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Fear of God

Should we Christians be concerned about the fear of God in our lives?  I believe we should, and the reason I believe this, is because it's what the Bible teaches.  All throughout the Word of God in the Bible we are taught to fear God and give Him glory in our lives.  But for some reason, this has been done away with in the professing church today, it isn't being taught and people are not fearing God, which why there is so much sin in the professing church.  Just look at the Lutheran church, accepting practicing homosexuals into leadership positions in their church.  This is what happens when you stop letting the Bible be your guide and you have no fear of God.  On this page I will post scripture verses that show people of the Bible feared God and teach us that we should do the same.  It's down to you as to whether or not you want God's Word to be your guide.

Before I list all the other verses, let me share with you a verse from 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.' ..... This angel represents God's people (messengers) on earth giving the last warning to the world before Jesus returns at the second coming.  This is the end time message and as you can see, the angel is telling the world to fear God, because the hour of judgment has come.  We will all stand before the judgment seat of Christ and I suggest that we start giving respect and Godly fear for the One who can destroy both body and soul in Hell.  I think too often we only focus on the loving character of God, and forget the He is an all consuming fire.

 1 Peter 2:17 .....'Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.'

Ephesians 5:21 .....'Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.'

Psalm 89:7 .....'God is GREATLY TO BE FEARED in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.'

Hebrews 12:28 .....'Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear.'

Psalm 76:7 .....'Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?'

Leviticus 25:17 .....'Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God:for I am the LORD your God.'

Deuteronomy 6:24 .....'And the LORD commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the LORD our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as it is at this day.'

Deuteronomy 8:6 .....'Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.'

Deuteronomy 10:12 .....'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.'

1 Samuel 12:24 .....'Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you.'

Psalm 2:11 .....'Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.'

Proverbs 9:10 .....'The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom.'

Isaiah 8:13 .....'Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.'

Jeremiah 5:22 .....'Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?'

Acts 9:31 .....'Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.'

Psalm 99:1 .....'The LORD reigneth; let the people tremble: he sitteth between the cherubims; let the earth be moved.'

Isaiah 66:5 .....'Hear the word of the LORD, ye that tremble at his word; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name's sake, said, Let the LORD be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed.'

James 2:19 .....'Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.'

2 Corinthians 5:11 .....'Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences.'

Job 13:11 .....'Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you?.'

Luke 12:5 .....'But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.'

 

Bible characters who feared God

Genesis 42:18 .....'And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God.'

Exodus 1:17 .....'But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.'

1 Kings 18:3 .....'And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly).'

Job 1:1 .....'There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.'

Malachi 2:4-6 .....'And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.  My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my name.  The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity.'

Acts 10:1-2 .....'There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band, a devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.'

Jonah 1:9 .....'And he said unto them, I am an Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the God of heaven, which hath made the sea and the dry land.'

Exodus 3:6 .....'Moreover he said, 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.'

2 Samuel 6:9 .....'And David was afraid of the LORD that day, and said, How shall the ark of the LORD come to me?'

 

No Fear of God Causes Sin

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.'

Psalm 36:1 .....'The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes.'

Romans 3:10-18 .....'As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:  There is none that understandeth, 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, no, not one.  Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:  Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:  Their feet are swift to shed blood:  Destruction and misery are in their ways:  And the way of peace have they not known:  There is no fear of God before their eyes.'

2 Kings 17:25 .....'And so it was at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they feared not the LORD: therefore the LORD sent lions among them, which slew some of them.'

Jeremiah 44:10 .....'They are not humbled even unto this day, neither have they feared, nor walked in my law, nor in my statutes, that I set before you and before your fathers.'

2 Kings 17:34 .....'Unto this day they do after the former manners: they fear not the LORD, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law and commandment which the LORD commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel.'

Proverbs 16:6 .....'By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.'

Jeremiah 2:19 .....'Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.'

As you can see from the many scripture verses above, we are to fear God, and walk in His ways.  There are many more verses to do with the fear of the LORD, which would make this page far too large.  It is time to fear God, to put off sin from our lives and walk in the way of the LORD.

Ecclesiastes 12:13 .....'Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.'