Bible Readings:
Job 28:1 – 28
2 Corinthians 6:11 – 7:16
Sermon Outline:
Philippians 2:12–13 (NKJV)
12Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling;
13for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure.
Five pionts of sanctification
I Work out not work at
II God works in us, so that we can work out our own sanctification
III The attitude is that of fear and trembling
IV The aim is to be well pleasing to God
V To will before to do
2 Corinthians 7:1 (NKJV)
1Therefore, having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
1 Peter 1:17 (NKJV)
17And if you call on the Father, who without partiality judges according to each one’s work, conduct yourselves throughout the time of your stay here in fear;
John Murray
“The fear of God is the soul of godliness.”
Two Elements –
- An all-pervasive sense of the presence of God
- An all-pervasive sense of our dependence upon him and responsibility to him
Al Martin
The essential ingredients of the fear of God are correct concepts of the character of God, a pervasive sense of the presence of God and a constant awareness of our obligation to God.
John Calvin
Nothing is more powerful to overcome temptation than the fear of God.
Righteousness flows from only one principle — the fear of God.
The fear of God is the root and origin of all righteousness.
There is no wisdom but that which is founded on the fear of God.
The remarkable thing about fearing God is that when you fear God
Oswald Chambers
you fear nothing else.
It is a blessed fear which drives us to trust.
C. H. Spurgeon
Unregenerate fear drives from God,
C. H. Spurgeon
gracious fear drives to him.