BIBLICAL VIEW | FEAR OF THE LORD (7)

1. Introduction

Psalm 111:10 King James Version (KJV)

¹⁰ 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.

Proverbs 1:7 King James Version (KJV)

⁷ The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

2. The wrong list...

a) Homosexuality - sexual desire for those of the same sex.
b) Deceit - acting as true what we know to be false.
c) Fornication - mental or physical relations with anyone other than spouse.
d) Whisperer - one who tells secrets, gossips, slanders.
f) Wicked - one who causes pain to someone else.
g) Backbiter - when talking deliberately hurts someone else.
h) Unrighteousness - doing what is unjust, unfair.
i) Haters of GOD - feelings of disgust or intense dislike of GOD.
j) Covetousness - excessively eager to obtain and possess.
k) Insolent - arrogant, disregarding others, over-bearing, domineering.
l) Maliciousness - harboring ill feelings, being hostile, crafty.
m) Proud - inordinate self-esteem, unreasonable importance of self worth.
o) Full of envy - discontent, desires for what belongs to others.
q) Boasters - bragging.
r) Murder - hatred to others, destroying reputation of others, cruel actions.
s) Without understanding - inability to comprehend, no discernment.
t) Strife - wanting to argue, unwilling to agree, always seeking to debate.
u) Without natural affection - inability to feel tenderness, kindness.
v) Loving those like-minded - hiding behind those who agree with you.
w) Unmerciful - unforgiving, willingness to punish, without pity.
x) Disobeying parents - being selfish, disrespectful, unwilling to comply.

@1. All these are disqualifying behaviors and attitudes. None are worse or better than others in the list... being good, or doing better on 50% of the above list will not make much of a difference as each of these are the results of "vain imaginations."

Romans 1:27 New Living Translation (NLT)

²⁷ And the men, instead of having normal sexual relations with women, burned with lust for each other. Men did shameful things with other men, and as a result of this sin, they suffered within themselves the penalty they deserved.