What EXACTLY is “The Fear of the Lord”?

What EXACTLY is “The Fear of the Lord”? Most of us have heard the expression that “the Bible defines itself”. This is absolutely true, but few realize exactly what that means, and it is a blueprint by which we are to read it and glean the nuggets of gold contained in the passages. God desires to make His scriptures exciting for us and creates this pattern throughout it so we can become excited as we put the pieces of His puzzletogether scattered through 66 books, written by 40 authors, over a period of 1,500 years. Like any puzzle, no two pieces are exactly alike but they all fit together perfectly to reveal God to us and His plan of salvation. God shows us this blueprint by which we are to study His word through multiple passages such as “Itis the glory of God to conceal a thing; but the honor of kings is to search out a matter” (Prov 25:2). In this simple example of how God desires us to understand His Wordas he provides to us the meaning of “kings” nearly 800 years after that verse is written where Christ himself indicates that He has “made us kings and priests unto God” (Rev 1:6). The reason “The Fear of the Lord” is such an extremely important concept for us to understand is because we can't receive knowledge from God without it. “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge …” (Prov 1:7). We are also forbidden to “guess” what it means as we are told that “… that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation” (2 Peter 1:20); therefore, the scriptures must define what it means, and it does: “The fear of the Lord IS to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth …” (Prov 8:13). In order to receive any knowledge from God and understand His Word, we must start by hating evil, pride, arrogancy, evil ways, and lying. If we do not hate evil and eliminate it from our lives then we can not receive any knowledge from God as that is God’s own requirement to begin to receive His knowledge (Prov 1:7).Let us therefore purge sin out of our lives and study His word as He defines it for us to enjoy. This New Testament provides God’s plan of salvation and the manner in which we should live our lives to serve him, and if we do, we will become hisadopted children and live in Heaven with him eternally. Over the centuries, definitions of individual words have been slowly changing, and the original meanings of each of the 5,624 Koine Greek root words used in the New Testament have come to light. The Pure Word is an unparalleled New Testament translation from the Original Greek incorporating the original meanings aswritten at the time of Christ and the Apostles. It is an invaluable resource to be used alongside your favorite version of the Bible or used independently. The Pure Word does not only supports the King James Version but provides you with a much richer depth of meaning as writtenat the time of Christ. The depth of understanding it gives is a must for every Christian in your life! You will get MORE out of the Gospels, be MORE LIFTED up, and see MORE CLEARLY the original intent that will unite Christians from different denominationsthat debate over various translations. EXPERIENCE the gospel as they did in the first century, during the time of Christ, the Apostles, and the birth of the Church! We are further commanded by God to “Study to show yourself approvedunto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” (2 Tim 2:15). Studying is not optional for Christians but required of God, andwhat better way to follow His command than to dive into His Pure Word as understood by the early Church. Watch the official video now and see exactly how The Pure Word is an invaluable resource that should be used by every Christian, pastor, and Bible studygroup.