Thomas Watson – Fear God Not Man

11 Sep

2) To fear God is to have such a holy awe of God upon our hearts, that we dare not sin. “Stand in awe and sin not.” Psalm 4:4. The wicked sin and fear not; the godly fear and sin not. “How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?” Gen 39:9… He who fears God will not sin, though it be ever so secret. “You shall not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling-block before the blind—but shall fear your God.” Lev 19:14. Suppose you should curse a deaf man, he could not hear you; or suppose you were to lay a stumbling-block in a blind man’s way, and cause him to fall, he could not see you do it. But the fear of God will make you forsake sins which can neither be heard nor seen by men! The fear of God destroys the fear of man. The three Hebrew children feared God, therefore they feared not the king’s wrath. Dan 3:16. The greater noise, drowns the less; the noise of thunder, drowns the noise of a river. Just so, when the fear of God is supreme in the soul, it drowns all other carnal fear. It makes God to be God to us, when we have a holy filial fear of him.

~Thomas Watson~


The Ten Commandments (Portland, Oregan; MonergismBooks.com; 2010) eBook. Excerpted from “The Works of Thomas Watson” – The Ten Commandments; Part 2 – The Ten Commandments; Section 1 – The First Commandment; Part 5 – To have God to be God to us, is to FEAR him.

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2 Responses to “Thomas Watson – Fear God Not Man”

  1. Ian September 12, 2011 at 12:13 am #

    Excellent.

  2. Gary September 12, 2011 at 8:30 am #

    Please tell me how to get this holy fear of God! I want to fear Him but my flesh rebels against fearing God.

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