On Nov. 7, 2010, Pastor Emeritus Napolean Cummings preached a message entitled, "Serve the Lord with Godly Fear."
Phillipians 2:12-15 (from the New King James Version)
12. Therefore, 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;
13. for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure.
14. Do all things without complaining and disputing,
15. that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world.
Hebrews 12:28-29
28. Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us have grace, by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear.
29. For our God is a consuming fire.
I John 4:18
There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love.
Genesis 1:27
So God created man in his own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
Genesis 2:15-18
15. Then the Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it.
16. And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, "Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat;
17. "but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for the day that you eat of it you shall surely die."
18. And the Lord God said, "It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him."
Genesis 3: 2-6
2. And the woman said to the serpent, "We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden;
3. "but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, "You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die."
It was the lack of Godly fear that led to disobedience.
Proverbs 14:12
There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.
Proverbs 16:2
All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the spirits.
Proverbs 3:5-7
5. Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding;
6. In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.
7. Do not be wise in your own eyes; Fear the Lord and depart from evil.
