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Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions -Job 7:14
I Will Speak of the Fear of the LORD
There comes a time when there is no fear of God in the heart of men, and sadly this is happening within God's own Church. "There is no fear of God before their eyes." (Psalm 30:1, Romans 3:18) Oh, they will say fear only means reverence and respect for God, but the truth of the matter is that is only part of the meaning.
Anyone who says they are not afraid of God in a way that is dread, awestruck, even horrified, is missing the fear of God.
I have said over and over the Hebrew words Yare and mora mean fear, dread, terror, to be frightened, afraid, in awe, and a fearful reverence. See, reverence is in there, but the bulk of the meaning is true fear.
Likewise the Greek words phobos, ekphobos, phobeo all mean flight, fear, dread, terror: as Vives Bible dictionary describes, "Not just a mere fear of His power and righteous retribution, but a wholesome dread of displeasing Him, a fear which banishes the terror that shrinks from His presence." (In other words, a bold type of fear in that your fear of God overcomes a fear of trying to hide from God, such as Adam & Eve did, or in Jonah's fleeing from the LORD.
Entromos is a trembling fear, intensive: to tremble and shake. Hebrews 12:21, "And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake"
Now read the rest of the chapter:
" But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.
See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven:
Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.
And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.
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."
Shall we not fear the One who speaketh from heaven? The One who shall shake the heavens? If Christ appeared in all His glory and in His mighty power, most would run for their lives, or fall as dead at His feet, bowed to the ground, trembling at His pureness and His power, and the fact that He does according to His will, and holds your very souls destiny in His hand, yea, Fear Him!
Job 23:14-16 "For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.
Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.
For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:"
God had a reason for testing Job, and it was a hard test. Who are we to say if such happened to us we would just reverence God. No! We'd be terrified, and if not, then I don't know where you are at with God. I've seen what God can do both as a test and as chastisement. It's dreadful and fearful.
I've stood under the lightning, and the tornado has passed by me or over me at least 3 times. I am still in awe of God's power in the whirlwind and in the storm. I can boldly stand and not fear death by these things, but at the same time that fear of self preservation is gone, it is the fear of God who controls these phenomenon that overcomes the worldly fear of the phenomenon themselves.
"And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.
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." (Luke 12:4-5)
Phobeo there: terrifying, struck with fear, exceeding fear in reverence - see, reverence coupled with fear. It DOES mean to be afraid of. As we should know "phobos" and "Phobeo" are where we get 'phobia" from, which is a fear of something.
Acrophobia does not mean a person has a reverence for heights; it means they are afraid of heights!
Hebrerws 12:28 speaks of BOTH reverence and fear:
"Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear"
If we truly feared God we would not do half the things we do. If we feared Him we would be blameless, perfecting holiness in the fear of God (2 Cor. 7:1). We would not be flirting with sin, seeing how much we can get by with, how much we might satisfy the flesh, for the flesh screams at us for pleasures that its lusts may be fulfilled, and there is no fear of God in the one who dives right into sin and thinks "I'll ask forgiveness later."
Isaiah 6:1-6,
"In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the LORD sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.
Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.
And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.
And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.
Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts."
Revelation 1:13-17,
"And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.
His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.
And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.
And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:"
Johns initial response is fear, and rightfully so; it is Jesus who then says "Fear not." John is not standing there without fear saying "I got this." We are way too arrogant in our approach to the Almighty today. The scripture does say we can come boldly before the throne of Grace, but it also says to fear God. Just don't be afraid to approach Him, but best be afraid of Him, because one second in the presence of His pure light can consume you away, for our God is a consuming fire, and a devouring fire.
I Will Speak of the Fear of the LORD
There comes a time when there is no fear of God in the heart of men, and sadly this is happening within God's own Church. "There is no fear of God before their eyes." (Psalm 30:1, Romans 3:18) Oh, they will say fear only means reverence and respect for God, but the truth of the matter is that is only part of the meaning.
Anyone who says they are not afraid of God in a way that is dread, awestruck, even horrified, is missing the fear of God.
I have said over and over the Hebrew words Yare and mora mean fear, dread, terror, to be frightened, afraid, in awe, and a fearful reverence. See, reverence is in there, but the bulk of the meaning is true fear.
Likewise the Greek words phobos, ekphobos, phobeo all mean flight, fear, dread, terror: as Vives Bible dictionary describes, "Not just a mere fear of His power and righteous retribution, but a wholesome dread of displeasing Him, a fear which banishes the terror that shrinks from His presence." (In other words, a bold type of fear in that your fear of God overcomes a fear of trying to hide from God, such as Adam & Eve did, or in Jonah's fleeing from the LORD.
Entromos is a trembling fear, intensive: to tremble and shake. Hebrews 12:21, "And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake"
Now read the rest of the chapter:
" But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.
See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven:
Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.
And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.
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."
Shall we not fear the One who speaketh from heaven? The One who shall shake the heavens? If Christ appeared in all His glory and in His mighty power, most would run for their lives, or fall as dead at His feet, bowed to the ground, trembling at His pureness and His power, and the fact that He does according to His will, and holds your very souls destiny in His hand, yea, Fear Him!
Job 23:14-16 "For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.
Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.
For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:"
God had a reason for testing Job, and it was a hard test. Who are we to say if such happened to us we would just reverence God. No! We'd be terrified, and if not, then I don't know where you are at with God. I've seen what God can do both as a test and as chastisement. It's dreadful and fearful.
I've stood under the lightning, and the tornado has passed by me or over me at least 3 times. I am still in awe of God's power in the whirlwind and in the storm. I can boldly stand and not fear death by these things, but at the same time that fear of self preservation is gone, it is the fear of God who controls these phenomenon that overcomes the worldly fear of the phenomenon themselves.
"And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.
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." (Luke 12:4-5)
Phobeo there: terrifying, struck with fear, exceeding fear in reverence - see, reverence coupled with fear. It DOES mean to be afraid of. As we should know "phobos" and "Phobeo" are where we get 'phobia" from, which is a fear of something.
Acrophobia does not mean a person has a reverence for heights; it means they are afraid of heights!
Hebrerws 12:28 speaks of BOTH reverence and fear:
"Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear"
If we truly feared God we would not do half the things we do. If we feared Him we would be blameless, perfecting holiness in the fear of God (2 Cor. 7:1). We would not be flirting with sin, seeing how much we can get by with, how much we might satisfy the flesh, for the flesh screams at us for pleasures that its lusts may be fulfilled, and there is no fear of God in the one who dives right into sin and thinks "I'll ask forgiveness later."
Isaiah 6:1-6,
"In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the LORD sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.
Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.
And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.
And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.
Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts."
Revelation 1:13-17,
"And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.
His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.
And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.
And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:"
Johns initial response is fear, and rightfully so; it is Jesus who then says "Fear not." John is not standing there without fear saying "I got this." We are way too arrogant in our approach to the Almighty today. The scripture does say we can come boldly before the throne of Grace, but it also says to fear God. Just don't be afraid to approach Him, but best be afraid of Him, because one second in the presence of His pure light can consume you away, for our God is a consuming fire, and a devouring fire.
