from Doug Perry – www.FellowshipOfTheMartyrs.com

IF we sin, THEN we must not have enough fear of the Lord.
IF we don’t have enough fear of the Lord, THEN it must be because we don’t see Him clearly.
IF we don’t see Him clearly, THEN it must be because we have been deceived about who He really is.
IF we have been deceived, THEN we are worshipping another Jesus.
IF we are worshipping another Jesus, THEN we are not saved.
IF we are not saved, THEN we will go to hell.

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IF we believe many in the church, THEN we accept Jesus into our hearts as our personal Savior.
IF Jesus is our Savior from that moment on, THEN there is no need for any further action on our part.
IF the act of accepting Him as Savior is sufficient, THEN we can do whatever we want after that.
IF it is a one-time thing and a completed work, THEN there is no further need for obedience to Him.
IF we say “Lord, Lord” but mean Savior, THEN He may not acknowledge us before God.
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IF we believe the Bible, THEN we accept Jesus as our Lord and Master.
IF Jesus is our Lord, THEN we are entirely at His mercy and direction thereafter.
IF we accept Jesus as our Lord, THEN He will acknowledge us before the Father.
IF we accept Jesus as Lord, THEN He will fight our battles and His nature in us will keep us from sin.
IF we fully accept Jesus as Lord, THEN He can direct ALL our paths.
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IF we declare Him to be Savior, THEN we place Him in a position of one-time needfulness.
IF we declare Him as Savior, THEN we leave open the position and title of Lord.
IF Jesus is not Lord, THEN we won’t look to Him for daily direction.
IF we’re not looking to Him for daily direction, THEN we will look elsewhere.
IF the position and title of Lord is vacant, THEN some Man will try to become that over us.
IF the position and title of Lord is vacant, THEN the religious establishment leadership benefits most.
IF the religious establishment preaches Savior, THEN it may be because they want to be Lord.
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IF we accept any Man as our Lord, THEN we are at their whim.
IF we are at the whim of Man, THEN we will not have peace and joy and victory.
IF we do not have peace and joy and victory, THEN we are under the control of the enemy.
IF we’re under the control of the enemy, THEN we’re on the wrong team – even if we fed poor people.
IF we’re on the wrong team, THEN Jesus will not acknowledge us before the Father.
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IF we had a little fear of the Lord, THEN we would see that He is Sovereign and there is no other.
IF we had more fear of the Lord, THEN we would hate the “world” and everything in it and seek Him only.
IF we had lots of fear of the Lord, THEN we would weep and mourn and groan for days for the massive blackness of our hearts (individually and collectively) and the distance between us and Him.
IF we had fear of the Lord, THEN we would have the beginning of wisdom.
IF we had the beginning of wisdom, THEN we wouldn’t be tossed by every wind of doctrine.
IF we had the beginning of wisdom, THEN we would pray that He would give us more fear of the Lord.
IF He gives us more fear of the Lord, THEN it’s really, really going to hurt.
IF we love Him and want truth above all, THEN we’ll keep asking anyway.

Single-use Savior or King, Commander, Lord?

John 8:24 – “I told you that you would die in your sins; if you do not  believe that I am the one I claim to be, you will indeed die in your sins.”

2 Timothy 4:3-4 – For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.

Luke 9:23-24 – Then he said to them all, “If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will save it.”

Romans 6:6 – For we know that our old self was crucifed with him so that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin.

Luke 14:33 – In the same way, any of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be my disciple.

Ephesians 4:22-24 – You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.

Romans 10:9 – If you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is LORD,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.”

2 Corin. 4:5 – We do not preach ourselves, but Jesus Christ as LORD.”

I Corin. 8:5-6 – Even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as indeed there are many “gods” and many “lords”), yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live.

Romans 10:13 – And everyone who calls upon the name of the LORD will be saved.

Phillippians 2:10-11 – Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the  name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is LORD, to the glory of God the Father.

Revelation 17:14 – They will make war against the Lamb, but the Lamb will overcome them because he is the LORD of lords and King of kings – and with him will be his called, chosen and faithful followers.

John 20:28 – Thomas said to him, “My LORD and my God!”

Revelation 19:11-16 – I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True. With justice he judges and makes war. His eyes are like blazing fire, and on his head are many crowns. He has a name written on him that no one knows but he himself. He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and his name is the Word of God. The armies of heaven were following him, riding on white horses and dressed in fine linen, white and clean. Out of his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations. “He will rule them with an iron scepter.” He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty. On his robe and on his thigh he has this name written:   KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.

There is no need to have “Fear of a Savior”.  But the Bible specifically says that “Fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom.” Please pray that He would be LORD of your life in every way – King, Commander, Ruler, Lord (and Savior).