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Previous Lecture On Hebrews 5:8, see link below
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Today we are going to be talking about what reverence for God looks like. The verse that led me to consider this topic is Hebrews 5:7,
7 In the days of his flesh, Jesus[a] offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to him who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence.
The verse is basically telling us that in his time as a man on planet earth, Jesus offered up prayers with loud cries and tears, and his prayers were heard because He had reverence for God the Father. ( His Father). We'll be taking a closer look at the verse and understanding its implications for us today.
Scripture References:
Hebrews 5:7
Philippians 2:5-10
2 Kings 1 :1-16
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hello good morning this is Toyota's calm
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and if you followed my last lecture we
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talked about Hebrews 5 verse 8 and the
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verse was although he was a son Jesus
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learned obedience through what he
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suffered so if you've missed our study I
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will invite you to go back and check it
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out and I'll provide you with a link in
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the description and just keep checking
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that so today we're gonna talk about
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verse 7 of the fifth chapter of Hebrews
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and the scripture says he was heard
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because of his reference so I'm gonna
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jump into the gist after the lecture
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this morning let's go into the
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introduction so like I said we are going
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to be talking about what reference for
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God looks like so and reverse that led
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me to consider this topic is Hebrews 5
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verse 7 the scripture says in the days
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of his flesh flesh Jesus offer our
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prayers and supplications with loud
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cries and tears to him
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who was able to save him from death and
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he was heard because of his reverence so
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the verse is basically telling us that
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it is time as a man on planet Earth
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Jesus offered up prayers with loud cries
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and tears and his prayers were heard
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because he had a reverence for God the
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Father his father so the first thing we
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want to do is this we want to define the
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word reverence now according to the
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dictionary reverence is having a deep
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respect for someone or something but
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what does reverence for God mean
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according to the word of the Lord
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Himself we want to understand what it
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means to have reverence for God in a
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proper way okay so that's what we're
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gonna be looking at today so the next
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slide says a closer look at biblical
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reverence
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now this is important to know because we
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live in a day and age where the art of
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reverence is lost you know reverence is
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almost like foreign to us
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so what leads to reverence I said here
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true humility leads to reverence Jesus
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himself was God incarnate yet he did not
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consider equality with God
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something to be grasped or to hold on to
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and if you look at Philippians 2 verse 5
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to 10 we are told have this in mind
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among yourselves which is yours in
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Christ Jesus who though he was in a form
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of God did not count equality with God a
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thing to be grasped but emptied himself
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by taking the form of a servant being
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born in the likeness of men and being
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found in human form he humbled himself
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by becoming obedient to the point of
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death even death on a cross therefore
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God has highly exalted him and bestowed
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on him the name that is above every name
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so that at the name of Jesus every knee
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should bow in heaven and on earth and
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under earth and every tongue confess
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that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory
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of God the Father this is the work of
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this is the word of the Lord so now that
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we've read Philippians 2 verse 5 to 10
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we are going to dive into the biblical
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reference and what this has to do with
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it scripture says have this in mind what
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mind and the answer is in verse 6 to 8
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Jesus exuded true meekness power under
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control he was without sin and he lived
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a perfect life it was every man who
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could demand anything from God he will
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be Jesus because he was equal to God in
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every way because he was God but what
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the Scriptures tell us he offered up
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prayers with loud cries and tears why
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because he humbled himself and didn't
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consider equality with God something to
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hold on to his divine attributes didn't
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disappear because of his humanity yet he
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didn't do anything outside they will of
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God the Father he was without saying he
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lived a perfect life and he lived the
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perfect life that God requires of us so
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if there was
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ever a person that could demand things
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from God that will be Jesus because he
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had every right to do it because he
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lived exactly how God wants him to live
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you see that like if there was ever
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anyone that could say god I want this
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and this and this guy would have given
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it to him because Jesus had the right to
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demand those things but even him what
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the scriptures say he didn't consider
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equality with God a thing to be grasped
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or to hold on to he emptied himself and
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became obedient even obedient to death
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on a cross
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so again I'll repeat the last sentence
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but what does scripture tell us he
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offered our prayers with loud cries and
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tears why because he humbled himself and
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did not consider equality with God
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something to hold on to his divine
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attribute did not disappear because of
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his humanity yet he did not do anything
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outside the will of God the Father so he
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sees reverence okay now we're gonna jump
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on to the next thing and we're gonna
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look at what irreverence looks like and
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and there's a story in the Old Testament
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that shows us what irreverence looks
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like so we're gonna look at it in second
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Kings verse 1 chapter 1 verse 1 to 16 so
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we're gonna read a passage and we're
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gonna come back to this in a second so
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let me go on to that and we're gonna
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read it so I'm gonna start from here and
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you can follow on my screen now the Lord
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the Lord's judgment on his ire Ahaziah
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after Ahab's death Moab rebelled against
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Israel now Ahaziah
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had fallen through the lattice of his
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upper room in Samaria and injured
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himself so he sent messengers saying to
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them go and consult
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Beelzebub the God of Ekron to see if
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I'll recover from my injury but the
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angel of the Lord said to Elijah the
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Tishbite
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go up and meet the messengers of the
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king of Samaria and ask them is it
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because there is no God in Israel that
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you are gone off to consult me about the
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God of Ekron therefore this is what the
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Lord says you will not leave the bed you
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are lying
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you will certainly die so Elijah went
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when the messengers returned to the king
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he asked them why have you come back and
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he said a man came to meet us they
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replied he said to us go back to the
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king who sent you and tell him this is
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what the Lord says is it because there
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is no God in Israel that you are sending
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messengers to consult bazi Bob
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they got of Econ therefore you will not
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live the bear you're lying on you will
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certainly died the king asked him what
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kind of man was it that came to meet you
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and told you this and they replied he
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had a garment of hair and had a leather
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belt around his waist and the king said
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that was Elijah the Tishbite then he
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sent to Elisha a calf and with his
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company of fifty men this is where
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things get interesting the captain went
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up to Elisha who was sitting on the top
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of hill and say to him man of God the
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King says come down and enlarge answer
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the captain if I am a man of God may
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fire come down from heaven and consume
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you and your fifty men then fire fell
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from heaven and consumed the captain and
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his fifty men at least the king sent to
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a larger another captain with his fifty
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men the captain said oh man of God this
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is what the King says come down at once
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and Elisha replied if I am a man of God
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Elisha replied may fire come down from
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heaven and consume you and your fifty
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men then the fire of God fell from
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heaven and consumed him and his fifty
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men so the king sent a third captain
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with his fifty men this third captain
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went up and fell on his knees before
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Elisha and he said men of God he begged
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please have respect for my life and the
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lives of these fifty men your servants
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see fire has fallen from heaven and
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consumed the first two captains and all
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their men but now have respect for my
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life and the angel of the Lord said to
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Elisha go down with him do not be afraid
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do not be afraid of him
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so Elisha got up and went down with him
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to the king now we're gonna go back to
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our presentation and we're gonna pick up
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from here move this down quick
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so here's the thing we want to learn
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what irreverence looks like so what did
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we learn from this passage we're gonna
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look at it three requests more closely
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the first one this is from the ESV then
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the king sent to him a captain of fifty
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movies fifty and he went up to Elisha
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who was sitting on the top of a hill and
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he say to him o man of God the King says
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calm down for Elijah ends at the captain
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of fifty if I am a man of God let fire
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come down from heaven and consume you
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and your fifty then fire came down from
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heaven and consumed him and his fifty
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see the man of God is a man in whom the
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Spirit of God dwells so even the King is
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subject to the Spirit of God so the
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request of the king was irreverent and
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consequently the Spirit of God corrected
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the behavior by consuming the captain
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and his fifty Elijah was basically
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representing God and they disrespect
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toward him was basically disrespect
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toward God so God is in the genie and
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cannot be controlled by men so do you
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understand that when the man went up
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there they say oh man of God the King
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says calm down
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you can't control the Spirit of God so
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Elijah say if I'm a man of God let's
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fire calm down and boom he happens so
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there's another this is second delegate
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so we'll see what happened ex so the
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second one again the king sent to him
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another captain of fifty men with his
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fifty now you will think that by now the
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King would have understood that look
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fifty men
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Christ a captain just got killed so what
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do I need to do repentance and reference
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well he still didn't get it
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let's see what happens and he answered
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and said to him o men of God this is the
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King's order come down quickly but
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Elisha answered him if I'm a man of God
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led fire come down from heaven and
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consume you and you're 50 then the fire
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of God came down from heaven and
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consumed him and is 50 so obviously the
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second group didn't get the memo it
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didn't matter that the sermon was from
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the king the king himself like I said
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earlier is subject to the commands of
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God's not the other way around
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and as a result this second wave also
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perished because of the lack of
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reverence for God and now there's a
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third wave now let's swap or now again
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the kinks and the cabin of a third 50
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wave is 50 and the third captain of 50
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went up and came and fell on his knees
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before Elijah and entreated him all men
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of God please let my life and the life
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of these 50 servants of yours be
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precious in your sight
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behold fire came down from heaven and
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consumed the former to captain of fifty
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men with their fifties but now let my
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life be precious in your sight then the
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angel of the Lord said to Elisha go down
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with him and do not be afraid of him you
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see finally the third captain understood
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that approaching a man of God required
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reverence let me repeat that again
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finally the third captain understood
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that approaching a man of God required
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reverence we can make that observation
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from the world in red you see the words
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in red right he fell on his knees and he
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entreated him please let my life and a
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life of these 50 servants of yours be
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precious in your sight he's
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acknowledging that he's in the presence
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of a man of God in whom the Spirit of
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God dwells so he's in the presence of
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God himself through that man so what the
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good thing also is this like Elijah
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himself was subject to the angel of the
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Lord Elijah could not bring down fire
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from heaven without the consent and
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without the word of the Lord he was the
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agent of God and while he was the one
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behind the visible actions the fire God
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was the one behind the curtain so the
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disrespect was not really directed to
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what Elijah but to what God Himself you
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see that
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so while Elijah was the one in front of
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the people the one behind Elijah was God
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himself and God told him go with him
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don't be afraid that he went so how do
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we approach God is what we need to
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understand now how do we come to God we
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are learning reverence okay so let's go
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to the next slide
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how to come into the presence of the
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Lord how to come into the presence of
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the Lord
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you know John just tells us somewhere I
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think in Hebrews as well come to the
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throne of grace with confidence to
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receive grace in times of need okay that
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does not give us the right to be
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irreverent when we come before the Lord
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approaching the throne of God requires
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humility and reverence no one can
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approach the throne of God unless God
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permits it we can't come to the throne
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of God on our own terms that's number
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one we need to understand our supremacy
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Jesus is the way the truth and the life
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and no one can come to God unless
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through Jesus because his righteousness
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is imputed to us and as a result we can
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come into the presence of God so let's
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not forget that when we are going to the
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presence of God that this is because of
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Jesus's righteousness and what he has
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done for us that we are allowed to come
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into the presence of God so that
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completely strips away our pride because
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we have to humble ourselves and
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recognize our inadequacy you see that
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because Jesus was the only one who could
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enter the presence of God according to
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his own marriage and even he had a
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reverence for his father so who are you
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and who are my to think that we can come
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we can treat God with contempt and
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irreverence if the perfect son of God
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Himself offered up prayers with loud
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cries and tears and because his prayers
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were heard because of his reverence who
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are you and one me Who am I to think
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that I can come into the presence of God
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without reverence I hope this leads you
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and I to come to reconsider how we
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approach the throne of grace we are
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called to come to the throne of grace
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with confidence but not our confidence
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but the confidence given to us by Jesus
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and because our master himself was
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reverent we have to come to the throne
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of grace with reverence you can't come
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to the presence of God with your own
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attitude with this attitude of I deserve
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to be here doesn't know how he works yes
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come with confidence but because the
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confidence given
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you come from Christ and because Christ
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himself was reverent his children will
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be reverent so when we come into the
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presence of God let's remember that to
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be reverent and the scripture says Jesus
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prayers were heard because he was
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reverent so therefore we have to show
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their reverence and ask the Holy Spirit
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Himself to indwell us and to lead us to
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be reverent and to humble ourselves and
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know that we are in the presence of the
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Living God that created the whole host
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of heaven and the whole universe you
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gotta understand that you're not coming
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to the president even if you were to go
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to the President of the United State of
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America or any president so to speak how
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would you come into his presence
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reverence right you show reverence now
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how much more God when you come into the
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presence of God sure reverence and I
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will exhort you to do that and to ask
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God Himself to cleanse your film of your
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own pride and ask you to open your eyes
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so that when you come into the presence
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of God you understand that you are in
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the Holy of Holies Isaiah the prophet
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fell on his face
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Moses would even look toward the bushes
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Peter when he caught all is there are
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the fishes or the fish he said to Jesus
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and wait for me I'm a sinful man because
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you are entering that presence that you
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know that you in the prayers of a
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perfect being that is perfect in every
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way if that has now pushed you to be
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reverent then we have a problem so I
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will encourage you to really ask the
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Holy Spirit himself to clean you and to
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lead you to have that reverence okay and
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go back and read that passage even more
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so have a wonderful day and I'll see you
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next time thank you
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you