Rev 14:7Rev 14:7““Fear God and give glory to Him . . .”Fear God and give glory to Him . . .”

ReverenceReverence

Rev 14:7Rev 14:7““Fear God and give glory to Him . . .”Fear God and give glory to Him . . .”

Reverence is a Reverence is a response:response:

1.1. To God’s Holy Nature To God’s Holy Nature

2.2. To God’s Awesome Power To God’s Awesome Power

3.3. To God’s Loving Mercy To God’s Loving Mercy

Rev 14:7Rev 14:7““Fear God and give glory to Him . . .”Fear God and give glory to Him . . .”

Rev 15:4Rev 15:4

Who shall not Who shall not fearfear You, You, O Lord, and O Lord, and glorifyglorify Your name? For You Your name? For You alone are alone are holyholy. For all . For all nations shall come nations shall come and and worshipworship before before You, for Your You, for Your judgments have been judgments have been manifested.manifested.

Rev 19:5Rev 19:5

Praise our God, all you Praise our God, all you His servants and His servants and those who those who fearfear Him, Him, both small and both small and great!great!

Psa 89:7Psa 89:7God is greatly to be God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be held the saints, and to be held in in reverencereverence by all those by all those around Him.around Him.

““yare”yare”Tremble, dread, ReverenceTremble, dread, Reverence

Exod 14:31 (Feared)Exod 14:31 (Feared)Prov 3:7 (Fear)Prov 3:7 (Fear)

Esther 3:5Esther 3:5And when Haman saw And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him nor did him reverencereverence, , then was Haman full of then was Haman full of wrath.wrath.

““shachah”shachah”To fall prostrate / worshipTo fall prostrate / worship

Gen 22:5 (Worship)Gen 22:5 (Worship)1 Sam 1:3 (Worship)1 Sam 1:3 (Worship)

Heb 12:28Heb 12:28Therefore, since we are Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, which cannot be shaken, let us have grace, by let us have grace, by which we may serve God which we may serve God acceptably with acceptably with reverencereverence and godly fear. and godly fear.

““aidos”aidos”A sense of shame orA sense of shame or

honor, modesty,honor, modesty,bashfulness, regard forbashfulness, regard for

others, respectothers, respect1 Tim 2:9 (Shamefacedness)1 Tim 2:9 (Shamefacedness)

Eph 5:33Eph 5:33Nevertheless let every Nevertheless let every one of you in particular one of you in particular so love his wife even as so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see himself; and the wife see that she that she reverencereverence her her husband.husband.

““phobeo”phobeo”To fear, be afraid, toTo fear, be afraid, to

reverence, venerate, to treatreverence, venerate, to treatwith deference orwith deference or

reverential obediencereverential obedienceActs 10:22 (Fears)Acts 10:22 (Fears)Acts 13:26 (Fear)Acts 13:26 (Fear)

Heb 12:9Heb 12:9Furthermore we have had Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we corrected us, and we gave them gave them reverencereverence . . . . . .

““entrepo”entrepo”To invert, to respectTo invert, to respectLk 20:13 (Respect)Lk 20:13 (Respect)

1 Tim 4:71 Tim 4:7But reject profane and old But reject profane and old wives' fables, and wives' fables, and exercise yourself toward exercise yourself toward godlinessgodliness..

““eusebeia”eusebeia”Reverence, respect,Reverence, respect,piety towards God,piety towards God,

godlinessgodliness2 Pet 3:11 (godliness)2 Pet 3:11 (godliness)

Exod 3:4-6Exod 3:4-6. . . God called to him from the midst of . . . God called to him from the midst of the bush and said, Moses, Moses! And he the bush and said, Moses, Moses! And he said, here I am. Then He said, do not draw said, here I am. Then He said, do not draw near this place. Take your sandals off near this place. Take your sandals off your feet, for the place where you stand your feet, for the place where you stand is is holy groundholy ground. Moreover He said, I am . Moreover He said, I am the God of your father-- the God of the God of your father-- the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob . . .of Jacob . . .

1 Tim 4:7-81 Tim 4:7-8But reject profane and old But reject profane and old wives' fables, and exercise wives' fables, and exercise yourself toward godliness.yourself toward godliness.

For bodily exercise profits a For bodily exercise profits a little, but godliness is little, but godliness is profitable for all things, profitable for all things, having promise ofhaving promise of

““eusebeia”eusebeia”Reverence, Reverence,

respect,respect,piety towards Godpiety towards God

““gumnazo� ”gumnazo� ”To exercise To exercise vigorously, in any vigorously, in any way, body or mindway, body or mind

““See” the LORD on His ThroneSee” the LORD on His Throne

Must begin a Training RegimenMust begin a Training Regimen

Recognize the Need to SacrificeRecognize the Need to Sacrifice