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"Joyful, loving, humble, and jealous for God, the right fear of God makes the difference between hollow, devilish religiosity and beautiful, Christlike believers. It also makes the difference between hollow, grasping, professionalized ministries and life-giving ministries of delighted and satisfied integrity."

"Which do you fear more: being sinful or being uncomfortable? God or man? Being a sinner or being exposed before others as a sinner?...

So, what does it look like when a believer is filled with a right, healthy, filial fear of God? Not a cold, dead, outward, hypocritical show of religion, but a heartfelt quaking at the goodness and greatness of the Redeemer."

“Our wonder at the Creator’s magnificence - and our enjoyment of it - increase when we know it as the perfect magnificence of the kindest Savior. When we know God as Redeemer, we are freed from all doubts about God’s character, and we are freed from all fears that this awesome God might be against us.”