Fear & Dread: the difference

Mo. 9/24/12: Genesis 9:1 – 2                   What was God’s 2^nd blessing to Noah?

So God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them: “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth. And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be on every beast of the earth, on every bird of the air, on all that move on the earth, and on all the fish of the sea. They are given into your hand.

What was God’s 2^nd blessing to Noah? The fear and dread of man was on all the rest of God’s living creation.

Tu. 9/25/12: Job 13:20 – 21                  What was Job’s dread?

      “Only two things do not do to me,

      Then I will not hide myself from You:

      Withdraw Your hand far from me,

      And let not the dread of You make me afraid.

What was Job’s dread? Job asks that he be unafraid the dread of God. Instead of dread, or anticipating fear, Job foresaw eternal life with God.

We. 9/26/12: Romans 8:15                  What have we received?

For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, “Abba, Father.”

What have we received? Adopted into God’s family, we do not fear but anticipate eternal life in heaven.

Th. 9/27/12: Hebrews 13:6                  What are we free from?

So we may boldly say:

      “The Lord is my helper;

      I will not fear.

      What can man do to me?”

What are we free from? We are free from the dread of men.

Fr. 9/28/12: 2 Corinthians 11:3                  What was Paul’s fear?

But I fear, lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

What was Paul’s fear? Paul feared that the simplicity of the Gospel would be corrupted by complications of the law.