Fear of God (Reverence)
Faith and fear go hand in hand. Faith keeps the heart cheerful, fear keeps the heart serious. Faith keeps it from sinking in despair, fear keeps it from floating in presumption. [ATFG]
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Fear has its uses; but this is not the main-spring of motion with a sanctified heart. Christ does not control His subjects by force, but is King of a willing people. [ASGTH]
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Fear of God that does not come from a love of God is not true fear; love for God that is not accompanied with a fear of God is not true love.
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The hypocrite looks for applause abroad, and forgets that he is condemned at home; and both these he does because he lacks the fear of God. [TFOG]
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Gluttony is a sin little taken notice of, and as little repented of by those that use it; but yet it is odious in the sight of God, and the practice of it a demonstration of the lack of His fear in his heart. (Jude 12) [TFOG]
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Where there is a high mind, there is not the fear of God, and where there is the fear of God, the mind is not high, but lowly. [TFOG]
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It is not the knowledge of the will of God, but our sincerely complying therewith, that proves we fear the Lord. [TFOG]
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All the beautiful objects in the world are not so lovely in the eye of God as a heart that trembles at the Word. [GF]
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All transgression beginneth at wandering from the word of God. [TFOG]
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There is no duty performed by us, that can by any means be accepted of God, if it be not seasoned with godly fear. [TFOG]