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     • When the Bible refers to the “fear of the Lord,” it means having a deep respect, reverence and awe for God’s power and authority. Rather than causing someone to be afraid of God, a proper “fear of the Lord” leads one to love Him.
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   What is the fear of God?

   • For the believer, the fear of God is something much different. The believer’s fear is reverence of God. Hebrews 12:28-29 is a good description of this: “Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, for our ’God is a consuming fire.’”

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   What does fear of the Lord mean?

   • Rather, it is a reverential awe of God, a reverence for His power and glory. However, it is also a proper respect for His wrath and anger. In other words, the fear of the Lord is a total acknowledgement of all that God is, which comes through knowing Him and His attributes. Fear of the Lord brings with it many blessings and benefits.

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   What does the Bible say about fearing God?

   • Proverbs 28:14 says, “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 66:2 says, “This is the one to whom I will look: he who is humble and contrite in spirit and trembles at my word.”

   What Does It Mean for the Christian to Fear God?

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   What if a man fears God?

   • Even though a man is poor in a worldly sense, if he fears the Lord he will be wonderfully rich and truly satisfied (Proverbs 15:16; Proverbs 19:23). The man who fears God has immense satisfaction and joy in knowing that all is well, not only for time but for eternity - look up Psalm 31:19 and Psalm 61:5. 5.

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   Should we fear God?

   • We should fear in the sense that we seek refuge from God away from God’s terrible wrath. God’s grace in Christ is the refuge from God’s wrath outside Christ. There is terror outside of Christ, and there is a different kind of trembling inside of Christ. “Fear of God is contrasted with a hard, unperceptive heart”

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   Do all believers fear God?

   • In fact, there is a sense of which I can tell you that all believers fear God and all nonbelievers do not fear God. The very term “to fear God” is a statement about who is a believer and who is not. But of course, we need a lot more than this. What is the fear of God? I am going to use the Bible alone to tell you.

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   Apr 1, 2014 · Proverbs 28:14 says, “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 66:2 says, “This is the one to whom I will look: he who is humble and contrite in spirit and trembles at my word.”

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   When the Bible refers to the “fear of the Lord,” it means having a deep respect, reverence and awe for God’s power and authority. Rather than causing someone to be afraid of God, a proper “fear of the Lord” leads one to love Him.

   • When the Bible talks about fearing God, it is usually referring to an attitude of reverence and respect, not outright terror.
   • Various scriptures explain that the proper fear of (that is, respect for) God leads to full, complete lives and bright futures.

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   Jun 7, 2023 · A biblical fear of God, for the believer, includes understanding how much God hates sin and fearing His judgment on sin—even in the life of a believer. Hebrews 12:5-11 describes God’s discipline of the believer.

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   In Hebrews 5:7-9 we read that our Saviour, as Man, lived in the fear of the Lord, and it was in this way that He offered Himself on the cross to secure our “eternal salvation”. If we would really be like Him we shall always seek to live and work to do everything in the fear of the Lord all day long.

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   Jul 26, 2024 · Answer. The Bible mentions two specific types of fear. The first type is beneficial and is to be encouraged. The second type is a detriment and is to be overcome. The first type of fear is fear of the Lord. This type of fear does not necessarily mean to be afraid of something.

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   Everlasting, eternal, wonderful life and all of its blessings, is really rooted in the fear of the Lord. So, that is why the fear of the Lord is sometimes a statement just simply indicating a believer in contrast to a nonbeliever. All believers should fear God. All unbelievers do not fear God.

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   The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are {g} true and righteous {h} altogether. (g) So that all man's inventions and intentions are lies. (h) Everyone without exception.