[renee819]

When I joined this Forum, I thought I might get criticized because I no longer belong to any Organization. But I was surprised to find a large majority of you on here have also left the Pentecostal and Apostolic Denominations. And many of you are searching for more truth.
There is nothing satisfying or anything to criticize or mock. It just proves one thing, the Church as well as the rest of the world has entered into the APOSTASY.

And one reason is, they no longer know what true holiness is!

I started an article, in the Debate Room, titled, “The Missing Ingredient” but it seems that most have left the Debate Room, so will finish the article here in the Fellowship Hall.

And now back to the missing ingredient----which is THE FEAR OF THE LORD.

From the book that I am writing, “The Strait And Narrow For The Open Minded”

Chapter 4 The Fear Of The Lord

WISDOM IS THE PRINCIPAL THING

“And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”

Prov 4:7 Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding

All Wisdom is not the same kind of wisdom, so what kind of wisdom are we talking about?
The beginning of Truth! I want to make it very clear that we are talking about Spiritual wisdom. You can learn natural wisdom, at school, in book's, in college's.
However, only God gives Spiritual wisdom, to those that fear Him.
After a person is 'born again' it is imperative that they seek the wisdom of God. And it only comes through “the fear of the Lord.” Let me explain, the answer is in the 10th verse.

Prov. 9:8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding

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So many Christians turn this around, rationalizing, God is love, therefore, “the fear of the Lord,” can only mean to reverence the Lord. Reverence is just one facet of this truth, one tiny little bit of it. Reverence is not the main concept. If it goes no deeper than that, it is mostly, lip service, and without true meaning.” Without the fear of the Lord, people may act like they reverence God, or say they do. That kind of thinking turns into just idle words, and Religious talk. We're not talking Religion here, but true holiness.

The Bible is it’s own best interpreter, if you let it. God uses that phrase “the fear of the Lord” “the fear of God,” all through the Old as well as the New Testament. Understanding the true meaning of “the fear of the Lord,” unlocks much of what God is teaching us in His Word. It is not, fearing that God is going to bop you on the head for every sin you commit.

What Exactly Is The Fear Of The Lord?

Prov. 1:7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction

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Prov. 14:27 The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death

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Prov 8:10 Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.
11 For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.
12 I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions.
13 The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate

There it is, . . .
The Fear Of The Lord Is To Hate Evil, Pride And Arrogancy, And the Froward Mouth.

Do you see it? The “fear of the Lord” is learning to hate evil. And it is something that you do have to learn because we are not born hating evil. And even when you are 'born again' you are like a new born baby, learning to hate evil. No one is a new 'born again perfect saint.” We will be learning for the rest of our lives.

Even in hating evil, it is only wisdom, and understanding, if you depart from the evil.
Ah, we all say that we hate evil. Especially in other people. We don’t want someone stealing our stuff. Or lying about us. Or be the end of gossip. We don’t want to live in fear of murderers, or war.
What is evil? All sin is evil. But the most subtle sins are, pride, greed, lust, hate, lying little white lies, (so-called) etc,

It is the fear of the Lord that teaches people what true holiness is. Have we become “whited sepulchres of righteousness”

Matthew 23:25 (KJV)
25 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.
26 Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.
27 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness

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To set down dress codes and standards of what people can do or not do, stunts peoples growth in wisdom, in learning what the fear of the Lord is, and holds back the wisdom of God.
If a woman is told it is holiness to dress a certain way, why would she seek any farther to find true holiness? They learn to depend on the Denomination or what man says is holy, instead of learning the 'fear of the Lord,” which is to hate evil, and will lead to true holiness.

TO BE CONTINUED
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