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Matthew 10:26 “So do not be afraid of them, for there is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known. 27 What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the roofs. 28 Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell. 29 Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father’s care. 30 And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. 31 So don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
32 “Whoever acknowledges me before others, I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven. 33 But whoever disowns me before others, I will disown before my Father in heaven.
34 “Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35 For I have come to turn
“‘a man against his father,
a daughter against her mother,
a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law—
36 a man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.
37 “Anyone who loves their father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves their son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. 38 Whoever does not take up their cross and follow me is not worthy of me. 39 Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake will find it.God is calling for/highlighting “fear of God”. He’s making me to feel a heaviness and deep sorrow that is lifted by Fear of the Lord. His joy will be upon those who fear HIM
We are to research this further. There’s something in the coming days for which we need to holdfast to this truth and bring it to His children. Fear God! Endure until the end of time!
Proverbs 14:27 ESV The fear of the Lord is a FOUNTAIN OF LIFE, that one may turn away from the snares of death.
What did JESUS HIMSELF in His full humanity do/feel at the garden in agony, He feared God more than death itself… So much so that He sweat blood and said, “Father, if it be YOUR WILL, let this cup pass from me” and in doing so He became the FOUNTAIN OF LIFE for us and defeated death.
Acts 9:31 NIV Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee and Samaria
enjoyed a time of peace and was strengthened. Living in the fear of the
Lord and encouraged by the Holy Spirit, it increased in numbers.Psalm 115:11 ESV You who fear the Lord, TRUST in the Lord! He is their help and their shield
Luke 12:32 ESV “Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to GIVE YOU THE KINGDOM.
Proverbs 2:1-6 ESV My son, if you receive my words and treasure up my commandments with you, making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding; yes, if you call out for insight and raise your voice for understanding, if you seek it like silver and search for it as for hidden treasures, then you will UNDERSTAND THE FEAR OF THE LORD and FIND THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD.
Fear of the Lord + enduring until the end, trusting Him = understanding, knowledge of God, joy, worship, multiplication, fountain of life, everlasting life, inheritance – The Kingdom
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Fear God! Endure until the end of time! Fear God! Endure until the end of time! Fear God! Endure until the end of time!
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This discussion was modified 1 year, 3 months ago by
profmag.
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Came across these after. May offer added insight or confirmation.
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One of the clearest passages of how the Fear of the Lord relates to Jesus and his Kingdom can be found in The Seven Spirits of Isaiah 11:
A shoot will come out of the stock of Jesse,
and a branch out of his roots will bear fruit.
2 Yahweh’s Spirit will rest on him:
the spirit of wisdom and understanding,
the spirit of counsel and might,
the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of Yahweh.
3 His delight will be in the fear of Yahweh.
He will not judge by the sight of his eyes,
neither decide by the hearing of his ears;
4 but he will judge the poor with righteousness,
and decide with equity for the humble of the earth.
He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth;
and with the breath of his lips he will kill the wicked.
5 Righteousness will be the belt of his waist,
and faithfulness the belt of his waist.
6 The wolf will live with the lamb,
and the leopard will lie down with the young goat,
the calf, the young lion, and the fattened calf together;
and a little child will lead them.
7 The cow and the bear will graze.
Their young ones will lie down together.
The lion will eat straw like the ox.
8 The nursing child will play near a cobra’s hole,
and the weaned child will put his hand on the viper’s den.
9 They will not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain;
for the earth will be full of the knowledge of Yahweh,
as the waters cover the sea.Most readers agree that this speaks of a Messiah who will deliver and reunite Israel; a branch from the stump of Jesse (King David’s father). For Christians this is fulfilled in Jesus, David’s descendant.
The “Spirit of the Fear of the Lord” (ruah yirat Adonai) — or what one might more accurately translate as “Spirit of Awe of the Lord” is the final “receptor” in this seven-fold spiritual system: it completely manifests the end product of the other six spirits. In other words, the movement/energy begins with “The Spirit of Yahweh” or “complete/eternal being” and moves through wisdom, understanding, counsel, might, and knowledge till it completely manifests in the fear of the Lord.
It’s clear from the text that the entire seven-fold spirit is about inner perception with the fear of the Lord as the focus of this perception towards comprehending the world and action: “His delight will be in the fear of Yahweh. He will not judge by the sight of his eyes, neither decide by the hearing of his ears, but he will judge the poor with righteousness…“
In other words, whatever your inner life with God, the fear of the Lord (and delighting in it) is how it gets translated righteously to your outer life. The Awe of the Lord is a filter through which one may disregard the external stimulation and see the deeper and more fundamental truth that transitions one for reacting to righteous acting.
Side Note: We’ve been working on [7] The Seven Spirits as a SOF frame and using it as the basis for [7] The Seven Questions and Project-based Learning. The idea is to create models of educating and growing for all ages that would nurture a healthy awe.
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Interesting, we were just talking about this in the car with the kids yesterday! We discussed how knowledge often puffs us up, and how futile it is when we are only in pursuit of more, and more knowledge. Often times we see this in students who never progress to “real life” or application. We spoke about how wisdom should be sought as it knows how to APPLY knowledge and understanding. We asked our kids, “what was the beginning of wisdom?”
We may not be the most book smart crew over here, but when we encounter new, or old, revelation we try our best to put things to action; to try new things, to take risks and be open to make mistakes. We celebrate mistakes ! Sal has 3 zones he brings the kid’s awareness to often: (1) panic zone (2) challenge zone (3) comfort zone and Raine adds in (4) sweet zone lol
He always asks the kids which zone they are in when they go to apply something. We like to encourage to be in our challenge zone. What we don’t take kindly to is over consumption of more information, or sitting with endless content. Even seemingly “good” content. What’s the point ? We can not truly be wise until we have tested it in the field of possibilities, or creation.
What i believe brings this into balance is the fear of the Lord. Because He will ask us one day, what did we do with what we’ve been given. And that should strike us with awe and reverence. A wonderful filter for me when i fall into judging/loving others or myself is the fear of the Lord. Anything that is not done in love will not last, and we can not change what and whom we don’t love. Applying this when it touches on all my “stuff” is where the work has been. For me 🫶🏼
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Jesus is not a lesson to be learned but a life to be lived.
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While I totally agree to this as a prophetic statement to our times where we think knowing something is the same as living something (it’s not), I would like to suggest a progression of knowing Jesus that looks like:
Jesus is a story to be told (Belong / Lordship / Seeker)
Jesus is a lesson to be learned (Become / Likeness / Servant)
Jesus is a life to be lived (Believe / Life-on-life / Heir)
I think you’re totally right that the last is the core of real Jesus-following. And the fear of the Lord relates to the PRIME that carries a person through the three phases.
One of the most common descriptors of those who were most ready for the Kingdom in the book of Acts was “God-fearing” — the movement spread quickly among “God fearing Jews” and “God fearing Gentiles”. So in my mind, when we encounter people who — because of the pandemic or life situations or the signs of the times — are seeking something deeper spiritually and it comes with a tinge of awe or smallness or danger, then we are encountering a God-fearer who has entered the path called “the beginning of wisdom”.
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