Introducion-
Originally I watched one of the videos online (source cited below) and gathered the scriptures from that video. Thanks to brothers Savio and Vivian for doing the leg-work. This post is primarily a compilation of those verses on the fear of the Lord, with my own personal flavor (style) added into , also. This is kind of a long study, so pace yourself. Pause if you need to, grab a cup of hot tea or water, and enjoy. I hope an pray that this post will fall on softened hearts that of people who have a desire for the Lord; the One True Living God, the God of Abraham Isaac and Jacob.
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Tuesday, July 25, 2023 6:11 PM
The Reverant Fear of the Lord
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Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61yCINxuAJU
Introduction-
Do you have the fear of the Lord? What does it mean to fear the Lord? Do you have a desire to learn what it means to properly fear the Lord? Is it a good thing to fear the Lord?
In Savio and Vivian’s video, they discuss different aspects of the fear of the Lord. They present their ideas all from the Scriptures, the Holy Word of God. I have taken the scripture references from their video presentation /teaching, and made my own study notes.
I share these with anyone out there in hopes of pointing him/ her/ and myself to the Way, the Truth, and the Life, Jesus Christ of Nazareth. It is my hope that we all develop and grow in a healthy, proper, biblical fear of the Lord ASAP/ today.
Hosea 4:6 “My people have perished for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge I reject you from being priest for Me. Since you have forgotten the Torah of your Elohim, I also forget your children.
Proverbs 1:7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and discipline.
The FEAR of the LORD:
Psalms 33:8 Let all the earth fear the Lord; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him.
2 Chronicles 16:9 “For the eyes of the Lord diligently search throughout all the earth, to show Himself to be strong on behalf of those whose heart is perfect to Him. You have acted foolishly in this, so from now on you shall have battles.”
Psalms 145:18-19 The Lord is near to all who call upon Him, to all who call upon Him in truth. (19) He does the desire of those who fear Him; and He hears their cry and saves them.
Psalms 25:14 The secret of the Lord is with those who fear Him. And He makes His covenant known to them.
Psalms 111: 5 (a) He has given food to those who fear Him;
Matthew 4:4 But He answering, said, “It has been written, “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.” “
Romans 14:17 For the reign of Elohim is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Set-apart Spirit.
Psalms 111: 5 (b) He remembers His covenant forever.
Spiritual GIFTS Received from the FEAR of the LORD:
Isaiah 11:1-3 And a Rod shall come forth from the stump of Yishai, and a Sprout from his roots shall be fruitful. (2) The Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon Him-the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord (3) and shall make Him breathe in the fear of the Lord. And He shall not judge by the sight of His eyes, nor decide by the hearing of His ears.
Proverbs 2:3-5 For if you cry for discernment, lift up your voice for understanding, (4) if you seek her as silver, and search for her as hidden treasures, (5) then you would understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of Elohim.
(Sidenote-read Sirach because it’s full of wisdom)
Proverbs 9:10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Set-apart One is understanding.
Isaiah 33: 6 And He shall be the trustworthiness of your times, a wealth of deliverance, wisdom, and knowledge. The fear of the Lord-that is His treasure.
Prov 1:7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and discipline.
Psalm 111:10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, all those doing them have a good understanding. His praise is standing forever.
Luke 1:50 “And His compassion is from generation to generation, to those who fear Him.
BLESSINGS come from having the FEAR of the LORD:
Deut 6:24 And the Lord commanded us to do all these laws, to fear the Lord our Elohim, for our good always, to keep us alive, as it is today.
Ps 115:13 He blesses those who fear the Lord, the small and the great.
Ps 112:1 Praise Yah! Blessed is the man, who fears the Lord, who has greatly delighted in His commands.
1 Jn 5:3 For this is the love for Elohim, that we guard His commands, and His commands are not heavy.
Pr 14:26-27 In the fear of the Lord is strong trust, and His children have a place of refuge. (27) The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, to turn away from the snares of death.
Ps 25:12-13 Who, then, is the man that fears the Lord? He teaches him in the way he should choose. (13) His life dwells in good, and his seed inherits the earth.
Spiritual and Physical HEALING come from the FEAR of the LORD:
Prov 3:7-8 Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and turn away from evil. (8) It is healing to your navel, and moistening to your bones.
Mal 4:2 “But to you who fear My Name the Sun of Righteousness shall arise with healing in His wings. And you shall go out and leap for joy like calves from the stall.
The PROTECTION of the Lord from the FEAR of the LORD:
Psalm 34:7 The messenger of the Lord encamps all around those who fear Him, and rescues them.
Pr 19:23 The fear of the Lord leads to life, and he remains satisfied, he is not visited by evil.
Ps 115:11 You who fear the Lord, trust in the Lord, He is their help and their shield.
Ps 34:9 Fear the Lord, you His set-apart ones, for there is no lack to them who fear Him!
The FEAR of the LORD keeps us from EVIL:
Prov 8:13 The fear of the Lord is to hate evil. I have hated pride and arrogance, and the evil way, and the perverse mouth.
Job 28:28 And He said to man, “See, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom and to turn from evil is understanding.”
HOLINESS Comes from the FEAR of the LORD:
1 Pet 1: 14-17 as obedient children, not conforming yourselves to the former lusts in your ignorance, (15) instead, as the One who called you is set-apart, so you also should become set-apart in all behaviour, (16) because it has been written, “Be set-apart, for I am set-apart.” (17) And if you call on the Father, who without partiality judges according to each one’s work, pass the time of your sojourning in fear,
2 Cor 7:1 Having, then, these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of the flesh and spirit, perfecting set-apartness in the fear of Elohim.
Ps 96:9 Bow yourselves to the Lord, in the splendour of set-apartness! Tremble before Him, all the earth.(((MVPs 96:4 For great is the Lord and greatly to be praised, He is to be feared above all mighty ones.MV)))
3 Different TYPES of FEAR:
Religious Fear
The fear of man (others)
General fear
Verses related to RELIGIOUS FEAR
Mt 15: 7-9 “Hypocrites! Yeshayahu rightly prophesied about you, saying, (8) ‘This people draw near to Me with their mouth, and respect Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me. (9) But in vain do they worship Me, teaching as teachings the commands of men.’ “
Is 29: 13-14 And the Lord says, “Because this people has drawn near with its mouth, and with its lips they have esteemed Me, and it has kept its heart far from Me, and their fear of Me has become a command of men that is taught! (14) Therefore, see, I am again doing a marvellous work among this people, a marvellous work and a wonder. And the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their clever men shall be hidden.”
Genesis 22:1-12 (real worship)
And it came to be after these events that Elohim tried Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.”
And He said, “Take your son now, your only son Yitshaq, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriyah, and offer him there as an ascending offering on one of the mountains which I command you.”
And Abraham rose early in the morning and saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and Yitshaq his son. And he split the wood for the ascending offering, and arose and went to the place which Elohim had commanded him.
And on the third day Abraham lifted his eyes and saw the place from a distance.
So Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey while the boy and I go over there and worship, and come back to you.”
And Abraham took the wood of the ascending offering and laid it on Yitshaq his son. And he took the fire in his hand, and a knife, and the two of them went together.
And Yitshaq spoke to Abrahamhis father and said, “My father!” And he said, “Here I am, my son.” And he said, “See, the fire and the wood! But where is the lamb for an ascending offering?”
And Abraham said, “My son, Elohim does provide for Himself the lamb for an ascending offering.” And the two of them went together.
And they came to the place which Elohim had commanded him, and Abraham built a slaughter-place there and placed the wood in orfer. And he bound Yitshaq his son and laid him on the slaughter-place, upon the wood.
And Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to slay his son,
But the Messenger of the Lord called to him from the heavens and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.”
And He said, “Do not lay your hand on the boy, nor touch him. For now I know that you fear Elohim, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me.”
And Abraham lifted his eyes and looked and saw behind him a ram caught in a bush by its horns, and Araham went and took the ram and offered it up for an ascending offering instead of his son.
And Abraham called the name of the place, “The Lord Yireh,” as it is said to this day, “On the mountain the Lord provides.”
And the Messenger of the Lord called to Abraham a second time from the heavens,
And said, “By Myself I have sworn, declares the Lord, because you have done this, and have not withheld your son, your only son,
That I shall certainly bless you, and I shall certainly increase your seed as the stars of the heavens and as the sand which is on the seashore, and let your seed possess the gate of their enemies.
“And in your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”
Then Abraham returned to his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beersheba. And Abraham dwelt at Beersheba.
And it came to be after these events that it was reported to Abraham, saying, “See, Milkah too has borne children to your brother Nahor:
“Uts his first-bon, and Buz his brother, and Qemuel the father of Aram,
And Kesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Yidlaph, and Bethuel.”
And Bethuel brought forth Ribqah. These eight Milkah bore to Nahor, Abraham’s brother.
And his concubine, whose name was Reuwmah, also bore Tebah, and Gaham, and Tahash, and Maakah.
Verses on the FEAR of MAN (other people)
Pr 29:25 The fear of man brings a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is set on high.
Mt 10:28 “And do not fear those who kill the body but are unable to kill the being. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both being and body in GeHinnom.
GENERAL FEAR
Rom 8:15 For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, “Abba, Father.”
2 Tim 1:7 For Elohim has not given us a spirit of cowardice, but of power and of love and of self-control.
Duet 10: 12-13 “And now, Yisrael, what is the Lord your Elohim asking of you, but to fear the Lord your Elohim, to walk in all His ways and to love Him, and to serve the Lord your Elohim with all your heart and with all your being, (13) to guard the commands of the Lord and His laws which I command you today for your good?
Eccl 12: 13-14 Let us hear the conclusion of the entire matter: Fear Elohim and guard His commands, for this applies to all mankind! (14) For Elohim shall bring every work into right-ruling, including all that is hidden, whether good or whether evil.
Phil 2: 12-13 So that, my beloved, as you always obeyed-not only in my presence, but now much rather in my absence-work out your own deliverance with fear and trembling. (13) for it is Elohim who is working in you both to desire and to work for His good pleasure.
Heb 12: 25-29 Take heed not to refuse the One speaking. For if those did not escape who refused the warning on earth, much less we who turn away from Him from heaven, (26) whose voice shook the earth then, but now He has promised, saying, “Yet once more I shake not only the earth, but also the heaven.” (27) And this, “Yet once more,” makes clear the removal of what is shaken-as having been made-so that the unshaken matters might remain. (28) Therefore, receiving an unshakeable reign, let us hold the favour, through which we serve Elohim pleasingly with reverence and awe, (29) for indeed, our Elohim is a consuming fire.
Heb 10:26-31 For if we sin purposely after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a slaughter offering for sins, (27) but some fearsome anticipation of judgment, and a fierce fire which is about to consume the opponents. (28) Anyone who has disregarded the Torah of Mosheh dies without compassion on the witness of two or three witnesses. (29) How much worse punishment do you think shall he deserves who has trampled the Son of Elohim underfoot, counted the blood of the covenant by which he was set apart as common, and insulted the Spirit of favour? (30) For we know Him who has said, “Vengeance is Mine, I shall repay, says the Lord.” And again, “The Lord shall judge His people.” (31) It is fearsome to fall into the hands of the living Elohim.
Deut 21: 18-21 When a man has a wayward and rebellious son who is not listening to the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and who, when they have disciplined him, does not listen to them, (19) then his father and his mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his city, to the gate of his city, (20) and shall say to the elders of his city, “this son of ours is wayward and rebellious. He is not listening to our voice, he is a glutton and a drunkard.’ (21) Then all the men of his city shall stone him to death with stones. Thus you shall purge the evil fromyour midst. And let all Yisrael hear, and fear.
1 Pet 4: 1-5 Therefore, since Messiah suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves also with he same mind, because he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, (2) so that he no longer lives the rest of his time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but according to the desire of Elohim. (3) For we have spent enough of our past lifetime in doing the desire of the nation, having walked in indecencies, lusts, drunkenness, orgies, wild parties, and abominable idolatries, (4) in which they are surprised that you do not run with them in the same flood of loose behaviour, blaspheming, (5) who shall give an account to Him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.
1 Jn 4: 18 There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear, because fear holds punishment, and he who fears has not been made perfect in love.
2 Cor 5: 10-11 For we all have to appear before the judgment seat of Messiah, in order for each one to receive according to what he has done in the body, whether good or evil. (11) Knowing, therefore, the fear of the Lord, we persuade men, but we have been made manifest to Elohim, and I also trust in your consciences to have been manifested.
Application(S):
Examine yourselves daily
Repent of any/ all sin known/ unknown
Come to the fear of the LORD
Come back to the Lord with fear and trembling
