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STAND IN AWE OF GOD Ecclesiastes 5:1-7. STAND IN AWE OF GOD. 1. Our approach before worship Eccles. 5:1 “Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Go near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong. ” = “Watch it!”.
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STAND IN AWE OF GOD Ecclesiastes 5:1-7
STAND IN AWE OF GOD 1. Our approach before worship Eccles. 5:1 “Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Go near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong.” = “Watch it!”
STAND IN AWE OF GOD 2. Our attitude during worship Eccles. 5:2 “Do not be quick with your mouth, do not be hasty in your heart to utter anything before God. God is in heaven and you are on earth, so let your words be few.” = Shut up!
STAND IN AWE OF GOD 2. Our attitude during worship Eccles. 5:2 i. The Command “Shut up!”
STAND IN AWE OF GOD 2. Our attitude during worship Eccles. 5:2 i. The Command ii. The Reason ”God is in heaven and you are on earth”
“We don’t pray into a spiritual microphone with God listening on a set of heavenly earphones. He listens to us with a spiritual stethoscope.” LeRoy Eims
STAND IN AWE OF GOD 2. Our attitude during worship Eccles. 5:2-3 i. The Command ii. The Reason iii. The Explanation “If you are wise you will keep quiet!” Proverbs 10:19
STAND IN AWE OF GOD 3. Our actions after worship Eccles. 5:4-6 “When you make a vow to God, do not delay in fulfilling it… fulfill your vow. “
STAND IN AWE OF GOD 3. Our actions after worship i. Don’t delay it! 5:4 “When you make a vow to God, do not delay in fulfilling it. He has no pleasure in fools; fulfill your vow “
STAND IN AWE OF GOD 3. Our actions after worship i. Don’t delay it!. ii. Don’t deny it! 5:6 “And do not protest to the temple messenger, "My vow was a mistake.”"