Amen, all right the title sermon this morning is the spirit of fear the spirit of fear
Look down at your Bible at 2nd Timothy chapter 1 verse number 7 the Bible says for God
It's not given us the spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind
Let's pray Heavenly Father. We thank you Lord so much for this scripture Lord and Lord is powerful and Lord
We know just through this verse right here that any spirit of fear that we have on our lives Lord
It's not from you and Lord
I pray that you'd help me to preach the sermon in boldness and power and not in fear and or the fill me with the
Holy Spirit as I begin to preach now in Jesus name we pray. Amen
All right. So today
All this coronavirus stuff is starting to affect Christians also and this fear is creeping into Christianity
right now
About this scare and people are like, well, yeah, I am scared
Well, you know what the Bible did not give you that spirit of fear
and so people are fearing being in public because the news are
Fear mongers and they're promoting their spirit of fear and look that spirit of fear is not from God
it's not from God and so if you're afraid of
Your health and all this corona stuff. Look people get sick. Okay, and
That's that's the truth of the matter
But do you think that God you know wants you to be afraid of every virus?
He wants you to forsake the assembling of going to church because you're afraid of getting sick
He wants you to forsake being baptized or keeping any of God's commandments because you're afraid
You're out of your mind. If you think that that's not what the Bible teaches as a matter of fact
This is a big topic in the Word of God this fear. I could even nearly put
All the scripture I wanted to in here, but there's a lot okay
so
That's what I'm preaching on and this corona scare this coronavirus scare is what prompted me to preach it
And so it's not just about the corona viruses. It's just fear in general
Okay, but I will be focusing a little bit about then
I'm gonna give you some health tips at the end of this sermon so you can
Know what you should do. Okay, so let's look at first John chapter 4. It's turn off
And before we get fully started in this first John chapter 4 verse number 1
First John 4
Verse number 1 the Bible says beloved believe not every spirit, but try the spirits
Whether they have they are of God because many false prophets are gone out into the world
And so the Bible teaches us hey don't believe every spirit and you know, I know this is talking about false prophets
And we should try those spirits. Hey, whatever spirit that that preacher has
Hey
You should try those spirits and make sure that person is really preaching what the Bible says
Cuz many false prophets are gone out into the world
But you know
There's me there's all kinds of different spirits that we can get associated with and I didn't have time to do a Bible study
And all the different types of spirits that there are obviously we know there's demonic spirits. We know there's angelic spirits
We know that there's a spirit of God that resides in all believers
But also
There is a spirit of fear isn't there because that's what 2nd Timothy chapter 1 verse 7 says God
Have not given us the spirit of fear
So obviously that's a spirit that makes us afraid that makes us fear things and you know what it's not of God
It's not of God
So if you're afraid of something this morning if you're afraid of the coronavirus if you're afraid of you know
Coming to church because you might get sick look it's not from God
Because God told you to not forsake the assembly of yourselves together
And so do you think God's just gonna go back on his commandments say well in case the coronavirus
That's your that's your little get out of jail get out of church free card or something. It's ridiculous
God's not giving you that spirit that spirit comes from who?
The devil the devil brings that spirit upon look the news if you think that the news has your best interest at heart
You're wrong about that
You know why they're pushing this they're pushing it because they want to bring this vaccine out
Then then they can make you all afraid again. See it was the measles before wasn't it now
Funny how you don't hear anything about the measles anymore now. She's the coronavirus. We're all scared
Be afraid be afraid
So there are different types of spirits and the spirit I'm talking about today is the spirit of fear
And we should not have anything to do with that look and sometimes we get afraid I get that
But you know what God says fear not be not afraid
So this sermon has two purposes the number one purpose is I want to give those that are in fear swift kick in the pants
And exhort you to continue in the faith
And number two I want to teach you what you really should fear okay?
So there's two purposes to this sermon now the Bible says this scene
62 times fear not
62 times so that's why I said it's a major theme in the Bible, and there's all kinds of other different variations of this
Okay, but the work the actual term fear not is 62 times. I'm not gonna go through all those 62 times
I'm gonna go through a couple of them with you though
Let's turn to Genesis chapter 15, and we'll look at the first mention of that same fear not
Because you know you know what we should fear we should fear God
That's the only person you should fear
Fear
God all right and fear
When you when you do something wicked the punishment of that God all right
Genesis chapter 15 verse 1 the Bible says after these things the word of the Lord came unto Abram in a vision saying
Fear not Abram. I am thy shield and I exceeding great reward
So what's he saying on this hey if God's your shield guess what you have a really good friend
You have someone that's gonna protect you no matter what and he says the fear not he told Abraham not to fear
And you know what Abraham believed God and it was counted to him under righteousness
So he was saved because he feared God and he believed him right so look at Joshua chapter 10 verse
25 Joshua chapter 10 verse 25
I'm just going to show you a couple examples of this in the Bible so Joshua chapter 10 verse number 25
So the Bible says this and Joshua said unto them
Fear not nor be dismayed be strong and of a good courage for thus shall the Lord do
to all your enemies against whom ye fight
In
Ha time to take the jacket off all right anyway
Says be strong and be of good courage and look you know being in fear is the opposite of being strong being in fear
opposite of having good courage
You know and when the Lord is the one that's fighting the battles for you. Why are you afraid?
Why would you be afraid of an army look look give you Gideon was was afraid?
But you know he wasn't too afraid to listen to God
Took 300 men and beat all those all those soldiers with just 300 men, and you know what God was fighting for them
That's why they want it wasn't just because those 300 men were the baddest dudes on the planet or something
They just didn't lick their water like a dog right or whatever
So look at Luke chapter 5. Let's look at some New Testament
Sayings and look Jesus said this saying also
But so look at Luke chapter 5
verse number 10
And it says it said and so was also James and John the sons of Zebedee which were partners with Simon and Jesus said unto
Simon
Fear not from henceforth thou shalt catch men
So yeah, and isn't it funny how people are afraid to go soloing
They're afraid of what's gonna happen at the door, but you know Jesus said fear not from henceforth thou shalt catch men
Hey, so guess what that means that if you go and follow Jesus guess what?
You're gonna catch men when you follow him and knock on doors and preach the gospel to people and he said not to fear
Don't fear
So look at Revelation chapter 1 verse 17, then we'll move on to some other scriptures
But Revelation chapter 1 verse 17 is the last book in the Bible in case you don't know where Revelation is
It's the last book of the Bible and it's the first chapter of the last book in verse number 17
The Bible says when I saw him I fell at his feet is dead and he laid his right hand upon me saying unto
Me fear not I am the first and the last I am he that liveth and was dead and behold
I am alive forevermore
Amen, and have the keys of hell and of death, you know who you should fear
You know, he said not to fear because he you know was John's God
He doesn't have to fear. He doesn't have to fear Jesus. But you know what when he saw Jesus he was afraid
Why was he afraid?
Because he had a long hair and he was skinny and had a little dress on you think that that's what he looked like
He didn't look like that at all. His eyes were a flame of fire. The Bible says his feet were like polished brass
He's shown like the Sun
You know who we should fear in our in this life, you know of any person would be the Lord Jesus Christ
God the Father and the Holy Ghost. Amen the God of Israel and
But he told John not to fear him
Because when he looked at him he was afraid and there's a reason why because he was probably scary-looking
If you saw Jesus right now, you'd probably afraid too
you know if you saw any
Angelic being you'd be scared out of your mind
Because it's not something you've ever seen before and there's a lot of power there
So fear is the opposite of strong fear is the opposite of courage fear is the opposite of boldness
And we shouldn't have that spirit of fear. The Bible says that
So the term be not afraid is in the Bible 26 times be not afraid and that is
Is a synonym of fear being afraid is being fearful right turn to Deuteronomy chapter 20 verse number one
We'll look at some verses about not being afraid
Deuteronomy chapter 20
Verse number one
The Bible says this when thou goest out to the battle against thine enemies and seest horses and chariots and people
more than thou be
Not afraid of them for the Lord thy God is with thee which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt
So the Bible is telling his people
Hey, don't be afraid of all these armies and these all these different things be not afraid of them
The Lord is with thee. You know what if God is on your side, you don't have anything to fear
That's what he's saying whether they have the greatest armaments ever
Don't be afraid of them. So in the end times we're gonna have this reprobate army after us, right?
But the Bible says to be not afraid
So which what are you gonna listen to the Word of God? Are you gonna listen to Fox News and
Facebook and
YouTube and the drug report and whatever else you are listening to that's making you afraid
Hey, don't listen that listen to the Bible
Joshua chapter 1 verse 9. I'll have you turn to 2nd Chronicles 20 verse 15
I'm gonna read for you Joshua 1 9 the Bible says this and Joshua 1 9 have not I commanded thee be strong and of a
Good courage be not afraid
Neither be thou dismayed for the Lord thy God is with thee whether so ever thou goest
Don't be afraid
Don't be dismayed
God is with you wherever and look and if you are saved today and you have the Holy Spirit of God
Residing in you. Guess what? God is with you wherever you're going
And he's with you wherever you're going. That's wrong to think about that
So when if you want to be afraid don't be afraid
You know of the things that are gonna happen to you be afraid
Over the things that God might do to you as a punishment for your sins
But look at 2nd Chronicles chapter 20 verse 15
it says and he said harking ye all Judah and you
Inhabitants of Jerusalem and thou King Jehoshaphat thus saith the Lord unto you be not afraid
Nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude for the battle is not yours
But God's look God's gonna fight the battles for you. Why are people so scared?
You're scared of a little microscopic thing that yeah, can it hurt you?
Of course it can but do you think that that's what God called you for to so he could kill you with a virus
That way is that what he called you for? Oh
Yeah, hey believe in me
Come to church
Get baptized
Go soul winning, you know preach the gospel or whatever else
But you know what when you do that, I'm gonna kill you for it
Does that make sense to you?
Do you see how irrational that fear is? It's a rational and it's a spirit of fear
Second Chronicles chapter 32 go ahead and turn there. I'm gonna read for you in Ezekiel chapter 2 verse 6
The Bible says in Ezekiel 2 verse 6 and thou son of man be not afraid of them neither be afraid of their words
Though briars and thorns be with thee and thou doest dwell amongst scorpions be not afraid of their words
Nor be dismayed at their look
Though they be a rebellious house. So he's saying hey Ezekiel. I'm gonna tell you what to preach
I'm gonna have you preach all this stuff and though you're gonna have some reprobates around you
You're gonna have some thorns you're gonna have some scorpions around you, you know, it's not talking about literal thorns and scorpions
It's talking about people. Don't be afraid of their faces. Don't be afraid of their looks
You know what you get up and preach the Word of God as I've told you to do it
And I'm gonna be with you. I'm gonna help you. I'm gonna protect you
And he told the same thing to Jeremiah don't look at their faces
Don't be afraid of their dirty looks and their dirty faces
They show you and look as a preacher when you get up here any person that's preached behind this pulpit has probably had some kind
Of salty look from their way. There's something you were saying and look, it's not what you're saying
It's what the Bible says
Right, and so people get mad over what the Bible says and they get upset about what the Bible says and they're like
Well, you just don't understand. I'm afraid, you know, this is my special reason for being afraid. It's wrong
It's wrong. It's not of God
So, like I said Jesus uses this exact phrase being not afraid seven times he uses this phrase in Mark chapter 5
Verse 36. I had you turn to a verse didn't I? What was that verse? I had you turn to
2nd Chronicles 32 7 be strong and courageous
Be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria nor of all the multitude that's with him for there be more
With us than with him and now this is Elijah the prop Elisha the prophet and he's saying hey God
He basically tells God to show them how many people how many hosts of angels and how many hosts are on our side
And then God opens his eyes so he can see the spirit world and he sees
That they do truly have more than what the army that they were facing
And so sometimes we can't see in our eyes of faith don't see very well
Sometimes we get afraid of things but remember look each and every person I believe has a guardian angel
Maybe you have maybe some people need to have two because they're always messing up and you know
The angels try to you know help you. I don't know
But I do believe that we do have guardian angels as saved people that the Bible says that this the spirits
These angelic beings are ministers of them than half that are that are saved
They're ministers for us for those that are gonna inherit eternal life
And so they've minute just like Jesus had angels administered to him when he was tempted of the devil
We also have angels that minister to us. We just don't see we can't see that so
So mark chapter 5 verse 36 says as soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken
He said unto the ruler of the synagogue be not afraid
Only what believe he wants us to believe he wants us to have faith
You know and he last Thursday I preached about this how you know, he said, you know helped out
My aunt the guy said that helped out my unbelief
You know, we are have a hard time believing sometimes and sometimes we need to see to go to Jesus and say hey
Will you help my unbelief Lord? Will you help me to not be afraid and when you're afraid it's irrational
It's not of God. So guess who you need to go to to get that fear taken out of you need to go
to God
so acts chapter
Now the Apostle Paul every town he walked in I'm sure that there was a little bit of anxiety
Especially after he was beaten by rods thrice. He was shipwrecked twice
He was stoned to death basically and he was beaten
Several times and thrown out of the city. I'm sure he had a little bit of anxiety about going soul-quoting
Didn't he you know, we don't have that anxiety. We have a fear of oh, maybe someone's gonna tell us the
Blankety-blank you and slam the door in our face. What's what how does that hurt you?
I'm just like, okay next door
You know and God's gonna deal with that person
If someone attacks you out soul-quoting, you know, just you know, do your karate kid on him. No, I'm just kidding. Don't do that
But look how often does that happen? It's happened one time in our church
I'm not gonna rehash the story
The tale has been told many times but
But you know, look the person still live they're still in our church
You know, they still look as good as the day it happened
Maybe a little bit uglier. No, I'm just kidding
Just joking, but anyway
So look look turn to Acts chapter 18 and look how God deals with Paul
And I can understand how Paul would be a little bit anxious about going someplace
Look, if you've gotten beat down as many times as he did and went through as much stuff
You know, the Bible says that I must show him how much how great things he much suffer for my name's sake
So, you know
Showed Paul the things that he would have to suffer and look at Acts 18 verse 9
But God was also with him and protected him says then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision
Be not afraid but speak and hold not thy peace for I'm with thee and no man shall suffer
Set on me to hurt thee or I have much people in this city
And so Paul was comforted by the Lord that day and he what did he do and he continued there a year and six months
teaching the Word of God
Among them. I don't know what it was about this particular place that made Paul anxious and made Paul afraid
But God said you know what don't be afraid
But speak hold not thy peace. Don't be afraid to preach the gospel
Don't be afraid to preach God's commandments in this city because I'm with you
I'm not gonna let any man hurt you or set on thee to hurt thee now
Let's look at
John chapter 14 verse number 17
The Bible says here in is our love made perfect that we may have boldness in the day of judgment
Because as he is so are we in this world there is no fear in love but perfect love
Casteth out fear, you know what if you're saved today
You don't have anything to fear because guess what the moment you close your eyes. You're gonna wake up with Jesus
Okay, and it says perfect love casteth out fear. He's telling us
Hey, don't be afraid you know who needs to be afraid the people that have fear
says because fear hath torment
He that feareth is not made perfect in love
But how I'm gonna try to exhort you seven ways to next Sunday all right
That this is not this fear is irrational
And I've noticed the irrational fear, and I you know what I who I expect to be fearful
I expect the world to be fearful
Just like when they come back and they see the Lord Jesus Christ
And they see that he's revealed from heaven, and he comes back to get his Saints. They're gonna be really afraid
They're gonna. They're gonna hide in the dens and caves of the earth and say to the rocks and mountains fall on us
Because the great day of his wrath has come
They're gonna be afraid
But you know who doesn't have to be afraid us
We don't have to be afraid so again. I expect the world to be afraid I expect that you know
I had a call from my grandpa, and he knows that I travel around a lot
And he called me, and he wasn't you know he was trying to do something nice and just warned me that the first
Person that got it in California was taken to a Sacramento area hospital
And he was like worried that I would because he knows I go to Sacramento sometime
And I said grandpa. I'm not really worried about it. Honestly. He's like what you know he was
He was he was he is worried about it. You know he's he's an older
He's you know he's pretty old now, and that's what this virus is killing is mostly
Older people elder people and so then of course
That fear was trying to be passed on to me, but I look I don't live in a world of fear right
I just don't I don't care. You know if God's gonna kill him with the coronavirus, and maybe I did something to deserve it
That's why I look at it, so
You know so if I die of it, then maybe I did something wrong
But all have sinned and come short of the glory of God so don't get all high and mighty on me
All right
But you know this fear is passed on to my mom and my mom lives with us, and she's afraid and she's
Trying to buy you know everybody's bought up all the masks
Can somebody explain to me the toilet paper thing though like?
The clown being at home for a long time like all these grocery services of doubled and tripled their businesses
Where the online services will look on and deliver it to your house, so why not people are just gonna be shut-ins
With their mountains of toilet paper and their paper towels and all this their their Clorox wipes
And all this other stuff
Their masks you know I could only get two math you know I or somebody told me yesterday that Walmart was selling
Hand sanitizer for $150 a bottle for just like a bottle like that
So
It's like come on people you're really that scared, but you know what well
I do expect the world to be afraid when I told my mom I wasn't afraid she got mad at me
And it's just like well whatever mom you know. I don't know how does it feel how does it feel to live in fear?
You know it must suck
So but obviously I tried to encourage her a little bit. You know, but she
She's a little afraid I expect people that don't go to church that don't
Have the faith
They're supposed to have would be afraid of something like this I
Expect the world to flip out and get hysterical and guess what they are being that way
Well, maybe you should unplug Fox News
or CNN or
MSNBC or
You know
Unsubscribed from Fox 12 on Facebook
Tim oh no, I'm just kidding
I'm subscribed to
Maybe you should unsubscribe from the Babylon be
It's my favorite news source anyway
But you know I expect that I expect the worldly people to get hysterical and to flip out
You know I don't expect to be afraid you know who I don't expect to get hysterical
You know who I don't expect to be afraid and fearful about this thing God's people
That's who I don't expect right and
You know it's it's just sad to me the people that I know that are saved are living in fear over this thing
And maybe you've had some fearful thoughts about it
I'm not like trying to be super mean here
But you know like I said one of the points of my sermon is to give you a spiritual kick in the pants
To help you to reel that fear back in and say hey, you know what I'm wrong God you're right
I know I shouldn't be afraid and
Just repent of that right
So let me teach you a principle as the Word of God this morning
I'll try to skip through I have a lot of scripture verses here, but maybe I won't read all of them
Maybe you'll get it after maybe the first story. Let's look about let's look at what happened with Zedekiah and Jeremiah chapter 38
Let's look at Zedekiah
Look at his example, so this is the principle. I want to teach you about this morning is that
The thing that you are afraid of the most is probably going to be the thing that happens to you
Because you're not living by faith
You're living in fear
And if God commands you not to be living in fear
And that's what you do you operate out of that level of fear then guess what's gonna happen to you. You're probably gonna be
Judged with the thing that you fear the most
You know if you're afraid of spiders
A spider's gonna crawl across your face or something I don't know that's just an example
We got to overcome. You know I used to be deathly afraid of spiders when I was a kid
I just I had a black widow crawl up my leg one time
I think I've told the story before a long time ago, but I had a black widow crawl my bare leg one time
And I said a four-letter word that I shouldn't have said I was ten years old jumped out of the back of the truck
while I was driving
And kept running landed on my feet
Here
It's true though, I'm serious my brother was there he was the witness
But you know after that I was afraid of spiders, but you know what I just got over it
I just I decided you know what I'm not gonna live in fear with spiders
Not every spider is a black widow not every spider is a poison spider. They can't all hurt you
I don't like when they get on me. I brush them off real fast
Get the blowtorch out
But it's it's it's not good to have an irrational fear of things like that so look at Jeremiah chapter 38 verse 14 the Bible says
Then Zedekiah the king
Sent and took Jeremiah the prophet unto him into the third entry what that was in the house of the Lord and the king
said unto Jeremiah
This is so Jeremiah's basically told him over and over again that the judgment is gonna fall on Jerusalem. It's gonna be destroyed
Everybody's gonna be killed pretty much
people will be taken away captive into the land of Babylon and
They're fighting against this and Jeremiah keeps telling all you gotta do is just turn
You know turn yourself over give up and not none of these things are gonna happen to you, but he just won't listen
He says I'll ask you a thing hide nothing from me
then Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah if I declared unto thee wilt thou not surely put me to death and
If I give thee counsel wilt thou not hearken unto me so Zedekiah the king swears secretly
Unto Jeremiah saying as the Lord liveth that made us this soul
I will not put thee to death neither will I give thee into the hand of these men that seek thy life
Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah
Thus saith the Lord God the God of hosts the God of Israel that thou will sure
Assuredly go forth unto the king of Babylon's princes
Then thy soul shall live and this city that shall not be burned with fire and thou shalt live
And thine house. So what's he telling me? He's prophesying good. Thanks to him if he just gives up, right?
But here's what he says in verse 18
But if thou will not go forth unto the king of Babylon's princes
Then shall this city be given into the land
Excuse me
the hand of the Chaldeans and they shall burn it with fire and thou shalt not escape out of their hand and
Zedekiah the king said unto Jeremiah
What's he say? I'm afraid
I
Am afraid of the Jews that are falling to the Chaldeans lest they deliver me into their hand and they mock me
So what's he afraid of he's afraid of people making fun of them because that's what mocking someone is
So Jeremiah just gets done telling him. Look this is what's gonna happen to you
You're all gonna die
This the city's gonna be burnt with fire and you and your family are gonna die and he's afraid of
His friends making fun of them
That's an irrational fear, isn't it? That's a dumb fear to have after Jeremiah just told him the word of the Lord
verse 20
But Jeremiah said they shall not deliver thee obey
I beseech thee the voice of the Lord which I speak unto thee
So it shall be well unto thee and thy soul shall live
You know, I read it like that because that's the way I think that Jeremiah said it to us like look dude
Just obey what God says he's giving you an out here
And he says but if thou refused to go forth
This is the word that the Lord has showed me and behold all the women that are left in the king of Judas house
shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon's princes and those women shall say thy friends have set on thee and
Have prevailed against thee thy feet are sunk in the mire and they are turned away back
So they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the Chaldeans and thou shalt not escape out of their hand
But shalt be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon and thou shalt cause this city to be burned with fire
Then said Zedekiah into Jeremiah
Let no man know of these words and thou shall not die
So he's going back on his word here. And basically what's he saying? I don't I'm not I don't care what you say
I'm not gonna listen to what you say
says what if the prince the prince is here that I have talked with thee and they come unto thee and say unto thee declare
Unto us now that thou hast said unto the king hide it not from us and we will not put thee to death
also what the king said
unto thee
Then thou shalt say unto them
I presented my supplications before the king that thou would not cause me to return to
Jonathan's house and so basically he's just telling them
Here's what you need to say if they come to you and ask you the truth about what we talked about
All right, so turn turn your chapter over to chapter 39 verse 1
Chapter 39 verse 1 in Jeremiah the Bible says so this is what happens
This is the result of him not obeying the voice of the Lord of him being afraid more afraid of his friends and what the
Other people think about him than what God says to him
All right
Jeremiah 39 verse 1 says in the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah in the tenth month came Nebuchadnezzar
king of Babylon and his army against Jerusalem
Beseech it and the eleventh year of Zedekiah in the fourth month the ninth day of the month
The city was broken up and all the princes of the kings of Babylon came in and sat in their middle gate
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With all the residue of the princes of the kings of Babylon it came to pass that when Zedekiah the king of Judas saw them
And all the men of war then they fled and went out of the city by night
By the way of the king's garden by the gate betwixt the two walls and he went out of the way of the plane
but the Chaldeans army pursued after them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho and when they had taken him they brought him
Up to Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon and to ribble in the land of Hamath where he gave judgment upon him
And what was the judgment exactly what the Bible says?
said was happened to him then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah and rip live before his eyes and
The king of Babylon slew all the nobles of Judah moreover
He put Zedekiah's eyes put out Zedekiah's eyes and bound him with chains to carry him to Babylon poked his eyes out
And the Chaldeans burned the king's house and the houses of the people of fire and break down the walls of Jerusalem
And Nebuchadnezzar Dan the captain of the guard carried away captive
Into Babylon the remnant of the people that remained in the city and those that fell away
That fell to him with the rest of the people to remain but Nebuchadnezzar Dan
the captain of the guard left of the poor of the people which had nothing in the land of Judah and gave them vineyards and
fields at the same time
So what ended up happening?
Well, because he refused to listen because he was afraid his whole family died his fault
His whole family was killed before his eyes
And the last thing he saw was his children being killed in their eye and his eyes were poked out right after that
The last memory you have with your eyeballs is your kids being killed and why did that happen?
You know why it happened because he refused to listen to the word of the Lord
He had an out he gave him an out. God was merciful to him and what he do
He ignored what the Bible said he ignored what the Prophet told him and guess what happens when you ignore what the Bible says
Then there's gonna be a judgment upon you
Now let's look at Numbers chapter 13 verse number 25
Numbers chapter 13 verse number 25. This is also a lengthy scripture
Thing but you got to have it for the context. So Numbers chapter 13 verse 25 and so
Got
Joshua had sent out the spies to spy out the land
Okay
and
in verse 25
it says and they returned from searching the land after 40 days and they went and came to Moses and Aaron to all the
congregation of the children of Israel into the wilderness of Perun to Kadesh and brought back word unto them and to the
congregation and showed them the fruit of the land and
They told him and said we came into the land whether thou sent us and surely it floweth with milk and honey
And this is the fruit of it
Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell on the land and the cities are walled and very great and moreover
we saw the children of Anak there and
the Amalekites dwell in the land in the south and the Hittites and the Jebusites and the Amorites dwell in the mountains and
The Canaanites dwell in the sea by the sea and by the coast of Jordan and Caleb stilled the people before Moses
And said let us go up at once and possess it for we are able to overcome it
But the men that went up with them said we'd be not able to go up against the people for they're stronger than we
And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel saying
The land through which we had gone to search it is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof
and all the people that we saw in it are men of great stature and
There we saw the Giants the sons of Anak which come of the Giants and we were in our own sites as grasshoppers
So that we were in their sight. So what are they saying?
They're saying guess what these people are too tough for us to beat we're afraid of them
You need to be afraid of them, too. Let's not go
Let's not fight against them right after God already said that they were gonna be able to take over the land and defeat their enemies
So let's skip ahead into the story to Numbers chapter 14. The Bible says in Numbers 14 verse 27
How long shall I bear with this evil congregation? This is God speaking which murmur against me
I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me
Saying to them as I as truly as I live saith the Lord as you have spoken to my ears
So will I do to you your carcasses shall fall in the wilderness and all that were numbered of you according to your whole
Number from 20 years old and upward which have murmured against me doubtless. You shall not come into the land concerning ice, which I swear
to make you dwell there and save Caleb the son of Jeff Ooni and
Joshua the son of none but your little ones
Which he said should be a pray them will I bring in and they will they shall know the land which you have despised
But as for you your carcasses
They shall fall in the wilderness and your children shall wander in the wilderness 40 years and bury your whoredoms
Until your carcasses be wasted in the wilderness after the number of the days which you search the land
Even 40 days each year for a year shall you bury your inequities even 40 years and he shall know my breach of promise
I the Lord have said and I surely will do it unto this evil congregation that are gathered together against me in the wilderness
They shall be consumed and there they shall die and the men
Which Moses sent to search the land who returned and made the congregation of murmur against them by bringing up a slander upon the land
Even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land died by the plague before the Lord
But Joshua the son of none and Caleb the son of Jeff Ooni
Which were of the men that went to search the land lived still
So God promised them that he was gonna let them go to the and go into the Promised Land and everything
But now God breached his promise
He said because a while because they were afraid and you know
What happens when people live in the spirit of fear in our church today?
If someone lives in the spirit of fear, and they pass that fear on to other people
You know what God's gonna be displeased but the whole congregation because of that it's wicked
It's not of God. It's not a spirit of God. It's a spirit of fear
And that spirit of fear comes from the devil look at what it says in verse 39 and Moses told these saints under the children
of Israel and the people mourn greatly and
They rose up early in the morning
They got them up into the top of the mountain saying lo we be here and
will go up into the place which the Lord of promise for we have sinned and
Moses said wherefore now do you transgress the commandment of the Lord?
But I but it shall not prosper go not up for the Lord is not among you that you be not
Smitten before your enemies for the Amalekites and the Canaanites
Are there before you and he shall fall by the sword because you're turned away from the Lord
Therefore the Lord will not be with you
But they presume to go up to the top
To the hilltop nevertheless the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord the Moses departed not out of the camp
Then the Amalekites came down and the Canaanites and dwelt in that hill and smote them and disconfited them even unto Horma
So I know the long length of Scripture, but listen
Happen the spirit of fear crept in to the church the spirit of fear crept into the congregation and it caused
The whole generation to fall. Do you see why I'm preaching this this morning because it's very important
Did you understand that you should not have that spirit of fear?
And look what happened. They you know, they went without faith and tried to fight these battles and they got smoked
They got destroyed they got beat down
Because God was not with them anymore and he took away that promise from them
Now the last one I'll show you is from 1st Kings chapter 19 verse 1 1st Kings chapter 19 verse 1
The Bible says this
and
Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done
This is after that
He destroys the 450 prophets of Baal right and with all how he had slain all the prophets with the sword and
Jezebel sent the messenger under Elijah saying so let the gods do to me and
More also if I make not my life is the life of one of them to as
The life of one of them by tomorrow at about this time and when he saw that
He arose and went for his life and came to Beersheba which belongeth to Judah and left his servant there
So Elijah after this great victory
he gets told a read a letter from a
From this little witch right that said that she was gonna kill him by this time tomorrow
And so what did he do after?
Slaying 450 of the prophets of Baal and making them look stupid in front of the whole congregation
He runs for his life over some little lady
you know this witch this wicked person this prophetess of Baal and
So, you know and look Elijah was a great man of God. I'm not taking anything away from Elijah
He was a great man of God, but he
Got he allowed the spirit of fear to creep into him didn't right and so what's he do?
you know, I just read this I preached about this a little while ago about being depressed and
And how Elijah got depressed and all that seems afraid
But I want to skip through to the verse chapter 19 verse 9 and I'll show you something here
That's pretty interesting
And he came thither unto the cave and lodged there and behold the word of the Lord came to him and he said unto
Him what doest thou here Elijah?
And he said I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts for the children of Israel forsaken my covenant thrown down thine
Alters and slain thy prophets with the sword and I even I only am left and they seek my life to take it away
He's afraid
He's afraid so it says and he said go forth and stand upon the mountain before the Lord and behold the Lord passed by and
The great and strong wind rent the mountains and break in pieces the rocks before the Lord
But the Lord was not in the wind and after that after the wind and earthquake
but the Lord was not in the earthquake and after the earthquake of fire, but the Lord was not in the fire and
after that a still small voice
You know people are looking for God in the wrong places today
People are looking for God and the rock concerts that are at some of these churches people are looking for God in
Fox me and watching Fox News
You know most of these pastors and independent Baptist churches they post more about politics than they do about about God
They're looking for God in the wrong place is looking for some man to take care of them
Oh, please save us don't run from the coronavirus. You didn't get serious about God
Because Trump is not going to be the one who sees us
Neither is Bernie for that matter
He's even more wicked
But look people are looking for God in the wrong places look he wasn't God was not found in the wind was he
He wasn't found at Fox. He's not found on Fox News
Okay, he wasn't with you know, God wasn't in the earthquake
You know, God didn't say I'm gonna reveal myself on Facebook
He's you know, he says he was on the earthquake and he was not in the fire either
You know, he wasn't on the YouTube comments
He wasn't on the news channel that you're watching whatever it is
That's making you afraid. You know where God is
He's he's in this. He's a still small voice
And you know what? If you read this book, you better be listening to the still small voice of God
Look, I'm up here preaching to you. I might be have a loud voice today
Well, look I'm preaching to you with the still small voice says
I'm preaching to you what the Bible says about who cares what Fox News says who cares what Facebook says who cares?
What the media says look you gotta get your direction from the Word of God
You gotta get your direction from this book the still small voice in this book and you know what it says
God is not giving us the spirit of fear
But a power and a love and a sound mind
He's not giving us the spirit of fear you got that spear from somebody else and you need to get that spirit out of your
life
Don't be afraid. Don't be afraid fear not
And you know what Elijah went off and did great things for God after that
But he was afraid and God straightened him out
Didn't he and we need to look at the still small voice of God in this book and look
I'm preaching to you that still small voice today
Listen to the Bible listen to what the Bible says read the Bible
Read what the Bible says because those examples that I gave to you look
Good things didn't happen when they didn't go with the commandments bad things happen to them the worst
Possible things that could be imagined happened to Zedekiah why because he wouldn't listen to the Word of God
Why was Elijah running for his life from a little old lady the spirit of fear crept into him from the devil
Okay, and so and same thing with the spies of Jericho
God was about to give him the land and then what ended up happened to him when they disobeyed the Word of God
They all got destroyed
They couldn't they couldn't even leave the promised land
So look if your plan is to stay home because that you're afraid of the corner coronavirus getting out of church
guess what the Bible says
to not forsake the assembling of ourselves together as the manner some is but some but
Exhorting one another and so much the more as you see the day approaching
Not so much the last as you see the coronavirus approaching
We need to fear God over some stupid virus
Revelation
21 verse 7 says he that overcometh shall inherit all things and I'll be his God and he shall be my son
But guess what as soon as you become my son, I'm gonna kill you with the coronavirus. That's stupid
That's an irrational fear. It's an irrational thought
But you know what the Bible does say in Revelation chapter 21 verse 8 says but the fearful
It's a sin to be fearful, did you know that?
but the fearful and unbelieving and the
Invomitable and murderers and whoremongers and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars shall have their part in the lake
Which burnt with fire and brimstone, which is the second death. Hey, do you want to be listed with the fearful?
Do you want to be listed as someone who's afraid to go to church because of this or that?
Or you were afraid to get baptized because there's a community pool. That's ridiculous
There's chlorine in the pool what's wrong with you
Yeah, Jesus commanded us to be baptized did he not
Matthew 28 verse 18 says that Jesus came and spake unto them saying all power is given unto me in heaven and earth
Go ye therefore and teach all nations baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Ghost
Unless the coronavirus comes and then you should be afraid to get dunked in a community pool
Is that what it says? No, it doesn't say that says teachings them to deserve all things whatsoever
I have commanded you and lo I am with you always even up to the end of the world
Amen, all power is given to Jesus in heaven and earth and you know what he said don't get baptized
That's the first thing you're supposed to do after you get saved is get baptized. Why?
Cuz God said so that's why what reason what other reason you have to have
But I'm afraid
Look I think I've proved down the shadow of a doubt that we're not supposed to be afraid
we're not supposed to live in fear and
Back to the church attendance thing. Okay, I
Jumped the gun there. I want to show you the whole passage here. Let's look at Hebrews chapter 10 verse 25
Because look I understand people are afraid of getting sick
I understand people are afraid of this and that but look just practice some good hygiene
and you won't have to worry about that all talk about that the end of the sermon, but
Hebrews chapter 10 verse 25 says not forsaking the assembly of ourselves together as the manner of some is
Forsaking means hey, I'm not gonna go to church
It says but exhorting one another and so much the more as you see the day approaching
What day the day of Christ the day that Christ comes back? He says go to church more not less
But isn't it funny?
the people go to church less than they go more the opposite of what God is saying and
Guess what just like Zedekiah you're giving you know, look you're not gonna be free from this after I read these scriptures
So you're gonna you know, when you say well, I just you know
I don't care about going to the Bible doesn't say to go to church every three times a week. Okay
Says go so much the more as you see the day approaching
So if we have three services a week that you can go to you should probably try to go to them
Obviously if you live it far away, I don't expect you to do that, but I expect that people should go to church
Right. So look it says for
verse 26 for if we sin
Willfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth that remains no more sacrifice for sins
But a certain fearful looking for the judgment and fiery indignation
Which shall devour the adversaries? So what should you look for the same fiery judgment and indignation?
That's gonna happen to those people
Guess what God's gonna get on your case because you're willfully sinning and not going to church
Is that what it's talking about or not? Am I taking this out of context? Am I trying to fear monger you?
No, I'm sure why I am I'm trying to have you have the fear of the Lord, which is what you should have
Says he that despised Moses law died without mercy under two or three witnesses of how much sore punishment
Suppose II that he be thought worthy who hath trodden under the foot the Son of God and hath counted the blood of the covenant
Wherewith he was sanctified and unholy thing and guess what if you'd say, you know the blood of the what is the church?
The church is where we you know that what Christ died for and you're gonna say, you know, it's an unholy thing
It's gonna it's gonna defile me. I'm gonna be
Coronavirus when I come to church
You know, that's basically what you're saying. It's an unholy thing. It's an it's an unclean thing. I can't go
So watch online says and have done despite the spirit of grace
You've been given the spirit of grace if you just say, you know what?
I'm gonna lay out of church because I'm afraid if you say I'm not gonna get baptized
I'm afraid if you say I'm not gonna go sowing him because I'm afraid
Then guess what God's not gonna hold you guiltless over that
Says for we know him that has said vengeance belongeth unto me. I will recompense saith the Lord and again
What does it say the Lord shall judge his people
So guess what when you're laying out because you think the coronavirus is gonna be here if you're just not doing something that God
Commanding you to do guess what's gonna happen to you?
The thing that you fear the most is the thing that's gonna happen to you
So you can bolt the doors you can have a clean room at home
You can you know have all your stuff delivered and spray with hand sanitizer and all this other stuff comes into the door
But guess what if God, you know
God's gonna judge you for the thing that he commanded you to do and instead you decide to be afraid of something else
Guess what the coronavirus is gonna come right up your nose and right in your brain
The thing that you fear the most is what's gonna happen to you
Bible says it's a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the Living God
You know what you should be afraid of you should be afraid of that. I'm afraid of those statements
So Luke chapter 12 verse 4, I'll have you turn over there Luke chapter 12 verse 4. I'm getting close to wrapping this up
Luke chapter 12 verse number 4 the Bible says and I say unto you my friends be not afraid of them that kill the body
Would that include a virus that could kill you
Yeah, and after that have no more that they can do but I will forewarn you whom you shall fear
fear him
Which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell
Yay, I say unto you fear him. Who should we fear today? We should fear God we should fear
Him that could kill the body and throw you into hell now obviously if you're saved
He's not gonna throw you into hell, but you know, he will judge his people
Okay
Says are not five sparrows sold for two farthings and not one of them is forgotten before God
But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered he had it's not that he knows
You know, he knows the number of how many hairs each person in this room has on their head
That's how much he loves us. That's how much he cares for us
and so why would we fear a little bug that you can't even see and
Be afraid of that over being afraid of God
That makes zero sense
He says fear not therefore
You're more of more value than many sparrows
God loves you more than the birds. God loves you more than the bees
God loves you more than the Bears God loves you more than the dogs and the cats and
else in this world
He loves us more than anything our hairs on our head or number. I don't know how many I have right here
It's not as much as I have right here
And I can see some of you are in the same boat as I am maybe worse
I'll tell you what. God knows how many hairs are on your head regardless
So again, so here's some questions to answer
Did God call you to serve him just so he could kill you with the corona virus that what he did?
Did God ask you to be baptized just to kill you for not obeying him and to get baptized at a public pool?
That what he did. He's like, oh, yeah, go ahead and you know move your whole family over here
Get baptized
And then as soon as you go to the public pool
You're baptized and you die like three days later or something. That's stupid. That's irrational fear
Does God command you to not forsake the assembling together at church every week so that he can kill you with some plague
Does he want you to just skip church?
No, he doesn't he wants you to go and do what he says and then those things won't come upon you
Does that make sense? I mean the sermon makes sense to you this morning. I hope it does
So
Let me ask you this part. Oh vow of little faith. Oh vow that's afraid of everything
Oh vow that's afraid of the corona virus coming and killing them in their sleep
How does it feel to live in fear?
It probably sucks
You know what you don't have to live in fear
And you know what I'm only asking this question because I don't understand it
Doesn't compute. I've been afraid of things in my life. I'll admit that but I don't live in fear. I
Don't have two hand sanitizers strapped to a helmet, but I can squirt on my hands at all times
You know, I mean, I'm not walking around with a bottle of hand sanitizer
You know we did the Institute of the corona fist bump
All right
get to that in just a second, but
Yeah, explain how how it feels to live in fear after the service to me somebody because I don't understand it because God
Does not
Give us that spirit and you know what? I don't have that spirit and I don't want that spirit creeping into our church
I don't want you going around if you're the one that's scared don't pass on
Your unbelief and your fear to other people in this church
How do we stop the coronavirus from getting us?
Number one fear God and keep his commandments
fear God and keep his commandments
number two
Take care of your Ferrari
Your body is like a Ferrari you don't put stickers on it. Okay number one, but you should treat it well
eat healthy
You know eat stuff that's gonna give you some kind of a nutrition that'll help you
You
If your truck but here here's the thing
And I'm gonna say this I'm gonna try to be really nice about this
Okay
If you're trusting in your apple cider vinegar garlic drops colloidal silver thieves oil iron droplets
elderberry syrup organic brand of fill-in-the-blank
Non-gmo grass-fed raw milk raw goats milk instead of the Lord to keep you healthy. You're just like the Baxter's are
Because look I just read you a long list of stuff that's not even the whole list
But look listen to me if you took that stuff literally every single day. You're probably gonna be sick from taking all that stuff
I'm serious
Look if you're trusting in something besides God to keep you healthy, then you're trusting in the wrong thing
If you're trusting in the hospital and the doctors and everything else to keep you healthy
Guess what? You're trusting in the wrong thing
You're trusting in Western medicine and all that stuff. And look, I know I'd like to harass you guys about this stuff
But listen to me. There's got to be a balance in your life
Yeah, all right, and so while I'm getting onto this because what are the backsters do like well
If I just get all these vaccines, they don't be hoping and I'll be like, you know, I'll be super never sick
You're gonna get sick
You will get sick
Every year guess what I get sick and sometimes more than once it's life
Can't stop it. We live in a fallen world now. Can you do things to help you to not get acid?
Yeah, look, I'm not against you taking your elderberry syrup and all that other stuff. Look, I'm not against it. I'm just saying
That how are you different from a boxer when if you know what I didn't have my
The virus injection I'm gonna get sick it's the same thing you're being you're living in fear
God's not giving us the spirit of fear. Look people get mad at me all they want about that stuff, but it's the truth
It's the truth
And look if you don't want to have Western society medicine and all that stuff when you get sick knock yourself out
Use whatever you want. I don't care
That's not my business
But you know
It is my business to teach you the Word of God and I'm gonna tell you what if you live in fear of the fact
That you didn't take, you know, you didn't eat organic grain beef or grass-fed beef this week
You're living in fear stop it
Don't be the other side extreme. Just be normal
Isn't that what Pastor Amanda said be normal just be kids some people just be normal be normal
Just have a balance
You know
Don't be walking around being afraid of everything
Sanitation here's another way we can help ourselves wash your hands when you go
You know why you know just be clean
Galatians chapter 2 or Leviticus chapter 15 verse 13 says and when he hath an issue
his cleanse of his issue then shall number himself seven days for his cleansing and
Wash his clothes and bathe his flesh in running water. That's like a shower, right and shall be clean
You know what? God says we're supposed to do. He doesn't say get ninety nine point nine percent germs killing
Stuff from the store, but I'm not saying that stuff doesn't work
But God didn't say that it he didn't say wash your hands and whiskey
He said bathe your body or bathe your flesh with water
running water
Soaps not bad. It makes you smell a little bit good
Throw on a little deodorant
Or whatever it is you use. Okay Union Jack or whatever. I don't know what's called
Every man's Jack
whatever kind of healthy
Underarm stuff you want to wear but there's tons of verses about washing your body and water
Okay, have a good healthy lifestyle
Wash yourself with water and look we've instituted
Like I said the corona fist bump in this church and the Galatians chapter 2 verse 9 the Bible says
And when James Cephas and John who seemed to be pillars perceived the grace that was given unto me
They gave to me and Barnabas though right hands of fellowship right there
It's right there in the Bible that we should go on to the heathen and they under the circumcision now in the Greek
That means gave to me
You know, it means gave to me the fist bump. That's what it says
Saying that's a joke. All right, Joe doesn't really say that in the Greek. Okay, the right hands of fellowship
So whether I shake your hand or I fist bump your hand
Still give I'm still giving you the right hand of fellowship
And if you mess with me, I'll give you the right hand of fellowship this way. No, I'm just kidding
anyway
So we're supposed to give the right hands of fellowship. That's cool, but it doesn't have to be a shake doesn't say shake
Could be a bump. All right, and look quarantine is biblical. That's the last thing I'm gonna say
Leviticus chapter 13 verse 3 says and the priest shall look on the plague of the skin of flesh and when the hair is the plague
Is turned white and the plague in his sight is deeper than the skin of his flesh
It is a plague of leprosy and the priest shall look on him and pronounce him unclean
If the bright spot be white and the skin of the flesh and inside it is not deeper than the skin
And the hair thereof be not turned white
Then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague seven years or seven days seven years seven days
And the priest shall look upon him on the seventh day and behold if the plague of his right
And his sight be at a stay and the plague spread not to the skin and the priest shall shut him up
seven days more so look
Quarantine is a biblical concept when you're sick and you got your nose is running and you're coughing
Then stay home
You want you want to not get the coronavirus then do it God says hey, you're sick quarantine yourself. That's cool
That's fine, I don't have a problem with that
But if you're afraid to come to church and you're not sick because other people are sick then you're fearing right you're in fear
You're living in fear. You got the spirit of fear, and you got to knock it off alright
So hopefully the sermon helped you today if anybody was on the fence about whether they're gonna
I'm preaching to people that are in church this morning, so you know that's good, but there's people that aren't and
There's people that who knows why they stay home, but they do so the saying
Don't live in fear
Wash your hands fist bump. Let's pray Lord. Thank you so much for this wonderful day
Pray that you bless us as we go so wanting pray
You'd give us a spirit of boldness as we go out to preach and Lord help us to
Reach those people that are in most need of Christ and that we would be able to get some saved today
Pray that you'd help us to not have a spirit of fear in an in a world and a nation that just promotes fear
Continually Lord. I pray you'd help us Lord
Help us not to have that spirit of fear creep into our church or into our lives
And Lord you bless and take care of us in Jesus name. We pray amen