"Filled With Awe"
Fearsome Faith • Sermon • Submitted
0 ratings
· 12 viewsNotes
Transcript
Awe
Awe
What is awe?
How often have you been filled with awe?
Fear and awe
Fear and awe
Everyone was filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the apostles.
Then fear came over everyone, and many wonders and signs were being performed through the apostles.
Phobos
Phobos
What does fear have to do with faith?
What does fear have to do with faith?
Is it possible that the basis for “Fearsome Faith” is fear?
Is it possible that the basis for “Fearsome Faith” is fear?
The Holman Christian Standard Bible Chapter 5
The Son of Man Forgives and Heals
Immediately he got up before them, picked up what he had been lying on, and went home glorifying God.
Then everyone was astounded, and they were giving glory to God. And they were filled with awe and said, “We have seen incredible things today!”
The Holman Christian Standard Bible Chapter 7
A Widow’s Son Raised to Life
The dead man sat up and began to speak, and Jesus gave him to his mother.
Then fear came over everyone, and they glorified God, saying, “A great prophet has risen among us,” and “God has visited His people.”
This report about Him went throughout Judea and all the vicinity.
The Holman Christian Standard Bible Chapter 5
Lying to the Holy Spirit
When he heard these words, Ananias dropped dead, and a great fear came on all who heard.
The young men got up, wrapped his body, carried him out, and buried him.
There was an interval of about three hours; then his wife came in, not knowing what had happened.
“Tell me,” Peter asked her, “did you sell the field for this price?”
“Yes,” she said, “for that price.”
Then Peter said to her, “Why did you agree to test the Spirit of the Lord? Look! The feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out!”
Instantly she dropped dead at his feet. When the young men came in, they found her dead, carried her out, and buried her beside her husband.
Then great fear came on the whole church and on all who heard these things.
The Holman Christian Standard Bible Chapter 9
Saul in Jerusalem
When he arrived in Jerusalem, he tried to associate with the disciples, but they were all afraid of him, since they did not believe he was a disciple.
So the church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace and was being built up. And walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, it multiplied.
The problem for those of the world...
The Holman Christian Standard Bible Chapter 3
The Whole World Guilty before God
There is no fear of God before their eyes.
psalm 36
How reverent fear guides your way...
The Holman Christian Standard Bible Chapter 13
A Christian’s Duties to the State
Pay your obligations to everyone: taxes to those you owe taxes, tolls to those you owe tolls, respect to those you owe respect, and honor to those you owe honor.
English Standard Version Chapter 5
The Ministry of Reconciliation
Therefore, because we know the fear of the Lord, we seek to persuade people. We are completely open before God, and I hope we are completely open to your consciences as well.
English Standard Version Chapter 5
Walk in Love
Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise,
making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil.
Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.
Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit,
speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit. Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord,
always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.
English Standard Version Chapter 5
Instructions for the Church
Don’t accept an accusation against an elder unless it is supported by two or three witnesses.
Publicly rebuke those who sin, so that the rest will also be afraid.
I solemnly charge you before God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels to observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing out of favoritism.
The Holman Christian Standard Bible Chapter 3
Wives and Husbands
In the same way, wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands so that, even if some disobey the Christian message, they may be won over without a message by the way their wives live
when they observe your pure, reverent lives.
Including husbands
Husbands, in the same way, live with your wives with an understanding of their weaker nature yet showing them honor as coheirs of the grace of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.
The Holman Christian Standard Bible Chapter 3
Undeserved Suffering
And who will harm you if you are deeply committed to what is good?
But even if you should suffer for righteousness, you are blessed. Do not fear what they fear or be disturbed,
but honor the Messiah as Lord in your hearts. Always be ready to give a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you.
However, do this with gentleness and respect, keeping your conscience clear, so that when you are accused, those who denounce your Christian life will be put to shame.
For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God’s will, than for doing evil.
English Standard Version Chapter 2
Lights in the World
So then, my dear friends, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now even more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
For it is God who is working in you, enabling you both to desire and to work out His good purpose.
Do everything without grumbling and arguing,
so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God who are faultless in a crooked and perverted generation, among whom you shine like stars in the world.
Hold firmly to the message of life. Then I can boast in the day of Christ that I didn’t run or labor for nothing.
The Holman Christian Standard Bible Chapter 10
Fear God
“Therefore, don’t be afraid of them, since there is nothing covered that won’t be uncovered and nothing hidden that won’t be made known.
What I tell you in the dark, speak in the light. What you hear in a whisper, proclaim on the housetops.
Don’t fear those who kill the body but are not able to kill the soul; rather, fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
I was so profoundly grateful for the love of Jesus, who lived and died on my behalf, that I could not help but share this great news with anyone who would listen, including my family. My father and I especially had many long spiritual conversations. We were sitting in the living room one weekend when I tried again to share Christ, but he remained skeptical.
“Pete, if this Christianity and Jesus you are talking about are true,” he said, “then why haven’t I ever heard of this ‘personal relationship’ thing?”
He paused for a moment, and I could see a mix of anger and sadness on his face as he looked out the living room window. “And why didn’t someone talk to your brother before he destroyed his life . . . before he destroyed our family?” He looked back at me and made a sweeping gesture with his hands. “Where are all these Christians you are talking about? How is it that I’m fifty-six years old and I’ve never met one?”
I didn’t say anything because I knew the answer. Most Christians, especially those who grew up in evangelical homes, were insulated from our Italian-American world. Although my father later gave his life to Christ, I never forgot that conversation. It ignited a fire in my bones, and I set out to bridge that gap, sharing the gospel with anyone who would listen.
Scazzero, Peter. The Emotionally Healthy Leader (pp. 12-13). Zondervan. Kindle Edition.
Consider this historical example. In the seventh century, the church in Arabia and North Africa appeared prosperous. They had a rich history going back to the first century. They were theologically sophisticated, boasted well-known leaders and bishops, and exercised considerable influence in the culture. Nonetheless, Islam advanced over these Christian churches in a very short time. Most church historians agree the church as a whole was beset by a superficial spirituality that was unable to withstand the intense assault of this new religion. Local churches were divided from each other over minor doctrinal points, refusing to recognize the presence of Jesus in those with whom they differed. Moreover, they failed to translate the Scriptures into Arabic, the language of the people. As a result, while attendance was strong and the financial giving stable, people were not grounded in Jesus. Their lack of a spiritually solid foundation as churches led to a rapid collapse under the weight and pressure of an advancing, intolerant Islam. 2
Scazzero, Peter. The Emotionally Healthy Leader (pp. 40-41). Zondervan. Kindle Edition.
The good news proper perspective brings
The good news proper perspective brings
Aren’t two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them falls to the ground without your Father’s consent.
But even the hairs of your head have all been counted.
So don’t be afraid therefore; you are worth more than many sparrows.