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Prayer
A battle ship was on exercise at sea in bad weather.
The captain was on the bridge.
It was foggy.
Just after dark the look-out spotted a light on the starboard side.
The captain asked if it was steady or moving.
The look out replied the light was steady meaning they were on direct collision course with that ship!
The captain ordered the lookout signal to the other ship:
“Change course 20 degrees.
We are on collision course.”
The signal came back ‘”Advisable for you to change course.”
The captain signalled ‘”I am a captain.
Change course 20 degrees.”
“I am a seaman second class.
You had better change course 20 degrees” came the reply.
The captain was furious.
He sent back ‘”I am a battleship.
Change course!”
Back came the signal, “I am a lighthouse.
Your call.”
We’ve all I’m sure been in similar situations...
Where from our perspective, we were CERTAIN (in a given situation) that we were right...
NO WAY we could be wrong...
And yet...
When the facts came in....we were wrong.
And it was THEN - that we realized....HOPEFULLY…how we could approach the NEXT situation…with more wisdom.
We hear this story - this morning - and we give it a little chuckle…because we hear the battle...
the back-n-forth...
…go from a - - “No I won’t back down” feeling...
to a - - “Ok, you’re going to lose” feeling...
The sad part is - many/most of us have had this very conversation with God…KNOWING it was God we were speaking with...
Solomon today is going to address something I feel like we might take for granted...
The Fear of the Lord...
And the theme that jumps out at us today in relation to the FEAR of the LORD - is this - WORSHIP
So how do we get from - the Fear of the Lord - to - Worship?
Well, we know Proverbs 9:10 says...
The fear of the Lord is the BEGINNING of wisdom…and so we NEED to know...
SLIDE:
If you are ever going to have an accurate wisdom in the Lord, you must also have an active fear of Him.
Think of the people in your life RIGHT NOW for whom you are trying to evangelize...
They continue to PUSH OFF - surrendering to the Lord....
They continue to neglect TURNING to God in repentance...
WHY?
It’s because they DO NOT fear the Lord.
And BECAUSE they do not FEAR the Lord…they do not WORSHIP the Lord...
And Solomon today is going to speak to this...
As we circle back to the first verse of this chapter, it’s going to be helpful to understand who the audience is that Solomon is speaking to...
verse 1 says...
Now - understanding that this is the OT…and therefore Old Covenant...
We see Solomon directing his words toward those who would - Go to the House of God...
Now - this House of God is either referring to a Synagogue…or the Temple....
The reason we know it’s actually referring to the Temple is due to reference of - Sacrifice - in this verse.
And so - we see that Solomon is speaking to those who - Would have adhered to the Old Covenant...
…Sacrificial System
the Levitical Sacrificial System...
Now, in looking at the Levitical Sacrificial system, we know that the system itself - ultimately - was ineffective...
WHY?
Because these sacrifices were made - year after year...
NOW - these sacrifices were ultimately ineffective, BUT - the system itself had a purpose...
The Sacrificial System - pointed to what was coming...
And what was coming?
The PERFECT sacrifice was coming....ULTIMATE sacrifice…
Did it come?
In Jesus Christ, we see the ULTIMATE - Perfectly Sufficient sacrifice being made...
What does verse 10 say -
Sanctification (Salvation) comes through the ONE-TIME offering of Jesus Christ on the cross...
…for WHO?
For ALL WHO BELIEVE!
Do you see what CONNECTS us today - to the PERFECTLY SUFFICIENT sacrifice of Jesus Christ?
SLIDE: The Fear of the Lord: By Faith and In Pursuit of Faith
The Fear of the Lord
Faith is what CONNECTS us to the Ultimate Sacrifice of Christ!
Faith CONNECTS us to the ONLY sacrifice that doesn’t NEED to be done year after year....!
Listen to the apostle Paul here in 1 Timothy...
Paul is speaking to a Man of God - so someone who HAS faith....
and yet he says - Pursue FAITH...
And so those of us WHO HAVE FAITH....are called to pursue FAITH...
So - HAVING FAITH - we PURSUE Faith...
We FIGHT the good fight of FAITH...
FEARING the LORD entails - pursuing FAITH....
Well - what do we know about FAITH!?
FAITH WORSHIPS GOD ALONE
What made Abel’s offering acceptable to God?
FAITH
Abel FEARED the Lord!
But what else about Faith…?
FAITH SEEKS GOD ALONE
Enoch sought after God.
He walked with Him, and he pleased God.
• Our faith in God grows as we fellowship with Him, seeking after Him.
• Do you desire to please God?
• Are you diligent in your seeking after Him?
• Do the decisions you make reflect an attitude of "I've gotta have HIM!!" - "I want more of Him!!"
• There's Bible Study tonight?
Where?
What time?
I'm there!
• Where there's a lack of diligence, there's a lack of "faith".
• Where "faith" seeks after God alone, unbelief chases its own tail.
• Faith will search for God in all situations and circumstances...
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