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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?
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    • ELOHIM The Creator. In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Genesis 1:1. “Elohim” is introduced in the opening verse of the Bible, but its significance extends throughout the entire Old Testament and even into the New Testament.
    • JEHOVAH JIREH The Lord Will Provide. So Abraham called that place The Lord Will Provide. And to this day it is said, “On the mountain of the Lord it will be provided.”
    • EL SHADDAI God Almighty. When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty; walk before me faithfully and be blameless.
    • JEHOVAH RAPHA The Lord Who Heals. He said, “If you listen carefully to the Lord your God and do what is right in his eyes, if you pay attention to his commands and keep all his decrees, I will not bring on you any of the diseases I brought on the Egyptians, for I am the Lord, who heals you.”
  1. As stated earlier, Jesus has absolute reverence and respectful fear of Godeven though He is the Word of God (John 1:1-3) and the Son of God (Col. 1:15-16). There are two kinds of fear: the spirit of fear (II Tim. 1:7), which is harmful, and the “fear of God,” which is beneficial.

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  2. Definition. Usually things that we fear we also hate, but in relationship to God, we both love and fear. The fear of the Lord is a profound sense of awe toward God. It is a mark of genuine faith in God’s revelation of himself. Newton ‘Twas grace that taught my heart to fear and grace my fears relieved.

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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...

  3. 1) What is the fear of God? 2) Why should we, in fact, fear God? 3) How do you fear God—if you do fear Him—how do you do it? There is a lot in the Psalms and Proverbs that speaks about the fear of God. In Proverbs 1, we read: The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel: To know wisdom and instruction,

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  5. In the New Testament, Gods name is manifested most clearly in Jesus Christ. He is called “the Word” (John 1:1), and Jesus Himself makes the claim that He has revealed the name of God (John 17:6). God’s name is His promise to dwell with His people.