Fear Is The Beginning Of Wisdom

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DustyRhodes

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But do we really want to live at the beginning of anything. Do we not want to grow, to flourish to love the Lord with all our hearts; our neighbors as ourselves. After all Jesus did say that love fulfils all the law. That doesn't mean the law is ignored, it means that by loving each other, we've done all that Jesus commanded us to do. So let's look beyond the beginning of wisdom toward its completion.

2 Timothy 1:7


[SUP]7 [/SUP]For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.


1 John 4:
[SUP]13 [/SUP]This is how we know that we live in him and he in us: He has given us of his Spirit. [SUP]14 [/SUP]And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. [SUP]15 [/SUP]If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in them and they in God. [SUP]16 [/SUP]And so we know and rely on the love God has for us.
God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them. [SUP]17 [/SUP]This is how love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment: In this world we are like Jesus. [SUP]18 [/SUP]There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.

Be not afraid said Jesus...He goes before us always. Our God is a God of love and mercy; the entire Bible leads towards that. In the end we have nothing to be afraid of, in fact, he will nestle us in His arms :D.
 
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Wow! And so many people seem to think that fear has to dominate our existence, or we are not "mature in Christ."......... When "Fear not" is spoken over us more than anything else in the Bible.
 

Blain

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Wow! And so many people seem to think that fear has to dominate our existence, or we are not "mature in Christ."......... When "Fear not" is spoken over us more than anything else in the Bible.
lol I know right? ( random christian)Hey buddy do you fear the Lord? ( me)I am not afraid of him I respect him ( random christian) YOU ARE NOT SAVED REPENT AND FEAR THY GOD OR FACE HIS FIERY WRATH ( me) ............
 

prove-all

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the bible says to fear God, tremble at his words, yes us mere men
but not to fear man, or who can kill the body because God is for us.

Psalms 118:6
The Lord is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?

Luke 12
4 And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body,
and after that have no more that they can do.

5 But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath
killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.

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Jeremiah 5:22
Fear ye not me? saith the Lord: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have
placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it:
and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they
roar, yet can they not pass over it?

Acts 9:31
Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified;
and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.

Acts 19:17
And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus;
and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.

Philippians 2:12 (KJV)
Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only,
but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

Isaiah 2:19 (KJV)
And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of
the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.

Revelation 15:4
Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy:
for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.

Isaiah 11:2
And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding,
the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord;

2And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the Lord: and he shall
not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears:

Malachi 1:6
A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is
mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the Lord of hosts unto you,
O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?

-wisdom-knowledge-wise

Proverbs 9:10
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom:
and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.

Proverbs 6:23
For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light;
and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:


Job 28:28
And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord,
that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.

Psalms 111:10
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: [a good understanding]
have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.

Isaiah 33:6
And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times,
and strength of salvation: the fear of the Lord is his treasure.

Proverbs 1:29
For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord:

Proverbs 3:7
Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil.

Proverbs 15:33
The fear of the Lord is the instruction of wisdom; and before honour is humility.

Proverbs 2:5
Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.

Psalms 25:14
The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him;and he will shew them his covenant.

Proverbs 1:7
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge:but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Psalms 34:11
Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the Lord.

Proverbs 19:23
The fear of the Lord tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied;
he shall not be visited with evil.

Proverbs 10:27
The fear of the Lord prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

Proverbs 14:27
The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

Proverbs 16:6
By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the Lord men depart from evil.

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Proverbs 15:16
Better is little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble therewith.

Proverbs 22:4
By humility and the fear of the Lord are riches, and honour, and life.

Psalms 115:11
Ye that fear the Lord, trust in the Lord: he is their help and their shield.

Proverbs 14:26
In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.

Proverbs 23:17
Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long.


Psalms 118:4
Let them now that fear the Lord say, that his mercy endureth for ever.

Psalms 2:11
Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling.

Psalms 115:13
He will bless them that fear the Lord, both small and great.

Isaiah 8:13
Sanctify the Lord of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.

Psalms 135:20
Bless the Lord, O house of Levi: ye that fear the Lord, bless the Lord.

Psalms 33:8
Let all the earth fear the Lord: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.

Psalms 9:20
Put them in fear, O Lord: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah

Psalms 33:18
Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;

Psalms 34:7
The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.

Psalms 96:4
For the Lord is great, and greatly to be praised: he is to be feared above all gods.

Psalms 96:9
O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth.

Psalms 102:15
So the heathen shall fear the name of the Lord, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.

Psalms 103:13
Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.

Psalms 147:11
The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.




Psalms 22:23
Ye that fear the Lord, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him;
and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.

Psalms 34:9
O fear the Lord, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.

Hosea 3:5
Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the Lord their God,
and David their king; and shall fear the Lord and his goodness in [the latter days].
 

Blain

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The word fear is actually used in two different ways. the first is in fact the trembling that feeling of horror but the other is respect.
When I was a kid I feared my stepfather not horror but I respected him knowing I would get a wooping other wise lol
 
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lol I know right? ( random christian)Hey buddy do you fear the Lord? ( me)I am not afraid of him I respect him ( random christian) YOU ARE NOT SAVED REPENT AND FEAR THY GOD OR FACE HIS FIERY WRATH ( me) ............
what law have you to repent from. (random though)is easy to be over looked. lol
 
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and is repealed by believing, the scriptures.

Romans 8: Life in the Spirit
1 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.2 For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death

etc
 
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The fear ( awe and reverence for the child of God ) of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Christ is the end of wisdom.

1 Corinthians 1:30 (NASB)
[SUP]30 [/SUP] But by His doing you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption,

Perfect love casts out all fear ( Greek word phobia which is different than reverence and awe )

1 John 4:18-19 (NASB)
[SUP]18[/SUP] There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves punishment, and the one who fears is not perfected in love.

[SUP]19 [/SUP] We love, because He first loved us.
 
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I wonder how much of the original message of the Bible has been corrupted by the fear people have harbored in their hearts and minds?
 
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we both know exactly what our Duty to our Saviour and Creator is, it is,
'To fear Him and to keep His Commandments'...

ECC. 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.

this is our scriptural-'conviction' from The Holy Spirit, and this is the MAP
we choose to obey and follow...
 
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we both know exactly what our Duty to our Saviour and Creator is, it is,
'To fear Him and to keep His Commandments'...

ECC. 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.

this is our scriptural-'conviction' from The Holy Spirit, and this is the MAP
we choose to obey and follow...
Was Jesus the exact representation of God? (You know where I'm going with this.)

Did He come (in part, of course) to reinforce a fear of God and demand strict adherence to a set of rules, or to straighten-out a false understanding of God? I think we have to assume that He would have lived and acted in a manner that He would want us to consider to be reflective of the Father. And His two big commands were only to love both God and man. He, himself, even violated the view man had of "keeping the Sabbath."

I sometimes wonder if we are understanding this whole thing correctly.
 

prove-all

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. He, himself, even violated the view man had of "keeping the Sabbath."

I sometimes wonder if we are understanding this whole thing correctly.
do you understand there is not one bible verse that says that [sunday]
is now the day to go to church ? a tradation of man not Gods is it not?
 
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We who are in Christ are the church. When we meet depends on the situation. Thank God for the New Covenant! It's the wisdom of God being manifested when we see scriptures through Christ.
 
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Was Jesus the exact representation of God? (You know where I'm going with this.)

Did He come (in part, of course) to reinforce a fear of God and demand strict adherence to a set of rules, or to straighten-out a false understanding of God? I think we have to assume that He would have lived and acted in a manner that He would want us to consider to be reflective of the Father. And His two big commands were only to love both God and man. He, himself, even violated the view man had of "keeping the Sabbath."

I sometimes wonder if we are understanding this whole thing correctly.
do you understand there is not one bible verse that says that [sunday]
is now the day to go to church ? a tradation of man not Gods is it not?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't I just say, right up there above, "the view man had of "keeping the Sabbath." "?
 
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if Jesus had violated ANY COMMANDMENT, He would be guilty of sin', because 'sin'
is the 'transgression of the Law'...He was NOT VIOLATING the LAW, He was putting it
into the 'correct perspective', not from the 'pharisee's LAW=oral tradition-tradition of the fathers,
but from God's Law and how it was to be KEPT...
 
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if Jesus had violated ANY COMMANDMENT, He would be guilty of sin', because 'sin'
is the 'transgression of the Law'...He was NOT VIOLATING the LAW, He was putting it
into the 'correct perspective', not from the 'pharisee's LAW=oral tradition-tradition of the fathers,
but from God's Law and how it was to be KEPT...
Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't I just say, in posts 14 and 17 above, "the view man had of "keeping the Sabbath." "?