TRUSTING LOGOS INCLUDES FEARING HIM

TRUSTING LOGOS INCLUDES FEARING HIM

Friday, November 06, 2015

Psalm [MKJV] 66:16-18 Come and hear, all you who fear God, and I will declare what He has done for my soul. I cried to Him with my mouth, and exaltations were under my tongue. If I regard iniquity in my heart, Jehovah will not hear;

Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter. Fear God, and keep His commandments. For this is the whole duty of man. For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it is good, or whether evil.

Romans 8:8-9 Those who are under the control of the corrupt nature can't please God. But if God's Spirit lives in you, you are under the control of your spiritual nature, not your corrupt nature. Whoever doesn't have the Spirit of Christ doesn't belong to him.

1Thessalonians 4:1-2 Now then, brothers and sisters, because of the Lord Jesus we ask and encourage you to excel in living a God-pleasing life even more than you already do. Do this the way we taught you. You know what orders we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

  Yesterday’s DT (WHAT?) explained that how we respond to life’s any diverse questions is always an eternal matter. Joyce responded thusly “Excellent and thoughtful question!  Today I was confronted with the question of my greater fear:  being called homophobe, xenophobe, islamophobe, something- or-other o'phobe or being faithful to what His word teaches?”

  Thank you Joyce for personally giving an example of present eternal moral reverence toward Jehovah God Almighty, He the Ultimate Just Judge.

  Joyce’s incisive unguarded candid comment stimulated me to yet again personally ponder the issue of social rejection or acceptance concerning saintly responsibility: "This message is near you. It's in your mouth and in your heart." This is the message of faith that we spread. If you declare that Jesus is Lord, and believe that God brought him back to life, you will be saved. By believing you receive God's approval, and by declaring your faith you are saved. Scripture says, "Whoever believes in him will not be ashamed." There is no difference between Jews and Greeks. They all have the same Lord, who gives his riches to everyone who calls on him. So then, "Whoever calls on the name of the Lord will be saved." But how can people call on him if they have not believed in him? How can they believe in him if they have not heard his message? How can they hear if no one tells the Good News? How can people tell the Good News if no one sends them? As Scripture says, "How beautiful are the feet of the messengers who announce the Good News." (GW Rom.10:8-15)

  Whom do we fear more than all others? Do we fearfully think the stipulations listed in Romans 10 matter? If yes, then do we unashamedly act accordingly in reverent awe of the Lord and proclaim the good news?

  I often am confronted with this everlasting question.

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