The Fear Of God
Luke 12:4-12
How do we stand for Jesus?
(1) Power of the
(2) Fear
What is the fear of God?
- What does Jesus mean by the fear of God?
• Jesus is talking to His
. (v.1)
• God has the power to send people to. (v.5)
• Yet God cares for us. (vv. 6-7)
• Therefore, Jesus is saying, “Yes God loves you, yes God cares for you, but never forget: You are talking to the King of the universe who has the power to cast people into Hell!!”
Every great man or woman of God feared God more than people.
- “Those who are still afraid of men have no fear of God,
and those who have fear of God have ceased to be afraid
of men.” Dietrich Bonhoeffer- Isaiah (Is. 6:1-5), Jesus (Mark 12:14, John 5:41), Paul (1 Corinthians 4:3-4;
Galatians 1:10), John Knox, Puritans
Do you fear GOD or fear PEOPLE?
1. Do you compromise to gain
2. Are you obsessed with people liking you?
3. Do people make you
4. Are you still playing around with personal sin? (1 Cor. 7:1, Prov. 16:6)
How to grow in the Fear of God (Prov. 2:1-5)
(1)
(2) Read and meditate on Scripture. (v.1)
(3) Humble yourself. (v.2)
(4)
(5) Guard the way you speak about the Lord.
(6) Observe