Why Fear God?
By
Rev. Jack Barr Dec. 18, 2009
As I prayed
this evening, I felt commanded by My Lord and God Jesus Christ to post the
following message on the Fear of God.
I have met
so very many people who claim to be Christians. That is, they claim to be
following and Worshiping Jesus Christ, Who is the WORD of God, Who is the Only
Begotten Son of God, Who is part of the Trinity of God, yet, by their words,
and actions, they have Absolutely NO
Fear of God. They pay no
attention to what Jesus has told them about their need to Fear God. They pay no
attention to anything that God Almighty and all the Prophets of Old has told us
about our need to Fear God.
They rather
listen to what their backslid Pastor said, They rather listen to what just
anybody says, anything that sounds good.
They are told almost daily that God is NOT to be Feared at all. They do
not want to hear that they are to Fear God, for God just cannot be that
way.
They are
told by some that God is just so Loving of us that He would never put anyone
into Hell. No Indeed, they are told that God would Never do that because He
Loves us too Much to do that.
They are
told by some that if they do not make it to heaven that God will just speak
them out of Existence, that there will be no punishment, or else that the
punishment will be to be for them to be totally eliminated by God. No Suffering
after death.
They are
told by some that everyone will make it into heaven. Just that some will have
to be cleansed in either a place called Purgatory, or even the place called
Hell. That after they themselves atone for their sins that God will welcome
them into heaven with open arms.
They are
told by some that if they belong to this Denomination, or that Denomination,
that they are guaranteed their place in heaven, so they need have no fear of
God.
They are
told by some that IF God cannot bring everyone to heaven, then he is Not God,
because God is all powerful, and not bringing everyone to heaven shows that he
is Not all Powerful.
They are
told by some that after death when they stand before God for judgment that they
can then Repent and God will welcome them into Heaven.
We can go
on with reasons after reasons they give, as to why they do not have to Fear
God.
But What
Does the Word Of GOD say about Fearing God???
For there are many who have never read it in God's Word, and there are
many who have read it in God's Word, but refuse to accept what The Word of God
has said.
For those
who have not read the Word of God, or those who have chosen to ignore the Word
of God, I offer the following Verses from God's Word as given in the Bible
(KJV)
God Requires us to Fear HIM
De 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,
Jesus Said,
Mt. 10:28
"And fear not them who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul; but
rather fear him
who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell."
Lk. 12:5
"But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear; Fear him who, after he
hath killed, hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him."
There are 43 verses in the Bible
which speaks to us of Directly of our need to Fear God.
Ge 42:18 And Joseph said
unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:
Ex 18:21 Moreover thou
shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating
covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands,
and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:
Job 1:9 Then Satan answered
the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought?
Ps 66:16 Come and
hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.
Ec 8:12 Though a sinner do
evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that
it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:
Ec 12:13 Let us hear the
conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is
the whole duty of man.
Lu 23:40 But the other
answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation?
Ac 13:16 Then Paul stood
up, and beckoning with his hand said, Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, give audience.
1Pe 2:17 Honour all men.
Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
Re 14:7 Saying with a loud
voice, Fear God, and give glory to him;
for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and
earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.
Ex 20:20 And Moses said
unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that
his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.
Le 19:14 Thou shalt not
curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the LORD.
Le 19:32 Thou shalt rise up
before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.
Le 25:17 Ye shall not
therefore oppress one another; but thou
shalt fear thy God: for I am the LORD your God.
Le 25:36 Take thou no usury
of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy brother may
live with thee.
Le 25:43 Thou shalt not
rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.
De 4:10 Specially
the day that thou stoodest before the LORD thy God in Horeb, when the LORD
said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my
words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they
shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.
De 6:2 That thou mightest fear the LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes
and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son’s
son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.
De 6:13 Thou shalt fear the
LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name.
De 6:24 And the LORD
commanded us to do all these statutes,
to fear the LORD our God, for our good always,
that he might preserve us alive, as it is at this day.
De 8:6 Therefore thou shalt
keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.
De 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,
De 10:20 Thou shalt fear the
LORD thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou
cleave, and swear by his name.
De 13:4 Ye shall walk after
the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep his
commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him.
De 17:19 And it shall be
with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the
LORD his God, to keep all the words of this law and these
statutes, to do them:
De 28:58 If thou wilt not
observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this
glorious and fearful name, THE LORD THY GOD;
De 31:12 Gather the people
together, men, and women, and children, and thy stranger that is within
thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the LORD your God, and observe to do all
the words of this law:
De 31:13 And that
their children, which have not known any thing, may hear, and learn to fear the
LORD your God, as long as ye live in the land whither ye go
over
Jos 4:24 That all the
people of the earth might know the hand of the LORD, that it is mighty: that ye might fear the
LORD your God for ever.
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:
2Sa 23:3 The God of
2Ki 17:39 But the LORD your God ye
shall fear; and he shall deliver you out of the hand of all
your enemies.
2Ch 19:7 Wherefore now let the fear of the
LORD be upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with
the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.
Ne 5:9 Also I said, It is
not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk
in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our
enemies?
Ps 67:7 God shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear him.
Pr 2:5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the
LORD,
and find the knowledge of God.
Ec 3:14 I know that,
whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any
thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.
Ec 5:7 For in the multitude
of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.
Ec 8:12 Though a sinner do
evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which
fear before him:
Ec 12:13 Let us hear the
conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty
of man.
Isa 29:23 But when he seeth
his children, the work of mine hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify
my name, and sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel.
Da
6:26 I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men
tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the
living God, and stedfast for ever,
and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed, and his dominion shall
be even unto the end
Hag 1:12 Then Zerubbabel
the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, with all
the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the LORD their God, and the words of
Haggai the prophet, as the LORD their God had sent him, and the people did fear before the LORD.
There are
many more verses in the Bible which speaks of the Fear of God.
And What shall happen to those who
will Not Fear the Lord God?
Ps
36:1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm
of David the servant of the LORD. The
transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear of God before
his eyes
Ps 55:19 God shall hear, and
afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes,
therefore they fear not God.
Jer 2:19 Thine own
wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee:
know therefore and see that it is
an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and
that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord GOD of
hosts.
Ro 3:18 There is no fear of God before their eyes.
Be aware
all those who will Not Fear
the Most Holy Lord God, Though you call yourself a Christian, Though you go to
church every time the doors are open, Though you declare that you love Jesus,
That if you are so very sure that you have no need to FEAR God, that God says that you are Evil and Bitter, and
God says that you have forsaken God,
because the Fear of God is NOT in you. For God has Commanded repeatedly throughout
the Bible, which is the Word of God, that every man, woman and child is to Fear
Him, as Well as to Worship Him.
For those
of you who declare out of one side of your mouth that you do indeed Fear the
Lord God, yet declare out of the other side of your mouth the reasons why God
WILL NOT send YOU to Hell and the Lake of Fire because God is this or God is
that. You show yourself to be without any Fear of God at all.
For you, I
am praying that your Spiritual Eyes will be opened and that you will fall upon your knees before the Most Holy Lord God
and Tremble in Fear at how you responded to God's call upon your life. For when
you do really Fear God, then you will Truly Worship God, as God has Commanded
us to worship Him.
For God truly
Loves those who do Fear and Worship Him, but Hates those who will not Fear and
Worship Him, for if one does NOT Fear God, then they do not, and can not,
Worship God.