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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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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 pregnanicon
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.icon
A Holy Fear of God and His Judgments John Cotton (1693-1757)icon
A Sermon on Isaiah 57:15 Geerhardus Vos - Kerux Journalicon
A Sojourn on Earth in Confident Fear John Pipericon
A Woman Who Fears the Lord Is to Be Praised John Pipericon
An Ungodly Fear of God John Bunyanicon
Directions Against Sinful Fear Richard Baxtericon
Facing the Future Without Fear (MP3 Series) Phil Johnson - The GraceLife Pulpiticon
Fear (MP3) Mark Dever - Covenant Life Churchicon
Fear And Its Remedy Horatius Bonaricon
Fear Not! - Isaiah 41 (MP3) Kenneth Mellinger - Living Hope Church Harrisburg PAicon
Fear of the Lord Robert Strimpleicon
Fearing God (MP3) Carl Muller | CCFC 2004icon
Fearing God in His Sovereign Majesty A.W. Pink (1889-1952)icon
Five Fears C.H. Spurgeonicon
God's Jewels A.W. Pinkicon
Let Us Therefore Fear A.W. Pink (1889-1952)icon
Live in the Fear of God Lawrence R. Eyresicon
Lofty One Whose Name is Holy John Pipericon
Look at the Kindness and the Severity of God John Pipericon
Luke 11 & 12: Fear of men and the Fear of God (MP3) David Jackman - Beeston Free Churchicon
Of the Fear of God John Gillicon
Of the Fear of God John Gillicon
Puritan Fear of God J. Gresham Machenicon
The Beginning of Wisdom Charles Bridges (1794-1869)icon
The Falling Away of the Evangelical Church Rev. Ken Silvaicon
The Fear of God Wilhelmus A'Brakel (1635-1711)icon
The Fear of God John Gresham Machenicon
The Fear of God Herman Hankoicon
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).icon
The Fear of God JewishEncyclopedia.comicon
The Fear of God by J. Gresham Machenicon
The Fear of God John Murrayicon
The Fear of God and Freedom From Goods John Pipericon
The Fear of God and Freedom From Goods John Pipericon
The Fear of God in Worship Jim Carnesicon
The Fear of God: Its Manifestations, Causes and Enjoyments John Gill (1697-1771)icon
The Fear of the Lord Bob Deffinbaugh , Th.Micon
The Fear of the Lord William Harrallicon
The Fear of the Lord is the Beginning of Wisdom A.W. Pinkicon
The Goodness and the Severity of God John MacArthuricon
The One Thing Necessary Thomas Watsonicon
The Present Effects of Trembling at the Wrath of God John Pipericon
Trying to Please Men: A Practice Filled with Danger (.pdf) George M. Bowman, Reformation & Revival 4:2 (Spring 1995): 113-123.icon
Vital Godliness: A Treatise on Experimental and Practical Piety: The Fear of God William S. Plumericon
What does it mean to "fear" God? (MP3) Timothy Keller - Redeemer Q & A Sessionsicon
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