Sister Brenda Sunday
School 2/24/13
The fear of God does not produce terror but instead delivers
from it. It is reverence and respect.
Examples of those that did not fear God:
Act 5:1 But a certain man named Ananias, with
Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,
Act 5:2 And kept back part
of the price, his wife also being privy to it,
and brought a certain part, and laid it
at the apostles' feet.
Act 5:3 But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan
filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?
Act 5:4 Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and
after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this
thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.
Act 5:5 And Ananias hearing these words fell down,
and gave up the ghost: and great fear came on all them that heard these things.
Act 5:6 And the young men arose, wound him up, and
carried him out, and buried him.
Act 5:7 And it was about the space of three hours
after, when his wife, not knowing what was done, came in.
Act 5:8 And Peter answered unto her, Tell me whether
ye sold the land for so much? And she said, Yea, for so much.
Act 5:9 Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye
have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them
which have buried thy husband are at the
door, and shall carry thee out.
Act 5:10 Then fell she down straightway at his feet,
and yielded up the ghost: and the young men came in, and found her dead, and,
carrying her forth, buried her by her husband.
Act 5:11 And great fear came upon all the church, and
upon as many as heard these things.
This couple conspired together to be dishonest about the
sale of the land. It was stupid and they
did not get by with it. God help us to
in every area of our life to be honest with God and with each other.
Great fear fell upon them all. When we hear of examples of others it brings
a check upon us and it should.
Brother Bill: I’ve noticed in my life there are times when
things happen and in our own flesh we would make moves, decisions, or steps
that would be contrary to what God would have us to do. But because of having the fear of God on my
heart it keeps me from doing those things.
Before I was saved, if someone did me wrong or crossed me, I
would make moves according to the flesh that would not be good. The fear of God today keeps me in check. Even though I’m saved and sanctified, if in
the flesh I would make moves contrary to what God would want me to do, the fear
of God keeps me.
In the flesh when someone hurts me it would cause me to
bolt. In the flesh when someone does me
wrong, I would just leave, but the fear of God keeps a person in check and causes
us not do the things that would be unwise to do.
What I got from what Brother Bill told me last week was that
he was tempted in the flesh to give up and just leave. It is always wrong to avoid the house of God
because you are hurt or have a problem.
We’ve seen many backsliders that became lax about being in the house of
God. Being together is where our strength
is.
I wonder if that is one of the reasons why God’s word
instructs us to deny our self, forsake all, and he that loses his life will
find it. If we don’t forsake all,
something will get us out of the way.
In the Gospels it talks of the children causing their
parents to be put to death. I think of
the example when the children are out of order the parents don’t take care of
it because they cherish the children more than the Word of God.
We must have God in first place; dig deep down to the
rock. If we don’t then something will
sidetrack us and get us to fall away from God and be offended.
Exo 32:1 And when the people saw that Moses delayed to
come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron,
and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out
of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.
This is unbelievable to me, it happened to these people and
it can happen to us. Moses hadn’t been
gone for long and they were saying, “We don’t know what has happened to this
man, Moses.”
Exo 32:2 And Aaron said unto them, Break off the
golden earrings, which are in the ears
of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me.
Aaron said, “Break off your earrings.” He feared men instead of God. Aaron had just been with Moses when all the
miracles had happened.
Exo 32:3 And all the people brake off the golden
earrings which were in their ears, and
brought them unto Aaron.
Exo 32:4 And he received them
at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a
molten calf: and they said, These be thy
gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
Exo 32:5 And when Aaron saw it,
he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to the LORD.
Exo 32:6 And they rose up early on the morrow, and
offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down
to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.
Here is the fruit of what they did, they sat down to eat and
drink and rose up to play. Turning away
from God will cause us to be earthly minded and want to be entertained.
1Co 10:1 Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye
should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all
passed through the sea;
1Co 10:2 And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud
and in the sea;
1Co 10:3 And did all eat the same spiritual meat;
1Co 10:4 And did all drink the same spiritual drink:
for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was
Christ.
1Co 10:5 But with many of them God was not well
pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.
1Co 10:6 Now these things were our examples, to the
intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.
1Co 10:7 Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people
sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.
1Co 10:8 Neither let us commit fornication, as some of
them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
1Co 10:9 Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them
also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.
1Co 10:10 Neither murmur ye, as some of them also
murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.
1Co 10:11 Now all these things happened unto them for
ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the
world are come.
1Co 10:12 Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth
take heed lest he fall.
Examples of those that feared God:
Gen 50:15 And when Joseph's brethren saw that their
father was dead, they said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will
certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him.
Gen 50:16 And they sent a messenger unto Joseph,
saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying,
Gen 50:17 So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray
thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin; for they did unto thee
evil: and now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of
thy father. And Joseph wept when they spake unto him.
Gen 50:18 And his brethren also went and fell down
before his face; and they said, Behold, we be
thy servants.
Gen 50:19 And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God?
Gen 50:20 But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
Gen 50:21 Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish
you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them.
These brothers feared God now, but had not when they sold
Joseph. What we do when we are young we
will never forget. It affected them
their whole life. Sin will have an
effect upon us all our life. It is great
sadness to be there on the death bed with only regrets.
The fear of God caused Joseph to say, “Fear not for am I in
the place of God?” Joseph after all his
suffering had the attitude, “God meant it for good.”
Job feared God:
Job 1:6 Now there was a day when the sons of God came
to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.
Job 1:7 And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest
thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the
earth, and from walking up and down in it.
Job 1:8 And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou
considered my servant Job, that there is
none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God,
and escheweth evil?
Job 1:9 Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth
Job fear God for nought?
Job 1:10 Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and
about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed
the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.
Job 1:11 But put forth thine hand now, and touch all
that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.
Job 1:12 And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all
that he hath is in thy power; only upon
himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the
LORD.
Job feared God and God knew it and recognized it. God knows us and we are going to be
tried. God knows us as He knew Job.
Deu 10:12 And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God
require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to
love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy
soul,
God does require us to fear Him. We will not get by or prosper if we don’t
have the fear of God in our lives.
Jos 24:14 Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in
sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the
other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD.
Fear the Lord and serve Him in sincerity. Take it seriously.
Isa 8:13 Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and let him be
your fear, and let him be your dread.
Mat 10:28 And fear not them
which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him
which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
We never know when that place will come in our life. God help us to fear God more than
suffering. Fear God at any cost. God will help us whatever life will bring if
we fear, reverence, and honor him more than anything else in our life.
1Pe 1:17 And if ye call on the Father, who without
respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your
sojourning here in fear:
1Pe 2:17 Honour all men.
Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
Let us honor one another.
The promises to those that do fear God:
1Sa 12:14 If ye will fear the LORD, and serve him, and
obey his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall
both ye and also the king that reigneth over you continue following the LORD
your God:
We have a job to do.
The promise is then we will continue following the Lord our God. We have the promise of His blessing if we
fear and obey and not rebel. It is only
by following God that we will maintain our freedom. If the fear of God will fall upon our nation…,
oh how we need that!
Psa 25:12 What man is
he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.
If we fear the Lord, he will teach us. We need God’s teaching in so many areas of
our life. Every child has special needs
that are just theirs. How parents need
direction from God. All must be backed
by the Word of God. With the Word of God
and the many helps that are available to us today we can be awesome parents. If we fear God then He will
teach us. We are taught by each other
too, by examples.
Sister Dorothy: Move with fear, don’t just hastily do something. This is something that God taught me through
my husband.
Psa 31:19 Oh how
great is thy goodness, which thou hast
laid up for them that fear thee; which
thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!
Isa 50:10 Who is
among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that
walketh in darkness, and hath no light?
let him trust in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God.
Act 10:35 But in every nation he that feareth him, and
worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.
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