2. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO FEAR GOD?
REVELATION 14:7
Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory
to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and
worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the
sea, and the fountains of waters.
LEVITICUS 19:3
Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father,
and keep my Sabbaths: I [am] the LORD your God.
Give glory to God
Worship God
Honour God
3. HOW DOES ONE FEAR GOD?
DEUTERONOMY 13:4
Ye shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear
him, and keep his commandments, and obey his
voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him.
PSALM 111:9
He sent redemption unto his people: he hath
commanded his covenant for ever: holy and
reverend [is] his name.
EXODUS 20:7
Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God
in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless
that taketh his name in vain.
4. WHY SHOULD WE FEAR GOD?
PROVERBS 9:10, 11
The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of wisdom:
and the knowledge of the holy [is] understanding.
For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the
years of thy life shall be increased.
PSALMS 9:20
Put them in fear, O LORD: [that] the nations may
know themselves [to be but] men.
GENESIS 2:7
And the LORD God formed man [of] the dust of the
ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of
life; and man became a living soul.
5. GOD ALONE! FEARED
1 CHRONICLES 16:29, 30
Give unto the LORD the glory [due] unto his name:
bring an offering, and come before him: worship the
LORD in the beauty of holiness. Fear before him, all
the earth: the world also shall be stable, that it be not
moved.
2 CHRONICLES 7:3
And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire
came down, and the glory of the LORD upon the
house, they bowed themselves with their faces to the
ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and
praised the LORD, [saying], For [he is] good; for his
mercy [endureth] for ever.
6. ANY REASONS WHY WE SHOULD FEAR GOD?
EXODUS 3:5, 6 (Holiness)
And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes
from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou
standest [is] holy ground. ...I [am] the God of thy
father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and
the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he
was afraid to look upon God.
LUKE 5:5, 8 (Creator)
And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we
have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing:
nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net.
When Simon Peter saw [it], he fell down at Jesus'
knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful
man, O Lord.
7. PERSONS WHO FEARED GOD
DEUTERONOMY 10:12, 13
And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God
require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to
walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve
the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all
thy soul, To keep the commandments of the
LORD, and his statutes, which I command thee
this day for thy good?
JOB 1:8, 9
And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou
considered my servant Job, that [there is] none
like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright
man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?
Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth
Job fear God for nought?
8. CAN ONE FEAR GOD AND YET REMAIN
DISOBEDIENT TO HIS WORD?
GENESIS 22:12
And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do
thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest
God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only [son]
from me.
HEBREWS 11:17
By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and
he that had received the promises offered up his only
begotten [son],
PROVERBS 14:2
He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: but
[he that is] perverse in his ways despiseth him.
9. MOMENTS OF WEAKNESS: GENESIS 20:11
And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of
God [is] not in this place; and they will slay me for my
wife's sake.
ROMANS 3:11-18
There is none that seeketh after God
They are all gone out of the way
They are together become unprofitable
There is none that doeth good
Their tongues they have used deceit
The poison of asps [is] under their lips
Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness
Their feet [are] swift to shed blood
Destruction and misery [are] in their ways
They know not peace
There is no fear of God before their eyes
10. FEAR GOD: A FREE OR FORCED WILL?
HEBREWS 12:28, 29
Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be
moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve
God acceptably with reverence and godly fear: For
our God [is] a consuming fire.
2 CORINTHIANS 7:1
Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let
us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh
and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
11. 2 CORINTHIANS 6:14-18
Be ye not unequally yoked together with
unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness
with unrighteousness? and what communion hath
light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ
with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with
an infidel? And what agreement hath the temple of
God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living
God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and
walk in [them]; and I will be their God, and they
shall be my people. Wherefore come out from
among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and
touch not the unclean [thing]; and I will receive you,
And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my
sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
12. FEAR GOD: KEEP HIS
COMMANDMENTS
ECCLESIASTES 12:13, 14
Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear
God, and keep his commandments: for this [is] the
whole [duty] of man. For God shall bring every
work into judgment, with every secret thing,
whether [it be] good, or whether [it be] evil.
REVELATION 14:7
Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory
to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and
worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the
sea, and the fountains of waters.