Comments on: Know Fear? http://www.sfpulpit.com/2007/02/20/know-fear/ A Ministry of Shepherds' Fellowship Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:25:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Beautiful Feet http://www.sfpulpit.com/2007/02/20/know-fear/#comment-9543 Sat, 24 Feb 2007 04:24:19 +0000 http://www.sfpulpit.com/2007/02/20/know-fear/#comment-9543 All too often, human authority is prideful and invested in power/superiority struggles so it is difficult to discern between Godly obedience and compulsion. Compulsive obedience is the slave mentality which has no permanent home with God. We ought to do the work of the Lord, which is to believe Him. He is inviting us to dinner - that is not difficult to obey,it is very much an overcoming to believe!! All too often, human authority is prideful and invested in power/superiority struggles so it is difficult to discern between Godly obedience and compulsion. Compulsive obedience is the slave mentality which has no permanent home with God. We ought to do the work of the Lord, which is to believe Him. He is inviting us to dinner - that is not difficult to obey,it is very much an overcoming to believe!!

]]> by: THE SEARCH FOR PURPOSE http://www.sfpulpit.com/2007/02/20/know-fear/#comment-9189 Thu, 22 Feb 2007 18:58:32 +0000 http://www.sfpulpit.com/2007/02/20/know-fear/#comment-9189 <strong>Feb 19 - 22, 2007...</strong> Mark Daniels has “Letters to My Non-Church Going Friends“ John Piper: “What Will We Remember in Heaven?“ Joe Carter has the humorous: “How To Pick A Preacher” plus “Al Gore’s Plan To Warm The Globe&#8220... Feb 19 - 22, 2007…

Mark Daniels has “Letters to My Non-Church Going Friends“
John Piper: “What Will We Remember in Heaven?“
Joe Carter has the humorous: “How To Pick A Preacher” plus “Al Gore’s Plan To Warm The Globe&#8220…

]]> by: Steve Stewart http://www.sfpulpit.com/2007/02/20/know-fear/#comment-9154 Thu, 22 Feb 2007 12:47:19 +0000 http://www.sfpulpit.com/2007/02/20/know-fear/#comment-9154 When my children were young, they were taught to obey out of fear - if they disobeyed, they would be punished. However, my desire was that they mature to the point that they obeyed, not out of fear, but rather out of love. My desire was that they reach the point where they could not stand the thought of hurting their parents through an act of disobedience. In our walk with God, we may enter into relationship with Him out of the first type of fear - the fear of punishment. But we should grow to the point that we love Him so much that we cannot stand the thought of 'hurting' Him by continued acts of rebellion. Our desire should be to grow to the fullness of the stature of Christ, which includes living lives of total commitment to God, and total abandonment to His will, which is always for the good of His children. When my children were young, they were taught to obey out of fear - if they disobeyed, they would be punished. However, my desire was that they mature to the point that they obeyed, not out of fear, but rather out of love. My desire was that they reach the point where they could not stand the thought of hurting their parents through an act of disobedience.
In our walk with God, we may enter into relationship with Him out of the first type of fear - the fear of punishment. But we should grow to the point that we love Him so much that we cannot stand the thought of ‘hurting’ Him by continued acts of rebellion. Our desire should be to grow to the fullness of the stature of Christ, which includes living lives of total commitment to God, and total abandonment to His will, which is always for the good of His children.

]]> by: sarah http://www.sfpulpit.com/2007/02/20/know-fear/#comment-9019 Wed, 21 Feb 2007 03:15:03 +0000 http://www.sfpulpit.com/2007/02/20/know-fear/#comment-9019 Great reminder! I pray that with every passing day this becomes more and more apart of my life. He desires obedience than sacrifice. Great reminder! I pray that with every passing day this becomes more and more apart of my life. He desires obedience than sacrifice.

]]> by: Bea http://www.sfpulpit.com/2007/02/20/know-fear/#comment-8968 Tue, 20 Feb 2007 15:22:21 +0000 http://www.sfpulpit.com/2007/02/20/know-fear/#comment-8968 Proverbs 1:7-9, Hebrews 12:7 and 8, 1st Corinthians 14:32-37 'Know Fear' is a great little sermon. Thanks Proverbs 1:7-9, Hebrews 12:7 and 8, 1st Corinthians
14:32-37

‘Know Fear’ is a great little sermon.

Thanks

]]> by: donsands http://www.sfpulpit.com/2007/02/20/know-fear/#comment-8965 Tue, 20 Feb 2007 14:11:52 +0000 http://www.sfpulpit.com/2007/02/20/know-fear/#comment-8965 Nice simple teaching. But I fear it is not preached enough. I remember how I feared my earthly father. If I would come home late, and not call, when I was a high-schooler, he would be standing at the front door, and man, I didn't want to go in there, but I did. I faced the music, because he was my dad, and I knew he loved me, though I was in for it. May the Church in America come to fear the Lord as a Holy Father, who will discpline His children. If there's no discipline, then, we are not His children. Nice simple teaching. But I fear it is not preached enough.

I remember how I feared my earthly father. If I would come home late, and not call, when I was a high-schooler, he would be standing at the front door, and man, I didn’t want to go in there, but I did. I faced the music, because he was my dad, and I knew he loved me, though I was in for it.

May the Church in America come to fear the Lord as a Holy Father, who will discpline His children. If there’s no discipline, then, we are not His children.

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