The first step towards life in Christ is the fear of God.
Psalm 111:10
Proverbs 19:23
Proverbs 1:7
What about God is so fearsome?
Revelation 1:17
Isaiah 6:1-7, “Woe is me, for I am *destroyed*!”
Ephesians 2:1-3
Heart- Do I buy it?
How does the idea of fearing God make you feel?
“The reality is, whoever you are, the moment you see God, you are going to fear Him.”
Do you believe that?
“Aslan is a lion- the Lion, the great Lion." "Ooh" said Susan. "I'd thought he was a man. Is he-quite safe? I shall feel rather nervous about meeting a lion"..."Safe?" said Mr Beaver ..."Who said anything about safe? 'Course he isn't safe. But he's good. He's the King, I tell you.” -C.S. Lewis, The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe
Ephesians 2:4-10
Hands- So What? How then should I live?
“Then we would see, okay, now I know why I need to fear this God. And now I don’t want to just flippantly disobey His commands anymore. I want to take Him seriously, but not just that ... it would change our whole mindset, ’cause we’d realize, now that I’ve seen Him, I realize there’s nothing else to fear.”
