Fear of Man

Series: Guardrails

Fear of Man

February 25, 2024 | David McQueen

Passage: Matthew 10:17-30

The fear of the Lord is a guardrail keeping us on the narrow road (Matthew 10:17-30). Though we are created for relationship with God and with others, sin has drastically affected our God-given desire for acceptance. If we are not careful, we will want human praise more than praise from God. Without guardrails, we will seek the approval of others by obsessively trying to please them, by performing in such a way as to garner their attention. Having a healthy fear of God – where we are utterly in awe of who He is – keeps us from perpetual people-pleasing and positions us to receive the abundant life He has to offer us (Matthew 10:28-30; John 10:10). We grow in our fear of God by intentionally spending time getting to know Him better, by focusing on who He is and who He is revealed to be in Scripture.

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Guardrails

Fear of Man

Text: Matthew 10:17-30 (p. 815)

Even when a person has embraced Jesus as their Lord and Savior by faith, what the enemy seeks to do is run us off the narrow road that leads to  (Jn. 10:10)

God made us to walk through life with other humans, to live in  with others created in His image. (Gen. 2:18)

The problem is, like everything else God created beautifully and wonderfully, sin has messed up the God-given desire for  

The problem happens when we want   more than praise from God. (Jn. 12:42-43)

No matter how much we love and show  we will have those who vehemently disagree with who we are and what we stand for. (Jn. 5:18-19)

The fear of the Lord is a guardrail keeping us on the   

When we are in Jesus, the fear of the Lord no longer is afraid of  (1 Jn. 4:17-18)

In Jesus the fear of the Lord is to be in   of Him.

What if we spent time and energy – maybe daily or almost daily - just  and  on who God is?

The fear of humans will prove to be a snare, but whoever   in the LORD is kept safe. Proverbs 29:25

 

For Further Study: “The Awe of God” by John Bevere.

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