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Fear? In what way? To answer this question it would be helpful for us to define what fear is. The most common use of the word “fear” as described by the Merriam-Webster Dictionary is: “the unpleasant often strong emotion caused by the expectation or awareness of danger.” This emotion and feeling is
Fear is a powerful human emotion. And each one of us has experienced it at some time or another. Also consider the many different examples of fear that we read about in the Bible. Adam hid himself in the garden because of it; Abraham lied about his wife, saying “she is my sister’’ because or it; Jac
Fear, Understanding, Wisdom
Also used in the O. T. is the Hebrew word "pachad", meaning "fear, terror, dread." Here the element of terror, rather than that of loving reverence is on the foreground. You feel the difference the moment you turn once again to Scripture. Of the wicked it is said, "that there is no fear of God befor
Rev. Kuiper is pastor of Southeast Protestant Reformed Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The word fear, as a noun, verb, or adjective, is found in Scripture over five hundred times; only ten books of the sacred canon do not mention fear. This is not surprising, since fear is basic to true religion,
If you take that around and make it positive, then they would say to the children, be sure that you are back in the car, back in the vehicle when it's time to go. Because we're afraid of leaving anybody behind, be sure that you are with us. Do not drag your feet, get back to the vehicle. When t
We find in Isaiah 41 that Jehovah is speaking, he speaks to the nations of the world, but we focus on the part of the chapter in which he speaks to his people, Judah, the church, and that begins in verse eight. You don't need, my people, to fear. Though there be great trouble that will come upo
David was thinking, is anybody's guess? But his disguise was blown. And he's spotted by the soldiers of Achish, and they tattle to Achish, is not this David? And it appears that they laid a trap for David, and they caught David, and they bring David to the court of Achish. And there they accuse
And this know that if the good man of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not have suffered his house to be broken through. Be ye therefore ready also, for the Son of Man cometh at an hour when ye think not. So far we read in Luke 12. The text to which I
Instead, the fear of God’s people is a holy fear, rooted in love. It is a fear motivated by reverence for and love of God. After all the tragic events of September 11, the idea of fearing the Lord takes on new significance. There is much talk in the media on the on the one hand about not fearing any