Fear, Godly.

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DESCRIBED AS
MOTIVES TO
NECESSARY TO
THOSE WHO HAVE
Afford pleasure to God. Psa. 147:
SHOULD BE
Exhibited in our callings. Col. 3:
Exemplified. Abraham Gen. 22:1212And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me. (Genesis 22:12). Joseph, Gen. 39:99There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God? (Genesis 39:9) Gen. 42:1818And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God: (Genesis 42:18). Obadiah, 1 Kin. 18:12. Nehemiah, Neh. 5:1515But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God. (Nehemiah 5:15). Job, Job 1:11There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil. (Job 1:1). 8. Primitive Christians, Acts 9:3131Then had the churches rest throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied. (Acts 9:31). Cornelius, Acts 10:22A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway. (Acts 10:2). Noah, Heb. 11:77By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith. (Hebrews 11:7).