Quiet Time Notes

Notes from my daily Quiet Times with God

Fearing God - Slave or Son

May 26th, 2011
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Two types of fear:

• Servile fear - latin meaning slave
• Filial fear - meaning son

Servile fear is illustrated by the third servant in Christ's parable of the talents
He went out and hid his talent in the ground - Matthew 25:24-25
The devil is the author of servile fear - he uses it to haunt and disturb Christians to make our lives uncomfortable

Filial fear is loving fear of a child toward his father
A mixture of reference, pleasure, joy, and awe which fills our hearts when we realize who God is and what He has done for us

There are 150 references to the fear of God, most in the Old Testament
Ones in the New Testament convince us that fearing God is an attitude of the heart
Key Phrase: Fearing God is an attitude of the heart