The Fear of God

Kingdom Bound

Children Ministry

Bible Study Texts

THE FEAR OF GOD

(Lesson Suitable for 7 - 13 years old)

I welcome you to today's Bible study session. I pray that the Lord will grant you understanding of this topic in Jesus name. Amen.

OBJECTIVE

At the end of today’s study session, you would have understood the following:

1. What the Fear of God means

2. Why we must fear God

3. Benefits of having Fear of God

4. Examples of those that have the Fear of God in the bible.

Now guys, fear of man, darkness, being alone in the room e.t.c. are unpleasant. But there is a type of fear that is HOLY. This is the Fear of God. It is also called Holy Fear!

What does The Fear of God Means?

Holy fear is the reverence and awe towards the Lord because of who He is and who we are.

The fear of the Lord means to reverence God enough to not go against His commandments. It means you care so much about what God thinks of you and your behaviour….so much that you don’t want mess up being HIS friend/child.

The Fear of God simply means we hold him high esteem, in high place in our heart, and we are mindful to do His Will, and not sin against Him.

The FEAR we have for God is not because we are scared of him. He’s not a monster, he’s not a bully! No! it’s just the way you love your parents so much that you’d never want them to disown you! So you try your best to honour their wishes, and behave well as they instruct you.

Other words for Fear in this context are:

1. Honor

2. Worship

3. Reverence

4. Respect

5. Devotion

6. Adoration.

7. Serve with humility

If you fear God, you will serve Him with a humble and devoted heart. Do you?

He is our Lord, our God, our creator, our beginning and the end, the owner and saviour of our lives. So, we must have a special respect, reverence, and awe for him.

Fear of God is not unpleasant, we do not fear God because he is harmful or wicked. We do not fear God because he is tyrant or a dictator. We fear him because we love him so much, that we cannot bear the pain of losing Him, or having a sour relationship with Him.

The Fear of God simply means we hold Him high esteem, in high place in our heart, and we are mindful to do His Will, and not sin against Him.

Discussion:

How much do you respect and honour your parents?
How high do you hold your parents in your heart?
Do you care less about your parents and their wishes, instructions, and guidance?

Share a story to explain the above questions to me.

Back to Holy Fear

Now I want you to tell me, if you can respect your parents so well, how much more God who created you, your parents,and the entire world. We must honour, worship, revere and fear God, we must hold him in high esteem in our heart, and place him as number 1 in all that we do.We must love God and a special bond with Him.

Know that We love God because he first loved us. John 15 v 13.

Do you understand?

However, I want you to know that this HOLY FEAR is reserved for God. Do not have this kind of fear for any human being. Only God is Great and deserves to be worshiped in awe, no one else! No man!.

Let us watch this video about the Fear of God

Question:

How do you show that you have the fear of God?

You can simply answer this question by thinking for a minute, that God is like your parents (or more than your parents) to you.

Shall we go over these:

1. Love, spend time with, and worship…….(daily devotion)

2. Listen to….. (in prayer and calmness of heart)

3. Obey…………(doing as He says in His word)

4. Doing the will………(no matter what)

5. Serving in His house……..(with diligence)

6. Be more interested in what God thinks, over a situation, than what your friends think!

From today, I want you to have a special honour, awe, and respect for God so much that you will never go against his Commandments. Can you remind me His two greatest commandments? Matthew 22:36-40 LOVE GOD; LOVE PEOPLE!

Before you make any decision about your life, or about your behaviour to others around you, I want you to ask yourself this question first! Would the Lord be happy with what I am about to do? Romans 12:10.

If this question is important to you before doing anything, then you have the Fear of God.

The Lord will help you.

Benefits of having Fear of God

There are many nice things we gain when we fear God. Trust me, God surely knows how to reward His Children who Him a high and special place in their heart.

1. Wisdom Prov 9 v 10

2. Protection Ps 34 v 7

3. Access to deep secrets in the heart of God Ps 25 v 14

Wisdom

Let us discuss wisdom. Open to Prov 9 v 10.

NKJV: The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

GNT: To be wise you must first have reverence for the Lord. If you know the Holy One, you have understanding.

Examples of Those That Fear God in The Bible

NOAH

let us consider the life of Noah. He feared the Lord and refused to sin like his other countrymen were sinning. He was a devoted lover of God. Because of this, God gave him wisdom on how to be saved from the flood that destroyed the earth.

Read Gen 6 v 9 – 10 (GNT). The Bible says Noah pleased God, he had no faults, and he walked in fellowship with God. He was the ONLY one who feared God in his time. Because of this, God gave him wisdom (detailed instructions) to build an ark.

When the flood came, Noah and his family were in the ark while God destroyed all the inhabitants of the earth.

JOSEPH

Also Joseph feared God and did not sin to Him. His master’s wife wanted to lure him into sin, but he refused Gen 39 vs 8. God gave Joseph wisdom to interpret dreams and be diligent in his work, so much that he became the prime minister of Egypt. Do you know what it means to be head of Government in a foreign country? God can do much more for you. He can give you wisdom to become very great in life, only if you can fear him and walk with him with humility, awe, respect, reverence, absolute devotion and love!

In the coming weeks we will go over the other two - Protection and God’s secrets