Remember Now Thy Creator

Q: What does the Bible say about remembering our Creator?

The Bible encourages us to remember our Creator, especially in our youth, as seen in Ecclesiastes 12:1. Ecclesiastes 12:1 instructs us to 'Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth.' This call emphasizes the importance of acknowledging God while we are still young, highlighting that our lives should be centered around His existence and purpose. As we engage in education, work, and relationships, we must not lose sight of God as our Creator, who is integral to our lives. Remembering Him involves recognizing His role in giving us abilities, experiences, and blessings, which are all gifts from His grace, and it's crucial that we cultivate a habit of worship and gratitude early in life.

Q: Why is it important for young people to consider God?

Considering God is essential for young people as it shapes their lives and future decisions. Young people must remember God as He is foundational to their understanding of life’s purpose and responsibilities. Solomon's exhortation in Ecclesiastes highlights the significance of prioritizing a relationship with God amidst the distractions of life, such as work and play. The early recognition of God’s sovereignty and grace provides a strong moral and spiritual framework that guides their choices and prepares them to face life's challenges. Engaging with God, especially during formative years, instills wisdom and understanding that will aid them through the complexities of adulthood and eventual trials, making it vital for their growth and well-being.

Q: How do we know God exists?

God’s existence is evident through creation, scripture, and the inward witness of the Holy Spirit. The existence of God is not just a philosophical assertion but an undeniable reality woven into the fabric of creation. Psalm 19:1 states, 'The heavens declare the glory of God,' indicating that nature itself testifies to the Creator’s power and wisdom. The scriptures further affirm God's existence and character, presenting Him as our sovereign Creator who has revealed Himself through His Word. Additionally, believers experience the internal conviction of the Holy Spirit, who guides them into truth, providing a personal assurance of God's presence and involvement in their lives. Collectively, these aspects form a robust foundation for understanding and affirming God's existence.

Q: What does it mean to fear God?

Fearing God means to hold Him in reverence and to obey His commandments. To fear God is to possess a profound respect and awe for His holiness, power, and authority. As articulated in Ecclesiastes 12:13, we are called to fear God and keep His commandments. This fear is not a crippling dread but an understanding of God's greatness and our place before Him as His creations. It encourages us to live in accordance with His will and to prioritize our relationship with Him above all else. Fearing God results in a life lived in alignment with His statutes, leading to blessings and peace, while disregarding Him invites challenges and discontentment. Ultimately, true fear of God cultivates a heart that desires to know Him deeply and honor Him faithfully.

Remember now thy Creator and
the days of thy youth. Children and young people must
be children and young people. I think sometimes we expect them
to be grown up and more mature than they're able to be. We expect
too much out of them. Young people must be children.
There are games to play. And these games are important
to them, and they're friends to enjoy, and they're sights
to see, and they're things to learn, and they're activities
in which they're interested, in which we're not interested.
And remember, Paul in writing 1 Corinthians 13 said, when I
was a child, I spake as a child, and I understood as a child.
I thought as a child. But when I became a man, I put
away childish things. But he didn't put them away until
he became a man. See what I'm saying? Children
have got to be children. And we've got to understand that
they're children. We've got to understand they're
not, they haven't experienced and they're not interested in
some of the things in which we want them to be interested so
strongly and so vitally. We want them to have an interest
in the things that it took us a long time to get an interest
in. I remember when I was just a young boy about all I was interested
in was what's going on at school. baseball diamond. I'd go to the
baseball diamond and stay from 9 in the morning, come home,
eat a peanut butter sandwich, go back and stay until the sun
went down. And I wasn't too interested in theology, but I was interested
in baseball. And I was interested, after supper,
going out on the street and playing kick the can until Mom called
me in to go to bed. And those things. So that's,
Paul is saying that. And I was a child. I thought
I was a child. I understood I was a child. And
when I became a man, I put away the childish things. Now, another
thing, young people must be educated. There's much to learn. And they
must give time to the study of these things. And today's youth
has to spend a lot of time, homework and studies. That's the reason
Mrs. May meets back here on Wednesday
night with our young people. Their parents come to the Wednesday
night service. The boys and girls are back there
working on lessons. They have an hour, two hours,
three hours of lessons every night. And they've got to do
this. They've got to learn math and
English and science and history and all of these other things.
And there's not a grown person here that wouldn't say to these
young people, I wish when I were your age I had studied a little
harder. Now that's a fact. There's not
a grown person here that wouldn't say to these children, apply
yourself, please apply yourself while you're young to these things
that will benefit you so much and enable you to earn a better living and help
your family and support your family when these responsibilities
come upon you. But then young people must live
in this world, and it's a tough world in which to live for young
people. Life wasn't nearly as complicated
when I was 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 years of age as it is now. Believe
it or not, the word drugs wasn't in our vocabulary. It wasn't
even there. The word gay meant happy. It wasn't even in our vocabulary,
except happiness. Alcohol is something that was
unheard of in our school, absolutely unheard of. In our school, one
boy had a car. That's the whole school. And
he had an old Model A with a rumble seat. And those things just,
the young people and all of these things that they wrestle with
and trouble with were unheard of. We didn't know anything about
them. And young people are going to
have to learn to make it in this very complicated and tough, tough,
pure pressure world. Pure pressure. Be like them. I don't know why the bad apples
won't have everybody be like them. I guess misery loves company.
That'll be different, I'll say that to you. But they've got
to learn to make a living. They've got to work a job. They've
got to find a mate. Someone that they can be happy
with in building a family. And much as we'd like to, we
can't isolate them. You can't protect them. I'd want
to. I'd like to just put my arms
around you and take you somewhere to Siberia, you know, where you
won't have to grow up in this rotten, stinking world. But it's
something you've got to do. You've got to do it. There's
not anywhere around it. We can't protect you, isolate
you, shield you from all the trials that are going to come
your way, and the heartaches and the disappointments and the
tribulations and problems of this flesh. You've just got to
have them. Got to have them. And we had
our share. It wasn't easy when we were young.
I was 17 years old, said goodbye to my mother and daddy and my
sister, and caught a ship and got to Mississippi and went overseas
to stay two years. and never came back until the
end of the war. That wasn't easy. And when I went to the naval
training station and rode in on that bus, all the old veterans
hollered, you'll be sorry. I said, be sorry? I'm already
sorry. Sorry I left home. But it's tough. Not anything easy about it. But
I wish we could learn and get through our heads and help them.
that I guess you have to become a grandparent before you learn
these things, you know, that children have got to be children.
And you can't make them anything else but children, and I'm glad
they're children. And I want to understand them
a little better and cooperate with them and help them and pray
for them and let them know that they don't want to hang around
old folks, but at least we're there if they want to hang around.
We're there. And we'll help them all we can
and understand. But what Solomon is saying here,
and I say this to you young people, now listen to me. He says, remember
now thy Creator in the days of thy youth. What he's saying,
while you're young, and while you're a child, and while you're
a young person, remember, think upon, and consider that there
is a God. I know there's a world to live
in, and there's an education to get, and there's a game to
play, and there's a profession to choose, and there's a mate
to select, and all these things, and you're busy with these things
and taking up with them. But while you are busy with these
things, remember there's a God. Don't forget Him. And I know you're not a theologian
and you're not really interested in some of these things, deaths,
something so far remote you don't even consider it. And judgment
and hell and heaven and all these things so remote, you don't have
time to think about it. But what Solomon said here, please
be wise and remember and think upon and consider in your busy
life in your busy life, and you are busy. And in our busy lives,
and especially in the busy lives of young people, we're apt to
be so taken up with and so engaged in the things of the world and
the things of life. And please, I understand. That's
what I tried to say. I understand. You're busy, and
you're involved, and you're taken up with these things, and that's
all right. I know you have to be. Don't neglect that which
is most important. Think upon, remember, and consider
that God is our creator, and he made us, not we ourselves,
and we're his subjects, we're his children. And he deserves our consideration
and our thoughts and our worship. That's right. Remember that in
Him we live and move and have our being. God gave you life. I know your mother and father
conceived you and brought forth into this world, but God gave
you life. And God's the one that gave you the ability to think.
God's the one that gave you the ability to play an instrument
or play a game well or be a good student. If it weren't for God's
grace, you could be a moron. Don't ever forget that. That's
what he's saying. Remember. Remember now. While you are actively engaged
and busy in these other things, if it weren't for his grace,
you wouldn't be in anything. He's the one that gave you the
mind. He's the one that puts food on your table, clothes on
your back, and breath in your lungs, and a heart to beat. And
don't forget that now. That's what he's saying. Remember,
in Him you live and move and have your being. Remember, He's
the giver of every good and perfect gift. It wouldn't hurt us to say thank
you, would it? It wouldn't hurt us to say thank you. I don't
think there's anything embarrassing about facing the fact that I
didn't make myself, that God made me. that what I have is
by his grace, and I say, thank you, Lord. I'm mindful of who
I am and what I am and what I have, and I'm mindful of the fact that
it's all by your grace. Remember, that's what he's saying.
Just consider those things. Remember those things. Remember
that he's blessed us with the favor of his providence. You
say, I got such good parents. God gave them to you. We've got a fine fellowship here.
God gave it to us. I have all these things that
I enjoy, my school, my friends. God gave them to you. That's
what he's saying. Remember your creator. And he
calls him your creator on purpose. He's your creator. He made you. He made you what you are. He
gave you what you have. Remember. Remember now. That He's the great and glorious
God and He's worthy of worship. Don't ignore Him. That's folly. He's worthy of praise. He's worthy
of adoration. You know, really and truly, you
say, well, why am I on this earth? To glorify God. That's why you're
here. That's the chief end of everything
God's made. He made the sun, the moon, the
stars to glorify Him. He made the trees of the wood
and the flowers of the field to glorify Him. He made the angels
to glorify Him. He made you to glorify Him. And we're going to glorify Him
too, either in His mercy or His justice, but we're going to glorify
God. And remember this, like Ronnie prayed a moment ago, we're
fallen sons of Adam by nature. And we've departed from our first
estate of holiness and righteousness, and we're worthy of God's wrath.
I am and you are. But remember, his covenant of
mercy in Christ. He has not left us to ourselves. He has not left us to perish
in our sins. That's the gospel I preach. But
blessed be God for his great mercy in Christ Jesus, in that
while we're yet sinners, God loved us. and gave his Son to
be our Redeemer. He gave his Son to redeem us,
to put away our, give us a righteousness, and give us cleansing from our
sins. Remember that. And I tell you, these scriptures
that you're learning now, while you don't feel that they're overly
applicable, and I'm aware of that, I tell our people, don't,
our young people don't need you to get a bunch of puppets up,
and a bunch of pictures, and try to bring God down to their
understanding, preach to them God like He is. and men like
they are. And Christ is here. Talk to them
intelligently and plainly. Read to them the word of God.
And this scripture will be stored up in their minds, the greatness
of God, the glory of God, the holiness of God, the majesty
of God, and the effectual person and work of Christ. And God will
call that to their remembrance when they get older and able
to grasp these mysteries. See what I'm saying? Give it
to them like it is. That's the way they want it.
Don't insult their intelligence by getting up and talking silly
like they do on that Christian television station. You know
those puppets and those cowboys and stuff like that trying to
make God and the Word and salvation a game. It's not a game. It's serious mystery. And Paul
said this about Timothy. From a child, thou hast known
the Holy Scriptures that are able to make thee wise unto salvation. And while our young people may
not understand the Trinity, I don't either. While they may not be
able to grasp some of these mysteries, they will later. They will later. But if you take God and make
him what he's not, when are they going to unlearn that? When they're
going to grow up and say, suddenly I'm mature now, you can talk
to me intelligently about God. And I'll do it now. I don't care
if they're four years old. It's like one of our little girls
here, about three years old or four years old, came down one
day and told her parents she saw Henry on TV. And Henry was preaching the sovereignty
of God. That's at four years old. You
say, what does she know about the sovereignty of God? Well,
she's got the Word. And some day she'll know the
meaning. But give her the Word. Isn't that right, John? Give
her the Word. And remember that, young people. Remember when you
grow up, while you endeavor to find your work, while you're
growing up, while you endeavor to find your life's work, and
to find your profession, and find your mate, and find your
place, while you're doing this, remember the Creator. Remember
thy Creator. And when is this to be done?
Well, it's to be done in the days of our youth, right now. Right now, while you're young.
And this is what he's saying. Look at the verse 1. Remember
now thy Creator. Think upon God in the days of
your youth while the evil days come not. Now, I know this is
going to be hard for you to understand, but you are going to get old. When I was in my teens, I thought
I'd never be 21. When I got 21, I thought I'd
never be 40. I always wanted to be 40. I felt
like that a preacher ought to at least be 40, so people pay
attention to him. It came sooner than I expected. And I'll tell you, 65 was remote. My dad was 65, but not me. But honestly, it's here. And
he says these days are coming, he calls them evil days, they're
days of old age. That's right now, listen to me,
I'm not making fun of old age because I'm there. And I can
make these statements and folks understand that it's coming from
first hand. But these days, the old age and
infirmities creep up on you. And you'll find it, here's the
thing, if you go to wait until then to start thinking about
God, And the mysteries of this world, you're waiting too late.
You're waiting too late, I promise you. I promise you, you're waiting
too late. You see, these days come more
quickly than you think. And this is what happens when
a person gets old without God. And the years draw nigh when
you say, I don't have any pleasure in them. In what? In mysteries. In the things of God. Now, I
know there are a lot of young people who have no interest in
the things of God, because they're just not interested. But there are a lot of older
people who have had no interest in the things of God all their
lives, and now they're way up in years, and they're not able
to lay hold even when these things are preached. Now, I know that
from experience. by people I preached to on television.
A dear man wrote me a few days ago. He talked about being way
up in years, in his eighties. And he's just beginning to listen
to some of the things I'm saying. I'm not saying it's impossible.
Now, don't misunderstand me. God's able to save older people.
But this man's been listening to me some time now. But he's
not hearing me. I can tell by his letters. He's
not hearing. Because he wrote the other day,
and this is what he said, he belongs to a certain denomination,
certain group of people, religious group. And he says, I'm old,
and I don't have much longer, and before long I'll be going
home. And he said, my hope is in my
church. He said, if they'll do my part,
and I'll do my part, if they'll do their part, and I'll do my
part, I'm going to be alright. Now he hadn't heard me. And he
hadn't heard God, he hadn't heard anybody. But he's waited so long. Now this is what happens. If
you don't take on the Lord now, and the gospel now, and these
seeds are not planted now, there's a day, God said in Proverbs,
when you call on me and I'm not going to hear you. You'll seek
me, but you're not going to find me. Because here's what's happening,
verse 2. The sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars be
not darkened. They're not darkened yet, but
they're going to be, and the clouds, nor the clouds return
after the rain. You know what this verse here,
verse 2, the sun, the light, the moon, the stars, that's the
faculties of the soul and the mind. What happens? They get darkened as you get
older. And you know this yourself, our
understanding, our judgment, Our memory, our alertness. Back
when I was younger, driving. I do a lot of driving. I travel
a lot of miles, 30, 35, 40,000 miles a year driving. And my
driving used to be almost automatic. I could alert and quick and do
movements and decisions. Not anymore. I have to be very
careful driving now. Do you know that? I have to look
twice instead of once, sometimes four times. I'm telling you. And this is what's happening.
Ideas and understanding and judgment and alertness and memory begins
to darken. And you sure don't want to wait
until then to care for that which is most important. And that which
is mysterious, and that which is secret, and that which is
great, and that which is of God, you want to do it when you're
at your best. You want to remember your Creator.
That's right. Verse 3 says, In the days when
the keepers of the house shall tremble, that's the arms. They
keep the house, they defend the house, they feed the house, they
work for the house, this old house. Strong men shall bow themselves. That's the right word you use
there, Ronnie. We use it a lot of times. Bow
themselves. Bow. That's the legs. They become weak. They hold up
the spine. The grinders cease. That's the
teeth because there are few. Those that look out of the windows
be dimmed. That's the eyes. You don't see
it. What's happening? And the doors
be shut in the streets. That's the lips, the inline.
Sound of the grinding is low, his own appetite's not as good.
Rises up at the voice of a bird, can't sleep at night. All the
daughters of music be brought low, can't sing anymore. All
say they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fear shall
be in the way. Don't like high mountains, fear
of flying, all these things. The almond tree shall flourish.
The almond tree in full bloom is white as snow, that's the
higher. The grasshopper will be a burden, let alone carrying
a hundred-pound sack of concrete or a 75-pound bunch of shingles
up on a roof. Not anymore. Not anymore. Desires shall fail. What's happening? Man's going to his long home,
and the mornings go about the streets, and the silver cord
is loose. What's that? That's that cord
between the soul and the body. and it snaps, soul goes to God,
body to the dust. The golden bowl be broken. The
yield says that's the brain. The pitcher be broken at the
fountain, that's the heart. The wheel broken at the cistern.
Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was, and the
spirit shall return to God who gave it. Now, when that takes
place, taking place, it's going to So remember now, right now, it
doesn't matter if you're 10 years old or if you're 40, 50, 60,
remember now, this is the time to set your affection on things
above. And like I said at the beginning
of this message, you've got a trail to walk, I know that, you've
got to give it your best, you've got to give it, and I wouldn't
have you do otherwise. I wouldn't have you sitting in
school reading the Bible. I want you to read your math
book. I wouldn't have you stop your playing to go in and listen
to some kind of theological exposition, because I know your heart wouldn't
be in it. Get out there and play, and give it your best shot. Be
the best you can at what you do. Give it your utmost concentration. But also, remember Him. Take
on Him. Love Him. Listen to your parents. Offer thanks to God. Come here
on Sunday, let me preach the gospel to you. Sit in your classes
and listen to your teachers. While you're getting your education,
get an education in that which you'll live forever. The things
of God. That's right. And God will bless
you. And when you get older, when
you get as old as I am, and some of these other people here, I'm
thankful that I have a foundation in the gospel. I'm so glad God
didn't pass me by. I'm so thankful. Because this
day's coming. We're going to our long home. Because he says in verse 8, listen,
vanity of vanity has saved the preacher. Oh, his vanity. Solomon
said he tried it all. He tried it all. He gave himself
to education and study and all these things and learned, and
he was a wise man. He found out all of his vanity.
It's only temporary. It's useful now. But not that. He gave himself to mirth. He
gave himself to building big houses and great buildings and
he got a name for himself. He said it's all vanity. Vanity
of vanities. All is vanity. It's not going
to live. It's not going to last. But you are. Your soul is. You're going to meet God. Meet
God. And listen to verse 9, and moreover,
because the preacher was wise, and that's why I want to be a
wise preacher. I want to help you, instruct you, teach you.
I want to be wise. Because he was wise, he still
taught the people knowledge. Where is the knowledge? That
eternal knowledge, that valuable knowledge, that worthwhile knowledge,
it's in knowing Christ. Oh, that I may know him and the
power of his resurrection. I want you to know other things.
I'm proud of the young people of this church. They excel. I'm
proud of them. I'm proud of every accomplishment.
I'm proud of your teachers and all your accomplishments. I tell
you, I think one of the greatest vocations on this earth is to
teach young people. I really do. School teacher,
I think my hat's off to you, my hand goes out to you, my heart
appreciates you. I wish we'd have Teacher Appreciation
Day every day. I'm thankful for you. And our
young people are excelling. They're giving themselves and
they're doing a good job and we're proud of them. But listen,
I want you to listen to me too. I want to teach us some more
knowledge. Knowledge of yourself and sin
and knowledge of God and knowledge of His grace and knowledge of
His gospel and knowledge of His Son. And we'll do that every
Sunday and Wednesday. Now listen, Reno. Yeah, he gave
good heed and sought out and set in order many proverbs, good
teachings. There's verse 10. The preacher
sought to find out acceptable words, words of delight, plain
words. That Ronnie prayed there awhile
ago, let the preacher speak plainly, simply, truthfully, acceptable
words. And that which was written was
upright, even words of truth. Words of truth. What are the
truths? I'm the truth, Christ said. I'm the way, the truth,
and the life. Listen, there's a lot of truths
in this world, but He's the truth. All wisdom's in Him. And anything,
now listen to me, anything that is not glorifying to Christ is
not the truth. Now, if it doesn't fit in with
him and his glory and his wisdom and his grace and his kingship
and lordship, reject it. If it takes away from Christ
and from his glory, that's the reason evolution is not true.
All the theories, it's not truth, it's theory. But that which brings
glory to Christ is truth, and I accept it, and I reject anything
that doesn't fit in to his glory. He's the word of truth. All right,
verse 11. And the words of the wise are
as goads. You know what a goad is? The words of the preacher, the
words of your parents, the words of your teachers, the words of
your Sunday school teachers are as goads. Now the reason we don't
know what goads are is because we don't use oxen anymore, and
don't have cattle. But in Mexico, they still have
them. I couldn't tell you how many
pairs of oxen I saw plowing while I was in Mexico, especially that
run through the whole country, oxen on the highway. Those are
prickly sharp instruments that the owner has to reach out and
get the oxen along the legs or the thighs, keep him on the right
way. That's what goads are. And these
words that I'm trying to give you tonight, wise words, are
goals. Because I don't care whether
we're children or young people or old people, we have a tendency
to drift, you know. Especially when the line of least
resistance, and we need those sharp, get back in line here. And dad and mom and teachers
and all are not mad at you. They love you. That little sharp instrument
is to keep you back in line, going the right direction. That's
what he says. That's these wise words are his goals. And listen,
and his nails, fastened by the masters of assemblies, which
are given from one shepherd, our one shepherd, the Lord Jesus.
These nails, the carpenter, the builder, puts these pieces of
lumber here where they belong according to the blueprint, according
to where they belong. And he takes nails and drives
them in. Drives them in and they stay
there. And that's what I'm doing here with these words of Christ. God is on the throne, sovereign.
Drive it home. Nail it down. Man is a sinner,
lost and undone. Nail it down. That ain't going
to change. It's going to stay right there.
Jesus Christ is the one Redeemer. Substitute, High Priest, Mediator,
Lord and Savior. By His blood, He redeemed us.
Drive a nail there. Don't leave these old landmarks.
Drive a nail. He was buried and rose again.
He ascended to heaven. There He intercedes. Drive a
nail. Nails fastened. Fastened. by the masters of assembly, putting
things together. Verse 12, And further, by these
my son be admonished, these words of wisdom from God's word. Now,
of making many books there is no end. Now I want you to listen
to me just a moment. Listen to the word of God. Listen
to the preacher. In your generation, in your day,
that God sends your way. The world's full of books by
men, ideas, thoughts, systems of theology. Now, when I entered
the ministry, when I came to Ashland to be a preacher, when
I learned the gospel of grace, it was popular, one of the popular
things among the men of grace and the preachers of grace in
those days would have these huge libraries. get all these books,
books, books, books, books, books. I had one friend that had, he
sent me 16 boxes of books and it didn't make a dent in his
library. He had every old writer, Sibbs and Clarkson and Charnock
and Calvin and Toplady and just keep naming them, all these books,
books, books, books, books, books, books. And that became popular. They emptied all those old a
bookseller shops in England, and the books began to be sold,
and all these fellows just had books, they never read all of
them, you know, but you'd go in, you want to see my library.
That's the first thing they'd say. Well, you've seen one, you've
seen them all, you know. It's just books. That's all. And that's what he's saying,
the making of books, there is no end. And I found this out. A lot of my friends that had
the biggest libraries and the biggest collections, of all these
old writers of thousands and thousands and thousands of pages
and claimed to have read a lot of them, it didn't seem to help
them a great deal spiritually. I really didn't. It didn't seem
to give them any more grace or love or faith or compassion. You know what I'm talking about,
John? They got big heads, but they didn't grow much ears. And
when they got together, they wanted to talk about who wrote
this and who wrote that, who said this and who said that.
They didn't talk about Christ. Now you know what I'm saying? And you can soak your brain in
theology, and you can do it like making these potato vines grow,
but there won't be any substance to it. So it says here, listen,
and much study is awareness of the flesh. That really is. You can overstudy. I try. You study the heart out of a
thing, you study the joy out of it, you study the preciousness
out of it, you study the Christ out of it, and first thing you
know, you're beginning to pick at all these insignificant things
that don't have any bearing on His glory. You understand what
I'm saying? Understand what I'm saying? Think
on Christ. And because you haven't read
Top Lady's entire works, don't feel like you're missing anything.
Honestly now. And because you don't have a
library full of books, if you got this book, you got the book.
You got the library. Now get your good concordance,
get your good commentary like Dr. Gill or William or Poole
or Matthew Henry, but please, Soak yourself in this. I'm giving
you good advice. That's what he says here, my
son be admonished. They're going to keep, evidently
they did it on Solomon's day, the making of many books, there
is no end. And much study is awareness of
the flesh. If you can learn one good truth
from God's word a day, God bless you. Isn't that right, do you
hear? God bless you. If you can read one scripture
and love it, and God's grace will apply it, His Holy Spirit,
and come to appreciate and love and rejoice in Christ in that
one scripture, you've taken a big step. A big step. But if you keep soaking in all
these writings of men, it muddies the water. It just surely does,
honestly. All right, verse 13. Let's hear
the conclusion of the whole matter. Two things. Fear God. Fear God. Remember thy Creator. Walk before
God in awe and reverence and fear. Don't be misled by this
buddy stuff. Buddy, buddy stuff, you know.
Don't be misled by that. God is great and worthy to be
praised and worshipped. Stand before Him in awe and fear. He's the God of gods and Lord
of lords. And keep His commandments. Now
I know I'm talking about His commandments. I'm talking about
His statutes. I'm talking about His laws. You can't violate the
laws of nature and get by. What do you mean laws of nature?
Well, you're up on that top of that tree and decide to walk
out. Remember one thing, there's a law of gravity. You can't violate
it. If you can't do it, you'll pay
for it. And I'm telling you, God's got
some laws. And you violate them, you'll pay for it. I'm not saying
you won't be saved, I'm not saying you're going to hell, but you'll
pay for it. You can't violate God's laws. But here's the main
thing he's talking about, keep his commandments. And his commandments
are this, believe the gospel. Believe his word. Love one another. Walk in truth. Fear God and keep
his commandments. For God shall bring every work
into judgment with every secret thing, whether it be good or
whether it be evil. So point it unto me who wants
to die. After that, the judgment. But you have no fear of judgment
if you're in Christ. There's therefore now no judgment
to them who are in Christ. Okay, young people? Remember
your Creator now, while the evil days come on, and while judgment
is not next week or tomorrow. But in Christ, when God brings
you to this place where you say, well, my faith's in Him, I want
to confess Him, follow Him in baptism, unite with God's Church,
you let me know. And I'll baptize you. But you
don't have to know all the theology in the Bible to believe on Christ,
do you? I don't know it all. I do know he died for sinners.
I believe him. All right, I hope that was a
blessing. So, Mike, you come lead us in a hymn.

Remember Now Thy Creator

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Why is it important for young people to consider God?

How do we know God exists?

What does it mean to fear God?

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What does the Bible say about remembering our Creator?

Why is it important for young people to consider God?

How do we know God exists?

What does it mean to fear God?

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