How should we understand a proper and improper fear of God? In this week’s message, Pastor Sonny explains the tension in Exodus 20 and what Moses is trying to teach the Israelites and us today about what the law is for and how it applies to us today.
Exodus 20:18–21
18 Now when all the people saw the thunder and the flashes of lightning and the sound of the trumpet and the mountain smoking, the people were afraid and trembled, and they stood far off 19 and said to Moses, “You speak to us, and we will listen; but do not let God speak to us, lest we die.” 20 Moses said to the people, “Do not fear, for God has come to test you, that the fear of him may be before you, that you may not sin.” 21 The people stood far off, while Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was.