WORSHIP INCLUDES FEAR?

 

WORSHIP INCLUDES FEAR?

  Proverbs 1:7, 29; 2:5; 9:10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction. … For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:

… Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God. … The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.

  Isaiah 11:2; 33:6 And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD; …  And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD is his treasure.

  Does fear have any part in worshipping God? Is it essential to worshipping God?

  The answer is yes, but not as terror that discombobulates or is confusing, but the respectful reverence for His authority.

  I must still remember applicable Scripture that continues to exercise (exorcise?) this anti-authoritarian old man: I am receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, gaining and enjoying my Lord’s grace that I may serve Him acceptably with godly reverential fear; For Almighty Sovereign God is a consuming fire. (Heb.12:28-29) 

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