Pastor Tom Weaver
July 24th, 2016
Delighting in the Fear of the Lord
Highlights:
– Obstacles to the fear of the Lord
1. Pride
2. Envy of sinners
3. Hardness of Heart
4. Familiarity
-How to cultivate the fear of the Lord
1. Feed your soul with the forgiveness of God
2. Feed your soul on the majestic greatness of God.
– God is both transcendent and imminent.
– We are to be temporal realists and eternal optimists.
Discussion Questions:
1. In reference to the Tim Keller quote below, what has God been in conflict with you about for the purpose of changing and growing you as a person.
2. Pastor Tom said, “There is a direct relationship between how big our view is of God and the extent of our yieldedness to Him.” Share together some of your experiences of the “bigness” of God that taught you to yield to Him.
3. What about the fear of the Lord releases us to be “eternal optimist”?
Key Scriptures:
-To fear the Lord is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil behavior and perverse speech. (Proverbs 8:13 NIV)
-The Lord confides in those who fear him; he makes his covenant known to them. (Psalm 25:14 NIV)
– “If your God never disagrees with you, you might just be worshiping an idealized version of yourself.” Tim Keller