1. THE FEAR OF THE LORD LARRY WATLINGTON & G.E.T.L. MINISTRY

2. DEFINITIONS OF FEAR HEBREW YIRAH - WHICH TRANSLATES TO REVERENCE, AWE, AMAZEMENT, ADMIRATION. GREEK PHOBOS - (A) TERROR, ALARM, (B) REVERENCE, RESPECT.

3. TWO TYPES OF GOD-CENTERED FEAR 1. ANXIETY OVER BREAKING GOD’S LAW. THIS FEAR MOTIVATES PEOPLE TO DO GOOD DEEDS SO GOD DOES NOT PUNISH THEM IN THIS LIFE OR A FUTURE ONE. (MOTIVATION NOT TO DO BAD THINGS) THIS IS THE FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPT OF KARMA 2. THE PROFOUND REVERENCE FOR LIFE THAT COMES FROM SEEING THE AWESOMENESS OF GOD. (MOTIVATION TO DO GOOD THINGS)

4. GODLY FEAR (OR REVERENCE) PROVERBS 1:7 THE FEAR OF THE LORD IS THE BEGINNING OF KNOWLEDGE: BUT FOOLS DESPISE WISDOM AND INSTRUCTION. PROVERBS 9:10 THE FEAR OF THE LORD IS THE BEGINNING OF WISDOM: AND THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE HOLY IS UNDERSTANDING. PROVERBS 10:27 THE FEAR OF THE LORD PROLONGS DAYS: BUT THE YEARS OF THE WICKED SHALL BE SHORTENED. PROVERBS 14:27 THE FEAR OF THE LORD IS A FOUNTAIN OF LIFE, TO DEPART FROM THE SNARES OF DEATH.

5. GODLY FEAR (OR REVERENCE) PROVERBS 1:7 THE FEAR OF THE LORD IS THE BEGINNING OF KNOWLEDGE: BUT FOOLS DESPISE WISDOM AND INSTRUCTION. PROVERBS 9:10 THE FEAR OF THE LORD IS THE BEGINNING OF WISDOM: AND THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE HOLY IS UNDERSTANDING. PROVERBS 10:27 THE FEAR OF THE LORD PROLONGS DAYS: BUT THE YEARS OF THE WICKED SHALL BE SHORTENED. PROVERBS 14:27 THE FEAR OF THE LORD IS A FOUNTAIN OF LIFE, TO DEPART FROM THE SNARES OF DEATH.

6. WALKING IN REVERENCE DEUTERONOMY 10:12 “AND NOW, ISRAEL, WHAT DOES THE LORD YOUR GOD REQUIRE OF YOU, BUT TO FEAR THE LORD YOUR GOD, TO WALK IN ALL HIS WAYS, TO LOVE HIM, TO SERVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL…”