"I Stand In Awe"
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Fears
Fears
What about…?
What about…?
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,
and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.
For by me your days will be multiplied,
and years will be added to your life.
If you are wise, you are wise for yourself;
if you scoff, you alone will bear it.
And...
And...
No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.
The one fear we should embrace...
The one fear we should embrace...
Reverential awe, essential to worship
Reverential awe, essential to worship
Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us hold on to grace. By it, we may serve God acceptably, with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire.
Context:
Context:
Pursue peace with everyone, and holiness —without it no one will see the Lord.
Make sure that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no root of bitterness springs up, causing trouble and by it, defiling many.
And make sure that there isn’t any immoral or irreverent person like Esau, who sold his birthright in exchange for one meal.
For you know that later, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected because he didn’t find any opportunity for repentance, though he sought it with tears.
For you have not come to what could be touched, to a blazing fire, to darkness, gloom, and storm,
to the blast of a trumpet, and the sound of words. (Those who heard it begged that not another word be spoken to them,
for they could not bear what was commanded: And if even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned!
The appearance was so terrifying that Moses said, I am terrified and trembling. )
Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God (the heavenly Jerusalem), to myriads of angels in festive gathering,
to the assembly of the firstborn whose names have been written in heaven, to God who is the Judge of all, to the spirits of righteous people made perfect,
to Jesus (mediator of a new covenant ), and to the sprinkled blood, which says better things than the blood of Abel.
Make sure that you do not reject the One who speaks. For if they did not escape when they rejected Him who warned them on earth, even less will we if we turn away from Him who warns us from heaven.
His voice shook the earth at that time, but now He has promised, Yet once more I will shake not only the earth but also heaven.
This expression, “Yet once more,” indicates the removal of what can be shaken —that is, created things—so that what is not shaken might remain.
Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us hold on to grace. By it, we may serve God acceptably, with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire.
Verses 28 & 29 - “Therefore...”
Verses 28 & 29 - “Therefore...”
“since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken...”
“since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken...”
“let us hold on to grace.”
“let us hold on to grace.”
“By it (grace), we may serve God acceptably…,”
“By it (grace), we may serve God acceptably…,”
“with reverence and awe…,”
“with reverence and awe…,”
“for our God is a consuming fire.”
“for our God is a consuming fire.”
We should see worldly fears grow smaller, and reverence (fear) of God grow.
Bringing it all together
Bringing it all together
“As the Father has loved Me, I have also loved you. Remain in My love.
If you keep My commands you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commands and remain in His love.
“I have spoken these things to you so that My joy may be in you and your joy may be complete.
This is My command: Love one another as I have loved you.
No one has greater love than this, that someone would lay down his life for his friends.
You are My friends if you do what I command you.
I do not call you slaves anymore, because a slave doesn’t know what his master is doing. I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything I have heard from My Father.
You did not choose Me, but I chose you. I appointed you that you should go out and produce fruit and that your fruit should remain, so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.
This is what I command you: Love one another.
I Stand In Awe
I Stand In Awe