Benefits of the Fear of God
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
4.8 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 13 February 2025
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
As we come to see how glorious and majestic God is, we are compelled to praise Him and bow down before the Lord in dependent prayer. Today, Michael Reeves describes the vibrant life that a right fear of God produces in us.
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Meet Today’s Teacher:
Michael Reeves is president and professor of theology at Union School of Theology in the United Kingdom. He is the featured teacher for the Ligonier teaching series The English Reformation and the Puritans. He is author of many books, including The Unquenchable Flame, Delighting in the Trinity, and Rejoice and Tremble.
Meet the Host:
Nathan W. Bingham is vice president of ministry engagement for Ligonier Ministries, executive producer and host of Renewing Your Mind, host of the Ask Ligonier podcast, and a graduate of Presbyterian Theological College in Melbourne, Australia. Nathan joined Ligonier in 2012 and lives in Central Florida with his wife and four children.
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| 0:00.0 | For it is only this wonderful fear of God that can steer us wisely through life. |
| 0:06.5 | It is this, the fear of God, not IQ, that is the beginning of wisdom. |
| 0:13.2 | And therefore, says Psalm 115 verse 13, he will bless those who fear the Lord, |
| 0:20.4 | both the small and the great, |
| 0:22.6 | for it is not talent that God blesses so much as the fear of God. |
| 0:32.6 | When the world pursues wisdom, they might look to a book written by a successful businessman, |
| 0:39.3 | enroll in an Ivy League school, or perhaps have a conversation with a grandparent who |
| 0:44.3 | was lived through life's ups and downs. But first and foremost, the Bible points us somewhere else. |
| 0:50.3 | It is the fear of the Lord that is the beginning of wisdom. I'm Nathan W. Bingham, |
| 0:55.5 | and I'm glad you're with us for this Thursday edition of Renewing Your Mind. All week, Michael |
| 1:01.4 | Reeves has been with us helping us understand the fear of God rightly, and we've seen that |
| 1:06.4 | biblical Christianity turns worldly thinking upside down, or better said, right side up. |
| 1:12.6 | Today, Dr. Reeves will help us see what a right fear of God will produce in your life, |
| 1:17.6 | and despite what some might think, it won't make your Christian life cold and stiff. |
| 1:22.6 | Here's Dr. Reeves. |
| 1:24.6 | Welcome back, everyone. |
| 1:29.8 | Now I think is a good time for us to pause |
| 1:33.5 | and for you to ask yourself what things you fear. |
| 1:42.2 | Because our fears are highly revealing. What you fear shows what you really love. |
| 1:51.0 | So we fear our children getting hurt because we love them. We fear losing our jobs. We fear |
| 2:00.0 | losing the security and identity they give us. We fear |
| 2:05.1 | rejection. We fear criticism because we love approval. And some of our fears are healthy. Some are |
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