If we do not have or if we lose the fear of God, we are not getting into Heaven.
The lack of fear will block us.
It causes us to trust in our own riches, our own victories.
There is no way without the fear of God to be humble before Jesus.
The lack of fear elevates you to a position that is high-minded.
Why fear God? When you have all you need, according to His word,
to enter His kingdom?
We will never have all we need to enter His kingdom.
There are no tickets of entry.
There are no entry passes that assure our place in eternity without Jesus.
Nothing we have done or can do will give us grace and mercy to be received.
What about His word? What about standing on the promises in the bible?
Even those need to be received with humility and the fear of the Lord.
We can’t grab them and put them in our backpacks.
All the promises of God belong to God.
We cannot take them and own them and use them without Him.
If the fear of God is not taught to us and accepted in our hearts,
if the fear of God has not permeated your innermost being,
remembering that He is God of all, we will be found lacking.
The reverent fear of God keeps us on the narrow path that leads to life.
There are many doctrines that teach that we are sure,
that we can have salvation without the fear of God. Not so.
And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul:
but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
Matthew 10:28
God is the giver of life. He is the giver of all things good.
If we disregard Jesus’ position, if we rank ourselves righteous before Him,
that leaves Him out of the process, where will we find ourselves?
Naked and ashamed without the reverent fear of God.