Tag: fear of the Lord
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Obadiah
“Now Obadiah feared the Lord greatly, and when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the Lord, Obadiah took a hundred prophets and hid them by fifties in a cave and fed them with bread and water.” (1 Kings 18) Obadiah seems to be one of the great forgotten people in the Bible. He is virtually…
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To Fear the Lord
What does it mean to fear the Lord? Here is John Owen’s answer: To fear sin is to fear the Lord; so the holy man tells us that they are the same: “The fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil, that is understanding” (Job 28:28) – John Owen, The Power…