FEAR OF THE LORD
DEFINITION:
Controlling awesome awareness of God's power & righteous judgment,
w/wholesome dread of displeasing Him
IMPORTANCE OF THE FEAR OF THE LORD
1. Overcoming sinful habits (Proverbs 16:6)
2. Beginning of knowledge/learning (Proverbs
1:7)
3. Beginning of wisdom (Proverbs 9:10)
4. Gives long life (Proverb 10:27)
5. Learn contentment (Proverbs 15:16)
6. Get riches, honor, and life (Proverbs
22:4)
7. Experience true worship (Psalm 5:7)
8. Have no wants (Psalm 34:9)
9. Experience God's salvation/deliverance
(Psalm 85:9)
10. Receive
daily provision (Psalm 111:5)
11. Have a
satisfying life (Proverbs 19:23)
12. Know the
secrets of the Lord (Psalm 25:14)
13. Experience
God's goodness (Psalm 31:9)
14. Have
constant protection (Psalm 33:18,19)
15. Be delivered
from trouble (Psalm 34:7)
16. Given God's
mercy (Psalm 103:11)
17. Have the
Lord's pity (Psalm 103:13)
18. Bring
delight to the Lord (Psalm 147:11)
THREE NATIONAL
CONSEQENCES OF NOT FEARING THE LORD
1. Falls Victim
to It's Own Sin (Jeremiah 2:19)
2. Legal System
Will Become Unjust (Jeremiah 5:23-28)
3. Wealth Will
Be Controlled by Other Nations (Deuteronomy 28:43,44)
EIGHT PERSONAL
CONSEQUENCES OF NOT FEARING THE LORD
1. No restraint
of evil (Proverbs 8:13; Romans 3:18)
2. No effective
church discipline (Acts 5:5; I Timothy
5:20)
3. No guard
against wrong church members (Acts 5:5)
4. No Biblical
submission (Ephesians 5:21)
5. No maturity
in salvation (Philippians 2:12,13)
6. No entering
into God's rest (Hebrews 4:1)
7. No influence
on the unsaved (I Peter 3:1,2)
8. No effective
witnessing (I Peter 3:15)
SOURCE: II
Corinthians 7:10,11