Do We Have A Reverence And Fear Of God?

they will respect.” Ivrim (Hebrews) 12:9 reads; “Furthermore, we had physical fathers whodisciplined us, and we respected them; how much more should we submit to our spiritualFather and live.”Reverence is respectful, submissive attitude of mind which results in affection and greatesteem for the person to whom it is directed. Therefore children reverence their parents,wives reverence their husbands, subjects reverence their ruler and all must reverence God.We reverence the name of God; Mattityahu 6:9 reads; “You therefore, pray like this: OurFather in heaven! May your Name be kept holy.”Genuine Reverence and self sacrificing love go hand and hand. You cannot have onewithout the other and expect to live a pleasing life before God. Someone may boast ofhaving reverence for God but unless he manifests it by conduct and obedience he is asJames has told us are dead. Ya’akov (James) 2:26 reads; “Indeed, just as the body without aspirit is dead, so too faith without actions is dead.” We must demonstrate our reverence byour actions. Ya’akov 1:22 reads; “Don’t deceive yourselves by only hearing what the Wordsays, but do it.” Irreverence produces disobedience, true reverence will produce andpromote obedience. The fear of God is a must toward practical godliness. The Word andGod’s Ruach are major elements that bring us to the knowledge of His mind and will.Yeshua lived out His life in perfect righteousness and maintained the deepest reverencetoward the Father.Ivrim (Hebrews) 5:7 reads; “During Yeshua’s life on earth, He offered up prayers andpetitions, crying out loud and shedding tears, to the one who had the power to deliver Himfrom death; and He was heard because of His godliness.” I like Young’s literal translation ofthis verse, it reads; “who in the days of His flesh both prayers and supplications unto Himwho was able to save Him from death--with strong crying and tears--having offered up, andhaving been heard in respect to that which He feared.” The term fear indicates reverentialfear. It is used of Cornelius of Caesarea who feared God. He manifested His reverence forGod. Paul used the same word at Antioch in Pisidia, he appealed to those that feared God.Kefa Alef (1 st Peter) 2:17 reads; “Be respectful to all--keep loving the brotherhood, fearingGod and honoring the emperor.”In the parable of the wicked husbandmen in Mattityahu chapter 23 beginning in verse 33-38 it reads; Now listen to another parable. There was a farmer who planted a vineyard. Heput a wall around it dug a pit for the winepress and built a tower, then he rented it to tenantsand left. When the harvest time came he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his shareof the crop. But the tenants seized his servants, this one they beat up, that one they killed,another they stoned. So he sent some other servants, more than the first group and they didthe same to them. Finally he sent his son, saying my son they will respect. But when thetenants saw the son, they said to each other, this is the heir. Come lets kill him and take hisinheritance. Reverence, respect, and submission is what is due the eternal Son of God, theLord of Glory, Yeshua. Its expression is what should be seen first and foremost in worship,if it is not seen there it will not be seen in other areas of life. A reverent deficient worshipwill lead to those who are shallow in commitment, in seriousness, and in holiness.1 st Timothy 4:7-9 reads; “But refuse Godless bubbie-meises (old wives tales), and exerciseyourself in godliness. For although physical exercise does have some value, godliness isvaluable for everything, since it holds promise both for the present life and for the life tocome. Here is a statement you can trust, one that fully deserves to be accepted”. Shaul shows