2007 - KJV Bible Believers Church in Touchet, Touchet, Washington - Pastor Mike Paulson - 2007 Expounding the way of God more perfectly - Acts 18:26 - with the Scriptures Rightly Divided - II Timothy 2:15 Knowing God's Word Today Stands For Us, Not Against Us; For Good, Not For Evil! See Jeremiah 44:29 vs Romans 2:4 |
And Ye That Fear God |
Does "fearing" God mean to be afraid of Him?
Does Paul preach that we should be afraid of God?
Acts 2:43
- fear ... every soul
Acts 5:11
- fear ... all the church
Acts 10:2,22 - Cornelius feared God
Acts 13:26 - Jews and whosever ...
Was it God who was punishing / disciplining?
See Romans
2 - judgment now? no - it is being stored until judgment
day - white throne for the lost.
See Romans
2 - Goodness of God, etc.
Based on his deeds...
Romans
2:6-11 - render every man according to his DEEDS!
Paul says there is no fear of God
in their eyes. Romans 3:18
Paul talks about perfecting holiness
in the fear of God. II Corinthians 7:1
Paul tells us to submit ourselves
one to another in the fear of God. Ephesians
5:21
Does that all mean that we still should be 'afraid' of God today?
No - Paul is meaning
to hate evil!
See Proverbs
8:13
Wisdom helps you understand the 'fear of the LORD.'
Proverbs
8:1-14
Proverbs
2:1-9
Proverbs
1:7: The fear of the LORD is the beginning
of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Proverbs
9:10: The fear of the LORD is the beginning
of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
Proverbs
14:2 - walketh upright for the Lord
Proverbs
14:16 - wise man feareth and departeth
from evil
Proverbs
14:26 - strong confidence
Proverbs
16:6 - by fear of the Lord, people depart
from evil
Proverbs
23:17 - be in the fear of the LORD all
the day long
Proverbs
28:14 - happy is the man that feareth alway
Proverbs
31:30 - a woman that feareth the LORD...
Now, for Parental Practical Application
Should dad have the children be
afraid of dad?
Is that the fear that God shows
us?
Shouldn't the kids be taught
to hate evil - hate sin, etc. instead of dad?
Don't be afraid of Dad because of what you did - be afraid of what you did!
Sin is us is why we go to Hell -
we die in our sins.
It isn't God's call - it is ours
- based on our works - WITH or without sin, which one do we follow!
Do we hear, believe and trust Christ
to take care of our sins, or do we try to make ourselves clean without
Christ?