To Be Continued… When the ______themselves they were 13 Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong. 14 Let all that you do be done with rewarded. love. 1 Corinthians 16:13-14 (NKJV) 35:18-19 (NKJV) Continue to be ______from this world and 18 And Jeremiah said to the house of the Rechabites, “Thus says the Lord of hosts, ______in to the LORD. the God of : ‘Because you have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts and done according to all that he commanded you, 19 Jeremiah 35:8-10 (NKJV) therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “Jonadab the son of Rechab 8 Thus we have obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, in all that shall not lack a man to stand before Me forever.”’” he charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, or our daughters, 9 nor to build ourselves houses to dwell in; nor do we have vineyard, field, or seed. 10 When Ebed-Melech ______he was rewarded. But we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us. :16-18 (NKJV) 16 “Go and speak to Ebed-Melech the Ethiopian, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, :15; 27 (NKJV) the God of Israel: “Behold, I will bring My words upon this city for adversity and not for 15 Now when he departed from there, he met Jehonadab the son of Rechab, coming good, and they shall be performed in that day before you. 17 But I will deliver you in that to meet him; and he greeted him and said to him, “Is your heart right, as my heart is day,” says the Lord, “and you shall not be given into the hand of the men of whom you toward your heart?” are afraid. 18 For I will surely deliver you, and you shall not fall by the sword; but your And Jehonadab answered, “It is.” life shall be as a prize to you, because you have put your trust in Me,” says the Lord.’” said, “If it is, give me your hand.” So he gave him his hand, and he took him up to him into the chariot. When Baruch used his ______for the LORD, he was rewarded. Continue to be part of the LORD’s ______team. :4-5 (NKJV) :12-13 (NKJV) 4 “Thus you shall say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord: “Behold, what I have built I will break 12 Then Ebed-Melech the Ethiopian said to Jeremiah, “Please put these old clothes down, and what I have planted I will pluck up, that is, this whole land. 5 And do you and rags under your armpits, under the ropes.” And Jeremiah did so. 13 So they pulled seek great things for yourself? Do not seek them; for behold, I will bring adversity on all Jeremiah up with ropes and lifted him out of the dungeon. And Jeremiah remained in flesh,” says the Lord. “But I will give your life to you as a prize in all places, wherever the court of the prison. you go.”’” Continue to be of ______to the LORD. ______is the reason for The Rechabites reward

Jeremiah 36:6-8 (NKJV) Jeremiah 35:18 (NKJV) 6 You go, therefore, and read from the scroll which you have written at my instruction, 18 And Jeremiah said to the house of the Rechabites, “Thus says the Lord of hosts, the the words of the Lord, in the hearing of the people in the Lord’s house on the day God of Israel: ‘Because you have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, of fasting. And you shall also read them in the hearing of all who come from and kept all his precepts and done according to all that he commanded you, their cities. 7 It may be that they will present their supplication before the Lord, and everyone will turn from his evil way. For great is the anger and the fury that the Lord ______is the reason for Ebed-Melech’s reward has pronounced against this people.” 8 And Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah the commanded him, reading from the book the words of the Jeremiah 39:18 (NKJV) Lord in the Lord’s house. 18 For I will surely deliver you, and you shall not fall by the sword; but your life shall be as a prize to you, because you have put your trust in Me,” says the Lord.’”

First Baptist Church, Aztec • 12-31-17 A ______is the reason for Baruch’s reward

Jeremiah 45:5 (NKJV) 5 And do you seek great things for yourself? Do not seek them; for behold, I will bring adversity on all flesh,” says the Lord. “But I will give your life to you as a prize in all places, wherever you go.”’” Take Away GOD sanctifies, preserves and blesses the life of the servant who ______to live in ______to HIS precepts, who ______in HIS Word and who ______HIM with clean hands and a pure heart.

First Baptist Church, Aztec • 12-31-17