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“Fear of the Lord” entails…an emotional response of fear, love and trust. The unified psychological poles of fear and love come prominently to the fore in the surprisingly uniform way Deuteronomy treats “love of the Lord” and “fear of the Lord” (cf. 5:29 with 6:2, and 6:5 with Josh. 24:14; cf. 10:12, 20; 13:5). In Isaiah 29:13 Israel’s distorted “fear of me” is rejected precisely because it is made up only of rules taught by men. According to Proverbs 2:1-5, “the fear of the Lord” is found through heartfelt prayer and diligent seeking for the sage’s words. In 15:33, “humility” and “fear of the Lord” are parallel terms, and in 22:4 “humility” is defined as “the fear of the Lord sort.”
Bruce K. Waltke from The Book of Proverbs Volume 1, pg. 101
The true fear of God is a child-like fear. Some of the Puritans used to call it a "filial fear." It is a combination of holy respect and glowing love. To fear God is to have a heart that is sensitive to both His Godness and His graciousness. It means to experience great awe and a deep joy simultaneously when one begins to understand who God really is and what He has done for us.
Therefore the true fear of God is not a fear that makes a person run away and flee from God. It is a fear that drives him to God. Love for God and fear of Him are, therefore, not at all incompatible. To think that they are is to fail to see the richness of the character of the God we worship. It is to ignore the way in which knowing Him in all of His attributes, and responding appropriately to Him, stretches our emotional capacities to their limit. Scripture portrays the fear of the Lord and the love of the Lord as companion emotions.
P.J. (Flip) Buys from The Fear of God as a Central Part of Reformed Spirituality
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A Treatise of the Fear of God ![]() |
John Bunyan |
The Practical Implications of Calvinism ![]() |
Al Martin - B. B. Warfield describes Calvinism as ‘that sight of the majesty of God that pervades all of life and all of experience’. In particular as it relates to the doctrine of salvation its glad confession is summarized in those three pregnan |
Marriage to the Glory of God ![]() |
Derek Thomas (Banner of Truth) - None of our family relations will be right unless we fear God. This is the soul of godliness - fearing Him. |
The Fear of God ![]() |
by J. Gresham Machen |
Live in the Fear of God ![]() |
Lawrence R. Eyres |
Fearing God in His Sovereign Majesty ![]() |
A.W. Pink (1889-1952) |
The Beginning of Wisdom ![]() |
Charles Bridges (1794-1869) |
Fear of the Lord ![]() |
Robert Strimple |
The Fear of the Lord ![]() |
Bob Deffinbaugh , Th.M |
The Falling Away of the Evangelical Church ![]() |
Rev. Ken Silva |
The Fear of God ![]() |
Wilhelmus A'Brakel (1635-1711) |
The Fear of God: Its Manifestations, Causes and Enjoyments ![]() |
John Gill (1697-1771) |
An Ungodly Fear of God ![]() |
John Bunyan |
Let Us Therefore Fear ![]() |
A.W. Pink (1889-1952) |
The Fear of the Lord is the Beginning of Wisdom ![]() |
A.W. Pink |
Lofty One Whose Name is Holy ![]() |
John Piper |
The Fear of God ![]() |
John Gresham Machen |
Puritan Fear of God ![]() |
J. Gresham Machen |
The Goodness and the Severity of God ![]() |
John MacArthur |
The Fear of God and Freedom From Goods ![]() |
John Piper |
The Present Effects of Trembling at the Wrath of God ![]() |
John Piper |
The Fear of God and Freedom From Goods ![]() |
John Piper |
A Sojourn on Earth in Confident Fear ![]() |
John Piper |
A Woman Who Fears the Lord Is to Be Praised ![]() |
John Piper |
Look at the Kindness and the Severity of God ![]() |
John Piper |
The Fear of the Lord ![]() |
William Harrall |
Of the Fear of God ![]() |
John Gill |
A Holy Fear of God and His Judgments ![]() |
John Cotton (1693-1757) |
Fear And Its Remedy ![]() |
Horatius Bonar |
The Fear of God ![]() |
Herman Hanko |
Vital Godliness: A Treatise on Experimental and Practical Piety: The Fear of God ![]() |
William S. Plumer |
The Fear of God ![]() |
Al Martin - For years this excellent study has been helping Christians to "perfect holiness in the fear of God" (2 Cor. 7:1). |
The Fear of God ![]() |
JewishEncyclopedia.com |
The One Thing Necessary ![]() |
Thomas Watson |
Five Fears ![]() |
C.H. Spurgeon |
Directions Against Sinful Fear ![]() |
Richard Baxter |
Of the Fear of God ![]() |
John Gill |
A Sermon on Isaiah 57:15 ![]() |
Geerhardus Vos - Kerux Journal |
The Fear of God ![]() |
John Murray |
The Fear of God in Worship ![]() |
Jim Carnes |
God's Jewels ![]() |
A.W. Pink |
Fear (MP3) ![]() |
Mark Dever - Covenant Life Church |
Fear Not! - Isaiah 41 (MP3) ![]() |
Kenneth Mellinger - Living Hope Church Harrisburg PA |
What does it mean to "fear" God? (MP3) ![]() |
Timothy Keller - Redeemer Q & A Sessions |
Facing the Future Without Fear (MP3 Series) ![]() |
Phil Johnson - The GraceLife Pulpit |
Luke 11 & 12: Fear of men and the Fear of God (MP3) ![]() |
David Jackman - Beeston Free Church |
Fearing God (MP3) ![]() |
Carl Muller | CCFC 2004 |
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