STUDY III. THE FEAR OF GOD

 

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.  

Wisdom will multiply your days and add years to your life.

If you become wise, you will be the one to benefit. If you scorn wisdom, you will be the one to suffer.

Prov 9:10-12

Beginning of something is the basics. For example we can say the beginning of learning is learning ABCD.... and 1,2,3...

Unless you learn this first, you will never be able to learn anything else in any other subject. 

We have to grow in wisdom if we are to be effective in our lives on earth, but we have to start from the basics, we have to learn the fear of God first of all.

When we learn the fear of God, God will give us wisdom in every situation or circumstance we face in life. 

Do you want God to give you wisdom in everything you face in life; on how best you can be effective for His glory, on what opportunities to take and which ones to leave,....then, you must learn the fear of God first. 

There are two types of wisdom, a heavenly and demonic wisdom.

For jealousy and selfishness are not God’s kind of wisdom. Such things are earthly, unspiritual, and demonic.

For wherever there is jealousy and selfish ambition, there you will find disorder and evil of every kind.

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, shows no favorism and sincere.

James 1:14-17

Wisdom that God gives has seven pillars. Prov 9:1

The seven pillars are mentioned in Jam 3:17 which results in;

1. Bringing purity 

2. Brings Peace

3. Always Gentle

4. Open to listen and reason with the others

5. Full of mercy and good fruits. It does not lead one to be a faultfinder or accuser or judge others but quick to do good.

6. Does not show favourism to friends or family or those of higher rank in society. Treats all men equal.

7. Always sincere. There is no hypocrisy.

If you want to walk in purity, fear God.

If you want to leave in peace with everyone, fear God.

If you want to deal gently with others even those who fall, fear God.

If you don't want to be a dictator, one who forces his opinion on others and who is conceited that my way must be followed and never questioned; fear God. In this you can even make yourself a god if you get offended when your ego is hurt, you easily get offended and get hurt by others and keep on meditating on what others have done or not done, or said to you because you are a fool. Fear God and you will have wisdom.

Do not be eager in your heart to be angry, For anger resides in the bosom of fools. Ecc 7:9

If want to be fair to everyone and never show favourism to any, fear God.

If you want to be free from hypocrisy, fear God.

God will always give you all the wisdom you need for every situation you'll ever face in life if you will learn to fear God.

The fear of God is the beginning of all Christian education.

Before you learn any other thing about Christianity, before you learn about rapture, or tribulation, or second coming of Christ, or about the seven Trumpets, or the seven plagues or anything else you can learn in the bible learn the fear of God first of all.

Joseph did not have a bible but his father taught him the fear of God, that is why he resisted the temptation by potiphers wife to commit sexual sin though no one was watching. He knew God was watching. Gen 39:1-16

Job did not have a Bible but heard the fear of God and that is why he was upright. Job 1:8.

These old testament saints did not have a bible, could not have fellowships, could not hear an encouragement but they had the fear of God. We who have all that do not have the fear of God; that is why though we are full of bible verses, there are many sins committed in the church by the church leaders and the members.

There is no fear of God left in the church.

The devil has gotten the church sidetracked from the most important thing in the Christian life, to other peripheral things and led them to argue on things that have no eternal value.

What is the most important thing to you.

What are you willing to fight for die for.

If you look at that from a heavenly point of view, how much value will it carry in eternity.

God back to the basics.

The first lesson you must learn is to fear God. Drop every other topic and learn this one first. Learn the fear of God.

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