Posted on 11/27/2021 9:55:54 PM PST by Pilgrim's Progress
“Happy is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief” (Proverbs 28:14).
You are not going to get this kind of wisdom on the average psychoanalyst’s couch, so you would be smart to save your money and spend time in your Bibles.
“Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding” (Proverbs 3:13).
Now, that is not just wisdom about your particular circumstances, but wisdom in general. “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom.” We are right back where we started, “The fear the LORD is the beginning of knowledge.” Consider verse 18, “She [speaking of wisdom] is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.” How long has it been since you really genuinely got alone and thanked God for the evident truth of the Bible to you, and remember when you think about this, how much of that truth was an absolute mystery to you 20 or 30 or whatever years ago when it was that you were lost in darkness and had no answers at all. In fact, you didn't even have the right questions. Remember that day?
Today, we are mature Bible believers and we've been brought up in the things of God and of His word. We can talk about the pre-Trib rapture and most of us have filed away these things. So, we do not just say that the rapture is pre-Trib, and that we are waiting for Jesus Christ to come back, just because a Bible teacher like Dr. Ruckman taught it to us. It is the fact that we have tucked away the scripture and know where to find the proofs of it, and it is real to us. We are as sure that it is going to happen as the sun is going to rise tomorrow, or that Christmas will come in December.
“. . . but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief,” like Pharaoh (Exodus 4:21). Fear is good.
“Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling” (Psalms 2:11).
“The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether” (Psalms 19:9).
Fear is just a good motive: “By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith” (Hebrews 11:7). Fear is a good motive to keep you happy.
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