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The fear of God in Jesus Christ opens the door for you to know God and makes you His special person for all eternity.

The fear of God in Jesus Christ opens the door for you to know God and makes you His special person for all eternity.
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Title: The fear of God in Jesus Christ opens the door for you to know God and makes you His special person for all eternity.

“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.”
‭‭Psalms‬ ‭111:10‬ ‭KJV‬‬.

“And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.”
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭10:28‬ ‭KJV‬‬

The Lord Jesus Christ taught us not to fear Satan who can destroy the body only but to fear God who can destroy both the body and soul in hell for all eternity. The word also teaches us that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom and the fear of the Lord should guide us to shun sin and opens the door for us to know God. Hence Psalms 115:11 tells us the fear of the Lord is the entry point to the knowledge of God. When we love God in Jesus Christ, and desire to do His will, when we offer ourselves to God to be on His side, we are saying no to the enemy of God and mankind Satan. When you align with God on His side, He gives you the knowledge of Himself, and delivers you from darkness to His light, He then reveals to you the punishment awaiting those who do not fear God and rebel against Him and the benefits of loving God. The love of God and the fear of God two sides of the same coin. Obey God because you love Him and know that everything He commands us to do is for our good because He desires for us blessing, bliss and glory and disobeying Him is obeying Satan who desires for us the opposite, leading to shame.
Who then should fear God? All the earth. For His word declares in Psalms 33:8 “Let all the earth fear the Lord: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.”
‭‭KJV‬‬. Psalms 96:9 says “O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth.” 1Chronicles 16:25 says “For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised: he also is to be feared above all gods.”
The fear of the Lord Makes you to shun sin.
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There are many benefits in loving God and therefore in fearing God. The angel of the Lord encamps  around them who fear Him and delivers them (Psalms 34:7). Psalms 34:9 declares : “O fear the Lord, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.” (KJV). Isaiah 59:19 tells us that they who fear the Lord shall know His glory from the rising of the sun and when the enemy comes against them like a flood the Lord will raise a standard for them against the enemy.
Malachi 3:16-17 declares “Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another: and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name. And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.”KJV‬‬.
Here God declares that those who fear Him shall be mine, when they talk one to another, He not only listens but sends an angel to take minutes and keeps a record. He also declares they shall be mine and I will spare them and they shall be special jewels to me. Glory to God.

Prayer: Heavenly Father, I thank you for Jesus Christ who teaches me to fear you and shun sin. Thank you Lord for your grace for every day and for the power and strengthening of your Holy Spirit. I desire to do your will Lord everyday of my life and I thank you for your help everyday. I reject you Satan in the name of Jesus Christ and declare you have nothing in me and I have nothing in you. I belong to Jesus Christ. Amen.
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