In Touch, the teaching ministry of Dr. Charles Stanley.

Next on In Touch, the fear of God.

The title of this message, the fear of God.

Now when you hear that, you ask yourself the question, well, am I to be

afraid of God or does it mean something else? And when it's used in the scripture, naturally,

we are to be afraid of God if we're living in sin.

He's a holy God, a righteous God.

The fear of God.

Now, whether you're afraid or not, it depends on how you're living.

If you're living in sin, you have a right to be absolutely afraid of God.

He says, the soul that sin it shall die, the wages of sin is death. It is appointed unto man once to die, and after this the judgment. You living in sin, you have a right

to be afraid of a holy God. The one true God, Jehovah Yahweh Elohim, His Son, Jesus Christ, the Lord.

You have a right to be afraid. But is that what that means?

So I want you to turn, if you will, to the book of Deuteronomy. And there's one verse I want you to read because it's so straightforward and says what we need

to be reminded of often.

Deuteronomy chapter 13 and verse 4 says, you shall follow the Lord your God and fear Him.

And you shall keep His commandments, listen to His voice, serve him, and cling to him.

Now that's a big mouthful, so let's read it again.

You shall follow the Lord your God and fear Him, and you shall keep His commandments, listen to His voice,

serve Him, and cling to Him. That is His command. So what do we mean by fearing God?

We mean simply this, to reverence Him, to honor Him, to exalt Him, to lift Him up, to hold

Him in high regard, to worship Him, and to hold Him in high esteem, to obey him, to acknowledge him, his worthiness, to honor his position,

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