240
 and you're thinking,

00:31:32.400 --> 00:31:34.079
 why are they getting away with that?

00:31:36.380 --> 00:31:37.200
 Don't do that.

00:31:38.539 --> 00:31:39.720
 The fear of the Lord

00:31:39.720 --> 00:31:41.380
 gives to you

00:31:41.380 --> 00:31:42.420
 a sensibility

00:31:42.420 --> 00:31:44.500
 to the seriousness of sin

00:31:44.500 --> 00:31:46.600
 and a desire in your heart

00:31:46.599 --> 00:31:48.599
 to get away from those things

00:31:48.599 --> 00:31:49.539
 that would harm you

00:31:49.539 --> 00:31:51.279
 and cause you pain.

00:31:54.079 --> 00:31:54.980
 I want you to come

00:31:54.980 --> 00:31:56.039
 to one other thought with me

00:31:56.039 --> 00:31:57.199
 in relationship to this.

00:31:57.359 --> 00:31:57.899
 Fearing the Lord

00:31:57.899 --> 00:31:58.959
 means being dominated

00:31:58.959 --> 00:32:00.139
 by his supremacy

00:32:00.139 --> 00:32:01.799
 and his glory.

00:32:03.879 --> 00:32:04.319
 Dominated

00:32:04.319 --> 00:32:06.639
 by his supremacy

00:32:06.639 --> 00:32:08.240
 and his glory.

00:32:09.000 --> 00:32:10.219
 Fearing the Lord

00:32:10.219 --> 00:32:12.159
 means being dominated

00:32:12.159 --> 00:32:13.779
 by his supremacy

00:32:13.779 --> 00:32:15.439
 and his glory.

00:32:16.599 --> 00:32:18.599
 We live in a day

00:32:18.599 --> 00:32:19.539
 and age

00:32:19.539 --> 00:32:21.819
 where

00:32:21.819 --> 00:32:24.219
 a disproportionate

00:32:24.219 --> 00:32:24.779
 percentage

00:32:24.779 --> 00:32:25.980
 of our population

00:32:25.980 --> 00:32:27.439
 is absolutely

00:32:27.439 --> 00:32:28.439
 consumed

00:32:28.439 --> 00:32:29.480
 with self.

00:32:29.599 --> 00:32:30.299
 Would you agree with that?

00:32:33.000 --> 00:32:34.559
 Here's the sad thing.

00:32:35.579 --> 00:32:36.699
 I see people

00:32:36.699 --> 00:32:38.039
 who are professing believers

00:32:38.039 --> 00:32:39.539
 that are only about

00:32:39.539 --> 00:32:40.439
 a half step

00:32:40.439 --> 00:32:42.179
 behind the unbelieving world

00:32:42.179 --> 00:32:43.919
 in their same affections

00:32:43.920 --> 00:32:44.640
 and interests.

00:32:47.759 --> 00:32:49.160
 Doing the same things.

00:32:50.600 --> 00:32:52.240
 Buying into the same logic.

00:32:53.420 --> 00:32:54.620
 Taking the same medicines.

00:32:55.700 --> 00:32:56.539
 Listening to the same

00:32:56.539 --> 00:32:57.860
 theoretical propositions

00:32:57.860 --> 00:32:59.039
 on how to deal with life

00:32:59.039 --> 00:33:00.759
 and having no connection

00:33:00.759 --> 00:33:01.240
 whatever

00:33:01.240 --> 00:33:02.660
 with the word of God

00:33:02.660 --> 00:33:03.660
 and the sufficiency

00:33:03.660 --> 00:33:04.660
 of his grace.

00:33:04.660 --> 00:33:10.480
 I want to tell you something.

00:33:10.620 --> 00:33:11.240
 Fearing the Lord

00:33:11.240 --> 00:33:12.820
 means being dominated.

00:33:13.320 --> 00:33:14.420
 The thing I want

00:33:14.420 --> 00:33:15.400
 is the glory of God.

00:33:16.160 --> 00:33:17.400
 The thing I care about

00:33:17.400 --> 00:33:18.720
 is that he would be first.

00:33:20.360 --> 00:33:20.980
 Fearing God

00:33:20.980 --> 00:33:22.120
 means being dominated

00:33:22.120 --> 00:33:23.240
 by his supremacy

00:33:23.240 --> 00:33:24.940
 and his glory.

00:33:27.019 --> 00:33:28.120
 It's very interesting

00:33:28.120 --> 00:33:28.480
 actually

00:33:28.480 --> 00:33:29.040
 that the Bible

00:33:29.040 --> 00:33:30.200
 gives to us

00:33:30.200 --> 00:33:31.560
 two great responses

00:33:31.560 --> 00:33:32.759
 that we owe to God.

00:33:32.759 --> 00:33:34.960
 One is to fear him

00:33:34.960 --> 00:33:36.680
 and the other

00:33:36.680 --> 00:33:37.420
 is to love him.

00:33:38.619 --> 00:33:39.440
 And remember I said

00:33:39.440 --> 00:33:40.079
 earlier

00:33:40.079 --> 00:33:41.259
 the two go together?

00:33:41.579 --> 00:33:42.180
 They're linked.

00:33:43.160 --> 00:33:44.220
 You fear God.

00:33:44.339 --> 00:33:45.400
 You grow to understand

00:33:45.400 --> 00:33:46.079
 who he is

00:33:46.079 --> 00:33:46.960
 and you have this

00:33:46.960 --> 00:33:49.119
 respect

00:33:49.119 --> 00:33:50.379
 and terror

00:33:50.379 --> 00:33:51.299
 of his awe

00:33:51.299 --> 00:33:52.259
 and majesty

00:33:52.259 --> 00:33:53.519
 his glory

00:33:53.519 --> 00:33:54.579
 and his power

00:33:54.579 --> 00:33:56.059
 and at the same time

00:33:56.059 --> 00:33:56.859
 you are

00:33:56.859 --> 00:33:58.299
 drawn towards

00:33:58.299 --> 00:33:59.059
 that power

00:33:59.059 --> 00:34:00.379
 and as you grow

00:34:00.379 --> 00:34:01.240
 in knowing

00:34:01.240 --> 00:34:01.980
 that power

00:34:01.980 --> 00:34:03.299
 you grow in loving

00:34:03.299 --> 00:34:04.420
 who he is.

00:34:04.519 --> 00:34:05.120
 Do you follow that?

00:34:05.299 --> 00:34:06.460
 You can't love someone

00:34:06.460 --> 00:34:07.220
 you don't know

00:34:07.220 --> 00:34:08.480
 and when you know him

00:34:08.480 --> 00:34:09.559
 you will be terrified

00:34:09.559 --> 00:34:10.760
 at the reality

00:34:10.760 --> 00:34:12.300
 of who he is

00:34:12.300 --> 00:34:15.000
 and yet we grow

00:34:15.000 --> 00:34:15.559
 to love him.

00:34:18.260 --> 00:34:19.260
 So let me come back

00:34:19.260 --> 00:34:19.800
 to the passage

00:34:19.800 --> 00:34:20.400
 in Proverbs

00:34:20.400 --> 00:34:21.139
 and have you think

00:34:21.139 --> 00:34:21.500
 with me.

00:34:22.320 --> 00:34:23.119
 Go back

00:34:23.119 --> 00:34:24.500
 if you've turned away

00:34:24.500 --> 00:34:24.860
 from it

00:34:24.860 --> 00:34:26.340
 to Proverbs chapter 31

00:34:26.340 --> 00:34:28.880
 and as we look

00:34:28.880 --> 00:34:29.480
 at this passage

00:34:29.480 --> 00:34:30.340
 let me remind you

00:34:30.340 --> 00:34:30.980
 again that

00:34:30.980 --> 00:34:32.260
 what this passage

00:34:32.260 --> 00:34:33.840
 was written for

00:34:33.840 --> 00:34:35.480
 is so that

00:34:35.480 --> 00:34:36.140
 little girls

00:34:36.140 --> 00:34:36.600
 would know

00:34:36.600 --> 00:34:37.200
 what they should

00:34:37.200 --> 00:34:37.640
 grow up

00:34:37.640 --> 00:34:38.260
 and look like.

00:34:38.320 --> 00:34:38.880
 You got that?

00:34:40.400 --> 00:34:41.519
 Not Barbies.

00:34:45.019 --> 00:34:46.420
 And little boys

00:34:46.420 --> 00:34:49.000
 would when they

00:34:49.000 --> 00:34:50.019
 eventually reach

00:34:50.019 --> 00:34:50.620
 the age

00:34:50.620 --> 00:34:51.280
 that their dad

00:34:51.280 --> 00:34:51.900
 would look to them

00:34:51.900 --> 00:34:52.200
 and say

00:34:52.200 --> 00:34:53.800
 well I think

00:34:53.800 --> 00:34:54.579
 you're at the age

00:34:54.579 --> 00:34:55.120
 you probably

00:34:55.120 --> 00:34:56.140
 can begin thinking

00:34:56.139 --> 00:34:57.239
 about maybe

00:34:57.239 --> 00:34:59.039
 who you might

00:34:59.039 --> 00:35:00.079
 ought to marry

00:35:00.079 --> 00:35:00.559
 someday.

00:35:01.099 --> 00:35:01.659
 Do you know

00:35:01.659 --> 00:35:02.059
 what you're looking

00:35:02.059 --> 00:35:02.199
 for?

00:35:02.259 --> 00:35:02.980
 Yes I do.

00:35:03.659 --> 00:35:05.480
 I have 22 verses

00:35:05.480 --> 00:35:06.579
 beginning with Aleph

00:35:06.579 --> 00:35:07.379
 going to Beth

00:35:07.379 --> 00:35:08.500
 and carrying on

00:35:08.500 --> 00:35:09.359
 that tell me

00:35:09.359 --> 00:35:10.199
 what I'm looking

00:35:10.199 --> 00:35:10.519
 for.

00:35:10.859 --> 00:35:11.239
 And dad

00:35:11.239 --> 00:35:11.819
 by the way

00:35:11.819 --> 00:35:13.039
 the end of this

00:35:13.039 --> 00:35:14.639
 string says this

00:35:14.639 --> 00:35:16.639
 charm

00:35:16.639 --> 00:35:18.400
 is deceitful

00:35:18.400 --> 00:35:20.539
 and beauty

00:35:20.539 --> 00:35:21.960
 won't last

00:35:21.960 --> 00:35:24.260
 but a woman

00:35:24.260 --> 00:35:25.539
 who fears

00:35:25.539 --> 00:35:26.420
 the Lord

00:35:26.420 --> 00:35:27.659
 she's a keeper.

00:35:28.699 --> 00:35:29.860
 That's what it says.

00:35:38.320 --> 00:35:39.260
 So let me put it

00:35:39.260 --> 00:35:39.679
 this way.

00:35:41.740 --> 00:35:43.159
 The most valuable

00:35:43.159 --> 00:35:43.780
 thing

00:35:43.780 --> 00:35:46.360
 to look for

00:35:46.360 --> 00:35:47.920
 in a woman

00:35:47.920 --> 00:35:50.360
 is the depth

00:35:50.360 --> 00:35:51.740
 and heart

00:35:51.740 --> 00:35:53.300
 that she has

00:35:53.300 --> 00:35:53.780
 for the Lord.

00:35:54.960 --> 00:35:56.220
 The most valuable

00:35:56.220 --> 00:35:57.180
 thing to look

00:35:57.180 --> 00:35:57.900
 for in a woman

00:35:57.900 --> 00:36:00.039
 is the depth

00:36:00.039 --> 00:36:01.800
 and the heart

00:36:01.800 --> 00:36:03.400
 that she has

00:36:03.400 --> 00:36:03.940
 for the Lord.

00:36:06.380 --> 00:36:07.200
 Is the Bible

00:36:07.200 --> 00:36:07.700
 practical?

00:36:07.860 --> 00:36:08.519
 What's the answer?

00:36:09.559 --> 00:36:10.460
 Oh yes.

00:36:12.640 --> 00:36:13.539
 Is the Bible

00:36:13.539 --> 00:36:14.120
 life?

00:36:16.120 --> 00:36:17.039
 Oh yes.

00:36:17.039 --> 00:36:21.119
 And this morning

00:36:21.119 --> 00:36:21.800
 as we think

00:36:21.800 --> 00:36:22.380
 about this

00:36:22.380 --> 00:36:24.059
 small segment

00:36:24.059 --> 00:36:25.460
 of God's

00:36:25.460 --> 00:36:26.539
 wisdom for us

00:36:26.539 --> 00:36:27.699
 where it relates

00:36:27.699 --> 00:36:28.360
 to the matter

00:36:28.360 --> 00:36:29.279
 of what a

00:36:29.279 --> 00:36:30.000
 godly woman

00:36:30.000 --> 00:36:31.139
 is.

00:36:33.159 --> 00:36:33.920
 I want to

00:36:33.920 --> 00:36:34.639
 broaden the scope

00:36:34.639 --> 00:36:35.360
 just for a moment

00:36:35.360 --> 00:36:36.019
 and ask you

00:36:36.019 --> 00:36:36.460
 if you're here

00:36:36.460 --> 00:36:36.840
 today

00:36:36.840 --> 00:36:37.759
 and you don't

00:36:37.759 --> 00:36:38.300
 know Christ

00:36:38.300 --> 00:36:38.980
 let me tell you

00:36:38.980 --> 00:36:39.800
 the Bible

00:36:39.800 --> 00:36:40.779
 has more

00:36:40.779 --> 00:36:41.440
 to say

00:36:41.440 --> 00:36:42.420
 that's valuable

00:36:42.420 --> 00:36:43.380
 than just

00:36:43.380 --> 00:36:44.219
 what kind

00:36:44.219 --> 00:36:44.679
 of woman

00:36:44.679 --> 00:36:45.179
 to be.

00:36:45.179 --> 00:36:47.519
 Here's what

00:36:47.519 --> 00:36:47.859
 the Bible

00:36:47.859 --> 00:36:48.599
 tells us.

00:36:50.099 --> 00:36:50.539
 The Bible

00:36:50.539 --> 00:36:51.139
 which is our

00:36:51.139 --> 00:36:51.480
 life

00:36:51.480 --> 00:36:52.480
 tells us

00:36:52.480 --> 00:36:54.099
 that all

00:36:54.099 --> 00:36:55.099
 have sinned

00:36:55.099 --> 00:36:55.619
 and come

00:36:55.619 --> 00:36:56.099
 short

00:36:56.099 --> 00:36:57.239
 of the glory

00:36:57.239 --> 00:36:58.339
 of God.

00:36:59.299 --> 00:36:59.539
 Do you know

00:36:59.539 --> 00:37:00.000
 what that means?

00:37:00.599 --> 00:37:01.480
 It means that

00:37:01.480 --> 00:37:02.539
 every one of us

00:37:02.539 --> 00:37:04.419
 apart from

00:37:04.419 --> 00:37:04.919
 the grace

00:37:04.919 --> 00:37:05.460
 of Christ

00:37:05.460 --> 00:37:06.079
 will stand

00:37:06.079 --> 00:37:06.659
 condemned

00:37:06.659 --> 00:37:08.099
 before God

00:37:08.099 --> 00:37:09.199
 and spend

00:37:09.199 --> 00:37:10.359
 all of eternity

00:37:10.359 --> 00:37:11.279
 in hell.

00:37:12.759 --> 00:37:13.519
 Last week

00:37:13.519 --> 00:37:14.279
 as I was walking

00:37:14.279 --> 00:37:14.919
 my dog

00:37:14.920 --> 00:37:15.740
 I bumped

00:37:15.740 --> 00:37:16.159
 into a

00:37:16.159 --> 00:37:16.360
 neighbor

00:37:16.360 --> 00:37:17.400
 and in the

00:37:17.400 --> 00:37:17.680
 course of

00:37:17.680 --> 00:37:18.220
 conversation

00:37:18.220 --> 00:37:18.639
 we were

00:37:18.639 --> 00:37:19.039
 kind of

00:37:19.039 --> 00:37:19.940
 sharing

00:37:19.940 --> 00:37:20.559
 information

00:37:20.559 --> 00:37:21.059
 and eventually

00:37:21.059 --> 00:37:21.639
 came out

00:37:21.639 --> 00:37:21.920
 where they

00:37:21.920 --> 00:37:22.240
 were going

00:37:22.240 --> 00:37:22.680
 to church

00:37:22.680 --> 00:37:23.740
 and then I

00:37:23.740 --> 00:37:24.180
 said where

00:37:24.180 --> 00:37:24.760
 I was going

00:37:24.760 --> 00:37:25.039
 and they

00:37:25.039 --> 00:37:25.320
 said well

00:37:25.320 --> 00:37:25.619
 that's one

00:37:25.619 --> 00:37:25.880
 of those

00:37:25.880 --> 00:37:26.900
 fundamentalist

00:37:26.900 --> 00:37:27.360
 churches

00:37:27.360 --> 00:37:30.500
 and we

00:37:30.500 --> 00:37:32.599
 got beyond

00:37:32.599 --> 00:37:33.159
 that just

00:37:33.159 --> 00:37:33.700
 for a moment

00:37:33.700 --> 00:37:34.800
 and I

00:37:34.800 --> 00:37:35.360
 began to

00:37:35.360 --> 00:37:35.760
 share well

00:37:35.760 --> 00:37:36.000
 you know

00:37:36.000 --> 00:37:36.920
 fundamentalism

00:37:36.920 --> 00:37:37.559
 is really

00:37:37.559 --> 00:37:38.300
 I wouldn't

00:37:38.300 --> 00:37:38.760
 call myself

00:37:38.760 --> 00:37:39.420
 a fundamentalist

00:37:39.420 --> 00:37:39.720
 but I said

00:37:39.720 --> 00:37:39.880
 you know

00:37:39.880 --> 00:37:40.400
 a fundamental

00:37:40.400 --> 00:37:41.539
 believes in

00:37:41.539 --> 00:37:42.180
 the fundamentals

00:37:42.180 --> 00:37:42.960
 of the faith

00:37:42.960 --> 00:37:43.720
 and at the

00:37:43.720 --> 00:37:44.340
 heart of our

00:37:44.340 --> 00:37:44.679
 faith

00:37:44.679 --> 00:37:45.840
 is a belief

00:37:45.840 --> 00:37:47.900
 that Jesus

00:37:47.900 --> 00:37:48.519
 is real

00:37:48.519 --> 00:37:51.559
 and that

00:37:51.559 --> 00:37:52.360
 hell's real

00:37:52.360 --> 00:37:53.860
 she immediately

00:37:53.860 --> 00:37:54.340
 stopped me

00:37:54.340 --> 00:37:54.559
 and said

00:37:54.559 --> 00:37:54.980
 I don't

00:37:54.980 --> 00:37:55.340
 believe in

00:37:55.340 --> 00:37:55.639
 that

00:37:55.639 --> 00:37:57.340
 really

00:37:57.340 --> 00:37:58.679
 you will

00:37:58.679 --> 00:37:59.159
 someday

00:37:59.159 --> 00:38:03.980
 the scripture

00:38:03.980 --> 00:38:04.480
 says

00:38:04.480 --> 00:38:07.399
 there's none

00:38:07.399 --> 00:38:07.799
 righteous

00:38:07.799 --> 00:38:08.279
 no not

00:38:08.279 --> 00:38:08.579
 one

00:38:08.579 --> 00:38:11.199
 and we

00:38:11.199 --> 00:38:11.739
 all stand

00:38:11.739 --> 00:38:12.099
 condemned

00:38:12.099 --> 00:38:12.579
 before a

00:38:12.579 --> 00:38:13.139
 holy God

00:38:13.139 --> 00:38:14.899
 but here's

00:38:14.899 --> 00:38:15.279
 the sweet

00:38:15.279 --> 00:38:15.639
 truth

00:38:15.639 --> 00:38:16.259
 knowing

00:38:16.259 --> 00:38:16.899
 our

00:38:16.899 --> 00:38:17.379
 inability

00:38:17.379 --> 00:38:17.960
 to save

00:38:17.960 --> 00:38:18.480
 ourselves

00:38:18.480 --> 00:38:19.519
 God sent

00:38:19.519 --> 00:38:20.299
 his son

00:38:20.299 --> 00:38:21.339
 to die

00:38:21.339 --> 00:38:22.139
 in my

00:38:22.139 --> 00:38:22.579
 place

00:38:22.579 --> 00:38:23.079
 and to die

00:38:23.079 --> 00:38:23.480
 in your

00:38:23.480 --> 00:38:23.899
 place

00:38:23.899 --> 00:38:24.599
 that what

00:38:24.599 --> 00:38:25.079
 the scriptures

00:38:25.079 --> 00:38:25.659
 say might

00:38:25.659 --> 00:38:26.059
 be true

00:38:26.059 --> 00:38:26.699
 whosoever

00:38:26.699 --> 00:38:27.299
 believes in

00:38:27.299 --> 00:38:27.500
 him

00:38:27.500 --> 00:38:27.739
 do you know

00:38:27.739 --> 00:38:27.899
 what it

00:38:27.899 --> 00:38:28.179
 says

00:38:28.179 --> 00:38:29.879
 shall not

00:38:29.879 --> 00:38:30.159
 perish

00:38:30.159 --> 00:38:30.519
 but have

00:38:30.519 --> 00:38:31.000
 everlasting

00:38:31.000 --> 00:38:31.599
 life

00:38:31.599 --> 00:38:33.379
 I gotta tell

00:38:33.379 --> 00:38:33.779
 you something

00:38:33.779 --> 00:38:35.539
 you can't

00:38:35.539 --> 00:38:36.059
 figure out

00:38:36.059 --> 00:38:36.379
 how to

00:38:36.379 --> 00:38:36.779
 fear the

00:38:36.779 --> 00:38:37.039
 Lord

00:38:37.039 --> 00:38:37.699
 if you

00:38:37.699 --> 00:38:38.159
 haven't

00:38:38.159 --> 00:38:38.619
 come to

00:38:38.619 --> 00:38:38.899
 faith

00:38:38.899 --> 00:38:39.359
 and believed

00:38:39.359 --> 00:38:40.000
 in Christ

00:38:40.000 --> 00:38:42.119
 and so

00:38:42.119 --> 00:38:42.480
 if you

00:38:42.480 --> 00:38:42.879
 want to

00:38:42.879 --> 00:38:43.079
 grow

00:38:43.079 --> 00:38:43.359
 to be

00:38:43.359 --> 00:38:43.839
 a godly

00:38:43.839 --> 00:38:44.079
 woman

00:38:44.079 --> 00:38:44.419
 and you're

00:38:44.419 --> 00:38:44.879
 sitting here

00:38:44.879 --> 00:38:45.159
 today

00:38:45.159 --> 00:38:45.460
 and you

00:38:45.460 --> 00:38:45.779
 don't know

00:38:45.779 --> 00:38:46.139
 Christ

00:38:46.139 --> 00:38:47.139
 my appeal

00:38:47.139 --> 00:38:47.480
 to you

00:38:47.480 --> 00:38:48.099
 my plea

00:38:48.099 --> 00:38:48.519
 would be

00:38:48.519 --> 00:38:49.159
 that you

00:38:49.159 --> 00:38:49.879
 confess your

00:38:49.879 --> 00:38:50.159
 sins

00:38:50.159 --> 00:38:50.619
 and believe

00:38:50.619 --> 00:38:50.879
 on the

00:38:50.879 --> 00:38:51.059
 Lord

00:38:51.059 --> 00:38:51.359
 Jesus

00:38:51.359 --> 00:38:51.779
 Christ

00:38:51.779 --> 00:38:52.639
 who came

00:38:52.639 --> 00:38:53.119
 to pay

00:38:53.119 --> 00:38:53.659
 the penalty

00:38:53.659 --> 00:38:54.460
 for you

00:38:54.460 --> 00:38:54.980
 in your

00:38:54.980 --> 00:38:55.399
 place

00:38:55.399 --> 00:38:56.039
 and he

00:38:56.039 --> 00:38:56.579
 offers you

00:38:56.579 --> 00:38:57.079
 everlasting

00:38:57.079 --> 00:38:57.480
 life

00:38:57.480 --> 00:38:57.759
 if you'll

00:38:57.759 --> 00:38:58.159
 trust him

00:38:58.159 --> 00:38:59.759
 and if

00:38:59.759 --> 00:39:00.000
 you're here

00:39:00.000 --> 00:39:00.480
 this morning

00:39:00.480 --> 00:39:00.799
 and you're

00:39:00.799 --> 00:39:01.039
 a young

00:39:01.039 --> 00:39:01.460
 man who

00:39:01.460 --> 00:39:02.259
 who does

00:39:02.259 --> 00:39:02.659
 not know

00:39:02.659 --> 00:39:03.039
 Christ

00:39:03.039 --> 00:39:03.480
 or you're

00:39:03.480 --> 00:39:04.559
 a father

00:39:04.559 --> 00:39:06.019
 or a man

00:39:06.019 --> 00:39:07.359
 who needs

00:39:07.359 --> 00:39:07.799
 Christ

00:39:07.799 --> 00:39:08.379
 and the burden

00:39:08.379 --> 00:39:08.839
 is on you

00:39:08.839 --> 00:39:09.299
 this morning

00:39:09.299 --> 00:39:09.579
 let me

00:39:09.579 --> 00:39:10.059
 encourage you

00:39:10.059 --> 00:39:10.319
 to know

00:39:10.319 --> 00:39:10.639
 this

00:39:10.639 --> 00:39:11.279
 here's what

00:39:11.279 --> 00:39:11.619
 it says

00:39:11.619 --> 00:39:11.899
 in the

00:39:11.899 --> 00:39:12.199
 scriptures

00:39:12.199 --> 00:39:12.699
 whosoever

00:39:12.699 --> 00:39:13.339
 calls upon

00:39:13.339 --> 00:39:13.699
 the name

00:39:13.699 --> 00:39:13.899
 of the

00:39:13.899 --> 00:39:14.079
 Lord

00:39:14.079 --> 00:39:14.859
 that person

00:39:14.859 --> 00:39:15.079
 will be

00:39:15.079 --> 00:39:15.399
 saved

00:39:15.399 --> 00:39:16.480
 it is

00:39:16.480 --> 00:39:17.199
 profoundly

00:39:17.199 --> 00:39:17.859
 simple

00:39:17.859 --> 00:39:18.779
 but it is

00:39:18.779 --> 00:39:19.359
 profoundly

00:39:19.359 --> 00:39:19.920
 humbling

00:39:19.920 --> 00:39:20.460
 because what

00:39:20.460 --> 00:39:20.799
 a person

00:39:20.799 --> 00:39:21.399
 has to do

00:39:21.399 --> 00:39:22.159
 is say

00:39:22.159 --> 00:39:22.980
 I know

00:39:22.980 --> 00:39:23.619
 I stand

00:39:23.619 --> 00:39:24.159
 condemned

00:39:24.159 --> 00:39:25.059
 before God

00:39:25.059 --> 00:39:26.059
 and I

00:39:26.059 --> 00:39:26.779
 need

00:39:26.779 --> 00:39:27.480
 Jesus

00:39:27.480 --> 00:39:28.360
 to forgive

00:39:28.360 --> 00:39:28.659
 me

00:39:28.659 --> 00:39:29.840
 and save

00:39:29.840 --> 00:39:30.199
 me

00:39:30.199 --> 00:39:33.679
 and so

00:39:33.679 --> 00:39:33.920
 what I'm

00:39:33.920 --> 00:39:34.340
 going to ask

00:39:34.340 --> 00:39:34.779
 what we do

00:39:34.779 --> 00:39:35.199
 is we just

00:39:35.199 --> 00:39:35.719
 bow our heads

00:39:35.719 --> 00:39:36.299
 right now

00:39:36.299 --> 00:39:36.920
 just quietly

00:39:36.920 --> 00:39:37.500
 where we are

00:39:37.500 --> 00:39:39.599
 I want you to

00:39:39.599 --> 00:39:40.179
 think for a moment

00:39:40.179 --> 00:39:40.739
 to yourself

00:39:40.739 --> 00:39:41.320
 do I know

00:39:41.320 --> 00:39:42.079
 Christ as my

00:39:42.079 --> 00:39:42.420
 savior

00:39:42.420 --> 00:39:45.980
 and if you're

00:39:45.980 --> 00:39:46.400
 here today

00:39:46.400 --> 00:39:46.860
 and you know

00:39:46.860 --> 00:39:47.539
 Christ as your

00:39:47.539 --> 00:39:47.840
 savior

00:39:47.840 --> 00:39:49.159
 but you recognize

00:39:49.159 --> 00:39:50.179
 that your heart

00:39:50.179 --> 00:39:51.799
 has grown cold

00:39:51.799 --> 00:39:52.400
 and you're here

00:39:52.400 --> 00:39:52.820
 today

00:39:52.820 --> 00:39:53.700
 and there is

00:39:53.700 --> 00:39:54.660
 not an interest

00:39:54.660 --> 00:39:55.280
 in the things

00:39:55.280 --> 00:39:55.840
 of God

00:39:55.840 --> 00:39:57.620
 whether you're

00:39:57.620 --> 00:39:58.340
 a man or a woman

00:39:58.340 --> 00:39:59.180
 or a boy or a girl

00:39:59.180 --> 00:39:59.780
 I would ask

00:39:59.780 --> 00:40:00.200
 that you would

00:40:00.200 --> 00:40:00.680
 quietly

00:40:00.680 --> 00:40:02.559
 respond

00:40:02.559 --> 00:40:03.100
 if the spirit

00:40:03.100 --> 00:40:03.420
 of God

00:40:03.420 --> 00:40:04.000
 is prompting

00:40:04.000 --> 00:40:04.120
 you

00:40:04.120 --> 00:40:04.460
 and you just

00:40:04.460 --> 00:40:04.800
 raise your

00:40:04.800 --> 00:40:04.980
 hands

00:40:04.980 --> 00:40:05.559
 and you're

00:40:05.559 --> 00:40:06.820
 asking for

00:40:06.820 --> 00:40:07.099
 those

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 any

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 any

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 any

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 any

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