WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:16.280 I would like to ask you to turn in your Bibles this morning to Proverbs chapter 31, verse 30. 00:00:19.019 --> 00:00:28.660 ! And as I have you turn there, let me say at the outset that I gladly admit the text that I'm going to use this morning is not one that is new. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:37.920 It is one that is in the book of Proverbs that I am confident most every one of you are familiar with. 00:00:39.240 --> 00:00:48.740 It's one that on more than one occasion I have come back to in some 30 whatever number of years it is that I have preached on Mother's Day. 00:00:48.740 --> 00:01:00.100 And it is a text that I trust is more than just a passing curiosity to you, but I trust it is one that is imprinted and affects your thinking. 00:01:00.100 --> 00:01:09.420 My call and responsibility today is to take up the Scriptures, to rely upon the enabling of the Spirit of God, 00:01:10.560 --> 00:01:18.579 to rely upon the time of prayer and study that God has given to me, and your prayers to preach the Word. 00:01:18.579 --> 00:01:28.980 And I trust that as I am preaching that one of the things you are doing along with listening is that you are praying that the Word of God would have free course 00:01:28.980 --> 00:01:31.340 and that it would make a difference in your life. 00:01:32.359 --> 00:01:39.900 Today is a day that we celebrate, and rightfully so, the role and ministry that mothers have in our lives. 00:01:39.900 --> 00:01:47.440 But the text that we are going to be looking at this morning is a text that covers all of God's people, 00:01:47.580 --> 00:01:54.620 in that the Scriptures encourage us here to give due regard to the mother, to the wife in particular, who fears the Lord. 00:01:54.760 --> 00:02:04.240 And if we are here today and know Christ as our Savior, one of the characteristics of our life should be our fear for the Lord. 00:02:04.239 --> 00:02:15.099 I want to encourage you to know that after the sermon, it will be our privilege to see two individuals that are baptized in obedience to Christ. 00:02:15.680 --> 00:02:20.919 And after that, Jack, your small group is going to be passing out roses. 00:02:21.759 --> 00:02:26.219 And I trust that that is an encouragement, a blessing to all of the ladies in our congregation, 00:02:26.219 --> 00:02:33.939 and just a reminder of the value and respect we hold for those who are a blessing to all of us. 00:02:34.659 --> 00:02:39.020 Now, I'm going to ask that you turn to the passage and follow with me as I open this up 00:02:39.020 --> 00:02:41.860 and think with me a little bit about some of the background, 00:02:42.000 --> 00:02:47.080 and then we're going to step into the specific details that are involved in fearing the Lord. 00:02:49.000 --> 00:02:50.640 Chapter 31, verse 1, it says, 00:02:50.640 --> 00:02:53.960 The words of King Lemuel, an oracle that his mother taught him. 00:02:54.740 --> 00:02:56.460 What are you doing, my son? 00:02:57.480 --> 00:03:00.000 What are you doing, son of my womb? 00:03:00.640 --> 00:03:03.780 What are you doing, son of my vows? 00:03:04.240 --> 00:03:08.879 Do not give your strength to women, 00:03:09.659 --> 00:03:13.540 your ways to those who would destroy kings. 00:03:13.539 --> 00:03:19.680 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, 00:03:19.900 --> 00:03:22.399 or for rulers to take strong drink, 00:03:23.399 --> 00:03:27.159 lest they drink and forget what has been decreed, 00:03:27.579 --> 00:03:32.019 and pervert the rights of all the afflicted. 00:03:32.020 --> 00:03:35.620 As we open the passage this morning, 00:03:35.620 --> 00:03:42.620 I want you to understand that this is a very interesting closing chapter to the book of Proverbs. 00:03:42.620 --> 00:03:42.740 Proverbs. 00:03:43.740 --> 00:03:47.379 The one who wrote the majority of Proverbs, 00:03:48.659 --> 00:03:49.240 Solomon, 00:03:50.140 --> 00:03:51.259 that we know, 00:03:51.800 --> 00:03:54.759 marked in the Scriptures as the wisest of all men, 00:03:55.740 --> 00:03:56.159 nevertheless, 00:03:56.599 --> 00:03:58.039 was a man who we know 00:03:58.039 --> 00:04:00.360 had a great deal of trouble 00:04:00.360 --> 00:04:02.259 with his discernment 00:04:02.259 --> 00:04:03.680 when it came to the matter of women. 00:04:03.719 --> 00:04:04.219 Am I right? 00:04:04.219 --> 00:04:08.199 So, an interesting close 00:04:08.199 --> 00:04:10.939 to the book of Proverbs 00:04:10.939 --> 00:04:13.180 is this comment made by 00:04:13.180 --> 00:04:15.560 King Lemuel's mother 00:04:15.560 --> 00:04:16.639 in which, 00:04:16.959 --> 00:04:19.199 after we get through the introductory part, 00:04:19.579 --> 00:04:20.879 from verse 10 00:04:20.879 --> 00:04:22.579 on to the end of the chapter, 00:04:23.040 --> 00:04:25.240 we find that the author 00:04:25.240 --> 00:04:26.259 gives to us 00:04:26.259 --> 00:04:28.120 a very, very important 00:04:28.120 --> 00:04:29.540 piece of information 00:04:29.540 --> 00:04:30.860 regarding women. 00:04:30.860 --> 00:04:33.360 I want you to understand 00:04:33.360 --> 00:04:34.520 that it was written 00:04:34.520 --> 00:04:36.240 in such a fashion 00:04:36.240 --> 00:04:38.920 so that each letter 00:04:38.920 --> 00:04:41.400 of each sentence 00:04:41.400 --> 00:04:42.860 or little statement 00:04:42.860 --> 00:04:45.360 matches up alphabetically. 00:04:45.780 --> 00:04:47.800 We call it an acrostic, 00:04:48.080 --> 00:04:49.480 and the purpose of an acrostic 00:04:49.480 --> 00:04:51.280 is for the sake of memory work. 00:04:52.040 --> 00:04:54.280 The implication is that 00:04:54.280 --> 00:04:56.319 in the educational process 00:04:56.319 --> 00:04:57.420 that took place 00:04:57.420 --> 00:05:00.080 in the Hebrew home, 00:05:00.860 --> 00:05:01.939 Dad and Mom 00:05:01.939 --> 00:05:03.180 were engaged 00:05:03.180 --> 00:05:04.620 in teaching their children 00:05:04.620 --> 00:05:06.860 not A is for apple, 00:05:07.080 --> 00:05:08.319 B is for ball, 00:05:08.500 --> 00:05:10.259 and C is for cat, 00:05:11.879 --> 00:05:13.199 but they were involved 00:05:13.199 --> 00:05:14.620 in teaching their children 00:05:14.620 --> 00:05:16.939 Aleph, Beth, Gimel, Daleth, 00:05:17.220 --> 00:05:18.900 He, Wow, Zion, Heth, Ted, 00:05:19.319 --> 00:05:21.540 Yod, Kof, Lamed, Mem, Nun, 00:05:21.620 --> 00:05:22.180 whatever else, 00:05:22.420 --> 00:05:23.480 and as they were rattling 00:05:23.480 --> 00:05:24.300 through these things, 00:05:24.580 --> 00:05:25.680 each one of the letters 00:05:25.680 --> 00:05:26.319 of the alphabet 00:05:26.319 --> 00:05:27.160 was tagged 00:05:27.160 --> 00:05:29.080 with a specific characteristic 00:05:29.079 --> 00:05:31.319 for what you're looking for 00:05:31.319 --> 00:05:32.199 in a wife. 00:05:36.240 --> 00:05:37.939 I've heard lots of parents say, 00:05:38.079 --> 00:05:39.060 I pray every day, 00:05:39.579 --> 00:05:41.599 I pray every day 00:05:41.599 --> 00:05:44.879 for my daughter 00:05:44.879 --> 00:05:45.759 or my son 00:05:45.759 --> 00:05:47.099 marrying a godly spouse. 00:05:47.159 --> 00:05:47.620 I think that's 00:05:47.620 --> 00:05:48.479 an appropriate prayer. 00:05:51.279 --> 00:05:52.560 But the Bible indication 00:05:52.560 --> 00:05:53.919 is that along with the prayer, 00:05:54.060 --> 00:05:55.019 guess what we should be doing 00:05:55.019 --> 00:05:55.680 as well. 00:05:57.620 --> 00:05:57.939 Surprise. 00:05:58.839 --> 00:06:00.019 Actually equipping them 00:06:00.019 --> 00:06:00.759 so when they go 00:06:00.759 --> 00:06:01.560 kicking tires, 00:06:01.699 --> 00:06:02.120 how many of you know 00:06:02.120 --> 00:06:03.339 what I mean by kicking tires? 00:06:04.719 --> 00:06:06.099 I don't mean that literally. 00:06:06.279 --> 00:06:07.039 Some of you are going to post 00:06:07.039 --> 00:06:08.060 something there on Facebook. 00:06:08.180 --> 00:06:09.120 Did you hear what Pastor said 00:06:09.120 --> 00:06:09.979 about kicking tires? 00:06:10.379 --> 00:06:11.799 I think he was alluding to, 00:06:11.879 --> 00:06:12.500 I was not. 00:06:14.139 --> 00:06:15.859 So when you go kicking tires 00:06:15.859 --> 00:06:17.099 or when your son 00:06:17.099 --> 00:06:18.019 or your daughter 00:06:18.019 --> 00:06:18.560 goes out 00:06:18.560 --> 00:06:19.500 and begins the process 00:06:19.500 --> 00:06:20.899 of thinking very seriously 00:06:20.899 --> 00:06:22.219 about their future 00:06:22.219 --> 00:06:23.459 and moms and dads, 00:06:23.579 --> 00:06:24.399 listen to me carefully, 00:06:24.399 --> 00:06:25.779 your children actually 00:06:25.779 --> 00:06:26.859 began thinking about it 00:06:26.859 --> 00:06:27.839 long before you thought 00:06:27.839 --> 00:06:28.339 they did. 00:06:31.659 --> 00:06:33.439 The purpose of this passage 00:06:33.439 --> 00:06:36.479 is that God 00:06:36.479 --> 00:06:37.439 in His interest 00:06:37.439 --> 00:06:39.219 in our children 00:06:39.219 --> 00:06:40.739 making wise decisions 00:06:40.739 --> 00:06:42.000 for life partners 00:06:42.000 --> 00:06:44.699 have a template, 00:06:45.019 --> 00:06:45.979 have a basis 00:06:45.979 --> 00:06:48.019 for making a good judgment. 00:06:51.120 --> 00:06:52.259 We are not going 00:06:52.259 --> 00:06:53.079 to take the time 00:06:53.079 --> 00:06:54.079 to look at all 00:06:54.079 --> 00:06:54.839 of the passage, 00:06:55.060 --> 00:06:55.699 but we are going 00:06:55.699 --> 00:06:57.300 to go to the very end 00:06:57.300 --> 00:06:58.899 where we find there 00:06:58.899 --> 00:06:59.919 in verse 30 00:06:59.919 --> 00:07:02.379 that the author, 00:07:03.659 --> 00:07:04.859 King Lemuel's mother, 00:07:05.319 --> 00:07:07.740 does what any good teacher 00:07:07.740 --> 00:07:08.659 would do 00:07:08.659 --> 00:07:10.819 and presses the lesson together 00:07:10.819 --> 00:07:11.759 and gives us 00:07:11.759 --> 00:07:12.839 a summary statement 00:07:12.839 --> 00:07:14.219 that locks it in 00:07:14.219 --> 00:07:15.639 and makes it manageable 00:07:15.639 --> 00:07:16.740 in terms of information. 00:07:16.959 --> 00:07:17.839 If you don't remember 00:07:17.839 --> 00:07:18.439 anything else, 00:07:18.620 --> 00:07:19.779 get the last part. 00:07:19.779 --> 00:07:22.779 Let me read it to you. 00:07:25.359 --> 00:07:26.559 Charm is deceitful 00:07:26.559 --> 00:07:29.359 and beauty is vain, 00:07:30.359 --> 00:07:32.039 but a woman 00:07:32.039 --> 00:07:33.339 who fears the Lord 00:07:33.339 --> 00:07:35.539 is to be praised. 00:07:38.119 --> 00:07:39.399 Charm is deceitful 00:07:39.399 --> 00:07:42.179 and beauty is vain, 00:07:42.180 --> 00:07:44.939 but a woman 00:07:44.939 --> 00:07:46.340 who fears the Lord 00:07:46.340 --> 00:07:48.579 is to be praised. 00:07:49.519 --> 00:07:50.280 Now one of the things 00:07:50.280 --> 00:07:51.199 I said early on 00:07:51.199 --> 00:07:51.819 is that actually 00:07:51.819 --> 00:07:52.360 the application 00:07:52.360 --> 00:07:53.240 to this passage 00:07:53.240 --> 00:07:53.900 has bearing 00:07:53.900 --> 00:07:56.139 on every single person here. 00:07:56.639 --> 00:07:57.840 You are here 00:07:57.840 --> 00:07:58.600 this morning 00:07:58.600 --> 00:07:59.860 either an individual 00:07:59.860 --> 00:08:01.259 who by faith 00:08:01.259 --> 00:08:01.980 has come 00:08:01.980 --> 00:08:03.019 to know Christ 00:08:03.019 --> 00:08:03.879 as your Savior 00:08:03.879 --> 00:08:05.780 and as the songwriter 00:08:05.780 --> 00:08:06.500 John Newton 00:08:06.500 --> 00:08:07.399 rightly said, 00:08:07.720 --> 00:08:08.100 he said, 00:08:08.100 --> 00:08:08.939 "'Twas grace 00:08:08.939 --> 00:08:10.060 that taught my heart 00:08:10.060 --> 00:08:11.680 to fear 00:08:11.680 --> 00:08:13.340 and grace 00:08:13.340 --> 00:08:14.480 my fears relieved." 00:08:14.480 --> 00:08:15.780 And so you are here 00:08:15.780 --> 00:08:16.980 as one who has come 00:08:16.980 --> 00:08:17.520 to faith 00:08:17.520 --> 00:08:19.420 and in that relationship 00:08:19.420 --> 00:08:21.140 with the Lord Jesus Christ 00:08:21.140 --> 00:08:22.020 and the creator 00:08:22.020 --> 00:08:22.740 of this universe 00:08:22.740 --> 00:08:24.480 is also a wholesome 00:08:24.480 --> 00:08:26.080 awe and reverence 00:08:26.080 --> 00:08:27.280 and real fear. 00:08:28.420 --> 00:08:29.740 Or you are a person 00:08:29.740 --> 00:08:30.480 who is here 00:08:30.480 --> 00:08:31.060 this morning 00:08:31.060 --> 00:08:32.600 that does not know Christ 00:08:32.600 --> 00:08:34.019 and though you may have 00:08:34.019 --> 00:08:35.080 on occasions 00:08:35.080 --> 00:08:36.320 little indications 00:08:36.320 --> 00:08:38.200 and little cautions 00:08:38.200 --> 00:08:39.120 as to regards 00:08:39.120 --> 00:08:39.860 to judgment 00:08:39.860 --> 00:08:41.000 for the most part 00:08:41.000 --> 00:08:42.200 the scriptures 00:08:42.200 --> 00:08:43.100 characterize you 00:08:43.100 --> 00:08:43.740 as one who has 00:08:43.740 --> 00:08:44.620 no fear of God. 00:08:46.200 --> 00:08:47.660 As we look at this passage 00:08:47.660 --> 00:08:49.340 and we find that 00:08:49.340 --> 00:08:50.500 the author 00:08:50.500 --> 00:08:51.340 the Holy Spirit 00:08:51.340 --> 00:08:52.500 actually is telling us 00:08:52.500 --> 00:08:53.420 that the summary 00:08:53.420 --> 00:08:55.060 of godliness 00:08:55.060 --> 00:08:56.000 is a fear of God 00:08:56.000 --> 00:08:56.920 we have to ask ourselves 00:08:56.920 --> 00:08:57.420 the question 00:08:57.420 --> 00:08:59.660 what does fearing God mean? 00:09:01.540 --> 00:09:03.220 In a previous generation 00:09:03.220 --> 00:09:04.120 one of the things 00:09:04.120 --> 00:09:05.900 that you would hear said 00:09:05.899 --> 00:09:07.120 about individuals 00:09:07.120 --> 00:09:08.100 is they were 00:09:08.100 --> 00:09:09.079 God fearing. 00:09:10.379 --> 00:09:11.299 God fearing. 00:09:11.779 --> 00:09:13.279 Oh it's a God fearing man. 00:09:13.720 --> 00:09:15.519 Or she is a God fearing woman. 00:09:16.939 --> 00:09:17.620 That vocabulary 00:09:17.620 --> 00:09:18.939 is not used 00:09:18.939 --> 00:09:19.679 very much today. 00:09:19.779 --> 00:09:20.519 I can't think of 00:09:20.519 --> 00:09:21.240 the last time 00:09:21.240 --> 00:09:22.100 that I heard someone 00:09:22.100 --> 00:09:22.699 say that. 00:09:23.220 --> 00:09:24.259 And so let me have you 00:09:24.259 --> 00:09:25.079 just think for a moment 00:09:25.079 --> 00:09:26.299 when was the last time 00:09:26.299 --> 00:09:26.600 you 00:09:26.600 --> 00:09:27.319 you 00:09:27.319 --> 00:09:28.860 you 00:09:28.860 --> 00:09:30.179 personally 00:09:30.179 --> 00:09:31.679 feared 00:09:31.679 --> 00:09:32.439 God. 00:09:33.439 --> 00:09:34.240 Think about it. 00:09:34.240 --> 00:09:36.320 When was the last time 00:09:36.320 --> 00:09:37.060 that you 00:09:37.060 --> 00:09:38.259 personally 00:09:38.259 --> 00:09:39.399 feared 00:09:39.399 --> 00:09:40.100 God? 00:09:45.560 --> 00:09:46.039 Sadly 00:09:46.039 --> 00:09:48.060 it's not something 00:09:48.060 --> 00:09:48.759 that occupies 00:09:48.759 --> 00:09:49.419 much of our thought 00:09:49.419 --> 00:09:49.799 and time. 00:09:51.879 --> 00:09:52.879 And as we think 00:09:52.879 --> 00:09:53.659 about this issue 00:09:53.659 --> 00:09:54.639 of fearing God 00:09:54.639 --> 00:09:56.879 I want to 00:09:56.879 --> 00:09:58.060 I want you to understand 00:09:58.060 --> 00:09:59.159 that while it is 00:09:59.159 --> 00:09:59.580 essential 00:09:59.580 --> 00:10:00.279 it is something 00:10:00.279 --> 00:10:01.399 that in our 00:10:01.399 --> 00:10:02.120 present day 00:10:02.120 --> 00:10:02.980 is not given 00:10:02.980 --> 00:10:03.679 much attention 00:10:03.679 --> 00:10:05.060 and given 00:10:05.060 --> 00:10:05.720 the fact that 00:10:05.720 --> 00:10:06.039 scripture 00:10:06.039 --> 00:10:07.580 sees it as important 00:10:07.580 --> 00:10:08.639 I want you to be 00:10:08.639 --> 00:10:09.480 a humble student 00:10:09.480 --> 00:10:10.039 of the scriptures 00:10:10.039 --> 00:10:11.320 and allow the scriptures 00:10:11.320 --> 00:10:12.580 to inform your thinking 00:10:12.580 --> 00:10:13.379 going forward. 00:10:14.759 --> 00:10:15.840 We do see that 00:10:15.840 --> 00:10:16.320 fearing God 00:10:16.320 --> 00:10:16.940 is essential 00:10:16.940 --> 00:10:19.019 but I do want you 00:10:19.019 --> 00:10:19.600 to understand 00:10:19.600 --> 00:10:21.000 that the unbeliever 00:10:21.000 --> 00:10:21.720 and the believer 00:10:21.720 --> 00:10:22.980 fears God differently. 00:10:24.159 --> 00:10:25.060 Let me say it again 00:10:25.060 --> 00:10:25.799 the unbeliever 00:10:25.799 --> 00:10:26.460 and the believer 00:10:26.460 --> 00:10:27.659 fears God differently. 00:10:28.039 --> 00:10:28.659 The unbeliever 00:10:28.659 --> 00:10:29.320 really has 00:10:29.320 --> 00:10:30.060 for the most part 00:10:30.059 --> 00:10:31.059 little thought 00:10:31.059 --> 00:10:31.699 about God 00:10:31.699 --> 00:10:32.419 or fear 00:10:32.419 --> 00:10:32.979 of His glory 00:10:32.979 --> 00:10:33.539 and power. 00:10:34.339 --> 00:10:35.359 Let me refer 00:10:35.359 --> 00:10:36.079 to a passage 00:10:36.079 --> 00:10:37.079 in Romans chapter 3 00:10:37.079 --> 00:10:37.699 verse 18 00:10:37.699 --> 00:10:38.899 it says this 00:10:38.899 --> 00:10:40.119 there is no fear 00:10:40.119 --> 00:10:40.559 of God 00:10:40.559 --> 00:10:41.679 before their eyes. 00:10:43.159 --> 00:10:43.879 Why do people 00:10:43.879 --> 00:10:44.479 do the things 00:10:44.479 --> 00:10:44.959 they do? 00:10:46.399 --> 00:10:46.959 Or 00:10:46.959 --> 00:10:48.379 why are people 00:10:48.379 --> 00:10:49.039 restrained 00:10:49.039 --> 00:10:49.539 from doing 00:10:49.539 --> 00:10:50.319 some of the things 00:10:50.319 --> 00:10:52.659 they are inclined 00:10:52.659 --> 00:10:53.019 to do? 00:10:54.199 --> 00:10:55.359 In some cases 00:10:55.359 --> 00:10:56.299 the reason people 00:10:56.299 --> 00:10:57.479 do or do not 00:10:57.479 --> 00:10:58.039 do things 00:10:58.039 --> 00:10:58.739 is because of 00:10:58.739 --> 00:10:59.239 the presence 00:10:59.240 --> 00:10:59.960 of a force 00:10:59.960 --> 00:11:01.340 that directs 00:11:01.340 --> 00:11:01.960 them in a different 00:11:01.960 --> 00:11:02.399 path 00:11:02.399 --> 00:11:02.779 and so 00:11:02.779 --> 00:11:03.639 the individual 00:11:03.639 --> 00:11:04.539 who has no fear 00:11:04.539 --> 00:11:05.019 of God 00:11:05.019 --> 00:11:06.899 goes about their life 00:11:06.899 --> 00:11:07.899 really kind of 00:11:07.899 --> 00:11:08.899 thinking about themselves 00:11:08.899 --> 00:11:09.539 as the center 00:11:09.539 --> 00:11:10.080 of the universe 00:11:10.080 --> 00:11:10.980 and their behavior 00:11:10.980 --> 00:11:12.259 is proportionate 00:11:12.259 --> 00:11:13.139 to their attitude. 00:11:16.399 --> 00:11:17.480 The unbeliever 00:11:17.480 --> 00:11:18.519 may on occasion 00:11:18.519 --> 00:11:21.320 have a fear 00:11:21.320 --> 00:11:22.399 momentarily 00:11:22.399 --> 00:11:23.419 about judgment 00:11:23.419 --> 00:11:25.919 but after a period 00:11:25.919 --> 00:11:26.440 of time 00:11:26.440 --> 00:11:27.400 that fear 00:11:27.400 --> 00:11:28.520 gets tamped down 00:11:28.520 --> 00:11:29.260 by just the 00:11:29.260 --> 00:11:30.820 ongoing process 00:11:30.820 --> 00:11:31.420 of living 00:11:31.420 --> 00:11:32.600 and the person's 00:11:32.600 --> 00:11:33.540 pride and arrogance 00:11:33.540 --> 00:11:34.460 harden the heart 00:11:34.460 --> 00:11:35.320 to the point 00:11:35.320 --> 00:11:36.420 that they have 00:11:36.420 --> 00:11:37.800 no concern 00:11:37.800 --> 00:11:38.380 whatever 00:11:38.380 --> 00:11:39.400 about the holy 00:11:39.400 --> 00:11:39.880 judgment 00:11:39.880 --> 00:11:40.760 of the God 00:11:40.760 --> 00:11:41.360 who has created 00:11:41.360 --> 00:11:41.960 this universe 00:11:41.960 --> 00:11:43.100 and is absolutely 00:11:43.100 --> 00:11:43.780 authoritative 00:11:43.780 --> 00:11:44.620 over all of it. 00:11:45.780 --> 00:11:46.440 The unbeliever 00:11:46.440 --> 00:11:47.300 doesn't fear God. 00:11:48.720 --> 00:11:49.680 The believer 00:11:49.680 --> 00:11:51.060 begins to fear 00:11:51.060 --> 00:11:52.240 God by grace. 00:11:52.240 --> 00:11:54.879 The believer 00:11:54.879 --> 00:11:55.840 begins to fear 00:11:55.840 --> 00:11:57.240 God by grace. 00:11:57.519 --> 00:11:58.620 Probably the best 00:11:58.620 --> 00:11:59.259 illustration 00:11:59.259 --> 00:12:00.519 of that little 00:12:00.519 --> 00:12:01.720 opening process 00:12:01.720 --> 00:12:02.879 is over in the 00:12:02.879 --> 00:12:03.519 book of Luke 00:12:03.519 --> 00:12:04.560 chapter 23. 00:12:04.820 --> 00:12:05.360 I want you to 00:12:05.360 --> 00:12:06.259 turn to it 00:12:06.259 --> 00:12:07.039 just for a moment 00:12:07.039 --> 00:12:08.460 and think with me 00:12:08.460 --> 00:12:09.139 of the very 00:12:09.139 --> 00:12:10.519 interesting circumstances 00:12:10.519 --> 00:12:11.060 and setting 00:12:11.060 --> 00:12:11.740 that is presented 00:12:11.740 --> 00:12:12.379 for us. 00:12:13.279 --> 00:12:14.399 Luke chapter 23 00:12:14.399 --> 00:12:15.060 verse 40 00:12:15.060 --> 00:12:17.240 is the crucifixion 00:12:17.240 --> 00:12:17.600 setting 00:12:17.600 --> 00:12:18.279 with Jesus 00:12:18.279 --> 00:12:19.120 being crucified 00:12:19.120 --> 00:12:20.279 and if you'll 00:12:20.279 --> 00:12:21.039 remember from 00:12:21.039 --> 00:12:22.159 the synoptic 00:12:22.159 --> 00:12:22.659 gospels 00:12:22.659 --> 00:12:23.080 that means 00:12:23.080 --> 00:12:23.560 the other 00:12:23.560 --> 00:12:24.440 gospels as well 00:12:24.440 --> 00:12:25.679 we have a picture 00:12:25.679 --> 00:12:26.840 of the cross 00:12:26.840 --> 00:12:27.700 with the two men 00:12:27.700 --> 00:12:28.539 on either side 00:12:28.539 --> 00:12:29.700 and early 00:12:29.700 --> 00:12:31.000 in the crucifixion 00:12:31.000 --> 00:12:31.440 process 00:12:31.440 --> 00:12:33.019 both of the 00:12:33.019 --> 00:12:33.480 criminals 00:12:33.480 --> 00:12:35.519 are railing 00:12:35.519 --> 00:12:36.340 against Jesus 00:12:36.340 --> 00:12:38.460 but there's 00:12:38.460 --> 00:12:39.299 a turning point 00:12:39.299 --> 00:12:42.419 and in verse 00:12:42.419 --> 00:12:42.879 40 00:12:42.879 --> 00:12:43.919 as one of them 00:12:43.919 --> 00:12:45.000 is railing 00:12:45.000 --> 00:12:45.720 against Jesus 00:12:45.720 --> 00:12:46.279 the other 00:12:46.279 --> 00:12:47.100 verse 40 00:12:47.100 --> 00:12:47.779 the other 00:12:47.779 --> 00:12:48.340 rebuked him 00:12:48.340 --> 00:12:48.639 and said 00:12:48.639 --> 00:12:49.720 do you not 00:12:49.720 --> 00:12:50.620 fear God 00:12:50.620 --> 00:12:52.220 you are 00:12:52.220 --> 00:12:52.960 under the 00:12:52.960 --> 00:12:53.519 same 00:12:53.519 --> 00:12:54.480 sentence 00:12:54.480 --> 00:12:55.799 of condemnation 00:12:55.799 --> 00:12:56.939 in essence 00:12:56.939 --> 00:12:58.059 what that 00:12:58.059 --> 00:12:58.840 thief was 00:12:58.840 --> 00:12:59.399 saying 00:12:59.399 --> 00:13:00.460 is 00:13:00.460 --> 00:13:01.799 it's reasonable 00:13:01.799 --> 00:13:03.240 to fear God 00:13:03.240 --> 00:13:03.919 because he is 00:13:03.919 --> 00:13:04.419 the judge 00:13:04.419 --> 00:13:04.960 of the whole 00:13:04.960 --> 00:13:05.360 earth 00:13:05.360 --> 00:13:06.379 and he 00:13:06.379 --> 00:13:07.259 has brought 00:13:07.259 --> 00:13:08.080 upon us 00:13:08.080 --> 00:13:09.000 judgment 00:13:09.000 --> 00:13:10.059 proportionate 00:13:10.059 --> 00:13:10.919 to our crime 00:13:10.919 --> 00:13:11.600 that was a 00:13:11.600 --> 00:13:12.059 confession 00:13:12.059 --> 00:13:14.779 immediately 00:13:14.779 --> 00:13:15.600 after that 00:13:15.600 --> 00:13:16.200 he turns 00:13:16.200 --> 00:13:16.759 to Jesus 00:13:16.759 --> 00:13:17.379 and he says 00:13:17.379 --> 00:13:17.720 there in 00:13:17.720 --> 00:13:18.399 verse 42 00:13:18.399 --> 00:13:19.299 he says 00:13:19.299 --> 00:13:20.059 remember me 00:13:20.059 --> 00:13:20.480 when you 00:13:20.480 --> 00:13:20.939 come into 00:13:20.939 --> 00:13:21.480 your kingdom 00:13:21.480 --> 00:13:22.319 if that 00:13:22.319 --> 00:13:23.000 isn't faith 00:13:23.000 --> 00:13:23.340 I don't 00:13:23.340 --> 00:13:23.679 know what 00:13:23.679 --> 00:13:24.100 it is 00:13:24.100 --> 00:13:24.819 and Jesus 00:13:24.819 --> 00:13:25.459 follows up 00:13:25.459 --> 00:13:25.740 and says 00:13:25.740 --> 00:13:26.259 truly I 00:13:26.259 --> 00:13:26.799 say to you 00:13:26.799 --> 00:13:27.559 today you 00:13:27.559 --> 00:13:27.840 will be 00:13:27.840 --> 00:13:28.159 with me 00:13:28.159 --> 00:13:28.740 in paradise 00:13:28.740 --> 00:13:31.480 so coming 00:13:31.480 --> 00:13:32.100 back around 00:13:32.100 --> 00:13:32.799 we understand 00:13:32.799 --> 00:13:33.299 that really 00:13:33.299 --> 00:13:34.039 the believer 00:13:34.039 --> 00:13:34.779 begins to 00:13:34.779 --> 00:13:35.259 fear God 00:13:35.259 --> 00:13:36.019 by grace 00:13:36.019 --> 00:13:37.720 peace 00:13:37.720 --> 00:13:38.740 and if you 00:13:38.740 --> 00:13:39.100 are here 00:13:39.100 --> 00:13:39.699 this morning 00:13:39.699 --> 00:13:40.600 and you 00:13:40.600 --> 00:13:41.179 have come 00:13:41.179 --> 00:13:41.659 to faith 00:13:41.659 --> 00:13:42.059 I have 00:13:42.059 --> 00:13:42.600 no doubt 00:13:42.600 --> 00:13:43.000 that one 00:13:43.000 --> 00:13:43.220 of the 00:13:43.220 --> 00:13:43.480 things 00:13:43.480 --> 00:13:43.879 that took 00:13:43.879 --> 00:13:44.259 place 00:13:44.259 --> 00:13:44.980 is that 00:13:44.980 --> 00:13:45.399 the spirit 00:13:45.399 --> 00:13:45.819 of God 00:13:45.819 --> 00:13:46.379 brought you 00:13:46.379 --> 00:13:46.939 to a point 00:13:46.939 --> 00:13:47.759 of understanding 00:13:47.759 --> 00:13:48.879 the bankruptcy 00:13:48.879 --> 00:13:49.240 of your 00:13:49.240 --> 00:13:49.819 own soul 00:13:49.819 --> 00:13:50.559 and understanding 00:13:50.559 --> 00:13:51.460 the hardness 00:13:51.460 --> 00:13:52.279 of your sin 00:13:52.279 --> 00:13:53.019 and began 00:13:53.019 --> 00:13:53.919 to bear down 00:13:53.919 --> 00:13:54.519 upon you 00:13:54.519 --> 00:13:55.139 and you 00:13:55.139 --> 00:13:55.840 sensing the 00:13:55.840 --> 00:13:57.079 divine justice 00:13:57.079 --> 00:13:57.720 and judgment 00:13:57.720 --> 00:13:58.259 of God 00:13:58.259 --> 00:13:59.059 cried out 00:13:59.059 --> 00:13:59.319 and said 00:13:59.319 --> 00:13:59.840 what must 00:13:59.840 --> 00:14:00.120 I do 00:14:00.120 --> 00:14:00.720 to be saved 00:14:00.720 --> 00:14:03.720 and you understood that Jesus Christ was your only hope. 00:14:05.440 --> 00:14:10.840 Not only does the believer begin to understand God and fear Him because of grace, 00:14:11.440 --> 00:14:15.399 the believer should grow in fearing God. 00:14:16.279 --> 00:14:22.240 And I want you to understand that that is an important feature in the process of growing to be more like Christ. 00:14:22.600 --> 00:14:25.779 We should grow in our fear of God. 00:14:25.779 --> 00:14:30.360 As I posed the question to myself earlier this week, 00:14:30.759 --> 00:14:33.259 so Tim, when was the last time you feared God? 00:14:33.419 --> 00:14:38.799 I have to tell you honestly, it was when I was having a little problem with going left of center in my attitudes. 00:14:40.079 --> 00:14:41.659 How many of you understand attitudes? 00:14:43.259 --> 00:14:46.459 You know, I'm an attitudinal specialist. 00:14:47.000 --> 00:14:53.019 I have advanced degrees and studies in it, and I don't have to really stretch or warm up to get an attitude. 00:14:53.019 --> 00:14:55.480 I have attitudes about all kinds of things. 00:14:55.779 --> 00:15:02.419 And I found myself drifting into that attitudinal corner where I was pretty comfortable. 00:15:02.899 --> 00:15:07.399 And then I had this weird thought of, yeah, and what's God think about that? 00:15:07.439 --> 00:15:08.159 How many of you have been there? 00:15:08.799 --> 00:15:11.720 It's like, yeah, sorry. 00:15:12.759 --> 00:15:14.419 Let's back out of this situation. 00:15:14.419 --> 00:15:21.740 Here, the believer should grow in his understanding of fearing God. 00:15:22.740 --> 00:15:30.099 And fearing God is something that you start with salvation, but it should begin to characterize some of your thinking. 00:15:30.259 --> 00:15:39.079 Now, when we talk about fearing God, it's interesting that there's some very particular details that I want you to understand. 00:15:39.080 --> 00:15:41.360 Fearing God means don't fear him, but do fear him. 00:15:41.460 --> 00:15:42.580 How's that for complicated? 00:15:43.820 --> 00:15:45.580 Exodus chapter 20, verse 20. 00:15:47.139 --> 00:15:49.040 God says, do not fear. 00:15:49.259 --> 00:15:52.800 Remember, he revealed himself to the nation of Israel on Mount Sinai. 00:15:52.960 --> 00:15:54.400 And how did that pull off? 00:15:54.480 --> 00:15:55.240 Does anybody remember? 00:15:55.639 --> 00:15:56.660 Smoke and thunder. 00:15:56.940 --> 00:15:59.759 And the people are all standing way back, and they're saying, 00:15:59.759 --> 00:16:03.220 Moses, would you go on up the hill and talk to him, but don't have him come down here. 00:16:03.580 --> 00:16:05.939 Just have him tell us what you want, you know. 00:16:06.340 --> 00:16:08.480 And God says, don't fear. 00:16:10.100 --> 00:16:10.919 But fear. 00:16:12.460 --> 00:16:12.740 Huh. 00:16:13.819 --> 00:16:14.059 Huh. 00:16:14.139 --> 00:16:14.860 What am I supposed to do? 00:16:16.580 --> 00:16:18.200 Well, the essence of it is this. 00:16:19.720 --> 00:16:22.299 Is as we grow to know him, we do grow to fear him. 00:16:22.840 --> 00:16:24.419 But we also grow to love him. 00:16:25.460 --> 00:16:28.840 Very interesting to see that this is not just an Old Testament concept. 00:16:29.759 --> 00:16:32.700 2 Corinthians chapter 7, verse 1 says, 00:16:33.419 --> 00:16:38.279 bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God. 00:16:38.700 --> 00:16:39.439 So what? 00:16:39.600 --> 00:16:41.279 Everybody smile, because I'm talking to you. 00:16:43.360 --> 00:16:46.159 What does progressive sanctification look like? 00:16:47.220 --> 00:16:52.259 It means growing in a personal interest in living a godly life 00:16:52.259 --> 00:17:00.620 with a profound sense of the presence and the glory and the authority of God. 00:17:03.419 --> 00:17:04.900 Are you moving in that path? 00:17:06.059 --> 00:17:08.339 Or are you just kind of deedle-dee, deedle-dum, 00:17:08.420 --> 00:17:10.779 kind of working your way through and just kind of whatever, you know, 00:17:10.879 --> 00:17:15.759 perfecting holiness in the fear of the Lord? 00:17:15.759 --> 00:17:17.940 Philippians chapter 2, verse 12. 00:17:19.259 --> 00:17:20.200 Many of us know it. 00:17:20.319 --> 00:17:24.400 Work out your salvation with fear and trembling. 00:17:24.539 --> 00:17:29.359 How many of you of late found yourself actually engaged in a conscious, 00:17:29.559 --> 00:17:35.339 deliberate, intentional pursuit of developing your spiritual life, 00:17:35.480 --> 00:17:38.980 and in doing so, you were doing it so with a fear? 00:17:38.980 --> 00:17:39.059 Godly fear. 00:17:43.200 --> 00:17:46.579 Godly fear is rooted in three essential things that I want you to think about. 00:17:49.200 --> 00:17:53.039 Number one, a sense of God's majesty and glory. 00:17:54.299 --> 00:17:59.319 Godly fear involves a sense of God's majesty and glory. 00:17:59.319 --> 00:18:05.119 Number two, godly fear involves a sense of God's presence. 00:18:07.039 --> 00:18:14.700 Number three, godly fear involves a sense of God's divine will and word. 00:18:15.859 --> 00:18:19.319 Now, let me back up and have you think about these three things 00:18:19.319 --> 00:18:21.379 because they are profoundly important. 00:18:21.519 --> 00:18:24.200 And there are some of you perhaps this morning who are sitting here, 00:18:24.259 --> 00:18:27.419 and the truth of the matter is it's been a decade. 00:18:27.420 --> 00:18:33.400 It's been a long time since you have actually had a holy fear of God, 00:18:33.500 --> 00:18:36.259 who is the creator and sustainer of this universe, 00:18:36.519 --> 00:18:38.779 and with whom we have to deal. 00:18:40.620 --> 00:18:44.519 You do not fear what you do not know. 00:18:45.880 --> 00:18:48.779 You do not fear what you do not know. 00:18:50.900 --> 00:18:52.539 Illustration of this would be, 00:18:52.539 --> 00:18:57.859 I grew up in India, 00:18:58.500 --> 00:19:02.220 and actually this is the gospel truth, not a story. 00:19:02.639 --> 00:19:07.379 We had leopards that walked around outside our building at night, 00:19:08.240 --> 00:19:14.779 and I could hear them snarling outside the window. 00:19:15.279 --> 00:19:18.200 They took one of my dogs for supper. 00:19:18.200 --> 00:19:26.620 It was a German shepherd-sized dog that ended up being Dindin. 00:19:28.500 --> 00:19:32.460 And I can tell you that without information about leopards, 00:19:32.519 --> 00:19:35.059 I would not have had the least bit of fear about them. 00:19:35.900 --> 00:19:38.180 But when I could hear them actually snarling, 00:19:38.279 --> 00:19:40.340 walking around outside my bedroom window, 00:19:40.660 --> 00:19:41.660 and my Aya, 00:19:42.019 --> 00:19:45.500 I want you to know that I was the perfect child growing up. 00:19:45.500 --> 00:19:48.180 My Aya, 00:19:48.279 --> 00:19:51.099 that was like the nanny, 00:19:52.019 --> 00:19:53.440 my Aya would say to me, 00:19:53.559 --> 00:19:53.920 Timmy, 00:19:54.259 --> 00:19:55.299 if you do this, 00:19:55.380 --> 00:19:57.940 I am going to ask a leopard to come and eat you. 00:19:58.039 --> 00:19:58.279 It was like, 00:19:58.380 --> 00:19:58.619 ah! 00:20:04.559 --> 00:20:05.359 Suffice it to say, 00:20:05.400 --> 00:20:06.640 it didn't last very long. 00:20:08.019 --> 00:20:10.019 I'm going to have to have a tiger come and eat you. 00:20:10.059 --> 00:20:11.880 I'm going to have to have an elephant stomp on you. 00:20:12.000 --> 00:20:12.779 Yeah, yeah. 00:20:13.559 --> 00:20:14.200 Okay, so, 00:20:14.640 --> 00:20:15.359 here's the point. 00:20:16.440 --> 00:20:17.720 If you're sitting here, 00:20:17.920 --> 00:20:20.279 and you're really not afraid, 00:20:21.339 --> 00:20:22.640 truth of the matter is, 00:20:22.680 --> 00:20:24.200 is you're not afraid of something you don't know. 00:20:25.240 --> 00:20:28.460 And if you are here without a fear of God, 00:20:29.460 --> 00:20:32.920 it may be that you really don't know Him. 00:20:35.920 --> 00:20:36.400 Secondly, 00:20:36.900 --> 00:20:40.599 you do not fear what you do not think is present. 00:20:40.599 --> 00:20:46.819 You don't fear in abstraction. 00:20:46.819 --> 00:20:50.159 There are some of you here that have a pathological fear of ladders. 00:20:50.959 --> 00:20:53.619 I'm not talking about one or two rungs off the ground, 00:20:53.699 --> 00:20:56.779 but I'm talking about when you get up there in nosebleed territory. 00:20:56.779 --> 00:20:59.500 I know there are some, 00:20:59.619 --> 00:20:59.960 Todd, 00:21:00.039 --> 00:21:00.539 you're back there. 00:21:00.599 --> 00:21:01.420 I can wave at you. 00:21:01.940 --> 00:21:04.920 When any ladder work is needed in our family construct, 00:21:05.139 --> 00:21:06.139 it's hire grandpa, 00:21:06.500 --> 00:21:07.379 have dad come, 00:21:07.440 --> 00:21:07.700 you know, 00:21:08.039 --> 00:21:10.200 because ladders don't bother me. 00:21:10.639 --> 00:21:11.660 I can go up. 00:21:11.660 --> 00:21:14.580 I can come down most of the time reasonably. 00:21:16.019 --> 00:21:20.460 There are some people that when they think about ladders, 00:21:21.040 --> 00:21:23.480 when they think about ladders, 00:21:23.840 --> 00:21:26.700 it begins to kind of set the stage for apoplexy. 00:21:28.000 --> 00:21:28.240 You know, 00:21:28.300 --> 00:21:31.140 their heart begins to change irregular patterns, 00:21:31.440 --> 00:21:33.340 and blood pressure begins to respond. 00:21:33.460 --> 00:21:33.640 It's a, 00:21:34.300 --> 00:21:35.580 you know, 00:21:35.900 --> 00:21:36.840 truth of the matter is, 00:21:36.900 --> 00:21:38.960 is every time they think about a ladder, 00:21:38.960 --> 00:21:39.920 it resonates. 00:21:41.799 --> 00:21:42.140 And so, 00:21:42.299 --> 00:21:43.019 if you're here, 00:21:43.100 --> 00:21:46.720 I want you to understand that fearing God means understanding His majesty and glory, 00:21:47.120 --> 00:21:48.120 understanding His presence, 00:21:48.240 --> 00:21:50.140 and understanding that He cares about what you're doing. 00:21:52.460 --> 00:21:52.960 Now, 00:21:53.000 --> 00:21:54.559 what does fearing God bring? 00:21:55.539 --> 00:21:55.819 Now, 00:21:55.900 --> 00:21:56.900 in this passage here, 00:21:58.200 --> 00:21:58.960 we find that, 00:21:59.640 --> 00:22:03.940 that fearing God is the absolute summary. 00:22:04.220 --> 00:22:08.240 This is what it works to help you grow to be a godly woman. 00:22:08.240 --> 00:22:10.339 This is what you should look for, 00:22:10.460 --> 00:22:10.960 young man, 00:22:11.180 --> 00:22:12.920 as you look for a godly wife. 00:22:13.740 --> 00:22:14.059 So, 00:22:14.160 --> 00:22:15.220 let me speak in broad terms, 00:22:15.299 --> 00:22:18.180 then come back to the book of Proverbs 31 in particular. 00:22:19.180 --> 00:22:19.740 Fearing God, 00:22:19.799 --> 00:22:20.200 number one, 00:22:20.279 --> 00:22:22.319 opens the door to increased wisdom. 00:22:22.480 --> 00:22:23.880 Proverbs chapter one says this, 00:22:24.240 --> 00:22:26.799 the fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge. 00:22:29.079 --> 00:22:31.240 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge. 00:22:31.460 --> 00:22:32.880 If you're not afraid of Him, 00:22:33.079 --> 00:22:35.120 you're not going to listen to what He has to say. 00:22:35.119 --> 00:22:41.619 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge. 00:22:43.339 --> 00:22:46.719 But fools despise wisdom and instruction. 00:22:49.019 --> 00:22:49.459 Secondly, 00:22:49.639 --> 00:22:52.879 fearing God also brings a deeper understanding into the things of God. 00:22:53.019 --> 00:22:54.139 Psalm 25, 00:22:54.239 --> 00:22:54.839 verse 14, 00:22:54.939 --> 00:22:55.179 it says, 00:22:55.180 --> 00:22:59.380 the friendship of the Lord is for those who fear Him, 00:23:00.440 --> 00:23:03.279 and He makes known to them His covenant. 00:23:03.440 --> 00:23:04.340 In the King James, 00:23:04.420 --> 00:23:04.660 it says, 00:23:05.019 --> 00:23:07.620 the secret of the Lord is with them that fear Him. 00:23:08.980 --> 00:23:10.440 And you may be sitting here, 00:23:10.480 --> 00:23:11.500 and the truth of the matter is, 00:23:11.519 --> 00:23:16.620 is that when you think carefully about where you are in understanding God, 00:23:16.779 --> 00:23:18.120 you have to be honest and say, 00:23:18.460 --> 00:23:19.180 you know what? 00:23:19.180 --> 00:23:20.880 I got that salvation piece, 00:23:21.240 --> 00:23:22.240 but after that, 00:23:22.279 --> 00:23:22.940 it's just like, 00:23:23.039 --> 00:23:23.340 nah. 00:23:25.860 --> 00:23:27.920 If you lack a fear of God, 00:23:28.039 --> 00:23:31.960 there will not be much growth and insight into who God is. 00:23:34.740 --> 00:23:35.140 Third, 00:23:35.519 --> 00:23:37.220 fearing God helps us to keep from sin 00:23:37.220 --> 00:23:39.279 and its destructive harm. 00:23:39.320 --> 00:23:40.779 Over in Proverbs chapter 16, 00:23:40.860 --> 00:23:41.400 verse 6, 00:23:41.580 --> 00:23:42.299 it says this, 00:23:42.740 --> 00:23:43.740 by the fear of the Lord, 00:23:43.840 --> 00:23:45.120 one turns away from evil. 00:23:45.240 --> 00:23:46.259 By the fear of the Lord, 00:23:46.360 --> 00:23:47.519 one turns away from evil. 00:23:47.519 --> 00:23:50.720 There are some of you this morning that are caught deeply in sin. 00:23:51.779 --> 00:23:54.259 There are habituated issues that are going on in your life. 00:23:54.500 --> 00:23:55.940 Maybe no one else knows about it, 00:23:56.059 --> 00:23:57.980 but at the heart of what is going on 00:23:57.980 --> 00:24:00.079 is you're behaving as you are. 00:24:00.379 --> 00:24:01.779 You're engaged in what you are 00:24:01.779 --> 00:24:03.680 because you have no fear of God. 00:24:05.299 --> 00:24:07.639 Remember Joseph when he was tempted 00:24:07.639 --> 00:24:09.879 by Potiphar's wife? 00:24:11.639 --> 00:24:12.420 And sure, 00:24:12.599 --> 00:24:14.319 it was going to be a bad career decision 00:24:14.319 --> 00:24:16.039 to mess with his boss's wife, 00:24:16.039 --> 00:24:17.019 but at the end of the day, 00:24:17.019 --> 00:24:17.940 what he says is, 00:24:18.059 --> 00:24:19.500 how can I do this against God? 00:24:23.200 --> 00:24:24.180 So let me speak 00:24:24.180 --> 00:24:26.920 now in more particular terms 00:24:26.920 --> 00:24:28.619 from the book of Proverbs itself. 00:24:28.819 --> 00:24:29.359 What happens 00:24:29.359 --> 00:24:30.779 when a wife, 00:24:31.019 --> 00:24:31.519 a mother, 00:24:32.299 --> 00:24:32.960 fears the Lord? 00:24:35.180 --> 00:24:37.539 Fearing God brings absolute trustworthiness. 00:24:38.500 --> 00:24:39.740 Proverbs chapter 31, 00:24:39.879 --> 00:24:40.799 verse 11 and 12. 00:24:40.879 --> 00:24:42.059 I want you to look at it just for a moment. 00:24:42.519 --> 00:24:43.539 Mark what it says here. 00:24:43.539 --> 00:24:45.019 Verse 10 says, 00:24:45.019 --> 00:24:48.440 An excellent wife who can find she is far more precious than jewels. 00:24:49.000 --> 00:24:51.139 The heart of her husband trusts in her, 00:24:51.500 --> 00:24:53.879 and he will have no lack of gain. 00:24:54.240 --> 00:24:56.220 All the days of her life, 00:24:56.539 --> 00:24:58.359 she will do him good. 00:24:58.359 --> 00:25:02.039 I told my mother about a year ago, 00:25:02.119 --> 00:25:02.419 I said, 00:25:02.859 --> 00:25:03.459 Lord willing, 00:25:03.559 --> 00:25:04.679 if I preach your funeral, 00:25:04.799 --> 00:25:05.879 I don't know when that will be. 00:25:06.240 --> 00:25:07.699 She is not very well today. 00:25:08.819 --> 00:25:10.839 This is the passage I think I will preach. 00:25:10.919 --> 00:25:12.559 I don't know if the Spirit of God will change it, 00:25:12.619 --> 00:25:13.659 but I will say this. 00:25:14.019 --> 00:25:16.539 She did her husband good 00:25:16.539 --> 00:25:18.759 all her days. 00:25:18.759 --> 00:25:22.559 Why? 00:25:23.700 --> 00:25:24.940 Because she feared God. 00:25:26.799 --> 00:25:28.500 I want you to mark also that 00:25:28.500 --> 00:25:30.099 a woman who fears the Lord 00:25:30.099 --> 00:25:32.119 is one who consciously and deliberately 00:25:32.119 --> 00:25:33.759 rejects anxiety. 00:25:34.039 --> 00:25:35.079 Look at verse 25. 00:25:37.940 --> 00:25:39.440 I want you to take your... 00:25:39.440 --> 00:25:40.839 How many of you ladies here, 00:25:40.960 --> 00:25:42.420 how many of you people 00:25:42.420 --> 00:25:44.740 kind of struggle on occasion with worry? 00:25:44.740 --> 00:25:45.240 I mean, 00:25:45.400 --> 00:25:46.740 you don't have to stretch 00:25:47.380 --> 00:25:49.200 and kind of limber up to do it. 00:25:49.259 --> 00:25:50.160 You're right on top of... 00:25:50.160 --> 00:25:51.259 How many are worriers? 00:25:51.599 --> 00:25:51.920 Worriers. 00:25:52.460 --> 00:25:52.720 Come on. 00:25:53.339 --> 00:25:54.480 Oh, we got some. 00:25:54.960 --> 00:25:55.160 Okay. 00:25:56.319 --> 00:25:57.120 Follow along. 00:25:57.599 --> 00:25:58.200 Follow along. 00:25:59.480 --> 00:26:00.079 Verse 25. 00:26:00.460 --> 00:26:02.000 Strength and dignity are her clothing, 00:26:02.160 --> 00:26:04.400 and she laughs at the time to come. 00:26:04.539 --> 00:26:05.359 Do you know what that is? 00:26:06.079 --> 00:26:06.660 It's like, 00:26:06.839 --> 00:26:07.140 huh, 00:26:07.500 --> 00:26:08.380 bring it on. 00:26:08.559 --> 00:26:09.640 It's okay. 00:26:09.980 --> 00:26:10.960 I'm with it. 00:26:12.920 --> 00:26:13.940 How does that go 00:26:13.940 --> 00:26:15.279 for the anxious person? 00:26:15.640 --> 00:26:15.840 Right? 00:26:18.100 --> 00:26:19.019 Chicken littles. 00:26:19.660 --> 00:26:20.900 This guy is falling in. 00:26:21.840 --> 00:26:23.160 I had a dear grandmother. 00:26:23.320 --> 00:26:24.320 She's with the Lord right now, 00:26:24.340 --> 00:26:25.620 and she knows that 00:26:25.620 --> 00:26:27.160 all the prognostications 00:26:27.160 --> 00:26:27.920 about how the world 00:26:27.920 --> 00:26:28.700 was going to collapse. 00:26:29.400 --> 00:26:30.680 There was never a Sunday dinner 00:26:30.680 --> 00:26:31.340 we didn't eat 00:26:31.340 --> 00:26:32.380 where she didn't kind of 00:26:32.380 --> 00:26:33.140 ventilate about 00:26:33.140 --> 00:26:34.320 how bad the world was, 00:26:34.580 --> 00:26:35.799 and she was convinced 00:26:35.799 --> 00:26:36.720 that, you know, 00:26:36.779 --> 00:26:37.519 it was going to be 00:26:37.519 --> 00:26:39.539 apocalyptic that day. 00:26:40.480 --> 00:26:40.900 I mean, 00:26:41.220 --> 00:26:42.100 same song, 00:26:42.220 --> 00:26:42.820 second verse, 00:26:42.819 --> 00:26:43.500 little louder, 00:26:43.599 --> 00:26:44.139 little worse, 00:26:44.200 --> 00:26:44.759 next Sunday, 00:26:44.839 --> 00:26:45.259 and then the Sunday, 00:26:45.399 --> 00:26:46.579 she could cook, 00:26:46.859 --> 00:26:47.919 but I tell you what, 00:26:48.039 --> 00:26:49.339 you had to put up with 00:26:49.339 --> 00:26:50.639 every time we ever 00:26:50.639 --> 00:26:51.579 came over there, 00:26:52.059 --> 00:26:52.639 you know, 00:26:52.679 --> 00:26:54.240 the sky is falling in, 00:26:55.939 --> 00:26:56.700 and I like this. 00:26:56.740 --> 00:26:57.000 It says, 00:26:57.659 --> 00:26:58.579 that girl 00:26:58.579 --> 00:27:00.179 who fears God, 00:27:00.299 --> 00:27:01.119 she laughs 00:27:01.119 --> 00:27:02.799 at anxiety. 00:27:03.899 --> 00:27:04.480 Everybody said, 00:27:04.599 --> 00:27:04.859 amen, 00:27:05.279 --> 00:27:05.539 right? 00:27:06.439 --> 00:27:07.039 Got that? 00:27:07.039 --> 00:27:09.319 If you're here, 00:27:09.740 --> 00:27:12.099 and you're a fretful person, 00:27:12.700 --> 00:27:13.720 and you're kind of 00:27:13.720 --> 00:27:15.299 caught up being anxious, 00:27:15.859 --> 00:27:17.000 the problem is 00:27:17.000 --> 00:27:17.500 you're fearing 00:27:17.500 --> 00:27:18.720 the wrong person. 00:27:19.399 --> 00:27:20.319 Remember what Jesus said? 00:27:21.899 --> 00:27:22.539 Don't be afraid 00:27:22.539 --> 00:27:23.059 of those people 00:27:23.059 --> 00:27:24.079 who can cut your neck. 00:27:25.420 --> 00:27:26.539 Be afraid of the one 00:27:26.539 --> 00:27:27.180 who can throw you 00:27:27.180 --> 00:27:27.659 into hell. 00:27:30.819 --> 00:27:31.539 Fearing God 00:27:31.539 --> 00:27:33.119 makes us laugh 00:27:33.119 --> 00:27:33.539 at hardship. 00:27:33.539 --> 00:27:36.440 Third, 00:27:38.099 --> 00:27:38.859 fearing God 00:27:38.859 --> 00:27:39.859 leads to lips 00:27:39.859 --> 00:27:40.940 that speak 00:27:40.940 --> 00:27:41.399 with wisdom 00:27:41.399 --> 00:27:41.879 and kindness. 00:27:41.980 --> 00:27:42.680 Verse 26, 00:27:43.799 --> 00:27:45.059 she opens her mouth 00:27:45.059 --> 00:27:47.319 with wisdom, 00:27:47.940 --> 00:27:49.440 and the teaching 00:27:49.440 --> 00:27:50.159 of kindness 00:27:50.159 --> 00:27:51.539 is on her tongue. 00:27:52.879 --> 00:27:53.119 Hey, 00:27:54.619 --> 00:27:55.220 how many of you know 00:27:55.220 --> 00:27:56.700 what a fishmonger's wife is? 00:27:56.819 --> 00:27:57.039 Does anybody, 00:27:57.480 --> 00:27:57.720 I mean, 00:27:57.779 --> 00:27:58.940 that's kind of an illusion 00:27:58.940 --> 00:28:00.519 from being a literature person, 00:28:00.599 --> 00:28:00.839 you know, 00:28:00.879 --> 00:28:01.899 and growing up 00:28:01.899 --> 00:28:02.519 reading poetry. 00:28:02.619 --> 00:28:03.519 A fishmonger's wife 00:28:03.519 --> 00:28:04.000 is someone 00:28:04.000 --> 00:28:05.119 who is just brassy 00:28:05.119 --> 00:28:06.319 and sassy 00:28:06.319 --> 00:28:07.900 and hard-edged 00:28:07.900 --> 00:28:08.900 and, you know, 00:28:08.980 --> 00:28:10.180 at least I'm truthful. 00:28:10.480 --> 00:28:10.759 You know, 00:28:11.079 --> 00:28:11.519 yeah. 00:28:12.779 --> 00:28:13.799 Not kind. 00:28:15.240 --> 00:28:15.859 You know, 00:28:16.039 --> 00:28:17.680 what happens? 00:28:18.920 --> 00:28:20.279 I have no respect. 00:28:21.900 --> 00:28:23.220 I have no respect 00:28:23.220 --> 00:28:26.099 for the woman 00:28:26.099 --> 00:28:27.160 that specializes 00:28:27.160 --> 00:28:28.019 in being unkind 00:28:28.019 --> 00:28:28.579 with her tongue 00:28:28.579 --> 00:28:29.500 and then takes pride 00:28:29.500 --> 00:28:30.480 in declaring the fact 00:28:30.480 --> 00:28:30.920 that at least 00:28:30.920 --> 00:28:31.579 she's truthful. 00:28:31.579 --> 00:28:34.379 God forbid. 00:28:34.579 --> 00:28:35.059 Do you follow me? 00:28:35.179 --> 00:28:35.299 Everybody, 00:28:35.460 --> 00:28:36.220 that's wrong. 00:28:36.339 --> 00:28:36.759 Everybody say, 00:28:36.879 --> 00:28:38.019 that's wrong, right? 00:28:38.619 --> 00:28:39.379 Can anybody say it with me? 00:28:39.539 --> 00:28:40.439 That's wrong. 00:28:43.259 --> 00:28:44.740 So how do you tamp down 00:28:44.740 --> 00:28:46.019 that kind of brassiness? 00:28:46.319 --> 00:28:47.279 Here we go. 00:28:48.460 --> 00:28:49.179 Fear God. 00:28:52.059 --> 00:28:52.559 And so, 00:28:52.819 --> 00:28:53.659 there may be a wife 00:28:53.659 --> 00:28:55.000 or there may be a mother here 00:28:55.000 --> 00:28:56.399 that needs to work at this, 00:28:56.400 --> 00:28:59.060 and what they probably should do 00:28:59.060 --> 00:29:00.680 is since they need help with this, 00:29:00.740 --> 00:29:01.519 they probably should say 00:29:01.519 --> 00:29:02.060 to their husband, 00:29:02.560 --> 00:29:04.320 the next time I go off page, 00:29:04.420 --> 00:29:05.640 why don't you just say to me, 00:29:06.380 --> 00:29:06.860 you know, 00:29:06.920 --> 00:29:07.820 questions are always 00:29:07.820 --> 00:29:08.820 less dangerous 00:29:08.820 --> 00:29:09.580 than confrontation. 00:29:09.700 --> 00:29:10.320 How many of you know that? 00:29:11.120 --> 00:29:11.680 Are you following me? 00:29:12.040 --> 00:29:12.860 Ask the question. 00:29:13.000 --> 00:29:13.140 So, 00:29:13.660 --> 00:29:13.880 honey, 00:29:14.400 --> 00:29:16.380 are you fearing God right now? 00:29:16.519 --> 00:29:16.680 You know, 00:29:16.720 --> 00:29:17.300 try that. 00:29:17.560 --> 00:29:17.759 You know, 00:29:17.759 --> 00:29:18.080 it's like, 00:29:18.079 --> 00:29:27.819 You got it? 00:29:28.819 --> 00:29:29.059 Okay. 00:29:33.199 --> 00:29:34.259 Let me close with this. 00:29:34.319 --> 00:29:35.399 Why does fearing God matter? 00:29:36.819 --> 00:29:38.019 Why does fearing God matter? 00:29:39.759 --> 00:29:40.240 Yes, 00:29:40.679 --> 00:29:41.099 yes, 00:29:41.099 --> 00:29:41.819 our text 00:29:41.819 --> 00:29:44.759 was intended by the Holy Spirit 00:29:44.759 --> 00:29:47.699 as a guide for picking a godly wife 00:29:47.700 --> 00:29:51.420 and for mothers and dads 00:29:51.420 --> 00:29:53.480 working in their children's lives 00:29:53.480 --> 00:29:55.500 to help them grow 00:29:55.500 --> 00:29:57.840 to be God-fearing. 00:30:00.539 --> 00:30:02.500 But there's something else 00:30:02.500 --> 00:30:03.620 that we shouldn't miss 00:30:03.620 --> 00:30:04.960 when we think about this passage 00:30:04.960 --> 00:30:07.880 because not everybody's married 00:30:07.880 --> 00:30:09.279 and not everybody will be married 00:30:09.279 --> 00:30:10.140 and not everybody 00:30:10.140 --> 00:30:11.259 is going to be a mother 00:30:11.259 --> 00:30:12.340 or a father or whatever, 00:30:12.660 --> 00:30:13.440 but here's the truth, 00:30:13.519 --> 00:30:14.400 every one of us 00:30:14.400 --> 00:30:17.340 are face-to-face before God. 00:30:17.700 --> 00:30:19.500 And so, 00:30:19.539 --> 00:30:20.360 I want you to understand 00:30:20.360 --> 00:30:21.819 that fearing God 00:30:21.819 --> 00:30:23.200 may be redemptive. 00:30:24.360 --> 00:30:25.880 And as you sit here, 00:30:26.620 --> 00:30:28.059 not having come to faith, 00:30:29.519 --> 00:30:30.500 one of the things 00:30:30.500 --> 00:30:31.880 that I trust the Holy Spirit 00:30:31.880 --> 00:30:33.059 is doing at this moment 00:30:33.059 --> 00:30:35.480 is bringing in your heart 00:30:35.480 --> 00:30:37.840 a growing sense of fear 00:30:37.840 --> 00:30:39.680 for the holiness 00:30:39.680 --> 00:30:41.019 and the justice of God 00:30:41.019 --> 00:30:43.379 that leaves you 00:30:43.379 --> 00:30:45.019 with an unsettled sense 00:30:45.019 --> 00:30:47.940 of if I were to die today, 00:30:48.940 --> 00:30:51.079 I have no complete confidence 00:30:51.079 --> 00:30:52.559 in where I would spend eternity. 00:30:54.059 --> 00:30:55.079 Do you know what the answer 00:30:55.079 --> 00:30:56.000 for that fear is? 00:30:57.339 --> 00:30:58.599 Is come to Jesus. 00:30:59.480 --> 00:31:00.240 Come to Jesus. 00:31:01.400 --> 00:31:02.839 He is the one who died on the cross 00:31:02.839 --> 00:31:04.319 to pay the penalty for your sin 00:31:04.319 --> 00:31:06.119 and the sin that at this point 00:31:06.119 --> 00:31:08.059 has alienated you from God. 00:31:08.059 --> 00:31:08.099 God, 00:31:08.480 --> 00:31:09.799 Jesus Christ has already 00:31:09.799 --> 00:31:10.899 satisfied the debt, 00:31:11.179 --> 00:31:12.960 but He is waiting for you 00:31:12.960 --> 00:31:13.700 to come in faith 00:31:13.700 --> 00:31:14.000 and say, 00:31:14.079 --> 00:31:14.279 listen, 00:31:14.480 --> 00:31:16.899 I am a morally bankrupt scoundrel 00:31:16.899 --> 00:31:18.720 and I deserve judgment 00:31:18.720 --> 00:31:19.839 and yet I hear 00:31:19.839 --> 00:31:21.500 that you paid my price. 00:31:23.500 --> 00:31:24.700 And even though I can't 00:31:24.700 --> 00:31:25.599 completely understand 00:31:25.599 --> 00:31:26.359 all that you did, 00:31:26.619 --> 00:31:27.500 I am thankful 00:31:27.500 --> 00:31:28.960 that you died in my place 00:31:28.960 --> 00:31:30.319 and I plead with you 00:31:30.319 --> 00:31:31.200 to be my Savior. 00:31:31.200 --> 00:31:31.340 Savior. 00:31:34.660 --> 00:31:35.759 There's another piece. 00:31:37.240 --> 00:31:38.580 I want to say this carefully. 00:31:41.080 --> 00:31:41.799 Fearing God 00:31:41.799 --> 00:31:44.360 is the soul 00:31:44.360 --> 00:31:46.220 of spiritual growth. 00:31:47.519 --> 00:31:48.360 Fearing God, 00:31:48.720 --> 00:31:49.180 by the way, 00:31:49.240 --> 00:31:50.140 it's not original with me, 00:31:50.200 --> 00:31:50.940 I think it was John Murray 00:31:50.940 --> 00:31:51.559 that said that. 00:31:52.059 --> 00:31:52.660 Fearing God 00:31:52.660 --> 00:31:53.559 is the soul 00:31:53.559 --> 00:31:55.220 of spiritual growth. 00:31:56.980 --> 00:31:57.400 You know, 00:31:57.460 --> 00:31:58.100 I don't think 00:31:58.100 --> 00:31:58.960 we give enough thought 00:31:58.960 --> 00:32:00.140 to where we are spiritually. 00:32:00.140 --> 00:32:01.300 We kind of just kind of hiccup 00:32:01.300 --> 00:32:02.320 and go on through life. 00:32:02.700 --> 00:32:03.820 But the truth of the matter is 00:32:03.820 --> 00:32:05.380 is that one of the characteristics, 00:32:05.540 --> 00:32:06.120 everybody smile 00:32:06.120 --> 00:32:07.160 because I'm talking to you, right? 00:32:08.980 --> 00:32:10.060 One of the characteristics 00:32:10.060 --> 00:32:11.180 of a genuine believer 00:32:11.180 --> 00:32:12.440 is that they're moving uphill. 00:32:14.759 --> 00:32:15.120 Now, 00:32:15.200 --> 00:32:15.980 we are moving uphill 00:32:15.980 --> 00:32:17.180 a little slower than I'd like, 00:32:17.340 --> 00:32:18.120 personally speaking, 00:32:18.220 --> 00:32:19.340 but we are moving uphill. 00:32:21.640 --> 00:32:22.880 I had a person call me. 00:32:24.540 --> 00:32:25.460 I think it was Thursday. 00:32:25.780 --> 00:32:26.900 Got my cell phone. 00:32:27.840 --> 00:32:28.720 It was a person 00:32:28.720 --> 00:32:29.820 that went to school with me 00:32:29.819 --> 00:32:30.279 in India 00:32:30.279 --> 00:32:31.079 and they wanted to know 00:32:31.079 --> 00:32:31.720 if I was coming 00:32:31.720 --> 00:32:32.480 to the reunion 00:32:32.480 --> 00:32:34.500 up somewhere in Wisconsin. 00:32:34.700 --> 00:32:35.039 I said, 00:32:35.139 --> 00:32:35.339 no, 00:32:36.039 --> 00:32:36.879 I'm not. 00:32:39.339 --> 00:32:39.740 But, 00:32:39.899 --> 00:32:40.799 but in the course 00:32:40.799 --> 00:32:41.419 of conversation, 00:32:41.579 --> 00:32:41.899 I said, 00:32:42.259 --> 00:32:44.019 I got to tell you, 00:32:44.079 --> 00:32:45.119 my days at Woodstock 00:32:45.119 --> 00:32:45.879 were pretty tough. 00:32:48.000 --> 00:32:48.659 Mainly because 00:32:48.659 --> 00:32:49.700 I was such a skunk. 00:32:51.879 --> 00:32:52.879 But I'm glad 00:32:52.879 --> 00:32:53.759 to be able to say 00:32:53.759 --> 00:32:54.759 that I am not the man 00:32:54.759 --> 00:32:55.539 I used to be 00:32:55.539 --> 00:32:57.359 because of Jesus. 00:32:57.359 --> 00:33:00.019 And I got to tell you, 00:33:01.039 --> 00:33:01.759 fearing God 00:33:01.759 --> 00:33:03.219 is the soul 00:33:03.219 --> 00:33:04.839 of spiritual growth. 00:33:05.039 --> 00:33:05.500 Let me give you 00:33:05.500 --> 00:33:06.000 a Bible verse 00:33:06.000 --> 00:33:07.019 to resonate with that one. 00:33:07.339 --> 00:33:08.619 Revelation chapter 15, 00:33:08.699 --> 00:33:09.299 verse 4, 00:33:09.379 --> 00:33:09.659 it says, 00:33:10.019 --> 00:33:11.439 who will not fear you, 00:33:11.519 --> 00:33:11.919 O Lord, 00:33:12.039 --> 00:33:13.079 and bring glory 00:33:13.079 --> 00:33:13.879 to your name 00:33:13.879 --> 00:33:15.059 for you alone 00:33:15.059 --> 00:33:15.740 are holy. 00:33:16.219 --> 00:33:17.039 Do you understand that? 00:33:19.299 --> 00:33:19.740 So, 00:33:19.879 --> 00:33:21.139 who wouldn't fear him? 00:33:21.140 --> 00:33:25.280 You don't fear 00:33:25.280 --> 00:33:26.100 who you don't know. 00:33:28.500 --> 00:33:29.720 And you don't fear 00:33:29.720 --> 00:33:31.360 who you do not sense 00:33:31.360 --> 00:33:31.940 is present. 00:33:34.500 --> 00:33:35.520 And there are some of you 00:33:35.520 --> 00:33:36.200 here this morning 00:33:36.200 --> 00:33:38.060 that do not know Christ. 00:33:38.560 --> 00:33:39.540 And I would plead 00:33:39.540 --> 00:33:40.580 with the Holy Spirit 00:33:40.580 --> 00:33:41.640 to work 00:33:41.640 --> 00:33:42.340 to bring you 00:33:42.340 --> 00:33:43.520 to a holy terror 00:33:43.520 --> 00:33:44.220 of the judgment 00:33:44.220 --> 00:33:45.080 that is to come. 00:33:46.400 --> 00:33:47.480 And there are some of you 00:33:47.480 --> 00:33:48.120 here today 00:33:48.120 --> 00:33:48.920 that are believers 00:33:48.920 --> 00:33:50.060 that have, 00:33:50.519 --> 00:33:51.840 following your conversion 00:33:51.840 --> 00:33:52.759 and your faith, 00:33:53.039 --> 00:33:54.080 have become careless 00:33:54.080 --> 00:33:55.140 in the presence 00:33:55.140 --> 00:33:56.019 of the Almighty 00:33:56.019 --> 00:33:57.519 and he is present. 00:33:59.200 --> 00:34:00.160 And I would plead 00:34:00.160 --> 00:34:01.140 with you to humble yourself 00:34:01.140 --> 00:34:01.539 and say, 00:34:01.660 --> 00:34:01.940 God, 00:34:02.140 --> 00:34:03.800 you work to give to me 00:34:03.800 --> 00:34:05.500 a holy fear 00:34:05.500 --> 00:34:07.279 that will bring 00:34:07.279 --> 00:34:08.720 spiritual growth. 00:34:09.800 --> 00:34:10.300 John, 00:34:10.340 --> 00:34:10.740 would you come 00:34:10.740 --> 00:34:11.340 and lead us 00:34:11.340 --> 00:34:12.019 in a song 00:34:12.019 --> 00:34:12.639 as we prepare 00:34:12.639 --> 00:34:13.360 for baptism? 00:34:14.200 --> 00:34:15.200 We'd ask the candidates 00:34:15.200 --> 00:34:15.840 to come 00:34:15.840 --> 00:34:18.480 as we come 00:34:18.480 --> 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