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1 | Godly Fear | 1 Pet 2:17 | DocTrinsograce | 202663 | ||
"Why is it that, today, the masses are so utterly unconcerned about spiritual and eternal things, and that they are lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God? Why is it that even on the battlefields multitudes were so indifferent to their soul's welfare? Why is it that defiance of heaven is becoming more open, more blatant, more daring? The answer is, because 'There is no fear of God before their eyes' (Romans 3:18). Again; why is it that the authority of the Scriptures has been lowered so sadly of late? Why is it that even among those who profess to be the Lord 's people there is so little real subjection to His Word, and that its precepts are so lightly esteemed and so readily set aside? Ah! what needs to be stressed today is that God is a God to be feared. 'The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom' (Proverbs 1:7). Happy the soul that has been awed by a view of God's majesty, that has had a vision of God's awful greatness, His ineffable holiness, His perfect righteousness, His irresistible power, His sovereign grace. Does someone say, 'But it is only the unsaved, those outside of Christ, who need to fear God'? Then the sufficient answer is that the saved, those who are in Christ, are admonished to work out their own salvation with 'fear and trembling.' Time was, when it was the general custom to speak of a believer as a 'God-fearing man' -- that such an appellation has become nearly extinct only serves to show whither we have drifted. Nevertheless, it still stands written, 'Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear Him' (Psalm 103:13)! "When we speak of godly fear, of course, we do not mean a servile fear, such as prevails among the heathen in connection with their gods. No; we mean that spirit which Jehovah is pledged to bless, that spirit to which the prophet referred when he said, 'To this man will I (the Lord) look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at My Word' (Isaiah 66:2). It was this the apostle had in view when he wrote, 'Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king' (1 Peter 2:17). And nothing will foster this godly fear like a recognition of the sovereign majesty of God." --Arthur W. Pink |
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2 | Godly Fear | 1 Pet 2:17 | hopalong | 202674 | ||
Hi Doc, could it be that fallen mankind are slaves to Satan... and apart from God's soverign grace, their rebelious hearts will remain totally depraved. Hoppy |
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3 | Godly Fear | 1 Pet 2:17 | DocTrinsograce | 202675 | ||
Hi, Hoppy... yes, I think Pink would agree. Elsewhere he wrote, "Total depravity means that man is, in spirit and soul and body, the slave of sin and the captive of the Devil -- walking 'according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience' Eph 2:2. This statement ought not to need arguing: it is a common fact of human experience. Man is unable to realize his own aspirations and materialize his own ideals. He cannot do the things that he would. There is a moral inability which paralyzes him." | ||||||
4 | Godly Fear | 1 Pet 2:17 | hopalong | 202676 | ||
Hi Doc, The bottom line for me is that God is owed ALL glory...apart from Him we can do nothing...and that includes salvation! |
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5 | Godly Fear | 1 Pet 2:17 | DocTrinsograce | 202677 | ||
Amen! | ||||||