Fear God, 28

~ The Israelites Were Commanded to Fear God, 21 ~

God does not want His children living in fear.  “Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue” (2 Peter 1:2-3).  However, God does want His children to have a proper respect and reverence for Him.  We are told in many places in Scripture to “fear God.”  

This Week’s Passage  ~  “The Lord your God dried up the waters of the Jordan before you until you had crossed over, as the Lord your God did to the Red Sea, which He dried up before us until we had crossed over, that all the peoples of the earth may know the hand of the Lord, that it is mighty, that you may fear the Lord your God forever” (Joshua 4:23-24).

Fearing God Results in Salvation  ~  “It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God” (Hebrews 10:31).  “A wise person fears and departs from evil, but a fool rages and is self-confident” (Proverbs 14:16).  This does not mean the Christian is to live a fearful life—but a life which reverences God and seeks to do His will. 

Fearing God Results in Fearlessness  ~  “The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?  The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?” (Psalm 27:1).  The answer is: only God.  With the gift of salvation comes responsibility.

Fearing God Results in Witnessing  ~  “Come and hear, all you who fear God, and I will declare what He has done for my soul” (Psalm 66:16). 

~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW

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5 Good Actions

~ “Good” Activities For Christians ~

To Draw Near To God  ~  “It is good for me to draw near to God; I have put my trust in the Lord God, that I may declare all Your works” (Psalm 73:28).

To Give Thanks  ~  “It is good to give thanks to the Lord, and to sing praises to Your name, O Most High” (Psalm 92:1). 

To Bear The Yoke  ~  “It is good for a man to bear the yoke in his youth” (Lamentations 3:27). 

To Be Afflicted  ~  “It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I may learn Your statutes” (Psalm 119:71).

To Be Zealously Affected  ~  “It is good to be zealous in a good thing always, and not only when I am present with you” (Galatians 4:18).

~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW

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Door, 6of7

~ 3 Blessings of John 10:9 ~

The Key Passage  ~  “I am the door.  If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture” (John 10:9).  There are three blessings visible in this verse which are true for all believers who enter into a relationship with Jesus Christ through the door. 

Salvation (“shall be saved”)  ~  “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.  For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them” (Ephesians 2:8-10). 

Liberty (“go in and out)  ~  “Therefore, brethren, having boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way which He consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, His flesh, and having a High Priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water” (Hebrews 10:19-22).  “Therefore let us go forth to Him, outside the camp, bearing His reproach.  For here we have no continuing city, but we seek the one to come.  Therefore by Him let us continually offer the sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to His name.  But do not forget to do good and to share, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased” (Hebrews 13:13-16).

Supplies (“find pasture”)  ~   “He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also shall not wither; and whatever he does shall prosper” (Psalm 1:3).  The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.  He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters.  He restores my soul; He leads me in the paths of righteousness for His name's sake.  Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.  You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil; my cup runs over.  Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever” (Psalm 23). 

~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW

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