Ecc 12:13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
Ecc 12:14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
My thoughts-
Solomon, the wisest of the wise.
God said… 1 Ki 3:12 'I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.'
Solomon, the wisest man EVER!
And this man said this - The CONCLUSION of the WHOLE MATTER- FEAR GOD, and KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS- this is the WHOLE DUTY of MAN.
The whole matter- the whole duty of man.
Fear God,
Keep God's Commandments.
How many people fear God? Seriously, how many? Do we know what it means to fear God?
STRONG'S MODULE-
1. to fear, revere, be afraid
a. (Qal)
1. to fear, be afraid
2. to stand in awe of, be awed
3. to fear, reverence, honour, respect
b. (Niphal)
1. to be fearful, be dreadful, be feared
2. to cause astonishment and awe, be held in awe
3. to inspire reverence or Godly fear or awe
c. (Piel) to make afraid, terrify
2. (TWOT) to shoot, pour
- Origin: a primitive root
- TWOT entry: 907,908
- Part(s) of speech: Verb
- Strong's: A primitive root; to fear; morally to revere; causatively to frighten: - affright be (make) afraid dread (-ful) (put in) fear (-ful -fully -ing). (be had in) reverence (-end) X see terrible (act -ness thing).
Did you read that? Really read that?
Fear- a real FEAR as well as a real reverence.
We don't think we really need to fear God, do we?
We want Jesus, not God the Father.
We want to believe that Jesus did away with the wrath of God. We want to believe that Jesus showed us a new and improved God, a God that no longer wants to enforce His own commandments.
We want to believe lies because lies make us feel not quite so bad about ourselves. We want to believe in love and forgiveness rather than love and obedience. We want to forget the obedience part, forget all about the fact it was disobedience that brought sin into humanity, into our world. If we forget about it then we don't really have to believe that only obedience to God is salvation. We can only accept salvation through obedience, obeying our Savior's command to believe, obeying our Savior's command to repent, to confess, to love.
We must obey.
Our duty is to FEAR GOD and KEEP GOD'S COMMANDMENTS.
More tomorrow by the GRACE of our beloved, merciful GOD!
All praise, all glory, all honor to our GOD!
Ecc 12:14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
My thoughts-
Solomon, the wisest of the wise.
God said… 1 Ki 3:12 'I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.'
Solomon, the wisest man EVER!
And this man said this - The CONCLUSION of the WHOLE MATTER- FEAR GOD, and KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS- this is the WHOLE DUTY of MAN.
The whole matter- the whole duty of man.
Fear God,
Keep God's Commandments.
How many people fear God? Seriously, how many? Do we know what it means to fear God?
STRONG'S MODULE-
1. to fear, revere, be afraid
a. (Qal)
1. to fear, be afraid
2. to stand in awe of, be awed
3. to fear, reverence, honour, respect
b. (Niphal)
1. to be fearful, be dreadful, be feared
2. to cause astonishment and awe, be held in awe
3. to inspire reverence or Godly fear or awe
c. (Piel) to make afraid, terrify
2. (TWOT) to shoot, pour
- Origin: a primitive root
- TWOT entry: 907,908
- Part(s) of speech: Verb
- Strong's: A primitive root; to fear; morally to revere; causatively to frighten: - affright be (make) afraid dread (-ful) (put in) fear (-ful -fully -ing). (be had in) reverence (-end) X see terrible (act -ness thing).
Did you read that? Really read that?
Fear- a real FEAR as well as a real reverence.
We don't think we really need to fear God, do we?
We want Jesus, not God the Father.
We want to believe that Jesus did away with the wrath of God. We want to believe that Jesus showed us a new and improved God, a God that no longer wants to enforce His own commandments.
We want to believe lies because lies make us feel not quite so bad about ourselves. We want to believe in love and forgiveness rather than love and obedience. We want to forget the obedience part, forget all about the fact it was disobedience that brought sin into humanity, into our world. If we forget about it then we don't really have to believe that only obedience to God is salvation. We can only accept salvation through obedience, obeying our Savior's command to believe, obeying our Savior's command to repent, to confess, to love.
We must obey.
Our duty is to FEAR GOD and KEEP GOD'S COMMANDMENTS.
More tomorrow by the GRACE of our beloved, merciful GOD!
All praise, all glory, all honor to our GOD!
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