July 27, 2025
You Must Learn the Fear of the Lord
Ecclesiastes 8:10-13 / David VanAcker
10 Then I saw the wicked buried. They used to go in and out of the holy place and were praised in the city where they had done such things. This also is vanity. 11 Because the sentence against an evil deed is not executed speedily, the heart of the children of man is fully set to do evil. 12 Though a sinner does evil a hundred times and prolongs his life, yet I know that it will be well with those who fear God, because they fear before him. 13 But it will not be well with the wicked, neither will he prolong his days like a shadow, because he does not fear before God.
The world is neatly divided, the Preacher observed, between those who fear God and those who don’t. That truth leads to some critical questions. What does it mean to fear God? What of those who don’t fear God? What of those who do fear God? And do you fear God?
Those are the types of questions at the heart of this passage and they form the outline for this sermon as well. In considering them, we’ll see that the big idea is that it will be well with those who fear God and it will not be well for those who don’t. The main burden that I have for us all is that the Spirit would be pleased to help us grasp this passage well enough to accurately assess our fear of God and all that it means.
Those are the types of questions at the heart of this passage and they form the outline for this sermon as well. In considering them, we’ll see that the big idea is that it will be well with those who fear God and it will not be well for those who don’t. The main burden that I have for us all is that the Spirit would be pleased to help us grasp this passage well enough to accurately assess our fear of God and all that it means.
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Service Order
Welcome
Exhortation
Assurance of Pardon
How Great (Psalm 145)
Reading – Psalm 25
Man Of Sorrows
Crown Him With Many Crowns
Offering
Sermon
How Great Thou Art
In Christ Alone
Benediction
Exhortation
Assurance of Pardon
How Great (Psalm 145)
Reading – Psalm 25
Man Of Sorrows
Crown Him With Many Crowns
Offering
Sermon
How Great Thou Art
In Christ Alone
Benediction
Memory Verse
Psalm 34:9-11 - Oh, fear the LORD, you his saints, for those who fear him have no lack! ¹⁰The young lions suffer want and hunger; but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing. ¹¹Come, O children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD.Service Times
Prayer8:30-8:45am
Sunday School
9:00am-10:00am
Worship Service
10:30am-Noon
Berea
In Berea, the adults will continue to work through the whole Bible, this week studying Haggai.For the summer, the older kids (10+) will learn about Christian biographies with David Oman, the younger kids (3+) will continue their curriculum on God's Promises, and the nursery will be available for kids under 3 years old. Sign up forms for helping with the younger two age groups are in News and Notes.