Good morning, Pastor John!
I was thinking about fearing God this morning. Why people don’t want to fear Him. Why I didn’t want to fear Him in my past, before I knew better. I know this is a decision and something that is being taught, like God’s mythical “unconditional love” is a favorite saying among Christians now. The thought, “not fearing God is the worst form of arrogance humans have,” was put on my heart. This feels right to me, but I have never had that thought before. I wanted to share this thought. I feel like His Spirit put that in my heart.
Thanks,
Mark W.
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Hi, Mark!
I believe that is true. It has always seemed incredible to God when mere humans dared not fear Him. These verses from Jeremiah come to mind:
5:21. Hear this, if you will, O foolish and senseless people! (They have eyes, but they cannot see; they have ears, but they cannot hear.)
22. Will you not fear me, says the Lord, nor tremble before me‽ Who made sand a boundary for the sea by an eternal decree, that it cannot pass beyond. Yea, its waves rush back and forth, and roar, but they are unable to go beyond it.
23. But this people has a stubborn and rebellious heart; they are turned aside and gone.
10:7. Who would not fear you, O King of the nations? For it is your due. For among all the wise men of the nations, and among all their kingdoms, there is none like you.
32:37. Watch me! I will gather them from all the countries to which I banished them in my anger, and in my wrath, and in my great indignation, and I will bring them back to this place and cause them to dwell safely,
38. and they will be my people, and I will be their God.
39. And I will give them one heart and one way, that they might fear me always, for their good and for the good of their children after them.
Pastor John