Sermonette: Fearing God at the Feast

Sermonette: Fearing God at the Feast

Celebrating God’s Faithfulness
#682s
David C. Grabbe
Given 28-Aug-04; 15 minutes

listen:

description: (hide) David Grabbe, continuing on the theme of necessity to fear God in order not to fear man, ties the theme of fearing God to the proper observance of Feast of Tabernacles. Fear of God appears in: (1) the practice of tithing (depending upon the faithfulness and providence of God), (2) living in temporary dwellings ( depicting God’s faithfulness and providence in temporary situations- representing metaphorically our entire life) (3) the command to rejoice (distinguishing God’ feasts from the world’s self-indulgent celebrations), and (4) fearing God because He is faithful (in giving blessings and calamity-if needed —for course correction) In short, the entire Feast of Tabernacles is a celebration of God’s faithfulness.