Psalms 103:11 KJV
For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.
Psalms 103:13 KJV
Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.
Psalms 103:17 KJV
But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children;
The Bible is very specific that there are great spiritual benefits to fearing the Lord. My question is if any of us really fear His as we ought these days.
Can you imagine, for instance, the fear that must have been in the hearts and souls of those mean charged so many years ago to translate the Word of God into the English language? O! Wait! Men do that all the time today without much consequence at all. New versions, new translations, improvements upon their last translations are as frequent as a new author writes a novel.
Or the weight upon the shoulders of the Reformers as they realized they must leave their traditional Catholic church and still worship the Lord. Though they were in error in several areas, and they would have been better to have united with the Baptists who never did protest out of Catholicism because they never were in Catholicism, still they understood the impact of their decisions and made them fearfully. No so today with people quitting the church of their fathers and starting brand new denominations or switching the church they will raise their family with as little thought as one would change supermarkets.
Our God says that
There is mercy
There is pity and
There is righteousnessAwaiting the one who will fear the Lord.
For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.
Psalms 103:13 KJV
Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.
Psalms 103:17 KJV
But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children;
The Bible is very specific that there are great spiritual benefits to fearing the Lord. My question is if any of us really fear His as we ought these days.
Can you imagine, for instance, the fear that must have been in the hearts and souls of those mean charged so many years ago to translate the Word of God into the English language? O! Wait! Men do that all the time today without much consequence at all. New versions, new translations, improvements upon their last translations are as frequent as a new author writes a novel.
Or the weight upon the shoulders of the Reformers as they realized they must leave their traditional Catholic church and still worship the Lord. Though they were in error in several areas, and they would have been better to have united with the Baptists who never did protest out of Catholicism because they never were in Catholicism, still they understood the impact of their decisions and made them fearfully. No so today with people quitting the church of their fathers and starting brand new denominations or switching the church they will raise their family with as little thought as one would change supermarkets.
Our God says that
There is mercy
There is pity and
There is righteousnessAwaiting the one who will fear the Lord.
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