Feared God

Job 1:1 – In the land of Uz there lived a man whose name was Job. This man was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil.

Ezekiel 14:19-20 – “Or if I send a plague into that land and pour out my wrath on it through bloodshed, killing its people and their animals, as surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, even if Noah, Daniel and Job were in it, they could save neither son nor daughter. They would save only themselves by their righteousness.

Genesis 22:12 – “Do not lay a hand on the boy,” he said. “Do not do anything to him. Now I know that you fear God, because you have not withheld from me your son, your only son.”

Job 2:3 – Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil. And he still maintains his integrity, though you incited me against him to ruin him without any reason.”

Psalm 26:1 – Vindicate me, Lord, for I have led a blameless life; I have trusted in the Lord and have not faltered.

Job 28:28 – And he said to the human race, “The fear of the Lord—that is wisdom, and to shun evil is understanding.”

Genesis 20:11 – Abraham replied, “I said to myself, ‘There is surely no fear of God in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife.’

Application:

• ·         “Blameless and upright” means spiritually and morally upright.
• ·         When God comes in judgment against a nation or people, they cannot count on another’s righteousness—not even that of their parents—to deliver them.
• ·         Abraham’s “faith was made complete by what he did”.
• ·         God cannot be stirred up to do things against His will.
• ·         “Blameless life” was a claim of moral integrity.
• ·         “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom”.
• ·         “Fear” has the sense of reverential trust in God and commitment to His revealed will.

All Scripture verses taken from NIV