Having a healthy fear of God as a Christian

Posted : 29 May, 2023 03:59 PM

The scriptures i am going to base this discussion on are Proverbs 1:7; Proverbs 9:10-12 and Hebrews 12:28-29. Having a healthy reverence for God in your Christian walk only shows you are humbling yourself under His authority willingly, letting Him be king over your life and not you. This doesn't mean you are afraid to approach Him in prayer but rather approach Him in humble reverence and boldness in the name of Jesus according to His will. Pride only demonstrates the opposite like it says in Proverbs 16:18-19, you only play into satan's hands and brings about your destructive downfall. There is a lack of reverence for God among many Christians today and we are only imitating the world. We as Christians are called to a higher standard of reverence and humility before God and others. Humility and reverence before God and others means we have a balanced opinion of ourselves and others before God. Matthew 5:3-12 and other new testament scriptures demonstrate this fact. I admit that i have a long ways to go in this area but thank God for His mercy, grace and love with all of us when we fail or we would all be in hell right now. I pray that this teaching will be a blessing to us all in Jesus name yet serve as a loving warning to us all that we can't exalt ourselves above God for He deserves the glory and we don't.

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