The Fear of God - Protection

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Topic: The Fear of God

Subtopic - PROTECTION

(Lesson Suitable for 8 - 13 years old)

I welcome you to today's Bible study session. I am so glad to have you here. I Hope you and your family are well.

I pray that the Lord will grant you understanding of this topic in Jesus name. Amen.

Last week, we started a discussion on "THE FEAR OF GOD"

We learnt that the following:

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

2. The Fear of God 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.

3. The FEAR we have for God is not because we are scared of him. If you fear God, you will serve Him with a humble and devoted heart. Do you?

4. 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.

5. Holy fear is reserved for God only. We must not share this honor and worship we have for God, with another man. Exodus 20 v 3 No way!

Remember the following points from last week?

To show that you have Holy fear for God, you are encouraged to:

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

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

3. Doing the will………(no matter what)

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

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

Last week we said there are many nice things we gain when we fear God. Trust me. God surely knows how to reward His Children who give Him a high and special place in their hearts

Wisdom
Protection
Access to deep secrets in the heart of God.

Last week, we discussed Wisdom and learnt how God gave Noah wisdom to built an ark that saved him, his family and all animals; He also gave wisdom to Joseph to interpret dreams that made him the prime minister of Egypt.

Today we will discuss "Protection"

PROTECTION

Objective

At the end of today’s bible study, You will understand that God protects us when we fear Him.

Introduction

I want you to know that we fear God, not because of Divine Punishment for sins. Yes, God is a God of wrath, and he frowns at Sins. However, those who have Holy fear, do so, because they love God, not because they fear punishment for not obeying Him.

It is more acceptable to have Holy fear from the angle of love for God, than for avoidance of the consequences of sin.

So, we fear God because we love him so much and he loves us even more, that he would do anything to protect us.

I want you to know that special promises of protection and security are available to those who put their trust in the Lord and worship Him in truth and awe.

Open Psalms 34 v 7

NKJV: The angel of the Lord encamps all around those who fear Him, And delivers them.

GNT: His angel guards those who honour the Lord and rescues them from danger.

PROPHET ELISHA (2 Kings 6 v 8 - 17)

Prophet Elisha was a great man of God who feared and served the Lord. He was famous in Israel. One day, a King sent an army to kidnap prophet Elisha so that he could deal with him.

However, God loved and protected Elisha so much that He sent an army of angels with spiritual horses and chariots, round about him to protect him.

Note that you need faith, and your spiritual eyes to be opened before you can understand and know and see that there is protection around you. May the Lord open your eyes to see this, and give you faith to believe in Jesus name. Amen.

Children, I want you to know that if you set aside a high place for God in your heart, he will live inside of you, and protect you from all adversaries in the world. He will also give you long life.

Read 1 John 4 v 4 and Proverb 10 v 27