How are you doing with honoring the authorities over you? Be careful. For example, if you dislike a political leader, watch how you speak about them.
Tag Archives: fear of God
Reverent fear | 1 Peter 1:17
So as we live here, he calls us to live in reverent fear. What does that mean? The AMP translates it as, “with profound respect for Him”, which I really like.
Right under their noses | Acts 5:21b-26
The leaders were gathering in the temple to try the apostles. Yet the apostles were at the same time in the temple area preaching Jesus, right under their noses
Proper fear | Matthew 2:19-23
There are times that God will use our natural instincts to direct our steps. But the foundation needs to built upon Proverbs 3:5-6
Faulty Faith | John 12:42-43
These authorities who believed were secret believers. As John records, they loved the glory and praise of men more than the glory and praise of God.
All about grace | John 12:37-41
God determines who to adopt into His family (Ep 1:3-6). It is by grace alone, through faith alone in Christ alone that we are saved, not by our works (Ep 2:8-9)
Turning point | Haggai 1:12 (ESV)
“This reverence and awe is exactly what the fear of God means for Christians. This is the motivating factor for us to surrender to the Creator of the Universe.”