To fear God is to give Him the praise, adoration, thanksgiving, and worship He deserves.
To fear God is to hate sin. To fear God is to hate injustice. To fear God is to depart from evil in every sense — thought, word, and action. It is to refrain from speaking deceitfully. It will not say or put on an appearance that is untrue to one’s heart and thoughts. It keeps our outward behavior congruent with our inward thoughts, motives, and beliefs.
To fear God is to walk in authentic humility before God and mankind.
To fear God is to give Him the praise, adoration, thanksgiving, and worship He deserves.
To fear God is to give Him all that belongs to Him. To fear God is to tremble before Him in wonder and awe. It is to give His Word and presence our full attention. To fear God is to obey Him. It’s not just a desire but an inward force determined to carry out His will, no matter the cost. We eagerly, willingly, and immediately obey — even if we don’t see a benefit or it doesn’t make sense — and we complete it. To fear God is to abstain from complaining, murmuring, or grumbling. To fear God is to respect, honor, and submit to His direct and delegated authority. It is also to obey the delegated authority, with the only exception being if the authority tells us to sin.
The fear of the Lord shapes our intentions, thoughts, words, and actions.
Has holy fear seemed like a contradictory term to you? Sometimes it may seem odd that we should have fear of God… and that’s the right response. It’s time to redefine what that means in our hearts and truly revere Him with joy and love!
“Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I may not forget you.” —William Arthur Ward
There was continual evangelism in the early church, and there was no apology for it. This is the church that turned their world upside down.
The new covenant is about grace, as contrasted with the old covenant, which is about the law. "For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ"
The Bible tells us to repent, turn from our sin, and then condemn it – strictly in that order. From what sin do you need to repent and turn? Acts 3:19: "Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord."
People who like having their ears tickled make him rich while they’re spiritually poor because he feeds them lies. He holds a Bible in the air yet doesn’t uphold the truth of God’s Word! Wake up, people!! You know who, just admit it. There are many of them.
When your final authority is your “heart,” you will regularly twist Scripture to say whatever pleases your heart.
"The surest road to wisdom is a meditation upon the Word of God." -
Charles Spurgeon.
"He that is little in his own eyes, will not be much troubled to be little in the eyes of others." -Thomas Watson.
He who knows not the Christ of Calvary knows not God, and he who does not thus know this knows not anything that is worth knowing. ~ R. E. March
Spend some time with Jesus today thanking Him for your salvation and the forgiveness of sins. Think about His life, ministry, death, and resurrection. And, reflect upon the ways in which the Son of God continues to reach out to you with His love and mercy.
"Entrust yourself to those pierced hands, which are now glorified with the signet rings of royal power." — Charles Spurgeon
"Is it not glorious that the Lord of all is the Savior of sinners?" — Charles Spurgeon
"The gospel is all about Christ from beginning to end." – Charles Spurgeon
"As nothing in believers was so good as to cause Christ to love them, nothing is so bad as can cause Him to withdraw His love." -John Durant.
"Beloved, if you would ever reign with Christ when you die, He must reign in you while you live." -Edmund Calamy.
There is in Christ rest for God's people, when exercised with afflictions.
Jonathan Edwards
One cannot complain that the “gate is narrow” who stands amazed that the gate is 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯.
Though the 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩 of every sin be weakened by grace, the 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘵 of no sin is in this life wholly taken away. [Sin] is like the stubborn Canaanites, who, after the general conquest of the land, would dwell in it still (Joshua xvii. 12). —John Owen, Works 6:342
A sense of God’s presence in love is sufficient to rebuke all anxiety and fears (on account of sin) in the worst and most dreadful condition; and not only so, but to give in the midst of them solid consolation and joy. —John Owen, An Exposition Upon Psalm CXXX, Works 6:334
Faith opens a man's eyes to see the excellencies of Jesus Christ and so the soul is carried through difficulties and discouragements though they are never so many. —
Puritan William Bridge, Works 2:329
Our hold of the promise many times fails, but the promise to us never fails. —
Puritan Robert Traill, Works 2:32
It is the people who are most uncertain about themselves who are generally most critical of others. —Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Exposition of Romans 14, Pg. 259
Sin reigns where it is not resisted.
—Puritan Thomas Manton, Practical Exposition on the Epistle of James, Pg. 130
If you do not like the doctrine of hell you are just disagreeing with Jesus Christ. He, the Son of God, believed in hell; and it is in His exposure of the true nature of sin that He teaches that sin ultimately lands men in hell.
—Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Sermon on the Mount, 1:235
Let us carefully keep the bounds clear between the Law and Gospel. —
Puritan Robert Traill, Works 1:263
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