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Jun 30, 2021 · In these verses Jesus meets up with a blind beggar named Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, who stood in stark contrast to the Pharisees and the disciples when it comes to seeing Jesus for Who He is; Unlike the crowd following Jesus, Bartimaeus, who could not see, sees clearly Jesus’ identity.
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Proverbs 28:14says, “Blessed is the one who fears the Lord always, but whoever hardens his heart will fall into calamity.” So fearing God is contrasted with a hard, unperceptive heart. Or Isaiah 66:2says, “This is the one to whom I will look: he who is humble and contrite in spirit and trembles at my word.” So again, fearing is corresponding with h...
Now, is that just for the Old Testament? What does the New Testament say? Philippians 2:12–13: “Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you.” This is really interesting. You should fear and tremble because God is working to keep you. And I think it means the sheer awesome presence of God in our lives working ...
We want to be rid of some aspects of fearing God, and we don’t want to be rid of some aspects of fearing God. So 1 John describes the kind we want to be done with. 1 John 4:18: “There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.” So, God doesn’t want us to...
Now here are two pictures, and I will close. I went to visit a man named Dick Teegan, with Karsten when he was six. He had a dog at the door when we opened the door, and he looked Karsten eyeball to eyeball. This is a giant dog. And I sent Karsten back to the car to grab something that we had forgotten, and the dog went loping up behind the six-yea...
What does the Bible say about beggars? Does it condemn begging? I know it says that Cornelius was blessed for giving alms. How are Christians to treat beggars?
Jun 7, 2023 · For the unbeliever, the fear of God is the fear of the judgment of God and eternal death, which is eternal separation from God (Luke 12:5; Hebrews 10:31). For the believer, the fear of God is something much different. The believer’s fear is reverence of God.
Oct 24, 2021 · We are conceived and born without true fear of God or true faith in God; dead in sin, blind to the Gospel, enemies of God; doomed to damnation in hell. Left to ourselves we cannot even obey the least of God’s commands, much less obey all of them to God’s standard of perfection.
You have journeyed up year after year to the sanctuary of God, and ye have heard many stories—many a glorious narrative of the pardoning power of Christ; and how is it, O ye spiritually blind, that ye have never thought on him?
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Jul 11, 2024 · The biblical definition of fearing God implies a powerful respect and reverence for God and acknowledges His authority over the universe. The fear of God propels believers to lead righteous lives and it cultivates wisdom, as per Proverbs 9:10.
