Text: Proverbs 29:25
Topic: The fear of man and trust in God
Preacher: Pastor S.O Oladele President CAC Nigeria and oversea
Message preached in a series 1-4, available on cacnews youtube
Our father in the Lord, the president of our church said clearly the verse of focus has two important points/proverb i.e “the fear of man brings snare” and “the trust in God bring safety/salvation”
25 The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe.
He went further to say that the only cure/antidote to the dangers that any man can pose is to trust in God
He said fear is natural for human being, he further affirmed that sometimes our prayers are just expressions/verbalisation of our fear, raising and underscoring the powers of evil/man against the clear injunction in the scriptures “fear not”.
He said that studies have shown that most of the things we fear do not eventually come to reality.
He however clarified severally that not fearing man doesn’t at any time mean being rude,disrespectful or arrogant that one of the show/signpost of being a Christain is being respectful.
He said that any principle/philosophy or ideology that makes you fear man is not from/of God.
How the bible typifies man:
l Mortal
l Vapour
l Worm
l Flower
l Dust
l Sand
Are these the attributes of who/what to be feared?
The fear of man is a common evil and will lead to greater Sins.
Some bible characters that feared man and sinned against God:
l Aaron - the golden calf
l Saul-he feared that people were leaving him and also the enemy was encroaching.
l Pilate declaring Jesus innocent still condemning Him because of Ceasar
l Pete denying Him as prophesied because of a young lad.
Those who didn’t fear man but stood for God
l The three hebrews
l Peter and John after they had received the Holy Spirit.
He said golden calves are still being presented today for people to bow to out of fear we must never succumb.
Prayer
God help us to really trust in you no matter what is happening or has happened around.
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