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 Exodus 20, the end of the Ten Commandments is where we find ourselves today.

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 And our title for our message is the fear of God.

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 I'm sure I'm not the only one who has a fear of wasp.

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 I like a lot of things that God has created.

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 Wasp are not one of them.

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 I feel they came from the fall or after the fall.

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 The reason for that fear is you can't reason with a wasp.

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 You can't become friends with a wasp.

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 And unlike other bees, they seem to always be in attack mode, right?

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 So you can't just get close and observe them.

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 They also are unlike honeybees in that they can just keep stinging you, unending.

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 So that has instilled a fear for me that makes me not want to get close and do anything near around wasp.

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 Our passage this morning, our sermon, is about the fear of God.

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 There's aspects around that type of fear of wasp and anything else that's scary that's similar to the fear of God.

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 But there's so much more to the fear of God that is very important to us as Christians.

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 And so my prayer and my hope is as we go through this passage and we look at this, that it will be important.

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 It will be helpful for our lives as we move forward.

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 A proper fear of God is one of our greatest weapons against sin.

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 The fear of God, a weapon for us to fight against sin.

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 Let's open in prayer this morning and then we're going to read our passage.

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 Lord, as we come to you this morning and as we read your word and as we open it up,

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 we ask that you would meet us, that you would teach us, that you would show us different aspects of you

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 and the fear of you and what that means.

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 May you take away distractions.

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 May you encourage us where we are.

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 And we ask these things in your name. Amen.

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 Exodus chapter 20.

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 We're going to go from verse 18 to the end of the chapter.

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 If you would stand with me as we read this together.

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 Starting in verse 18.

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 Then when all the people saw the thunder and the flashes of lightning and the sound of the trumpet

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 and the mountain smoking, the people were afraid and trembled.

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 And they stood far off and said to Moses,

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 You speak to us and we will listen.

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 But do not let God speak to us lest we die.

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 Moses said to the people,

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 Do not fear, for God has come to test you, that the fear of him may be before you, that you may not sin.

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 The people stood far off while Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was.

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 And the Lord said to Moses,

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 Thus you will say to the peoples of Israel,

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 You have seen for yourselves that I have talked with you from heaven.

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 You shall not make gods of silver to be with me,

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 nor shall you make for yourselves gods of gold.

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 An altar of earth you shall make for me,

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 and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings,

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 your sheep and your oxen.

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 In every place where I cause my name to be remembered,

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 I will come to you and bless you.

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 If you make me an altar of stone,

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 you shall not build it of hewn stones,

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 for if you wield your tool on it,

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 you profane it.

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 And you shall not go up by steps to my altar,

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 that your nakedness be not exposed on it.

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 You may be seated.

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 If you remember back just one chapter,

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 chapter 19,

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 God called the people to Mount Sinai,

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 and they were experiencing some of these

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 same terrifying elements that we see here in our passage.

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 The thunder, the lightning, the sound of trumpet,

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 the mountain shaking and smoking.

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 God's presence had come down on the mountain,

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 and his presence was unmistakable.

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 If you had been in the area,

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 anywhere nearby,

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 God's arrival would not have been missed.

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 The Israelites here were witnessing the glory

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 and the majesty and the power of God Almighty

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 coming down to them.

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 Even to be able to stand and experience this event

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 without being driven to their knees in fear

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 or knocked to the ground by the sheer force

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 of God's presence coming before them,

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 really is just a grace of God to them.

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 It is because God decided to come down and speak to them

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 that he gave them the ability to even stand

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 where they were at the foot of the mountain.

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 He came to his people to give them

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 a fuller picture of himself,

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 to lay out for them how they were to live.

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 See, God had chosen them to be a holy nation,

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 but now they needed to know how to live as a holy nation.

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 The God of heaven and earth came to them

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 and spoke words to them.

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 The Ten Commandments that we've been talking about.

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 They were given to the people of God.

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 As we look at verse 18, it says,

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 Now when all the people saw the thunder

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 and the flashes of lightning and the sound of the trumpet

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 and the mountains smoking,

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 the people were afraid and trembled,

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 and they stood far off.

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 It says that they saw these things.

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 Now not all of these are things that we see.

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 You can't see thunder.

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 You can't see the sound of a trumpet.

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 But what is meant is they experienced

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 all these things together.

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 The sound and the shaking that comes with thunder.

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 You've felt that before

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 as you're close to lightning when it goes off.

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 God had descended down on this mountain in fire.

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 Was something burning in that?

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 Was there a smell that came from that

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 as the mountain is on fire?

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 As the mountain shook and the ground and the rocks

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 were moved by the very presence of God coming down.

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 What was that even like?

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 God rocking the wilderness visually, audibly, physically.

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 Thinking of that, it's no surprise

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 that the people were afraid and trembled.

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 Back in chapter 19, as they came to the mountain,

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 remember that the people took their stand

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 at the foot of the mountain.

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 It says that.

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 That's where they started out.

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 But it's not where they ended up.

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 It doesn't say in the Bible,

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 but it's possible that after every commandment

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 that is given, that God breaks out with the trumpet.

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 That thunder and lightning sounds

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 signifying that the word of the Lord had been spoken.

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 So every time a commandment is given,

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 they're terrified more, and so they step back.

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 So that after 10 commandments,

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 they're no longer at the foot of the mountain.

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 They're quite removed.

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 They're at a distance.

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 They're now far off.

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 And in verse 19, they say to Moses,

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 you speak to us.

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 We'll listen.

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 But don't let God speak to us, lest we die.

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 They said, Moses, you're okay.

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 We can deal with you.

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 We can connect.

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 We can relate to you.

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 But not God.

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 He's too much.

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 We might die.

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 Now, I'm not saying that what they experienced

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 wasn't terrifying.

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 And I know it's easy for me to stand here

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 not being there and judge them by what they did.

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 However, there seems to be a breakdown

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 in their understanding of what is going on.

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 Of what God wants to teach them.

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 And the reason why I say this is for two reasons.

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 First, for them to think that they might die

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 means either that they don't trust God

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 or they don't completely understand

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 his calling of them to be his people.

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 Because remember back at Mount Sinai,

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 before the 10 commandments,

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 just one chapter ago,

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 Moses goes up to the mountain.

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 He meets with God.

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 God gives him a message back to the people.

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 And it's this.

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 You yourselves have seen what I did to the Egyptians

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 and how I bore you on eagle's wings

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 and brought you to myself.

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 Now, therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice

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 and keep my covenant,

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 you shall be my treasured possession among all peoples.

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 For all the earth is mine.

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 And you shall be to me a kingdom of priests

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 and a holy nation.

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 So as they heard that,

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 there's an aspect of that that they missed

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 because if they had gotten it properly and completely,

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 then they would not have thought

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 that God was going to kill them.

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 And how else would they be,

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 would they think that they were going to die?

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 Were they worried that they might get struck by lightning?

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 Were the mountain would shake too much

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 and fall on them?

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 Did they not trust God

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 that he was in control over all of nature?

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 I think he proved that point out

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 through the ten plagues

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 and the parting of the Red Sea.

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 So that's one reason.

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 Another reason why I don't think

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 they understood God's intentions

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 is because Moses comes back

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 and has to explain this to them.

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 And it's very helpful.

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 He says this in verse 20.

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 Do not fear,

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 for God has come to test you

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 that the fear of him may be before you

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 that you may not sin.

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 And now at first,

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 this verse sounds a little

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 like it's contradicting itself.

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 Do not fear.

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 God's testing you

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 that the fear of him may be with you.

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 Don't fear,

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 but fear.

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 Let's take this verse

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 and look at it a little bit closer.

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 Do not let God speak to us

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 lest we die.

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 That's what they just said.

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 And to that,

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 Moses is saying,

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 do not fear.

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 He's not going to kill you.

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 He's telling them

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 not to be afraid

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 of God ending their life

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 at this point.

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 That's not what this is about.

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 Rather,

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 he's saying,

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 God has come to test you.

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 To prove you.

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 That is,

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 to see if God's presence

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 will produce in you

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 a fear,

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 a reverence,

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 an obedience

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 that God is calling for

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 from his people.

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 Now,

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 God could have decided

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 from the very beginning

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 that whenever

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 he spoke

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 and came to

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 a human,

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 he would do so

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 in a

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 soft voice.

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 Maybe in a calm

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 and a very relatable

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 fashion.

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 So that man felt

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 at ease with God

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 and their relationship

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 together.

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 And we can see that

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 a little bit

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 even in

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 the Garden of Eden

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 as God comes

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 to Adam

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 and they walk

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 together

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 in the cool

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 of the day

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 and they have

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 a relationship.

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 That sounds nice.

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 However,

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 it fails to display

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 and to

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 describe

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 the very attributes

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 of God

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 that are important

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 for us to understand.

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 See,

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 as sinful humans,

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 we're always

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 striving to

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 be God,

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 right?

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 We're striving

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 to be the one

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 in control

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 of our life.

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 We want everything

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 to be under our control,

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 our decisions,

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 what we want,

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 not God.

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 We'll pull God out

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 when we need

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 a little help,

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 but I'm the one

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 steering this plane,

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 right?

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 That's just our

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 natural bit

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 as Christians.

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 So,

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 we need to have

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 a right

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 and a proper

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 view of God

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 in order to put

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 that

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 in its place.

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 We can be told

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 how to show

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 reverence

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 and honor

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 to God,

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 that is true,

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 but it falls

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 tragically short

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 if we

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 miss out

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 on the

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 God-centric

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 attributes

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 of himself.

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 Like the prophet

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 Isaiah,

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 when he's given

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 this vision

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 of the Lord,

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 he sees the Lord

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 high and lifted up.

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 His robe

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 is filling

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 the temple.

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 There are seraphims

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 that are flying around

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 and are praising him.

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 The temple

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 is shaking

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 and full of smoke.

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 God doesn't even

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 speak

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 and Isaiah

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 is undone.

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 He sees

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 his uncleanliness

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 before God.

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 He sees

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 how he is

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 here

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 and God

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 is so

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 out there

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 and he just

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 loses it.

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 We need that.

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 We need to understand

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 the power

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 and the majesty

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 of God.

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 We need to grasp

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 the holiness

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 of God,

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 his perfectness,

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 his set-apartness.

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 We need to

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 understand

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 how the wrath

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 of God

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 is situated

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 towards sin.

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 It can't be

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 with sin.

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 And so our view

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 of him would be

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 incomplete

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 and weak

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 without knowing

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 those things.

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 No,

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 we need to see

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 and we need to know

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 God as he has

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 revealed himself

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 in scripture,

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 awesome and majestic

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 and terrifying

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 at times

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 because that's

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 who he is,

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 holy and separated

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 and not like us.

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 He is God

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 and we are not.

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 Moses says,

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 do not fear

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 for God

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 has come to test you.

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 Why?

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 That the fear

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 of God

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 may be before you,

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 that you may not sin.

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 Having a proper

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 fear of God

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 will keep us

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 from sin.

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 Fear for the unbeliever?

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 That looks a little

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 different.

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 That's fear

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 of God's judgment.

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 Knowing that you

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 are not in the will

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 of your creator.

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 Jesus says this

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 in Luke 12

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 verse 5,

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 but I will warn you

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 whom to fear.

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 Fear him

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 who,

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 after he is killed,

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 has authority

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 to cast into hell.

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 Yes,

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 I tell you,

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 fear him.

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 Jesus is talking

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 about,

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 of course,

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 God,

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 the only one

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 who can

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 cast into hell.

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 God.

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 However,

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 the fear

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 for a believer

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 is different.

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 It's an awesome

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 reverence

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 for God.

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 It's knowing

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 who he is,

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 knowing who we are,

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 wanting to obey

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 and honor him

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 while having

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 that full

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 understanding

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 of who he is

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 and how he

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 has condescended

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 to us

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 out of love

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 to save us.

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 Christian author

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 and pastor

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 Randy Alcorn

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 says this,

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 the fear of God

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 is a profound

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 respect of his holiness,

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 which includes

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 a fear

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 of the consequences

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 of disobeying him.

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 It shouldn't scare us

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 out of our wits,

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 it should scare us

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 into them.

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 And that lines up

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 with Proverbs 14,

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 verse 27,

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 it says this,

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 the fear of the Lord

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 is a fountain

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 of life

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 turning a man

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 from the snares

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 of death.

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 The fear

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 of the Lord

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 for a Christian

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 helps to refocus us

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 on God Almighty

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 and not ourselves.

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 It puts our lives

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 and our sins

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 and our thoughts

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 in perspective

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 before God.

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 Noah obeyed God,

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 he walked with God,

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 but we read

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 in Hebrews

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 that he had

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 a reverent fear

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 of God.

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 Joseph,

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 after having

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 a lifelong,

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 a lifetime

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 filled with fear,

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 fear,

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 this guy

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 went through

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 everything.

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 He's the one

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 that we would think

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 would struggle

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 with so many things,

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 who would go

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 off the rails,

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 who would struggle

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 with anger

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 and resentment,

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 even who,

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 when tempted

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 by a woman

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 to sleep

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 with her,

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 you would think

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 in his condition,

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 in all that had

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 been taken away

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 from him,

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 and how he would

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 have thought

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 I deserve

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 a little bit

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 of something

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 good in my life,

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 who's around me.

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 He still fled,

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 he still did

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 what was right,

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 he still followed

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 after God

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 through jail,

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 through his family,

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 through women,

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 through all of it,

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 from all that he was

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 given and all that

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 he was taken away.

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 And in Genesis 42,

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 it says that

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 he feared God.

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 It was his fear

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 of God

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 that kept him

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 where he went.

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 He didn't have

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 the New Testament,

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 he didn't have

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 Jesus Christ

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 or the gospel,

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 he didn't have

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 podcasts that would

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 encourage him

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 when life sucked,

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 he had the fear

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 of the Lord.

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 And we see this fear

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 also in the New Testament

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 as we look at Acts 9,

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 verse 31.

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 So the church

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 throughout all Judea

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 and Galilee

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 and Samaria

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 had peace

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 and was being built up

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 and walking

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 in the fear

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 of the Lord

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 and in the comfort

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 of the Holy Spirit,

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 it multiplied,

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 it being the church,

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 the church multiplied

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 as it walked

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 in the fear

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 of the Lord

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 and the comfort

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 of the Holy Spirit.

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 There are many fears

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 that we can struggle

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 with in life.

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 We can't list them all,

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 it seems that they

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 never end.

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 But the big ones,

00:20:00.519 --> 00:20:01.360
 the fear of man,

00:20:01.519 --> 00:20:03.140
 the fear of death,

00:20:03.240 --> 00:20:04.420
 the fear of losing control,

00:20:04.680 --> 00:20:05.720
 the fear of failure,

00:20:05.960 --> 00:20:07.100
 fear of losing

00:20:07.100 --> 00:20:07.920
 my identity,

00:20:08.920 --> 00:20:11.360
 all those we struggle

00:20:11.360 --> 00:20:11.840
 with.

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 But having a fear

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 of God

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 is most important.

00:20:18.299 --> 00:20:19.380
 Because if we have

00:20:19.380 --> 00:20:20.120
 the fear of God

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 and we understand it

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 and we ground

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 ourselves in it,

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 it will help keep

00:20:26.140 --> 00:20:27.779
 all those other fears

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 in their rightful place.

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 Not governing our lives,

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 not controlling our lives,

00:20:34.519 --> 00:20:37.759
 but in a place

00:20:37.759 --> 00:20:40.320
 of rightness

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 before God,

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 in a place of peace,

00:20:43.060 --> 00:20:44.080
 knowing that you are

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 in his will.

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 And this fearful God

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 is a God

00:20:49.900 --> 00:20:50.920
 that loves you

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 and protects you

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 from those other fears

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 that we struggle with.

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 Let's move on

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 to verse 21.

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 So the people

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 stood far off

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 while Moses drew near

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 to the thick darkness

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 where Jesus was.

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 It's helpful,

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 I think,

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 to observe

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 in this passage

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 that there isn't

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 any judging

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 going on

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 towards the people,

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 towards the Israelites,

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 they may be slow

00:21:20.539 --> 00:21:21.440
 to understand,

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 they may not know

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 exactly what's going on,

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 but there is no blame

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 that I see here

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 towards them

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 and how they

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 were fearful

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 and what they do

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 with that.

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 Even as they request

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 not to hear

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 directly from God,

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 and we want to go back

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 to Moses,

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 you be our mediator.

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 Even in that,

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 we don't pick up

00:21:44.440 --> 00:21:45.000
 anything

00:21:45.000 --> 00:21:46.500
 in this passage

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 that seems to say

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 that they're wrong

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 or to judge them

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 for that.

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 So Moses goes back

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 to being the mediator now.

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 And as this shift

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 goes back,

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 we look at the middle

00:22:01.980 --> 00:22:02.880
 of verse 22.

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 God's still not done speaking

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 and so it's almost

00:22:06.960 --> 00:22:07.940
 like a little blip

00:22:07.940 --> 00:22:09.880
 and it keeps going.

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 They saw God,

00:22:12.039 --> 00:22:13.200
 God spoke to them,

00:22:13.680 --> 00:22:14.279
 and now they're like,

00:22:14.380 --> 00:22:14.900
 okay, Moses,

00:22:15.220 --> 00:22:16.039
 you got this

00:22:16.039 --> 00:22:17.039
 and we'll just listen

00:22:17.039 --> 00:22:17.799
 directly to you.

00:22:17.899 --> 00:22:18.659
 And so God continues.

00:22:19.240 --> 00:22:19.579
 He says,

00:22:19.659 --> 00:22:20.779
 you have seen for yourselves

00:22:20.779 --> 00:22:21.779
 that I have talked

00:22:21.779 --> 00:22:22.799
 with you from heaven.

00:22:24.740 --> 00:22:25.379
 At first,

00:22:25.599 --> 00:22:27.139
 this statement

00:22:27.139 --> 00:22:28.279
 seems a little bit like,

00:22:28.920 --> 00:22:29.220
 well, yeah,

00:22:29.259 --> 00:22:29.559
 we know.

00:22:30.579 --> 00:22:31.700
 But I think it's meant

00:22:31.700 --> 00:22:32.299
 for more.

00:22:32.859 --> 00:22:33.740
 It's meant to be

00:22:33.740 --> 00:22:34.879
 a reminder to the people

00:22:34.879 --> 00:22:35.899
 about what had just

00:22:35.899 --> 00:22:36.859
 taken place,

00:22:37.539 --> 00:22:37.759
 right?

00:22:38.220 --> 00:22:39.379
 God had spoken

00:22:39.379 --> 00:22:39.920
 to them.

00:22:41.399 --> 00:22:41.839
 Their God

00:22:41.839 --> 00:22:42.599
 had just come down

00:22:42.599 --> 00:22:43.139
 from heaven

00:22:43.139 --> 00:22:45.119
 and spoke directly

00:22:45.119 --> 00:22:46.199
 to them.

00:22:46.799 --> 00:22:47.480
 All of them.

00:22:47.679 --> 00:22:48.339
 All together.

00:22:48.719 --> 00:22:49.980
 Not different messages.

00:22:50.619 --> 00:22:51.740
 They all experienced

00:22:51.740 --> 00:22:52.879
 the same thing.

00:22:53.859 --> 00:22:54.459
 Words

00:22:54.459 --> 00:22:55.539
 to them

00:22:55.539 --> 00:22:56.319
 from God.

00:22:57.619 --> 00:22:58.399
 There's a couple things

00:22:58.399 --> 00:22:58.839
 that I just want

00:22:58.839 --> 00:22:59.719
 to unpack in that.

00:23:01.059 --> 00:23:02.079
 First is,

00:23:02.619 --> 00:23:03.939
 the people of Israel

00:23:03.939 --> 00:23:05.319
 had a God

00:23:05.319 --> 00:23:06.500
 that spoke to them.

00:23:07.019 --> 00:23:07.919
 How loving

00:23:07.919 --> 00:23:08.719
 and personal

00:23:08.719 --> 00:23:09.480
 that is

00:23:09.480 --> 00:23:10.359
 if we just

00:23:10.359 --> 00:23:11.500
 think about that

00:23:11.500 --> 00:23:12.019
 for a second.

00:23:13.380 --> 00:23:14.000
 Their God,

00:23:15.099 --> 00:23:16.039
 this is not new,

00:23:16.140 --> 00:23:16.640
 their God

00:23:16.640 --> 00:23:17.759
 is our God.

00:23:20.259 --> 00:23:21.160
 One God,

00:23:21.660 --> 00:23:22.579
 no other gods,

00:23:22.940 --> 00:23:23.660
 he speaks

00:23:23.660 --> 00:23:24.420
 to his people.

00:23:25.920 --> 00:23:27.299
 What other religion

00:23:27.299 --> 00:23:28.039
 that you know of

00:23:28.039 --> 00:23:29.039
 has a God

00:23:29.039 --> 00:23:30.019
 who speaks

00:23:30.019 --> 00:23:31.059
 and cares

00:23:31.059 --> 00:23:31.940
 for his people?

00:23:36.039 --> 00:23:36.640
 Condescends

00:23:36.640 --> 00:23:37.519
 from his

00:23:37.519 --> 00:23:38.079
 throne,

00:23:39.900 --> 00:23:40.079
 his mightiness

00:23:40.079 --> 00:23:41.399
 and comes down

00:23:41.399 --> 00:23:41.859
 to us

00:23:41.859 --> 00:23:42.699
 and speaks

00:23:42.699 --> 00:23:43.299
 to us

00:23:43.299 --> 00:23:44.179
 that we might

00:23:44.179 --> 00:23:45.779
 understand.

00:23:50.859 --> 00:23:51.859
 God continues

00:23:51.859 --> 00:23:52.419
 in verse,

00:23:52.659 --> 00:23:52.799
 oh,

00:23:52.839 --> 00:23:53.099
 I'm sorry,

00:23:53.460 --> 00:23:54.159
 that was the one

00:23:54.159 --> 00:23:54.799
 thing,

00:23:54.879 --> 00:23:55.419
 the second thing

00:23:55.419 --> 00:23:55.859
 that I wanted

00:23:55.859 --> 00:23:56.439
 to bring out

00:23:56.439 --> 00:23:57.059
 was that

00:23:57.059 --> 00:23:59.960
 since God

00:23:59.960 --> 00:24:00.500
 had spoken

00:24:00.500 --> 00:24:01.059
 to them

00:24:01.059 --> 00:24:02.359
 in the Ten

00:24:02.359 --> 00:24:02.899
 Commandments

00:24:02.899 --> 00:24:04.139
 and their response

00:24:04.139 --> 00:24:04.939
 to that was like,

00:24:05.019 --> 00:24:05.799
 that's too much.

00:24:06.819 --> 00:24:07.559
 I want you

00:24:07.559 --> 00:24:08.059
 to go through

00:24:08.059 --> 00:24:08.519
 Moses

00:24:08.519 --> 00:24:09.319
 and we'll

00:24:09.319 --> 00:24:09.900
 listen to you.

00:24:10.740 --> 00:24:11.519
 God wanted

00:24:11.519 --> 00:24:11.980
 them

00:24:11.980 --> 00:24:12.799
 to

00:24:12.799 --> 00:24:14.799
 understand

00:24:14.799 --> 00:24:16.079
 from that point,

00:24:16.139 --> 00:24:16.639
 this is their

00:24:16.639 --> 00:24:17.019
 agreement,

00:24:17.759 --> 00:24:18.740
 every word

00:24:18.740 --> 00:24:19.539
 that he gives

00:24:19.539 --> 00:24:20.519
 to Moses

00:24:20.519 --> 00:24:21.200
 and Moses

00:24:21.200 --> 00:24:22.299
 portrays to them,

00:24:22.720 --> 00:24:23.359
 he wants

00:24:23.359 --> 00:24:23.900
 them to

00:24:23.900 --> 00:24:24.619
 understand

00:24:24.619 --> 00:24:27.460
 those words

00:24:27.460 --> 00:24:28.500
 are from

00:24:28.500 --> 00:24:28.980
 God.

00:24:29.619 --> 00:24:30.180
 So though you

00:24:30.180 --> 00:24:30.839
 may not hear

00:24:30.839 --> 00:24:31.500
 from me directly

00:24:31.500 --> 00:24:32.299
 now because you

00:24:32.299 --> 00:24:33.440
 chose not to,

00:24:33.740 --> 00:24:34.339
 that fear,

00:24:34.480 --> 00:24:35.420
 that awesomeness,

00:24:35.859 --> 00:24:36.879
 that reverence

00:24:36.880 --> 00:24:37.560
 that you had

00:24:37.560 --> 00:24:38.000
 for the Ten

00:24:38.000 --> 00:24:38.560
 Commandments,

00:24:38.600 --> 00:24:39.240
 when I continue

00:24:39.240 --> 00:24:39.800
 to speak,

00:24:39.980 --> 00:24:40.380
 I want you

00:24:40.380 --> 00:24:41.020
 to understand

00:24:41.020 --> 00:24:42.540
 that those

00:24:42.540 --> 00:24:42.980
 are still

00:24:42.980 --> 00:24:43.720
 my words.

00:24:44.340 --> 00:24:44.880
 They'll come

00:24:44.880 --> 00:24:45.440
 through Moses

00:24:45.440 --> 00:24:45.940
 but it's

00:24:45.940 --> 00:24:46.680
 the same thing.

00:24:48.240 --> 00:24:48.700
 And I think

00:24:48.700 --> 00:24:49.120
 it's important

00:24:49.120 --> 00:24:49.440
 that they

00:24:49.440 --> 00:24:50.200
 understood that.

00:24:51.780 --> 00:24:52.200
 So God

00:24:52.200 --> 00:24:52.820
 continues to

00:24:52.820 --> 00:24:53.220
 speak in

00:24:53.220 --> 00:24:53.840
 verse 23,

00:24:54.600 --> 00:24:55.040
 you shall

00:24:55.040 --> 00:24:55.620
 not make

00:24:55.620 --> 00:24:56.180
 gods of

00:24:56.180 --> 00:24:56.840
 silver to

00:24:56.840 --> 00:24:57.180
 be with

00:24:57.180 --> 00:24:57.480
 me,

00:24:58.140 --> 00:24:58.780
 nor shall

00:24:58.780 --> 00:24:59.140
 you make

00:24:59.140 --> 00:24:59.760
 for yourselves

00:24:59.760 --> 00:25:00.640
 gods of

00:25:00.640 --> 00:25:00.980
 gold.

00:25:00.980 --> 00:25:04.039
 God

00:25:04.039 --> 00:25:04.460
 here giving

00:25:04.460 --> 00:25:04.900
 them a

00:25:04.900 --> 00:25:05.400
 reminder,

00:25:07.120 --> 00:25:07.680
 a summary

00:25:07.680 --> 00:25:08.220
 of the

00:25:08.220 --> 00:25:08.620
 first two

00:25:08.620 --> 00:25:09.039
 commandments

00:25:09.039 --> 00:25:09.380
 if you

00:25:09.380 --> 00:25:09.759
 remember.

00:25:12.380 --> 00:25:12.839
 They

00:25:12.839 --> 00:25:13.420
 are not

00:25:13.420 --> 00:25:13.759
 to make

00:25:13.759 --> 00:25:14.339
 gods to

00:25:14.339 --> 00:25:15.220
 be with

00:25:15.220 --> 00:25:16.120
 him and

00:25:16.120 --> 00:25:17.220
 there is

00:25:17.220 --> 00:25:17.720
 nothing

00:25:17.720 --> 00:25:19.200
 that is

00:25:19.200 --> 00:25:20.259
 to share

00:25:20.259 --> 00:25:21.299
 that is

00:25:21.299 --> 00:25:21.759
 to be on

00:25:21.759 --> 00:25:22.240
 the same

00:25:22.240 --> 00:25:23.140
 level as

00:25:23.140 --> 00:25:24.019
 God.

00:25:27.860 --> 00:25:28.420
 Instead

00:25:28.420 --> 00:25:28.960
 of looking

00:25:28.960 --> 00:25:29.860
 to things,

00:25:30.980 --> 00:25:31.539
 whether they

00:25:31.539 --> 00:25:32.640
 are things

00:25:32.640 --> 00:25:33.000
 of this

00:25:33.000 --> 00:25:33.620
 world or

00:25:33.620 --> 00:25:34.339
 idols that

00:25:34.339 --> 00:25:35.039
 we make,

00:25:37.680 --> 00:25:38.620
 none of

00:25:38.620 --> 00:25:39.099
 those things

00:25:39.099 --> 00:25:39.680
 should replace

00:25:39.680 --> 00:25:40.059
 God.

00:25:40.579 --> 00:25:41.019
 None of

00:25:41.019 --> 00:25:41.420
 those things

00:25:41.420 --> 00:25:42.160
 should represent

00:25:42.160 --> 00:25:43.259
 God or

00:25:43.259 --> 00:25:44.099
 be worshipped

00:25:44.099 --> 00:25:45.039
 like God.

00:25:47.259 --> 00:25:47.779
 Instead

00:25:47.779 --> 00:25:48.400
 here God

00:25:48.400 --> 00:25:48.920
 is saying

00:25:48.920 --> 00:25:50.480
 I want you

00:25:50.480 --> 00:25:50.779
 to build

00:25:50.779 --> 00:25:51.240
 an altar.

00:25:54.200 --> 00:25:54.940
 At first

00:25:54.940 --> 00:25:55.480
 this section

00:25:55.480 --> 00:25:56.000
 seems a little

00:25:56.000 --> 00:25:56.740
 odd coming

00:25:56.740 --> 00:25:59.259
 from just

00:25:59.259 --> 00:25:59.900
 after the

00:25:59.900 --> 00:26:00.880
 Ten Commandments

00:26:00.880 --> 00:26:02.900
 but what we

00:26:02.900 --> 00:26:03.500
 see is a

00:26:03.500 --> 00:26:04.280
 reminder of

00:26:04.280 --> 00:26:05.220
 the priority

00:26:05.220 --> 00:26:07.820
 of worship.

00:26:09.240 --> 00:26:09.680
 God

00:26:09.680 --> 00:26:09.920
 saying

00:26:09.920 --> 00:26:10.480
 worship me

00:26:10.480 --> 00:26:11.240
 first.

00:26:12.160 --> 00:26:12.420
 Worship

00:26:12.420 --> 00:26:13.160
 your God.

00:26:13.260 --> 00:26:13.640
 We saw

00:26:13.640 --> 00:26:14.020
 it in the

00:26:14.020 --> 00:26:14.820
 Ten Commandments

00:26:14.820 --> 00:26:15.460
 the order

00:26:15.460 --> 00:26:16.260
 that they

00:26:16.260 --> 00:26:16.700
 were given

00:26:16.700 --> 00:26:17.140
 in and we

00:26:17.140 --> 00:26:17.460
 see it

00:26:17.460 --> 00:26:17.820
 here.

00:26:18.980 --> 00:26:19.220
 Our

00:26:19.220 --> 00:26:19.740
 worship of

00:26:19.740 --> 00:26:20.000
 God,

00:26:20.100 --> 00:26:20.700
 our relationship

00:26:20.700 --> 00:26:21.320
 with God,

00:26:21.480 --> 00:26:22.300
 that is

00:26:22.300 --> 00:26:22.980
 paramount.

00:26:23.300 --> 00:26:23.580
 That is

00:26:23.580 --> 00:26:24.340
 first priority.

00:26:24.500 --> 00:26:24.920
 That must

00:26:24.920 --> 00:26:25.600
 come first.

00:26:27.140 --> 00:26:27.440
 And then

00:26:27.440 --> 00:26:28.040
 after that

00:26:28.040 --> 00:26:28.900
 comes how

00:26:28.900 --> 00:26:29.180
 we are

00:26:29.180 --> 00:26:29.620
 to live

00:26:29.620 --> 00:26:29.880
 and to

00:26:29.880 --> 00:26:30.240
 relate

00:26:30.240 --> 00:26:30.600
 to one

00:26:30.600 --> 00:26:30.920
 another.

00:26:32.040 --> 00:26:32.340
 And so

00:26:32.340 --> 00:26:32.680
 those will

00:26:32.680 --> 00:26:33.120
 be some

00:26:33.120 --> 00:26:33.720
 laws that

00:26:33.720 --> 00:26:34.040
 we'll get

00:26:34.040 --> 00:26:34.940
 into in

00:26:34.940 --> 00:26:35.380
 the next

00:26:35.380 --> 00:26:36.540
 few weeks.

00:26:37.259 --> 00:26:37.740
 Laws that

00:26:37.740 --> 00:26:37.960
 were to

00:26:37.960 --> 00:26:38.460
 govern how

00:26:38.460 --> 00:26:38.840
 they were

00:26:38.840 --> 00:26:39.440
 to relate

00:26:39.440 --> 00:26:39.780
 to one

00:26:39.780 --> 00:26:40.040
 another.

00:26:40.160 --> 00:26:40.660
 But first

00:26:40.660 --> 00:26:41.200
 and foremost

00:26:41.200 --> 00:26:41.600
 it was

00:26:41.600 --> 00:26:42.800
 their worship.

00:26:43.460 --> 00:26:43.800
 It was

00:26:43.800 --> 00:26:44.440
 their relationship

00:26:44.440 --> 00:26:45.120
 to God.

00:26:46.500 --> 00:26:47.100
 Do not

00:26:47.100 --> 00:26:47.640
 make anything

00:26:47.640 --> 00:26:48.140
 that will be

00:26:48.140 --> 00:26:48.660
 placed on

00:26:48.660 --> 00:26:49.320
 my level,

00:26:49.460 --> 00:26:50.140
 God says.

00:26:50.540 --> 00:26:50.920
 Nothing

00:26:50.920 --> 00:26:51.380
 that will

00:26:51.380 --> 00:26:51.920
 represent

00:26:51.920 --> 00:26:52.420
 me.

00:26:54.019 --> 00:26:54.440
 Instead,

00:26:54.780 --> 00:26:55.519
 verse 24,

00:26:55.519 --> 00:26:57.259
 an altar

00:26:57.259 --> 00:26:57.839
 of earth

00:26:57.839 --> 00:26:58.200
 you shall

00:26:58.200 --> 00:26:58.619
 make for

00:26:58.619 --> 00:26:59.000
 me and

00:26:59.000 --> 00:26:59.519
 sacrifice

00:26:59.519 --> 00:27:01.639
 on it

00:27:01.639 --> 00:27:02.220
 your burnt

00:27:02.220 --> 00:27:02.720
 offerings,

00:27:03.220 --> 00:27:03.660
 your peace

00:27:03.660 --> 00:27:04.139
 offerings,

00:27:04.279 --> 00:27:04.720
 your sheep

00:27:04.720 --> 00:27:05.160
 and your

00:27:05.160 --> 00:27:05.680
 oxen.

00:27:07.059 --> 00:27:07.500
 Now we

00:27:07.500 --> 00:27:08.019
 know from

00:27:08.019 --> 00:27:09.139
 other passages

00:27:09.139 --> 00:27:09.660
 at this

00:27:09.660 --> 00:27:10.539
 point in

00:27:10.539 --> 00:27:10.799
 the Old

00:27:10.799 --> 00:27:11.379
 Testament that

00:27:11.379 --> 00:27:12.480
 sacrifices and

00:27:12.480 --> 00:27:13.639
 offerings were

00:27:13.639 --> 00:27:14.180
 already known.

00:27:14.259 --> 00:27:14.799
 This wasn't a

00:27:14.799 --> 00:27:15.299
 new thing.

00:27:15.480 --> 00:27:16.220
 So Moses

00:27:16.220 --> 00:27:17.240
 isn't giving

00:27:17.240 --> 00:27:17.759
 them something

00:27:17.759 --> 00:27:18.119
 they don't

00:27:18.119 --> 00:27:18.619
 know about.

00:27:18.720 --> 00:27:18.980
 There were

00:27:18.980 --> 00:27:20.139
 sacrifices already

00:27:20.139 --> 00:27:20.519
 made.

00:27:20.619 --> 00:27:21.039
 There were burnt

00:27:21.039 --> 00:27:21.639
 offerings that

00:27:21.639 --> 00:27:22.079
 were given.

00:27:22.079 --> 00:27:26.039
 But there

00:27:26.039 --> 00:27:26.960
 were laws

00:27:26.960 --> 00:27:27.279
 now.

00:27:27.500 --> 00:27:28.759
 There were

00:27:28.759 --> 00:27:29.819
 rules that

00:27:29.819 --> 00:27:30.339
 God wanted

00:27:30.339 --> 00:27:30.839
 to put in

00:27:30.839 --> 00:27:31.480
 place as

00:27:31.480 --> 00:27:32.019
 they

00:27:32.019 --> 00:27:32.960
 sacrificed.

00:27:33.960 --> 00:27:34.599
 Verse 25,

00:27:35.319 --> 00:27:35.960
 if you make

00:27:35.960 --> 00:27:36.559
 me an altar

00:27:36.559 --> 00:27:37.220
 of stone,

00:27:37.539 --> 00:27:38.119
 you shall

00:27:38.119 --> 00:27:38.720
 not build

00:27:38.720 --> 00:27:39.039
 it of

00:27:39.039 --> 00:27:39.879
 hewn stones,

00:27:40.019 --> 00:27:40.460
 for if you

00:27:40.460 --> 00:27:41.039
 wield your

00:27:41.039 --> 00:27:41.659
 tool on

00:27:41.659 --> 00:27:42.220
 it,

00:27:42.359 --> 00:27:43.079
 you profane

00:27:43.079 --> 00:27:43.319
 it.

00:27:45.599 --> 00:27:46.199
 They were

00:27:46.199 --> 00:27:47.039
 not to add

00:27:47.039 --> 00:27:47.819
 to what God

00:27:47.819 --> 00:27:49.079
 had created

00:27:49.079 --> 00:27:50.240
 and said

00:27:50.240 --> 00:27:50.659
 was good.

00:27:50.720 --> 00:27:51.179
 Even a

00:27:51.179 --> 00:27:51.539
 stone.

00:27:52.079 --> 00:27:53.099
 God created

00:27:53.099 --> 00:27:53.699
 a stone.

00:27:57.539 --> 00:27:58.319
 They were

00:27:58.319 --> 00:27:58.779
 not to

00:27:58.779 --> 00:27:59.659
 elevate their

00:27:59.659 --> 00:28:00.539
 craftsmanship

00:28:00.539 --> 00:28:01.899
 or the

00:28:01.899 --> 00:28:02.559
 altar they

00:28:02.559 --> 00:28:03.939
 created in

00:28:03.939 --> 00:28:04.519
 any way.

00:28:04.939 --> 00:28:05.679
 In any way

00:28:05.679 --> 00:28:06.059
 that might

00:28:06.059 --> 00:28:06.599
 elevate

00:28:06.599 --> 00:28:07.539
 themselves more

00:28:07.539 --> 00:28:07.960
 than what

00:28:07.960 --> 00:28:08.500
 they were.

00:28:10.460 --> 00:28:11.379
 By bringing

00:28:11.379 --> 00:28:11.819
 maybe a

00:28:11.819 --> 00:28:12.500
 higher level

00:28:12.500 --> 00:28:13.399
 of workmanship

00:28:13.399 --> 00:28:15.379
 or piety

00:28:15.379 --> 00:28:16.319
 or some

00:28:16.319 --> 00:28:17.379
 higher standing

00:28:17.379 --> 00:28:18.319
 before God,

00:28:19.579 --> 00:28:20.960
 they came

00:28:20.960 --> 00:28:21.480
 to God

00:28:21.480 --> 00:28:23.259
 just like

00:28:23.259 --> 00:28:23.740
 we come

00:28:23.740 --> 00:28:24.099
 to God

00:28:24.099 --> 00:28:24.559
 sinful

00:28:24.559 --> 00:28:25.460
 and there

00:28:25.460 --> 00:28:25.980
 is nothing

00:28:25.980 --> 00:28:26.460
 we can

00:28:26.460 --> 00:28:27.019
 add

00:28:27.019 --> 00:28:29.019
 to ourselves

00:28:29.019 --> 00:28:29.700
 or to

00:28:29.700 --> 00:28:30.220
 the altar

00:28:30.220 --> 00:28:30.860
 or in our

00:28:30.860 --> 00:28:31.380
 worship that

00:28:31.380 --> 00:28:31.839
 would change

00:28:31.839 --> 00:28:32.140
 that.

00:28:33.500 --> 00:28:34.339
 The altar

00:28:34.339 --> 00:28:35.059
 held the

00:28:35.059 --> 00:28:35.920
 sacrifice that

00:28:35.920 --> 00:28:36.500
 was given

00:28:36.500 --> 00:28:37.240
 to cover

00:28:37.240 --> 00:28:37.900
 their sins

00:28:37.900 --> 00:28:38.839
 and they

00:28:38.839 --> 00:28:39.519
 couldn't add

00:28:39.519 --> 00:28:40.279
 to that.

00:28:40.519 --> 00:28:40.880
 All they

00:28:40.880 --> 00:28:41.140
 could do

00:28:41.140 --> 00:28:41.539
 is come

00:28:41.539 --> 00:28:42.000
 and bring

00:28:42.000 --> 00:28:42.160
 it.

00:28:42.160 --> 00:28:45.080
 And we

00:28:45.080 --> 00:28:45.360
 see in

00:28:45.360 --> 00:28:45.940
 verse 26

00:28:45.940 --> 00:28:46.540
 another law

00:28:46.540 --> 00:28:47.019
 that God

00:28:47.019 --> 00:28:47.900
 adds on

00:28:47.900 --> 00:28:48.259
 to this

00:28:48.259 --> 00:28:48.680
 as well.

00:28:48.800 --> 00:28:49.140
 He says,

00:28:49.220 --> 00:28:49.500
 you shall

00:28:49.500 --> 00:28:49.940
 not go

00:28:49.940 --> 00:28:50.400
 up by

00:28:50.400 --> 00:28:50.860
 steps

00:28:50.860 --> 00:28:51.640
 to my

00:28:51.640 --> 00:28:52.040
 altar

00:28:52.040 --> 00:28:53.460
 that your

00:28:53.460 --> 00:28:54.060
 nakedness

00:28:54.060 --> 00:28:54.519
 be not

00:28:54.519 --> 00:28:55.220
 exposed

00:28:55.220 --> 00:28:55.800
 on it.

00:28:57.340 --> 00:28:58.100
 So after

00:28:58.100 --> 00:28:58.560
 Adam and

00:28:58.560 --> 00:28:59.440
 Eve sin

00:28:59.440 --> 00:28:59.900
 in the

00:28:59.900 --> 00:29:00.200
 garden,

00:29:00.380 --> 00:29:01.360
 the exposing

00:29:01.360 --> 00:29:02.019
 of one's

00:29:02.019 --> 00:29:02.779
 nakedness

00:29:02.779 --> 00:29:03.779
 is an

00:29:03.779 --> 00:29:04.279
 indication

00:29:04.279 --> 00:29:05.080
 of sin

00:29:05.080 --> 00:29:05.800
 and

00:29:05.800 --> 00:29:06.740
 shamefulness.

00:29:06.740 --> 00:29:11.359
 God

00:29:11.359 --> 00:29:11.839
 created

00:29:11.839 --> 00:29:12.339
 Adam and

00:29:12.339 --> 00:29:12.680
 Eve and

00:29:12.680 --> 00:29:13.000
 they did

00:29:13.000 --> 00:29:13.480
 not have

00:29:13.480 --> 00:29:14.120
 clothes on.

00:29:14.319 --> 00:29:14.960
 They saw

00:29:14.960 --> 00:29:15.400
 each other

00:29:15.400 --> 00:29:15.859
 before they

00:29:15.859 --> 00:29:16.740
 sinned and

00:29:16.740 --> 00:29:17.039
 they were

00:29:17.039 --> 00:29:17.579
 naked and

00:29:17.579 --> 00:29:17.960
 there was

00:29:17.960 --> 00:29:18.940
 no problem

00:29:18.940 --> 00:29:19.660
 with that.

00:29:20.180 --> 00:29:20.680
 But then

00:29:20.680 --> 00:29:22.420
 sin came

00:29:22.420 --> 00:29:22.640
 in.

00:29:22.779 --> 00:29:23.259
 Adam and

00:29:23.259 --> 00:29:24.039
 Eve sinned.

00:29:24.160 --> 00:29:24.539
 Adam and

00:29:24.539 --> 00:29:25.220
 Eve decided

00:29:25.220 --> 00:29:26.240
 to make

00:29:26.240 --> 00:29:27.039
 themselves like

00:29:27.039 --> 00:29:27.720
 God thinking

00:29:27.720 --> 00:29:28.019
 they were

00:29:28.019 --> 00:29:28.559
 being left

00:29:28.559 --> 00:29:28.940
 out and

00:29:28.940 --> 00:29:29.240
 so they

00:29:29.240 --> 00:29:29.900
 disobeyed

00:29:29.900 --> 00:29:31.019
 God and

00:29:31.019 --> 00:29:31.759
 that affected

00:29:31.759 --> 00:29:33.180
 the world.

00:29:34.140 --> 00:29:34.680
 It affected

00:29:34.680 --> 00:29:35.480
 their view

00:29:35.480 --> 00:29:36.279
 of themselves

00:29:36.279 --> 00:29:37.259
 and in

00:29:37.259 --> 00:29:38.220
 Genesis 3.10

00:29:38.220 --> 00:29:39.279
 when God

00:29:39.279 --> 00:29:39.740
 comes looking

00:29:39.740 --> 00:29:40.379
 for Adam

00:29:40.379 --> 00:29:41.379
 this is what

00:29:41.379 --> 00:29:42.099
 Adam said.

00:29:43.059 --> 00:29:43.420
 I heard

00:29:43.420 --> 00:29:44.019
 the sound

00:29:44.019 --> 00:29:44.539
 of you

00:29:44.539 --> 00:29:45.740
 in the

00:29:45.740 --> 00:29:46.279
 garden and

00:29:46.279 --> 00:29:46.579
 I was

00:29:46.579 --> 00:29:47.059
 afraid

00:29:47.059 --> 00:29:48.480
 because I

00:29:48.480 --> 00:29:49.039
 was naked

00:29:49.039 --> 00:29:49.680
 and I hid

00:29:49.680 --> 00:29:50.299
 myself.

00:29:52.059 --> 00:29:52.440
 That's the

00:29:52.440 --> 00:29:53.119
 same nakedness

00:29:53.119 --> 00:29:53.480
 that was

00:29:53.480 --> 00:29:54.039
 fine before

00:29:54.039 --> 00:29:54.559
 but now

00:29:54.559 --> 00:29:55.259
 there's shame

00:29:55.259 --> 00:29:55.599
 there's

00:29:55.599 --> 00:29:56.039
 sinfulness

00:29:56.039 --> 00:29:57.059
 in that

00:29:57.059 --> 00:29:58.299
 exposed

00:29:58.299 --> 00:29:59.200
 nakedness.

00:30:00.599 --> 00:30:01.200
 In

00:30:01.200 --> 00:30:01.500
 Genesis

00:30:01.500 --> 00:30:02.139
 9 we

00:30:02.139 --> 00:30:02.759
 get this

00:30:02.759 --> 00:30:04.039
 brief story

00:30:04.039 --> 00:30:04.339
 if you

00:30:04.339 --> 00:30:05.059
 remember of

00:30:05.059 --> 00:30:05.740
 Noah

00:30:05.740 --> 00:30:06.579
 after the

00:30:06.579 --> 00:30:07.019
 flood

00:30:07.019 --> 00:30:08.839
 he gets

00:30:08.839 --> 00:30:09.339
 wasted

00:30:09.339 --> 00:30:10.460
 and he

00:30:10.460 --> 00:30:11.359
 finds himself

00:30:11.359 --> 00:30:12.400
 passed out

00:30:12.400 --> 00:30:12.940
 naked

00:30:12.940 --> 00:30:13.900
 on the

00:30:13.900 --> 00:30:14.519
 full ground

00:30:14.519 --> 00:30:14.839
 of his

00:30:14.839 --> 00:30:15.259
 tent.

00:30:16.599 --> 00:30:17.099
 One of

00:30:17.099 --> 00:30:17.460
 his

00:30:17.460 --> 00:30:18.680
 sons

00:30:18.680 --> 00:30:19.599
 Ham

00:30:19.599 --> 00:30:21.799
 shows up

00:30:21.799 --> 00:30:22.299
 and

00:30:22.299 --> 00:30:23.660
 we're not

00:30:23.660 --> 00:30:24.059
 given a lot

00:30:24.059 --> 00:30:24.539
 of details

00:30:24.539 --> 00:30:24.900
 but

00:30:24.900 --> 00:30:26.359
 it wasn't

00:30:26.359 --> 00:30:26.779
 properly

00:30:26.779 --> 00:30:27.299
 handled

00:30:27.299 --> 00:30:27.779
 when he

00:30:27.779 --> 00:30:28.359
 saw the

00:30:28.359 --> 00:30:28.900
 nakedness

00:30:28.900 --> 00:30:29.220
 of his

00:30:29.220 --> 00:30:29.720
 father

00:30:29.720 --> 00:30:29.779
 father.

00:30:30.960 --> 00:30:31.319
 But his

00:30:31.319 --> 00:30:31.839
 other two

00:30:31.839 --> 00:30:32.279
 brothers

00:30:32.279 --> 00:30:32.620
 Shem

00:30:32.620 --> 00:30:32.779
 and

00:30:32.779 --> 00:30:33.339
 Jaheth

00:30:33.339 --> 00:30:34.680
 when they

00:30:34.680 --> 00:30:35.700
 learned

00:30:35.700 --> 00:30:36.240
 of it

00:30:36.240 --> 00:30:37.140
 they got

00:30:37.140 --> 00:30:37.519
 a piece

00:30:37.519 --> 00:30:38.100
 of cloth

00:30:38.100 --> 00:30:39.200
 a robe

00:30:39.200 --> 00:30:39.740
 or a

00:30:39.740 --> 00:30:40.059
 blanket

00:30:40.059 --> 00:30:40.880
 and they

00:30:40.880 --> 00:30:41.240
 walk

00:30:41.240 --> 00:30:41.759
 backwards

00:30:41.759 --> 00:30:42.319
 into the

00:30:42.319 --> 00:30:42.640
 tent

00:30:42.640 --> 00:30:43.360
 and they

00:30:43.360 --> 00:30:43.799
 lay it

00:30:43.799 --> 00:30:44.160
 over their

00:30:44.160 --> 00:30:44.480
 father

00:30:44.480 --> 00:30:44.779
 and they

00:30:44.779 --> 00:30:45.259
 walk right

00:30:45.259 --> 00:30:45.779
 back out

00:30:45.779 --> 00:30:46.380
 because they

00:30:46.380 --> 00:30:46.860
 knew

00:30:46.860 --> 00:30:47.660
 it was

00:30:47.660 --> 00:30:48.019
 shameful

00:30:48.019 --> 00:30:48.460
 to look

00:30:48.460 --> 00:30:48.720
 at the

00:30:48.720 --> 00:30:49.180
 nakedness

00:30:49.180 --> 00:30:49.559
 of another

00:30:49.559 --> 00:30:50.120
 person

00:30:50.120 --> 00:30:51.380
 other than

00:30:51.380 --> 00:30:51.880
 their wife

00:30:51.880 --> 00:30:52.160
 that they

00:30:52.160 --> 00:30:52.539
 weren't allowed

00:30:52.539 --> 00:30:52.940
 to look

00:30:52.940 --> 00:30:53.200
 at.

00:30:53.779 --> 00:30:54.279
 And from

00:30:54.279 --> 00:30:54.740
 that we

00:30:54.740 --> 00:30:55.259
 see that

00:30:55.259 --> 00:30:55.940
 Ham is

00:30:55.940 --> 00:30:56.360
 cursed

00:30:56.359 --> 00:30:57.359
 and his

00:30:57.359 --> 00:30:57.799
 other two

00:30:57.799 --> 00:30:58.199
 brothers

00:30:58.199 --> 00:30:59.059
 are blessed.

00:31:01.599 --> 00:31:02.179
 There's

00:31:02.179 --> 00:31:02.500
 something

00:31:02.500 --> 00:31:03.199
 in that

00:31:03.199 --> 00:31:03.839
 nakedness

00:31:03.839 --> 00:31:04.519
 that was

00:31:04.519 --> 00:31:06.479
 it was

00:31:06.479 --> 00:31:07.779
 special

00:31:07.779 --> 00:31:08.519
 it was

00:31:08.519 --> 00:31:09.279
 forbidden

00:31:09.279 --> 00:31:10.139
 it was

00:31:10.139 --> 00:31:10.979
 handled

00:31:10.979 --> 00:31:11.839
 this rightly

00:31:11.839 --> 00:31:12.959
 because it

00:31:12.959 --> 00:31:13.619
 wasn't handled

00:31:13.619 --> 00:31:14.359
 rightly in the

00:31:14.359 --> 00:31:14.979
 beginning with

00:31:14.979 --> 00:31:15.419
 Adam and

00:31:15.419 --> 00:31:15.819
 Eve.

00:31:17.579 --> 00:31:17.879
 And so

00:31:17.879 --> 00:31:18.339
 for that

00:31:18.339 --> 00:31:18.879
 reason God

00:31:18.879 --> 00:31:19.259
 is saying

00:31:19.259 --> 00:31:20.279
 I do not

00:31:20.279 --> 00:31:20.699
 want you to

00:31:20.699 --> 00:31:21.279
 have steps

00:31:21.279 --> 00:31:21.859
 walking up

00:31:21.859 --> 00:31:22.259
 to my

00:31:22.259 --> 00:31:22.539
 altar

00:31:22.539 --> 00:31:23.019
 because when

00:31:23.019 --> 00:31:23.439
 you walk

00:31:23.439 --> 00:31:23.919
 up to my

00:31:23.919 --> 00:31:24.279
 altar

00:31:24.279 --> 00:31:25.259
 you're

00:31:25.259 --> 00:31:26.339
 under

00:31:26.339 --> 00:31:27.019
 parts

00:31:27.019 --> 00:31:27.740
 are

00:31:27.740 --> 00:31:28.579
 exposed

00:31:28.579 --> 00:31:29.659
 and so

00:31:29.659 --> 00:31:30.159
 you bring

00:31:30.159 --> 00:31:30.959
 shame

00:31:30.959 --> 00:31:33.079
 and sin

00:31:33.079 --> 00:31:34.039
 to this

00:31:34.039 --> 00:31:34.959
 holy place

00:31:34.959 --> 00:31:35.779
 of worship.

00:31:37.859 --> 00:31:38.619
 As we

00:31:38.619 --> 00:31:39.220
 think about

00:31:39.220 --> 00:31:39.559
 these

00:31:39.559 --> 00:31:42.639
 last few

00:31:42.639 --> 00:31:43.059
 verses

00:31:43.059 --> 00:31:43.539
 as we

00:31:43.539 --> 00:31:43.899
 think about

00:31:43.899 --> 00:31:44.339
 the altar

00:31:44.339 --> 00:31:44.899
 one thing

00:31:44.899 --> 00:31:45.539
 that stands

00:31:45.539 --> 00:31:45.939
 out in

00:31:45.939 --> 00:31:46.419
 these verses

00:31:46.419 --> 00:31:46.859
 is

00:31:46.859 --> 00:31:48.959
 the ownership

00:31:48.959 --> 00:31:49.959
 of the altar

00:31:49.959 --> 00:31:50.939
 verse 25

00:31:50.939 --> 00:31:51.939
 God says

00:31:51.939 --> 00:31:52.559
 if you make

00:31:52.559 --> 00:31:53.740
 me an altar

00:31:53.740 --> 00:31:54.319
 of stone

00:31:54.319 --> 00:31:55.559
 and then in

00:31:55.559 --> 00:31:56.240
 verse 26

00:31:56.240 --> 00:31:56.880
 you shall

00:31:56.880 --> 00:31:57.380
 not go up

00:31:57.380 --> 00:31:57.839
 to the steps

00:31:57.839 --> 00:31:58.640
 of my

00:31:58.640 --> 00:31:59.160
 altar

00:31:59.160 --> 00:32:00.720
 the altar

00:32:00.720 --> 00:32:01.299
 belonged to

00:32:01.299 --> 00:32:01.779
 the Lord

00:32:01.779 --> 00:32:03.160
 even though

00:32:03.160 --> 00:32:04.039
 man built

00:32:04.039 --> 00:32:04.319
 it

00:32:04.319 --> 00:32:06.559
 the sacrifices

00:32:06.559 --> 00:32:07.420
 the offerings

00:32:07.420 --> 00:32:07.980
 they belong

00:32:07.980 --> 00:32:08.620
 to the Lord

00:32:08.620 --> 00:32:10.339
 the reverence

00:32:10.339 --> 00:32:10.980
 given

00:32:10.980 --> 00:32:13.759
 was the Lord's

00:32:13.759 --> 00:32:14.599
 the forgiveness

00:32:14.599 --> 00:32:15.359
 that God gave

00:32:15.359 --> 00:32:15.839
 to them

00:32:15.839 --> 00:32:16.480
 belonged to

00:32:16.480 --> 00:32:16.940
 the Lord

00:32:16.940 --> 00:32:19.059
 and so

00:32:19.059 --> 00:32:19.740
 it's for those

00:32:19.740 --> 00:32:20.420
 reasons that

00:32:20.420 --> 00:32:21.000
 God had

00:32:21.000 --> 00:32:21.859
 requirements

00:32:21.859 --> 00:32:23.180
 on these

00:32:23.180 --> 00:32:23.799
 altars

00:32:23.799 --> 00:32:24.139
 in this

00:32:24.139 --> 00:32:24.700
 time of

00:32:24.700 --> 00:32:25.119
 worship

00:32:25.119 --> 00:32:27.180
 before him

00:32:27.180 --> 00:32:30.419
 so as we

00:32:30.419 --> 00:32:30.859
 think about

00:32:30.859 --> 00:32:31.419
 that

00:32:31.419 --> 00:32:35.299
 thinking about

00:32:35.299 --> 00:32:35.659
 the fact

00:32:35.659 --> 00:32:36.000
 that we

00:32:36.000 --> 00:32:36.419
 are

00:32:36.419 --> 00:32:37.319
 sinners

00:32:37.319 --> 00:32:38.220
 and that

00:32:38.220 --> 00:32:38.680
 we all

00:32:38.680 --> 00:32:39.119
 fall

00:32:39.119 --> 00:32:39.940
 short

00:32:39.940 --> 00:32:41.919
 of what

00:32:41.919 --> 00:32:42.919
 almighty

00:32:42.919 --> 00:32:43.419
 God

00:32:43.419 --> 00:32:44.180
 deserves

00:32:44.180 --> 00:32:45.619
 of

00:32:45.619 --> 00:32:46.419
 his

00:32:46.419 --> 00:32:47.000
 people

00:32:47.000 --> 00:32:50.839
 not only

00:32:50.839 --> 00:32:51.519
 do we fall

00:32:51.519 --> 00:32:51.920
 short

00:32:51.920 --> 00:32:52.660
 we saw the

00:32:52.660 --> 00:32:53.500
 Israelites fall

00:32:53.500 --> 00:32:53.859
 short

00:32:53.859 --> 00:32:55.039
 their sacrifice

00:32:55.039 --> 00:32:55.700
 falls short

00:32:55.700 --> 00:32:56.920
 our sacrifices

00:32:56.920 --> 00:32:57.460
 fall short

00:32:57.460 --> 00:32:58.200
 our worship

00:32:58.200 --> 00:32:59.039
 before God

00:32:59.039 --> 00:33:00.240
 falls short

00:33:00.240 --> 00:33:04.660
 but God

00:33:04.660 --> 00:33:05.960
 that's where

00:33:05.960 --> 00:33:06.299
 God

00:33:06.299 --> 00:33:06.960
 stepped in

00:33:06.960 --> 00:33:08.740
 that's where

00:33:08.740 --> 00:33:09.400
 God did not

00:33:09.400 --> 00:33:10.019
 leave us

00:33:10.019 --> 00:33:10.460
 that's where

00:33:10.460 --> 00:33:11.079
 God stepped

00:33:11.079 --> 00:33:11.539
 in with

00:33:11.539 --> 00:33:12.460
 his only

00:33:12.460 --> 00:33:12.859
 son

00:33:12.859 --> 00:33:13.339
 Jesus

00:33:13.339 --> 00:33:15.220
 who became

00:33:15.220 --> 00:33:15.819
 the last

00:33:15.819 --> 00:33:16.799
 and final

00:33:16.799 --> 00:33:17.500
 sacrifice

00:33:17.500 --> 00:33:18.940
 for our

00:33:18.940 --> 00:33:19.380
 sins

00:33:19.380 --> 00:33:22.759
 never again

00:33:22.759 --> 00:33:23.740
 we don't have

00:33:23.740 --> 00:33:24.400
 to go back

00:33:24.400 --> 00:33:25.019
 like the

00:33:25.019 --> 00:33:25.700
 people of

00:33:25.700 --> 00:33:25.960
 Israel

00:33:25.960 --> 00:33:26.819
 and make

00:33:26.819 --> 00:33:27.660
 sacrifices

00:33:27.660 --> 00:33:31.080
 all the

00:33:31.080 --> 00:33:31.540
 cleansing

00:33:31.540 --> 00:33:33.200
 all the

00:33:33.200 --> 00:33:34.080
 giving up

00:33:34.080 --> 00:33:34.700
 of animals

00:33:34.700 --> 00:33:35.300
 all the

00:33:35.300 --> 00:33:35.880
 blood

00:33:35.880 --> 00:33:36.700
 all that

00:33:36.700 --> 00:33:37.140
 goes away

00:33:37.140 --> 00:33:37.360
 why

00:33:37.360 --> 00:33:37.700
 because

00:33:37.700 --> 00:33:38.120
 Jesus

00:33:38.120 --> 00:33:38.860
 became

00:33:38.860 --> 00:33:39.180
 our

00:33:39.180 --> 00:33:39.880
 sacrifice

00:33:39.880 --> 00:33:41.060
 once

00:33:41.060 --> 00:33:41.540
 and forever

00:33:41.540 --> 00:33:43.360
 offered

00:33:43.360 --> 00:33:45.180
 to God

00:33:45.180 --> 00:33:45.680
 on our

00:33:45.680 --> 00:33:46.140
 behalf

00:33:46.140 --> 00:33:48.720
 he made

00:33:48.720 --> 00:33:49.560
 that sacrifice

00:33:49.560 --> 00:33:50.960
 for our

00:33:50.960 --> 00:33:51.519
 sins to be

00:33:51.519 --> 00:33:51.940
 covered

00:33:51.940 --> 00:33:55.240
 we have

00:33:55.240 --> 00:33:56.000
 to accept

00:33:56.000 --> 00:33:56.940
 that

00:33:56.940 --> 00:33:57.600
 gift

00:33:57.599 --> 00:33:58.059
 from Jesus

00:33:58.059 --> 00:33:58.259
 Christ

00:33:58.259 --> 00:33:58.559
 we have

00:33:58.559 --> 00:33:59.139
 to believe

00:33:59.139 --> 00:33:59.799
 if there's

00:33:59.799 --> 00:34:00.359
 no belief

00:34:00.359 --> 00:34:00.799
 in Jesus

00:34:00.799 --> 00:34:01.219
 Christ

00:34:01.219 --> 00:34:01.899
 that he

00:34:01.899 --> 00:34:02.639
 covers our

00:34:02.639 --> 00:34:02.919
 sins

00:34:02.919 --> 00:34:03.279
 with his

00:34:03.279 --> 00:34:03.740
 sacrifice

00:34:03.740 --> 00:34:04.639
 then we

00:34:04.639 --> 00:34:05.019
 can't be

00:34:05.019 --> 00:34:05.279
 covered

00:34:05.279 --> 00:34:05.619
 and the

00:34:05.619 --> 00:34:06.079
 wrath of

00:34:06.079 --> 00:34:06.539
 God

00:34:06.539 --> 00:34:07.379
 still remains

00:34:07.379 --> 00:34:07.759
 on our

00:34:07.759 --> 00:34:08.239
 sins

00:34:08.239 --> 00:34:14.159
 Hebrews

00:34:14.159 --> 00:34:14.960
 12

00:34:14.960 --> 00:34:16.159
 28 and

00:34:16.159 --> 00:34:16.759
 29

00:34:16.759 --> 00:34:19.199
 I believe

00:34:19.199 --> 00:34:20.259
 captured this

00:34:20.259 --> 00:34:21.159
 idea of the

00:34:21.159 --> 00:34:21.799
 fear of God

00:34:21.799 --> 00:34:22.539
 in a very

00:34:22.539 --> 00:34:23.019
 helpful

00:34:23.019 --> 00:34:23.819
 way

00:34:23.819 --> 00:34:26.039
 let us

00:34:26.039 --> 00:34:27.339
 therefore

00:34:27.340 --> 00:34:28.000
 let us

00:34:28.000 --> 00:34:28.200
 be

00:34:28.200 --> 00:34:28.660
 grateful

00:34:28.660 --> 00:34:29.460
 for receiving

00:34:29.460 --> 00:34:30.140
 a kingdom

00:34:30.140 --> 00:34:30.700
 that cannot

00:34:30.700 --> 00:34:31.140
 be shaken

00:34:31.140 --> 00:34:31.740
 that kingdom

00:34:31.740 --> 00:34:33.180
 of God

00:34:33.180 --> 00:34:34.440
 for believers

00:34:34.440 --> 00:34:35.019
 that we

00:34:35.019 --> 00:34:35.660
 get to be

00:34:35.660 --> 00:34:36.400
 a part of

00:34:36.400 --> 00:34:37.260
 through our

00:34:37.260 --> 00:34:37.700
 belief in

00:34:37.700 --> 00:34:38.220
 Jesus Christ

00:34:38.220 --> 00:34:38.920
 that kingdom

00:34:38.920 --> 00:34:39.940
 is the kingdom

00:34:39.940 --> 00:34:40.380
 that cannot

00:34:40.380 --> 00:34:40.960
 be shaken

00:34:40.960 --> 00:34:42.820
 and thus

00:34:42.820 --> 00:34:43.260
 let us

00:34:43.260 --> 00:34:44.280
 offer to God

00:34:44.280 --> 00:34:45.140
 acceptable

00:34:45.140 --> 00:34:45.840
 worship

00:34:45.840 --> 00:34:46.980
 with reverence

00:34:46.980 --> 00:34:48.079
 and all

00:34:48.079 --> 00:34:48.920
 for our

00:34:48.920 --> 00:34:49.720
 God is a

00:34:49.720 --> 00:34:50.660
 consuming fire

00:34:50.660 --> 00:34:52.480
 that's the fear

00:34:52.480 --> 00:34:53.000
 the fear is

00:34:53.000 --> 00:34:53.860
 realizing who

00:34:53.860 --> 00:34:54.500
 God is

00:34:54.500 --> 00:34:54.820
 and yet

00:34:54.820 --> 00:34:55.480
 God still

00:34:55.480 --> 00:34:56.559
 loves us

00:34:56.559 --> 00:34:57.320
 and accepts

00:34:57.320 --> 00:34:58.019
 us

00:34:58.019 --> 00:35:00.860
 a right

00:35:00.860 --> 00:35:01.380
 fear of

00:35:01.380 --> 00:35:01.780
 God

00:35:01.780 --> 00:35:02.780
 will keep

00:35:02.780 --> 00:35:03.180
 us from

00:35:03.180 --> 00:35:03.480
 sin

00:35:03.480 --> 00:35:03.700
 not

00:35:03.700 --> 00:35:04.220
 perfection

00:35:04.220 --> 00:35:06.579
 but a

00:35:06.579 --> 00:35:06.900
 fear that

00:35:06.900 --> 00:35:07.539
 is healthy

00:35:07.539 --> 00:35:08.059
 and right

00:35:08.059 --> 00:35:08.579
 will cause

00:35:08.579 --> 00:35:09.099
 us to run

00:35:09.099 --> 00:35:09.760
 away from

00:35:09.760 --> 00:35:10.380
 sin

00:35:10.380 --> 00:35:11.120
 and run

00:35:11.120 --> 00:35:11.599
 back to

00:35:11.599 --> 00:35:11.840
 God

00:35:11.840 --> 00:35:12.240
 remembering

00:35:12.240 --> 00:35:12.640
 who he

00:35:12.640 --> 00:35:12.940
 is and

00:35:12.940 --> 00:35:13.160
 what he

00:35:13.160 --> 00:35:13.740
 did for

00:35:13.740 --> 00:35:14.220
 us

00:35:14.220 --> 00:35:16.360
 that will

00:35:16.360 --> 00:35:16.760
 keep us

00:35:16.760 --> 00:35:17.180
 grounded

00:35:17.180 --> 00:35:19.280
 in his

00:35:19.280 --> 00:35:20.039
 loving arms

00:35:20.039 --> 00:35:20.720
 that accept

00:35:20.720 --> 00:35:21.440
 us back

00:35:21.440 --> 00:35:22.420
 when we

00:35:22.420 --> 00:35:23.099
 make mistakes

00:35:23.099 --> 00:35:23.519
 and when we

00:35:23.519 --> 00:35:24.280
 sin and we

00:35:24.280 --> 00:35:24.920
 ask for

00:35:24.920 --> 00:35:25.539
 repentance

00:35:25.539 --> 00:35:27.740
 I want to

00:35:27.740 --> 00:35:28.340
 end with a

00:35:28.340 --> 00:35:28.860
 quote from

00:35:28.860 --> 00:35:29.679
 Charles Spurgeon

00:35:29.679 --> 00:35:31.539
 famous preacher

00:35:31.539 --> 00:35:32.920
 from the 1800s

00:35:32.920 --> 00:35:33.800
 he says this

00:35:33.800 --> 00:35:36.820
 blessed is the

00:35:36.820 --> 00:35:37.519
 man whose

00:35:37.519 --> 00:35:38.139
 heart is

00:35:38.139 --> 00:35:39.340
 filled with

00:35:39.340 --> 00:35:39.940
 that holy

00:35:39.940 --> 00:35:41.119
 fear which

00:35:41.119 --> 00:35:41.980
 inclines his

00:35:41.980 --> 00:35:42.840
 steps in the

00:35:42.840 --> 00:35:43.720
 way of God's

00:35:43.720 --> 00:35:44.220
 commandments

00:35:44.220 --> 00:35:45.920
 inclines his

00:35:45.920 --> 00:35:46.900
 heart to seek

00:35:46.900 --> 00:35:47.619
 after God

00:35:47.619 --> 00:35:49.079
 and inclines

00:35:49.079 --> 00:35:50.159
 his whole soul

00:35:50.159 --> 00:35:50.960
 to enter into

00:35:50.960 --> 00:35:51.400
 fellowship

00:35:51.400 --> 00:35:52.200
 with God

00:35:52.200 --> 00:35:53.139
 that he

00:35:53.139 --> 00:35:53.820
 may be

00:35:53.820 --> 00:35:54.480
 acquainted

00:35:54.480 --> 00:35:55.200
 with him

00:35:55.200 --> 00:35:56.300
 and be at

00:35:56.300 --> 00:35:56.720
 peace

00:35:56.720 --> 00:35:59.280
 let's pray

00:35:59.280 --> 00:36:07.380
 Lord we

00:36:07.380 --> 00:36:07.920
 pray that you

00:36:07.920 --> 00:36:08.740
 would continue

00:36:08.740 --> 00:36:10.920
 today and

00:36:10.920 --> 00:36:11.660
 every day

00:36:11.660 --> 00:36:12.900
 remind us of

00:36:12.900 --> 00:36:13.660
 who you are

00:36:13.660 --> 00:36:14.559
 help us to

00:36:14.559 --> 00:36:15.260
 get an

00:36:15.260 --> 00:36:15.920
 accurate and

00:36:15.920 --> 00:36:16.539
 a real

00:36:16.539 --> 00:36:18.059
 grasp on

00:36:18.059 --> 00:36:19.760
 having a

00:36:19.760 --> 00:36:20.519
 right fear

00:36:20.519 --> 00:36:21.019
 of you

00:36:21.019 --> 00:36:22.739
 to keep

00:36:22.739 --> 00:36:23.079
 us from

00:36:23.079 --> 00:36:23.500
 sin

00:36:23.500 --> 00:36:24.519
 to keep

00:36:24.519 --> 00:36:24.920
 us from

00:36:24.920 --> 00:36:25.559
 ourselves

00:36:25.559 --> 00:36:29.559
 help us

00:36:29.559 --> 00:36:29.900
 in our

00:36:29.900 --> 00:36:30.380
 struggles

00:36:30.380 --> 00:36:31.280
 help us

00:36:31.280 --> 00:36:31.559
 in our

00:36:31.559 --> 00:36:32.320
 temptations

00:36:32.320 --> 00:36:33.099
 and sin

00:36:33.099 --> 00:36:34.259
 help us

00:36:34.259 --> 00:36:34.659
 to look

00:36:34.659 --> 00:36:35.239
 to you

00:36:35.239 --> 00:36:36.539
 God thank

00:36:36.539 --> 00:36:37.039
 you for

00:36:37.039 --> 00:36:37.699
 your love

00:36:37.699 --> 00:36:38.059
 and your

00:36:38.059 --> 00:36:38.599
 mercy and

00:36:38.599 --> 00:36:39.179
 your grace

00:36:39.179 --> 00:36:39.500
 and your

00:36:39.500 --> 00:36:40.119
 salvation

00:36:40.119 --> 00:36:42.019
 that we

00:36:42.019 --> 00:36:42.400
 could never

00:36:42.400 --> 00:36:42.780
 do for

00:36:42.780 --> 00:36:43.179
 ourselves

00:36:43.179 --> 00:36:43.780
 you did

00:36:43.780 --> 00:36:44.559
 for us

00:36:44.559 --> 00:36:46.679
 Lord we

00:36:46.679 --> 00:36:47.259
 thank you

00:36:47.259 --> 00:36:47.679
 for those

00:36:47.679 --> 00:36:47.980
 things

00:36:47.980 --> 00:36:48.980
 and we

00:36:48.980 --> 00:36:49.299
 want to

00:36:49.299 --> 00:36:49.699
 live for

00:36:49.699 --> 00:36:49.920
 you

00:36:49.920 --> 00:36:51.019
 glorify you

00:36:51.019 --> 00:36:51.400
 in all that

00:36:51.400 --> 00:36:51.799
 we do

00:36:51.799 --> 00:36:52.659
 and in your

00:36:52.659 --> 00:36:52.920
 name

00:36:52.920 --> 00:36:53.480
 amen

00:36:53.480 --> 00:36:55.960
 too

00:36:55.960 --> 00:36:58.340
 i

00:36:58.340 --> 00:36:58.780
 we

00:36:58.780 --> 00:36:59.139
 we

00:36:59.139 --> 00:36:59.860
 my

00:36:59.860 --> 00:37:00.519
 we

00:37:00.519 --> 00:37:01.119
 have

00:37:01.119 --> 00:37:01.900
 to

00:37:01.900 --> 00:37:03.079
 run

00:37:03.079 --> 00:37:04.019
 our