Salmos 25

Salmos 25:14-15

Constable - Fearing the Lord will result in listening to His Word. The person who listens to the Lord's Word will prosper as will his or her descendents. Raymond Edman called the fear of the Lord “the fear that casts out every other fear." So Ps 25:14 teaches us that as we learn to fear of the LORD, we will grow in our intimacy and in our communication with the LORD of the Universe! Is this not sufficient motivation to set aside a few days to ponder what God Himself teaches us about a proper fear of Him (See study of the Fear of the LORD)? Do you desire a greater intimacy with Jesus, a more vibrant prayer life where you are truly praying without ceasing, with the phone always "off the hook" ready to speak at a moment's notice with the Most High God (cf 1 Th 5:17-note)? Then prayerfully study the fear of the Lord and the Spirit will renew your mind (Eph 4:23-note), transform your thinking (Ro 12:2-note) and ultimately transform your very being from glory to glory into the image of Jehovah Jesus (2 Cor 3:18-note). Solomon echoes the teaching of his father David writing (using the same Hebrew word for secret - sod) For the devious (one who turns aside, departs) are an abomination (loathsome or detestable) to the LORD; But He is intimate (sod) with the upright. (Pr 3:32) NET Note - God reveals his secret counsel to the heavenly assembly (Job 15:8; Jer 23:18, 22) and his prophets (Amos 3:7). The perverse are repugnant to the LORD, but he takes the upright into his confidence and brings him into his intimate circle. G Campbell Morgan on those who fear Him - There are two kinds of fear. They have been defined as servile and filial. I sometimes define them thus. There is a fear which is fear lest God should hurt me. There is a fear which is fear lest I should grieve God. This last is the fear referred to in my text. They are utterly opposed. Servile fear dreads God, and issues in hatred, in deceit and in ultimate ruin. But this fear, how does it issue? Note the first fruit of this fear. I am certainly in the humor tonight for Bible definition. Let me go back to one of the wisdom books of the Old Testament, to Proverbs 8:13, "The fear of the Lord is to hate evil." From that, turn over to Proverbs 16:6, "By the fear of the Lord one keeps away from evil." I am content with these two passages for our present purpose. "The secret of the Lord is with them. What is it to fear Him? To hate evil and to depart from evil. The secret of Jehovah cannot be with a man who loves his sin. The secret of Jehovah cannot be with a man who, conscious of sin, hating it, yet refuses to abandon it. Is it true that we know nothing of being able to sit in silent fellowship with God? Is it true that we know nothing of holding familiar intercourse with God? Is it true that we know nothing of what it is to hear God directly, immediately, counseling, advising, guiding? Is it true that He cannot tell us a secret? Why not? There is only one reason. It is that our sin is shutting us out from God. (Westminster Pulpit) Fear (03372)(yare) is the Hebrew verb meaning to fear, to be afraid (Ge 3:10-note), to respect, to reverence, to be terrified, to be awesome, to be feared, to make afraid, to frighten. In this context to fear is not to dread but to be in awe of God. This godly fear doesn't mean we are slaves, but that we have loving reverence and respect for a gracious and kind God. The Septuagint translates yare with the Greek verb phobeo which in this context represents reverential awe, not cringing fright. It expresses the feeling of a person who is in the presence of someone infinitely superior. Phobeo is in the present tense which speaks of the fear of the saint as his or her lifestyle. One is reminded of Peter's words If you address as Father the One who impartially judges according to each one’s work, conduct (aorist imperative - a command which reminds us we need to depend on the Spirit for supernatural power) yourselves in fear during the time of your stay on earth (1 Peter 1:17-note) Lightfoot explains the godly fear which should be in every believer as "a nervous and trembling anxiety to do right." (cp 2 Co 5:9) Because of Christ's victory on the Cross, Christians are not to fear people (Pr 29:25) or persecution or even Satan. However, they are called to show proper reverence and awe toward God. Indeed, one of the most common commands of Jesus to His little flock was "fear not" (see Mt 10:28KJV, Lk 12:4,5-note). William