What is the fear of the Lord?

[gypc]

I have been doing a study on this and I would love to hear your comments on what you believe is the Fear of God.

Pro 1:7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Psalm 103:11 For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.

12 As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.

13 Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.

14 For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.

15 As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.

16 For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.

17 But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children;

18 To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.

2 Timothy 1:7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

Philippians 2:12 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

Romans 8:15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

Thanks for your responses!

In his love,

Brian

[tsth]

Dear Brian,

I truly believe that the fear of the Lord, being the beginning of wisdom, is this:

The belief that God will DO what His Word says He will DO! It is believing also that there IS judgment for the man that will not surrender unto God's Authority, and believe that He is Faithful and True to His Word. It begins with a man believing that there is judgment for one who will not repent, because there is a TRUE AND LIVING GOD WHO IS ACCORDING TO HIS WORD. A man who works out his salvation with trembling, is the man who acknowledges the Majesty and Sovereignty of God, just as the child acknowledges the love and authority of his father, so will the child of God, do the same, and obey the Father.

I believe that is why the beginning of Proverbs is the Father's instruction to a son, just as our instruction is from the Father, and should be obeyed because we believe Him to be the FATHER that HE IS! He always fulfills what He says.......ALWAYS.

In His Love,

Suzanne

[gypc]

Suzanne , great answer!! I believe you.

In his love,

Brian

[tsth]

Dear Brian,

I really appreciate this topic. It is SO necessary for today. It blesses my heart to see this one.

Thanks for posting it.

:il:

In His Love,

Suzanne

[other one]

To me it is the knowledge of what the ultimate end of each of us is to be. We all deserve eternal destruction. It is the knowledge of trusting God to do what he has said he would do. Take that statement to heart...... God has promised every human being that ever lived an eternity in Hell (whatever we want to decide that is, it is not a good thing). To not fear this is beyond rational thinking if you believe God is really there.

The good news is that He has made a way for us to escape this even though we don't deserve it. We must simply make Him our Lord and thus live as best we can the lives he told us to live. (Only He can know if we have done this.)

We should come to Him in fear and trembling knowing He is our only hope whatsoever.

Once we have come to Him and received the things he has promised, we no longer have to fear our outcome.

Clearly we are not to become lazy and "do nothings" for he has told us not to live that way. Clearly we are not to live sinful lives for he has told us not to live that way. Clearly we are not to let others suffer if we can help, for He has told us not to live that way.

If He is our Lord we will do the things he has told us. If we do not then we have not really made Him our Lord and I would think we should still be very fearful of our future.

Question your salvation every single day before you go to bed........ make sure you really made that decision, and are living up to your word. If not in every way then work needs to be done to bring your actions in line with your words. I have to do this more than I would like to admit, but I'm working on it daily.

Sam

[ted]

Well, I was going to add my brilliance to this, but Sam and the rest of you have hit it so perfect.

Good topic, Brian.

t.

[Guest thomasb40]

the bible wants us to fear the lord he is mighy and all powerfull.

[Born2BFree]

What is the fear of the lord?

It is the beginning of wisdom.

[tsth]

Dear Brian,

I had forgetten this and in my quiet time came back across it in my Bible.

"What is the Fear of the Lord"?

Proverbs 8:13

To fear the LORD is to hate evil;

I hate pride and arrogance, evil behavior and perverse speech.

Proverbs 3:7

Do not be wise in your own eyes;

fear the LORD and shun evil.

Proverbs 23:17

Do not let your heart envy sinners,

but always be zealous for the fear of the LORD.

Psalms 97:10

Let those who love the LORD hate evil,

Psalm 101

Psalm 103:11

For as high as the heavens are above the earth,

so great is His love for those who fear Him;

Psalm 103:13

As a father has compassion on his children,

so the Lord has compassion on those who fear Him;

Psalm 103:17

But from everlasting to everlasting

the Lord's love is with those who fear Him,

In His Love,

Suzanne