“And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that His fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.” Exodus 20:20 KJV
Do you fear God?
The fear of The LORD has been missing in the church for hundreds of years.
We fear everything but God, and the devil has made it so, for he would be god. We fear the unknown; we fear what could be; we fear the dark; we fear man; we fear spirit; and many enjoy fear, searching out the adrenaline rush!
Infiltrating the church; the devil has painted a picture of a God of love with no power. We do not fear ramifications, or retribution of our sins, so we do not hesitate to commit them!
“And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast lied, and hast not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart? have not I held my peace even of old, and thou fearest me not?”
Isaiah 57:11 KJV
“For we know Him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto Me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge His people. It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.” Hebrews 10:30-31 KJV
We cry out in song "show us Your glory!" Never considering if He gave us what we asked for, we would be extinguished in seconds, our sins are so great!
We leave our services proclaiming His presence in our midst, never considering if He indeed showed up, as we boast, we would be on our faces, trembling in terror; changed forever! The spirit moving in our churches, evoking a party atmosphere is not good, as it brings recognition to man. God's presence humbles man and glorifies God! No one stands before a Holy God and He brings Holiness with Him!
Who did you see, you can say, who left church holy last week? Do we even have a concept of what Holy is?
People we have got to get this right!
“Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.” 1 Peter 1:16 KJV
“That ye may remember, and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God.”
Numbers 15:40 KJV
“And God spake all these words, saying, I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.”
Exodus 20:1-6 KJV
“Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.”
Matthew 22:37 KJV
We are commanded to love Him! Yet, all we boast in, is how He loves us! If we love Him we will fear Him and keep His commandments! Our desire will be for Him; for His pleasure, not our gain!
All we love is the world and what it offers, yet we say we love God!
“Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.”
1 John 2:15 KJV
“And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.”
Luke 12:4-5 KJV
“O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth.”
Psalms 96:9 KJV
Until we truly recognize we are sinful by nature, in need of a Savior, and humble ourselves in fear of The LORD, we cannot truly love Him! We must come to grips with the fact we deserve hell, before we can worship Him!
Pray God opens your eyes and reveals the sin in your heart! Pray God brings you to repentance!
Before it is too late.
Even so - MARANATHA!
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