The title of the sermon was: "Fearing the Lord". Now the person that I listened to today was a subbing pastor but he had some good points about fearing the Lord. His main verse, even though he gave out a lot, was Gensis 2:4-7, which is below:
Genesis 2:4-7 New International Version (NIV)
Adam and Eve
4 This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, when the LordGod made the earth and the heavens.
5 Now no shrub had yet appeared on the earth and no plant had yet sprung up, for the LordGod had not sent rain on the earth and there was no one to work the ground, 6 but streams came up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground. 7 Then the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life,and the man became a living being.
The subbing pastor used this verse to start out the sermon because God made everything that we have and that is around us so why shouldn't we be fearful. If God can make all things and destroy all things, then He can do the same to us. That should cause us to be fearful. Then the pastor gave another verse, which was Job 1:1. It was showing how Job turned away from evil but yet at the same time turned to God and feared Him. It shows us that we can turn away from evil and fear God and fearing God would still be better then doing evil or following evil. I love the quote that the pastor kept saying and that was: "Fear the Father". Sadly, he used himself as a father and a grandfather putting the fear in his children and grandchildren. He kept saying, "We should be fearful of God how our children are fearful when they get in trouble."
Because when children get in trouble, they tend to do the right thing the next time or at least try to. They go up to their father or grandfather and are ashamed of getting caught misbehaving. We should act that way to even as adults towards our Loving Father. God loves us enough to discipline us. A father shouldn't have to keep telling a child 3 or more times to go do something. If they don't fear you enough to do it the first time then something is wrong. The pastor also kept saying, "The reason the way the world is today is that we don't fear God like we use to even the church doesn't anymore."
For me in away, I need to treat children more like God treats me. I give way too many chances and am calm a lot of the time. I should try and mean it once and then stick to what I say, whether it go through with the action or do something else. That goes to another area and the verse the pastor gave for that is Proverbs 31:30.
"Charm is despertive and beauty is vain but a women who fears the Lord is to be praised."
Even as women, we have things we need to be fearful of in the eyes of the Lord. That is why we need to submit to our husband because we know if we go before the Lord not doing that we are going to get in trouble. Things could go wrong when we don't do what the Lord tells us to. Now I know some of you might not like what I am saying here and that is okay but this is what I believe and agree with. Just throwing that in there.
Back to being fearful with the children in our lives. To me and this is totally my idea and thought, calmness does not equal saving the world and as mothers, teachers, and other jobs along those lines, it is our job to try and make the world a better place. Calmness lets the children get their way most of the time because we don't want to put up with what comes next and that is not good. Now, having and giving discipline to the children does save the world because then they grow up knowing right from wrong. We are saving and changing the world right when our own children come into the world at that very young age. I say this because if we are calm and don't discipline at all, we are not fearful to the child like we should be fearful to God.
When we discipline and let them know who is in charge then they are fearful of us but in a respectful way. The other way just tells them that we are their friends and that is okay but it's not. Friends don't need the same respect as parents and grown ups do. That is how we should be with God all the time. We should be fearful of Him in a respectful way. Doing what He has told us to do. In a way, I will add this in as the last thing, when we discipline and let them know who is in charge, it is a way that we can invest in their lives more because we have to know what is going on to discipline and help them. Doesn't God invest in our lives more when we let Him know what is going on and am more truthful with Him? And we let Him in because we are fearful out of respect to what would happen if we didn't let Him in.
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