“These, then, are the commandments, the laws, and the ordinances that the LORD your God has commanded me to teach you, so that you may do them in the land to which you are crossing to take possession of it.
are the commandments. Deu 4:1, Deu 4:5, Deu 4:14, Deu 4:45; Deu 5:31; Deu 12:1; Lev 27:34; Num 36:13; Eze 37:24.
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The end of the law is obedience, Deu 6:1-2.
An exhortation in this regard Deu 6:3-19.
What they should teach their children, Deu 6:20-25.
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The fear of God begins with an expression of love for God. Surely the love of God and the fear of God are interrelated responses to the wonders of his being.
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The commandments refers to the teaching to love the Lord (v. Deu 6:5).
commanded him to teach you: Moses was God’s instrument in delivering his Law to Israel (Deu 5:22, Deu 5:23). It was not really “the Law of Moses,” but the Law of God.
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ARTICLE
the fear of god
Deu 6:1-2 These, then, are the commandments, statutes, and decrees that the Lord your God commanded me to teach you, so that you may do them in the land to which you are crossing to take it; that you fear the Lord your God, keeping all his statutes and his commandments that I command you, you and your son and your son’s son, all the days of your life, so that your days may be prolonged.
A command often given to God’s people in the OT is to “fear God” or “fear the Lord.” It is important to know what that order means for believers. Only when he truly fears the Lord will the believer be freed from bondage to all abnormal and satanic fears.
THE MEANING OF THE FEAR OF GOD. The command to “fear the Lord” includes a variety of aspects of the believer’s relationship with God.
(1) Indispensable for the fear of God is a recognition of his holiness, justice and righteousness as a counterpart to his love and mercy, that is, one must know him and fully understand who he is (cf. pro 2:5). That fear is based on the recognition that God is a holy God, whose very nature causes Him to judge sin.
(2) To fear God is to respect him with holy fear and reverence, and to honor God as God because of his great glory, holiness, majesty, and power (see Phil 2:12, note). For example, when on Mount Sinai the Israelites saw God manifest through “thunder and lightning, and a thick cloud over the mount, and a very loud trumpet sound,” all the people “shuddered” with fear (Exo 19:16) and asked Moses to speak to them instead of God himself speaking to them (Exo 20:18-19; Deu 5:22-27). Furthermore, the psalmist in the Ps 33:1-22, in his reflections on God as Creator, clearly states: “Let all the earth fear Jehovah* let all the inhabitants of the world fear before him. Because he said, and it was done; he commanded, and it existed” (Ps 33:8-9).
(3) The genuine fear of the Lord causes believers to put their faith and trust in Him alone for salvation. For example, after the Israelites crossed the Red Sea on dry ground and saw the massive destruction of the Egyptian army, they “feared]the Lord, and believed the Lord” (see Exo 14:31, note). Likewise, the psalmist asks all who fear Jehovah to trust “in Jehovah; He is your help, and your shield” (Ps 115:11). In other words, the fear of God produces hope and confidence in God’s people. It is not surprising, therefore, that such people are saved (Ps 85:9) and receive his forgiving love and mercy (Luke 1:50; see Ps 103:11; Ps 130:4).
(4) Finally, fearing God implies recognizing that He is a God who is angry with sin and has the power to punish those who transgress His righteous laws, both in time and in eternity (cf. Ps 76:7-8). When Adam and Eve sinned in the Garden of Eden, they feared the Lord and tried to hide from his presence (Gen 3:8-10). Moses experienced that aspect of the fear of God when he spent forty days and nights in prayer for the sinful Israelites: “For you feared because of the wrath and wrath with which the Lord was angry with you to destroy you” (Deu 9:19). Likewise in the NT, immediately after acknowledging God’s coming vengeance and judgment, the author of the Epistle to the Hebrews wrote: “It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God!” (Hebrews 10:31).
REASONS FOR THE FEAR OF GOD. The reasons for the fear of the Lord originate in the meaning of the fear of God.
(1) He is to be feared because of his great power as the Creator of all things and all people (Ps 33:6-9; Ps 96:4-5; Jon 1:9).
(2) Furthermore, the amazing power that He continues to exercise over the elements of creation and over human beings is cause to fear God (Exo 20:18-20; Jon 1:16; Eccl 3:14; Mark 4:39-41).
(3) When the holiness of God, that is, his separation from sin and his constant opposition to it, is understood, the normal reaction of the human spirit is to fear him (Rev 15:4).
(4) Anyone who sees the splendor of the glory of God cannot but fear (Matt 17:1-13).
(5) The continual blessings received from God, especially the forgiveness of sins (Ps 130:4), should lead to fear and love him (1Sa 12:24; Ps 34:9; Ps 67:7; Jer 5:24; see ARTICLE THE PROVIDENCE OF GOD, P. 70. ).
(6) Beyond all doubt, the fact that God is a God of justice who will judge the entire human race causes fear of Him (Deu 17:12-13; Isaiah 59:19; bad 3:5; Hebrews 10:26-31). It is a solemn and holy truth that God is constantly watching and evaluating the actions of human beings, both good and bad, and that they will be held accountable for those actions, both now and on the day of personal judgment.
PERSONAL IMPLICATIONS ABOUT THE FEAR OF GOD. The fear of God is much more than a simple biblical doctrine; it applies directly to daily life in a variety of ways.
(1) First of all, if you truly fear the Lord, you will lead a life of obedience to his commandments and say a resounding “No” to sin. One reason God inspired fear in the Israelites on Mount Sinai was so they would learn to turn from sin and obey his law (Exo 20:20). Repeatedly in Moses’ last speech to the Israelites, he linked the fear of God with serving and obeying him (eg, Deu 5:29; Deu 6:2; Deu 6:24; Deu 8:6; Deu 10:12; Deu 13:4; Deu 17:19; Deu 31:12). According to the psalmists, fearing the Lord is equivalent to delighting in his commandments (Ps 112:1) and save them (Ps 119:63). Solomon taught that “in the fear of the Lord men depart from evil” (pro 16:6; see Pr 8:13). In Ecclesiastes, the entire duty of the human race is summed up in two brief imperatives: “Fear God, and keep his commandments” (Ecc 12:13). On the contrary, anyone who is content to lead a life of wickedness does so because “there is no fear of God before his eyes” (Ps 36:1-4).
(2) An important result of the above inference is that believers should teach their children to fear the Lord by hating sin and keeping the holy commandments of God (Deu 4:10; Deu 6:1-2; Deu 6:6-9). The Bible frequently states that “the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom” (Ps 111:10; pro 1:7; pro 9:10; see Job 28:28). As a fundamental purpose of the instruction of the children is that they live according to the principles of wisdom of God (Pro 1:1-6), teaching them to fear the Lord is a critical first step (see PARENTS AND CHILDREN ARTICLE, P. 1716. ).
(3) The fear of God has a sanctifying effect on God’s people. Since there is a sanctifying effect on the truth of God’s word (Joh 17:17), thus there is a sanctifying effect in the fear of God. Moves to hate sin and turn away from evil (Pro 3:7; Pr 8:13; pro 16:6). It causes believers to be careful and moderate in their words (pro 10:19; Eccl 5:2; Ecc 5:6-7). It protects them from the failure of their conscience and their moral firmness. The fear of God is clean and purifying (Ps 19:9), holy and redeeming in its effect.
(4) The holy fear of God motivates God’s people to worship him with all their being. If God is truly feared, he will be worshiped and glorified as Lord of all (Salt 22:23). David compares the congregation he praises to “those who fear him” (Salt 22:25). Likewise, at the end of the story, when the heavenly angel who proclaims the everlasting gospel calls everyone on earth to fear God, he immediately adds: “and give him glory…and worship him who made heaven and the land, the sea” (Rev 14:7).
(5) God has promised to reward all who fear him. “Riches, honor and life are the remuneration of humility and the fear of the Lord” (Pro 22:4). Other promised rewards include protection from death (Pro 14:26-27; see Ps 60:4), provisions for daily needs (Ps 34:9; Ps 111:5) and a long life (pro 10:27). Those who fear the Lord know “that it will be well with them,” regardless of what happens in the world around them (Eccl 8:12-13).
(6) Finally, the fear of God is accompanied by security and unspeakable spiritual comfort for the people of God. The NT directly links the fear of God with the strengthening of the Holy Spirit (Ac 9:31). On the one hand, those who live without fear of the Lord have no sense of his presence, grace, and protection (see Deu 1:26, note); on the other hand, those who fear God and keep his commandments have a profound experience of spiritual security and the anointing of the Holy Spirit. They can be sure that God will “deliver their souls from death” (Ps 33:18-19; see ARTICLES DEATH, P. 678. and ASSURANCE OF SALVATION, p. 1836. ).
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6. The Love of God and the Observance of the Law.
1“This is the Law – the mandates, the precepts – that Yahweh your God commanded me to teach you, so that you fulfill it in the land that you are going to enter and possess; 2 so that you and your children and your children’s children fear Yahweh your God, and keep all his laws and all his commandments that I teach you all the days of your life, and live long. 3Listen to them, Israel, and be very careful to put them into action, so that you may be happy and multiply greatly, according to what Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has said, to give them the land flowing with milk and honey. 4 Hear, Israel: Yahweh our God is he alone Yahweh. 5You will love Yahweh, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your power, 6and you will carry deep inside your heart all these commandments that I give you. 7Inculcate them in your children, and when you are at home, when you travel, when you lie down, when you get up, always talk about them. 8 tie them to your hands so that they serve you as a sign; put them on your forehead, between your eyes; 9write them on the posts of your house and on your doors. 10When Yahweh, your God, brings you into the land that your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, swore to give you, great and beautiful cities that you have not built, 11houses full of all kinds…