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A Delightful Fear of God

6/11/202627 min

A true encounter with God's grace in the gospel cannot leave His people unaffected. His awesome goodness and love should cause our hearts to quake. Today, Michael Reeves shows why the fear of the Lord is a delight for Christians.

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Meet Today's Teacher:
 
Michael Reeves is a Ligonier Ministries teaching fellow, president and professor of theology at Union School of Theology in Wales, and host of the podcast Delighting in the Trinity.

Renewing Your Mind is a donor-supported outreach of Ligonier Ministries. Explore all of our podcasts: https://www.ligonier.org/podcasts

Clips

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Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

  1. Lee Webb· Host0:00

    Before we begin today's episode of Renewing Your Mind, we invite you to stay with us through the end of the program to hear how you can request today's featured resource from Ligand Ministries.

  2. Michael Reeves· Guest0:10

    This right fear of God, it is not the gloomy flip side to joy in God. It is a way of speaking about the sheer intensity of the saint's happiness in God. Our joy in God at its purest is a trembling and wonder-filled, yes, fearful joy, for the object of our joy is so fearfully wonderful.

  3. Lee Webb· Host0:43

    [music] What do you think about when you read in the Bible that God is to be feared? Does it immediately bring to mind a fearful joy? Many Christians would say no, perhaps even suggesting that fearing God was something exclusive to the Old Testament. Well, I'm glad you're with us today for Renewing Your Mind as Dr. Michael Reeves delves deeper into the Bible's description of a godly fear of the Lord.

  4. Michael Reeves· Guest1:14

    C.I. Scofield once called the fear of God a phrase of Old Testament piety, and so it was. However,

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