“…. the Lord favors those who fear Him and those who wait for His loving-kindness”. Psalms 147:11 NLV
What moves us to fear the Lord as believers? Is it “a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation which shall devour the adversaries?” (Heb 10:27) Only if we are walking in open disobedience.
Paul said, “Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men” (II Cor. 5:11). Knowledge of the terror of God not only resolves in us our tendency to sin, but moves us to exhortation in our communion with others. It is knowledge of how our heavenly Father responds to sin.
God’s response to sin is a deep rage, a profound hatred. It moves powerfully in the Almighty, whose very voice shakes the earth. Moses heard Him speak and said, “I exceedingly fear and quake” (Heb. 12:21 KJV). God spares none of His immense power in avenging Himself upon sin or in exposing His passion against it.
The thick dark blasts of an eternal hell prepared for Satan and his angels await all who caress their sin, regardless of their religious profession.
There is no understanding of sin in God, no lenience for it, no compassion for it and no tolerance for those who take pleasure in it. There is no acceptable place or time or occasion to engage in sin and there is no place to hide in it. God will seek out every spec of sin in His domain and utterly destroy it.
When God begins to deal with sin in His creation, everything will be moved. When the time for His judgment is come, the Day of His vengeance, earth and heaven will flee God’s face for the terror of it………“and there was found no place for them” (Rev. 20:11).
Let no one think himself to be in Christ that does not have a hatred for sin, a love for God, and a fear of displeasing Him.
“Dear children, don’t let anyone deceive you about this: When people do what is right, it shows that they are righteous, even as Christ is righteous. But when people keep on sinning, it shows that they belong to the devil, who has been sinning since the beginning. But the Son of God came to destroy the works of the devil”. I John 3:7-8 NLT
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