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16 April 2012 Fear the LORD
The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; Pride and arrogance and the evil way And the perverse mouth I hate.Proverbs 8:13
Fear is defined as a godly emotion, feeling of reverence, awe, and respect toward the Almighty.
It is an unpleasant emotion caused by natural circumstance of supernatural attack.
Fear may be either healthy or harmful-may lead to unpleasant consequences.
Fear is a must ,if it is healthy and leads to our growth in life.
A healthy fear is reverence or respect can be observed from the following verses:
- ‘Each of you must respect your mother and father, and you must observe my Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God. Leviticus. 19:3
- ‘However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband. Ephesians 5:33
- ‘Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and fear, and with sincerity of heart, just as you would obey Christ. Ephesians 6:5.
The scriptures declare that "the fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge"
(Proverbs 1:7) as well as the beginning of wisdom" (Proverbs 16:16) thereby indicating the decorum and good sense of fear before God and His Word.
It says "the fear of the Lord is to hate evil".
This tells me that if I want to respect God, then I will hate everything He hates, (all things evil, pride, and arrogance as well as a perverse mouth.)
We tend to think of "evil" as being sins such as murder, burglary witchcraft, Satanism and so on.
The OPPOSITE of good is evil.
Therefore if something is not good, then it has to be evil.
Sin is sin.
God doesn't say well this sin is worse than that one.
So beware of you words, actions and foremost your inner thoughts.
Have a clean slate,so that no one can raise their hands against you.
Praise the Lord.
