On Friday of the Fourth Week of Lent: A Teaching of Saint John Chrysostom on the Fear of God Listen, my brethren: above all, have the fear of God in your hearts. For if a man acquires the fear of God in his heart, he can be lifted away from all evil. Be diligent and…
On Monday of the Second Week of the Fast: A Sermon of Saint Cyril the Monk on the Fear of God Beloved brethren and sisters, have ever before your eyes the fear of God, and remember the hour of death and those dreadful torments prepared for sinners. Let us fear the kinship of fire, for…
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, says Scripture (Proverbs 1:7). But the only truly wise one is God. Therefore, anyone who desires to enter the kingdom of heaven and live under God as King—so that his mind, thoughts, and reflections may be directed by God Himself, the one and only true…
Saint John says in his Catholic Epistles: “Perfect love casteth out fear” (1 John 4:18). What does the holy Apostle wish to tell us by this? Of what love does he speak to us, and of what fear? For the prophet David says in the Psalm: “O fear the Lord, all ye His saints” (Psalm…
The fear of God, or the fear of the Lord, is described by the wise King Solomon as the beginning of wisdom. However, there seems to be a visible contradiction when comparing this idea with the teaching of the holy apostles on fear. St. John the Theologian writes in his First Epistle: “There is no…