WHAT DOES GOD REQUIRE OF US?
Mike Kruger said the following:
- Repentance rather than rejection
- Love rather than lip-service
- Worship rather than works
- Obedience rather than offering
- Living a public faith rather than a private faith
- Time with us rather than testimonies from us
- Our pursuit of holiness rather than giving us a perfect life
- Us to know Him rather than to know about Him
- Relationship rather than religion.
The Bible says in Deuteronomy 10:12, 13that we should fear the Lord:
“And now Israel, what does the Lord your God require from you, but to fear (and worship) the Lord your God [with awe-filled reverence and profound respect], to walk [that is to live each and every day] in all His ways and to love Him, and to serve t], he Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul [your choices, your thoughts, your whole being],
13 and to keep the commandments of the Lord and His statues which I am commanding you today for your good?
Other verses that command us to fear the Lord are as follows:
Deut. 6:13-Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by His name.
Deut. 8:6- Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.
Deut. 10:20- Thou shall fear the Lord thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thy cleave, and swear by his name.
1 Sam. 12:24 Only fear the Lord, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he has done for you.
1 Kings 8:40 That they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land which thou gaveth unto our fathers.
2 Kings 17:36 But the Lord, who bought you up out of Egypt with great power and an outstretched arm, him shall ye fear, and him shall ye worship, and to him shall ye do sacrifice.
2 Kings 17:39 But the Lord your God ye shall fear, and he shall deliver you out of the hand of your enemies.
1 Chron. 16:30 Fear before him, all the earth, the earth also shall be stable, that it be not moved.
2 Chron. 6:31 That they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, so long as they live in the land which they gaveth unto our fathers.
Ps. 33:8 Let all the earth fear the Lord: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.
Ps. 76:7 Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?
Ps. 89:7 God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.
Ps. 99:1 The Lord reigneth, the people tremble: he sitteth between the cherubim. Let the earth be moved.
Ps. 114:7 Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob.
Ps. 96:9 O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth.
Jer. 5:22 Fear ye not me? Saith the Lord; will ye not tremble at my presence which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual, decree that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; tough they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
Prov. 3:7 Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil.
Ec. 5:2 Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon the earth: therefore let thy words be few.
Ec 12:13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for thus is the whole duty of man.
Is. 8:13 Sanctify the Lord of Hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.
Luke 12:4, And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.
Luke 12:5 But I will forewarn you whom you shall fear; Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell: yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
Hebrews 12:28 Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably, with reverence and godly fear.
There are many other verses that address the fear of the Lord. It is too many for us to discuss in a short period of time. I will list them and you can read the in your leisure.
Blessedness of Fearing God (When you fear God you will be blessed in many ways)
Ex. 20:20, Deut. 6:2, 24, Ps. 25:12-14, 33:18-19, 34:9-10, 103:11, 13, 111:5, 115:13, 128:1
145:19, 147:11; Prov. 3:8, 9:11, 14:2, 26-27, 16:6; 19:23; 33:6; Mal. 3:16-17; Luke 1:50
Punishment for not Fearing God
Prov. 1:29-31, Job 13:11,
Examples of the Fear of God
Gen. 42:18, Ex. 9:20, 1 Kings 18:3; Ps:5:7, 77:16; Jonah 1:9; Hab. 3:10
Connection between Obeying God and Knowing Him-1 John 2:3-4,6
Obedience is Required– Lev. 18:4-5; 19:37; 20:7-8; 22:31; Deut. 7:11, 10:13, 11:32, 13:4; 26:16
Deut. 27:1, 10; 30:8; 119:4; Jer. 11:7; Ezek. 20:19; John 5:14; 1 Thess. 4:2
Rewards of Obedience- Lev. 20:22, Deut. 4:30, 40, 5:33, 6:17-19, 8:1; 2 Sam 22:20-21, 25,
Ps. 18:19-20; Prov. 2:1-5, 3:21; Ezek. 11:20; Mat. 7:21; Mark 12:34
Examples of Obedience– Gen. 6:22; Ezek. 7:6, 12:28, 50, 40:16; Num. 1:54, Jos. 11:15,
2 Sam. 22:22-24, 24:19; 2 Chron. 30:12; Job 6:29, 10:7, 23:11, 27:5-6, 31:5-8; Ps 18:21-23,
Ps. 27:8, 44:17-18, 110:60, 112, 168; Mat 21:6; Rom 6:19.
God wants us to require Him to be a (vital necessity)-Jer. 29:13 Amplified