Talk

Fear God

Ben Stuart

September, 27, 2020

Continuing our series, Free People, Ben Stuart teaches us on what Scripture has to say about rightly understanding the fear of God. Fear of God that is good or bad is best observed in its outcome: what does your fear produce? When you fear God, you don’t need to fear anything else.

Scripture References

16Live as free people, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as God’s slaves.

17Show proper respect to everyone, love the family of believers, fear God, honor the emperor.

4I sought the

Lord

, and he answered me;

he delivered me from all my fears.

18When the people saw the thunder and lightning and heard the trumpet and saw the mountain in smoke, they trembled with fear. They stayed at a distance

19and said to Moses, “Speak to us yourself and we will listen. But do not have God speak to us or we will die.”

20Moses said to the people, “Do not be afraid. God has come to test you, so that the fear of God will be with you to keep you from sinning.”

4“Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation?

Tell me, if you understand.

31“Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades?

Can you loosen Orion’s belt?

7He gathers the waters of the sea into jars;

he puts the deep into storehouses.

8Let all the earth fear the

Lord

;

let all the people of the world revere him.

18When the people saw the thunder and lightning and heard the trumpet and saw the mountain in smoke, they trembled with fear. They stayed at a distance

19and said to Moses, “Speak to us yourself and we will listen. But do not have God speak to us or we will die.”

20Moses said to the people, “Do not be afraid. God has come to test you, so that the fear of God will be with you to keep you from sinning.”

20“Do not be afraid,” Samuel replied. “You have done all this evil; yet do not turn away from the

Lord

, but serve the

Lord

with all your heart.

21Do not turn away after useless idols. They can do you no good, nor can they rescue you, because they are useless.

When he comes, he will prove the world to be in the wrong about sin and righteousness and judgment:

about sin, because people do not believe in me;

7What shall we say, then? Is the law sinful? Certainly not! Nevertheless, I would not have known what sin was had it not been for the law. For I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said, “You shall not covet.”

8But sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment, produced in me every kind of coveting. For apart from the law, sin was dead.

1Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus,

2because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death.

3For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in the flesh,

4in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

17Since you call on a Father who judges each person’s work impartially, live out your time as foreigners here in reverent fear.

18For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your ancestors,

19but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.

11Teach me your way,

Lord

that I may rely on your faithfulness;

give me an undivided heart,

that I may fear your name.

Ben Stuart

Ben Stuart is the pastor of Passion City Church D.C. Prior to joining Passion City Church, Ben served as the executive director of Breakaway Ministries on the campus of Texas A&M. He also earned a master’s degree in historical theology from Dallas Theological Seminary. He and his wife, Donna, live to inspire and equip people to walk with God for a lifetime.