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- The fear of God is a gift from Him. Genuine fear of God accompanies real conversion and comes from yielding to Him and receiving His Spirit. Notice how Isaiah 11:1-3 describes some of the qualities of the Messiah, Jesus Christ
- The fear of God produces godly humility. When someone truly fears God, it makes the person yield to Him—no matter what. This person is in awe and properly trembles before God and His Word—for it’s not a passing thought.
- The fear of God instills obedience. The fear of God creates a deep desire to obey and please Him above all things, not wanting to disappoint Him and also taking into consideration having to give an account of ourselves before Him.
- The fear of God develops godly courage. Another attribute that the fear of God produces is godly courage. David again expressed it well: “The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?
Aug 16, 2022 · The Meaning of the Fear of God. Jiří Moskala, Andrews University Follow. Document Type. Article. Publication Date. 7-2021. Comments. It is apparent that the meaning of the phrase, “Fear God,” is a puzzle. How do we make sense of it? Journal Title. Perspective Digest. Volume. 26. Issue. 3. First Department. Old Testament. Recommended Citation.
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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.
Sep 14, 2023 · The right fear of God is, quite explicitly, a blessing of the new covenant. This is not a fear of punishment—of what God might do if His people turn away from Him. Quite the opposite: in Jeremiah 33, the Lord reeled off a catalog of pure blessing. He would cleanse them, forgive them, and do great good for them.
- Q: Is Fear A Good Thing Or A Bad Thing?
- Q: Why Is The Culture of Fear So Strong Today?
- Q: Can Fear Be Sinful?
- Q: Is Fear of God A Dour Or Melancholy Idea?
- Q: Will There Be Fear in Hell?
- Q: Will There Be Fear in Heaven?
A: Many times Scripture clearly views fear as a bad thing from which Christ has come to rescue us. The apostle John writes: “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.” On the one hand, we are told that Christ frees us from fear; on the other, we a...
A: With society having lost God as the proper object of healthy fear, our culture is necessarily becoming ever more neurotic, ever more anxious about the unknown—indeed, ever more anxious about anything and everything. Without a kind and fatherly God’s providential care, we are left utterly uncertain about the shifting sands of both morality and re...
A: This sinful fear of God is the sort of fear James tells us the demons have when they believe and shudder (James 2:19). It is the fear Moses wanted to remove from the Israelites at Sinai. It is the fear Adam had when he first sinned and hid from God (Gen. 3:10). Adam was the first one to feel this fear, and his reaction in that moment shows us it...
A: The right fear of God is not the minor-key, gloomy flip side to proper joy in God. There is no tension between this fear and joy. Rather, this trembling “fear of God” is a way of speaking about the sheer intensity of the saints’ happiness in God. In other words, the biblical theme of the fear of God helps us to see the sort of joy that is most f...
A: Hell—the destiny of all unbelievers—will be a dreadful place. Death is “the king of terrors” (Job 18:14), and hell will be the place of eternal death. It will be the ultimate sump of all sinful fears, heaving with a shared dread of holiness. There, like the demons who believe and shudder (James 2:19), its occupants will hate God and the exposing...
A: In 1738, Jonathan Edwards preached a series of sermons on 1 Corinthians 13, a series he concluded with the observation, “Heaven is a world of love.”1 He could as well have said that heaven is a world of fear, for the love he described there is a fearfully ecstatic joy and wonder. Saints there, he said, will be “like a flame of fire with love.”2 ...
Apr 1, 2014 · 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”. So, for example, Hebrews 12:25, 28: “See that you don’t refuse him who is speaking.
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What exactly is the fear of God? The word used for 'fear' in the Book of Proverbs comes from the Hebrew word yirah (Strong's Concordance #H3374). It means to morally reverence or revere. God wants man to take His words seriously and put them into practice. He deserves worship and respect as the loving Creator of all things.
