Blessed is every one that feareth theLord; that walketh in his ways./For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.
Fear of the Lord was when Adam hid himself from the presence of God. We shall go through the passage in order to set the fear in proper context. Adam having ate of the fruit hears the footsteps,"And theLordGod called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?/ And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself./And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked?(Ge.3:9-11) Obviously Adam's bad conscience caused fear of consequences.
What made Adam assume that he was naked? His soul of course. Sin of disobedience had exposed himself, which affected his soul equally as well. This fear is not what the psalmist here sings about. Fear of God in man is where his soul is at rest. Contrast the feeling of Adam to this verse, "I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of theLord./Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem."(122:1-2). His gladness was from the fear of God, where the soul exulted with every part of his being. "And thou shalt love theLordthy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might."(De.6:5)
In pedagogy fear of the Lord stands foremost. "Fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom'.. This is how instruction in righteousness has set down in scriptures. "But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption."(1 Co.1:30) Without this fear of God suffusing your entire, 'with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.' ministers may speak eloquently from pulpit but it is mere 'Jesus talk.'
3Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table./Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that fear
Blessed is every one that feareth theLord; that walketh in his ways./For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.
Fear of the Lord was when Adam hid himself from the presence of God. We shall go through the passage in order to set the fear in proper context. Adam having ate of the fruit hears the footsteps,"And theLordGod called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?/ And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself./And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked?(Ge.3:9-11) Obviously Adam's bad conscience caused fear of consequences.
What made Adam assume that he was naked? His soul of course. Sin of disobedience had exposed himself, which affected his soul equally as well. This fear is not what the psalmist here sings about. Fear of God in man is where his soul is at rest. Contrast the feeling of Adam to this verse, "I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of theLord./Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem."(122:1-2). His gladness was from the fear of God, where the soul exulted with every part of his being. "And thou shalt love theLordthy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might."(De.6:5)
In pedagogy fear of the Lord stands foremost. "Fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom'.. This is how instruction in righteousness has set down in scriptures. "But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption."(1 Co.1:30) Without this fear of God suffusing your entire, 'with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.' ministers may speak eloquently from pulpit but it is mere 'Jesus talk.'
3Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table./Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that fear
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