E227 John Bevere: What Does It Mean To Fear God? | The Debrief Podcast

The Debrief Podcast with Matthew Stephen Brown

Sandals Church

Deconstruction, Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality, Culture, Faith, Christianity

5 • 781 Ratings

🗓️ 29 February 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

This episode we have friend of show, Pastor John Bevere answer questions from our listeners! He answers questions about his new book, about his sermon on holiness and the fear of the Lord.

John Bevere is a minister known for his bold, uncompromising approach to God’s Word. He is also an international bestselling author who has written more than 20 books that have, collectively, sold millions of copies and been translated into over 130 languages. Along with his wife, Lisa, John is the co-founder of Messenger International, a ministry committed to revolutionizing global discipleship. Driven by a passion to develop uncompromising followers of Christ, Messenger has given over 60 million translated resources to leaders across the globe. To extend these efforts, the MessengerX app was developed, providing digital discipleship resources at no cost to users in more than 120 languages. MessengerX currently has users in over 20,000 cities and over 235 nations. When John is home in Franklin, Tennessee, you’ll find him loving on his g-babies, playing pickleball, or trying to convince Lisa to take up golf.

Learn more about John Bevere and his book, 'The Awe of God' here !

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0:00.0	Welcome to the debrief podcast with Matt Brown.
0:10.2	The podcast where pastor and author Matt Brown
0:12.7	debriefs your questions about Christianity and current issues shaping our culture.
0:17.4	Thank you for listening and enjoy the show.
0:24.6	Okay. culture. Thank you for listening and enjoy the show. Hey guys, welcome back to the debrief. I'm here with John and we're going to be jumping
0:27.7	into some of your questions today. So John, let's get rolling. This is from Amber from Riverside.
0:32.3	I just started reading the awe of God this week. You talk about fearing God in an honoring and respectful manner. Many people try to
0:41.3	reiterate the fact that God is like our father. How would you explain that concept to someone who doesn't
0:48.7	have a healthy relationship with or even know their father? I know who this girl is. And what tools would you
0:58.1	give someone to help them truly believe it? This is a broken young woman. Amber, thank you for
1:04.7	sending in this question. I appreciate your authenticity. I'll share more about her story with you
1:09.7	off air. But abuse, neglect, just violence, and just heartache. And so any image of father is painful. Right. Amber, I'm just so, I'm so touched by what you've gone through, and I'm so compassionate
1:34.3	towards what you've lived through.
1:36.3	But Amber, God, the father is not your father.
1:41.3	And the image that your father has pain in you is now distorted of what a true father is. And a true father. And the image that your father has painting you is now distorted of what a true father is.
1:47.0	And a true father loves his little girl and tenderly nurtures his little girl and wants to see
1:53.9	his little girl grow and be loved and be celebrated. That's the real father in heaven. And I know you've never experienced that,
2:03.8	but if you will allow God to come in and he's not like our father, he is our father.
2:10.6	And so he is, this is the thing, Amber. I, you know, I had a World War II dad. My dad was not
2:17.2	engaged with me.
2:18.2	Very quiet.
2:19.8	I can't remember ever getting a hug for my dad.
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