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  1. Do You Fear God?

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    Do You Fear God? – a word by Pastor Bryan Edwards from The Rock Church in Draper, UT. "I leave you with the words of Solomon found in Ecclesiastes 8:12, “...I know that it will be well with those who fear God...”

    “If you, O LORD, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand? But with you there is forgiveness, that you may be feared.” — Psalm 130:3-4

    The fear of God (or the fear of the Lord) is definitely a big theme in the Bible. But, when we think of fear, we often think of, you know, FEAR — or being afraid. Like the fear of spiders or the fear of clowns. Other times, fear is why we don’t do certain things. For example, you might fear flying for fear that the plane might crash. And the reason you didn’t eat the boss’s last donut was for fear of being caught. However, all this is to say that this is not what it means to fear God.

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