And I am awake, but you are not left alone, especially when you hear who we have wrapped up in about to present to you today.

This man has walked with Jesus so very long. He has been faithful.

The ministry here said he has invested in, has done the kingdom of God so much good.

Listen, as long as he and I have been Christians, it is a beautiful thing to see brothers and sisters in Christ over the years continue on without drama, without scandal.

And so church, I got to tell you, he has put out so much from the way of the master evangelism training to his documentaries, which continue to just, just shocked so many people.

Several of them that stand out, Adacity for one and 180, the other. But he has got numerous ones.

But he is full of the spirit of God and the knowledge of the Word of God. And he loves the Lord Jesus.

Church, give a warm welcome today to Ray Comforts.

You are very kind, it is great to be here. Turn to Psalm 128, verse 1, if you would, in your Bibles.

I was on a podcast recently and the host said some questions have come in. Some of them are fairly personal, but tough, but I want you to answer them.

So I said, that is fine. The first question was, why do you change your name from comfort? There is nothing comforting about you whatsoever.

And so I shared a story where many years ago, someone came to me and said, they had seen a painting of King Charles, so I King James I,

were they soared, reaching out and poking the back of his troops.

And underneath it was a caption that said, James I comforting his troops. He was provoking them into battle.

And that is the original meaning of the word comfort, to provoke and to encourage.

And the Holy Spirit of God is our comforter, and he provokes us into battle and encourages and gives us boldness.

As a brand new Christian, I think I was two weeks old, an elderly gentleman, with a sense of humor, said to me, Ray Comfort, do you know your name is mentioned?

And the King James Bible, I said, really? He said, yeah, Thessalonians, first Thessalonians, chapter 5, verse 14. Comfort, the feeble minded.

Today we are going to talk about the fear of God. Psalm 128 verse 1 says, blessed is everyone who fears the Lord.

Proverbs 9 verse 10, the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Proverbs 19, 23, the fear of the Lord leads to life.

He who has a bides and satisfaction, he will not be visited with evil. I hope you are turning to these.

Psalm 34, the angel of the Lord, and camps around those fear him and delivers them.

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