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Prov. 2:1-5 This is how we receive the fear of the Lord: 1. We receive God’s Word with respect and an attitude of submission and obedience, treasuring it as the most valuable thing in life 2. We bow our heads and become submissive and teachable, concentrating on understanding 3. We passionately pray for insight and understanding 4.
In verse 4 it says, “If you seek for wisdom, like you search for hidden treasure (you are really after it), then you will understand the fear of the Lord (parallel statement again) and find the knowledge of God.” What is the fear of the Lord?
Jun 7, 2023 · We have His promise that He will never leave us or forsake us (Hebrews 13:5). Fearing God means having a reverence for Him that greatly impacts the way we live. The fear of God is respecting Him, obeying Him, submitting to His discipline, and worshiping Him in awe.
- Introduction
- The Structure of Our Text
- The Context of Our Text
- Living in Fear
- Our Redemption: A Reason to Fear
- A Fear of Our Father
- Conclusion
Upon entering seminary in Dallas a number of years ago, I worked part-time in the warranty division of John E. Mitchell, a manufacturer of automobile air conditioners. One day a fellow-worker who wanted to cut a piece off of a two-by-four quickly decided to use a saw set up to cut aluminum. With a 15-inch blade powered by a 5-horsepower motor, that...
Our text falls into three parts: Verse 17 introduces the subject of fear with a command to live in fear, and one reason is set down as a basis for fear. Verses 18 and 19 set down a second basis for our fear—the redemption which has been accomplished through the shedding of the blood of Jesus Christ on the cross of Calvary. Verses 20 and 21 set down...
At the beginning of verse 1 Peter 1:17, the “if” of the New American Standard Bible is rightly rendered “since” by the New International Version:21 Since you call on a Father who judges each man’s work impartially, live your lives as strangers here in reverent fear. The problem with their translation is the translator’s omission of the very importa...
And if you address as Father the One who impartially judges according to each man’s work, conduct yourselves in fear during the time of your stay upon earth. Peter assumes his readers are true believers and thus God is their Father (compare John 8:31-47 and Romans 8:14-16). The term here rendered “address” has several uses. It is used for the givin...
18 Knowing that you were not redeemed with perishable things like silver or gold from your futile way of life inherited from your forefathers, but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ. Redemption is a prominent theme in this epistle. Over and over again Peter refers to our salvation, brought about by the F...
20 For He was foreknown before the foundation of the world, but has appeared in these last times for the sake of you 21 who through Him are believers in God, who raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God. Two points catch our attention as we consider these two verses. First, the fear Peter requires of us is...
The words of our text should shape our theology. They inform us that it is certainly not our worth which attracted God to us, for we did not exist at the time He purposed our salvation. The work of Christ is not to be viewed in terms of “our worth to God” (the current trend in evangelical circles), but in terms of the Father’s plan for His Son. The...
1. God longs that we should fear Him – Deuteronomy 5:29. 2. To fear Him will always be for our good – Deuteronomy 6:24. 3. It is possible to fear the Lord all the time – Proverbs 23:17. 4. Obedience is the proof of fearing the Lord – Genesis 22:12. 5. Church members should fear the Lord – Acts 9:31. 6.
Aug 9, 2009 · God desires that we fear him. He actually openly reaches out for this. He wants us to fear him. It says in Jeremiah 5:22, “‘Should you not fear me?’ declares the Lord. ‘Should you not tremble in my presence? I made the sand a boundary for the sea, an everlasting barrier it cannot cross.
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Mar 26, 2021 · ANSWER: The fear of God cancels out the fear of man. 1 Peter 1:17-19 teaches three reasons we should live in the fear of God. Paternal Judgment Verse 17 ends with the command to fear God.
