THE FEAR OF THE LORD IS THE BEGINING OF WISDOM

(First sermon delivered in 2017 at his Sunday School session, serampore by my son - Jaira Lalnunpuia Khiangte, who is 11 years old)

First of all, I thank God and also thank to our Sunday school teachers – for giving me this opportunity to share the words of God.

I will begin my short sharing by reading the scripture which is found in Psalm 111: 10

Now, let me read Ps 111: 10 -The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom
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According to the psalmist, beginning of the wisdom is – the fear of the Lord.

All of us will want to become a man of integrity who has the quality of being wise ( that is –wisdom). Therefore, if we want to become a wise man – we must fear the Lord.
But, how does ‘the fear of the Lord’ meant to us? OR what is the meaning of ‘the fear of the Lord’?

A number of suitable answers are provided by the scripture itself.

Ps 34: 11 says – “Come, O children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD.” Then the following verse tells us how we shall become ‘a man who fear the Lord’ –

i)    Keep your tongue from evil, 
ii)    Keep your lips from speaking deceit.
iii)    Depart from evil,
iv)    Do good; 
v)    Seek peace, and pursue it.

To conclude my short sharing, I want to mention some ‘benefit of the fear of the Lord’
The benefits of ‘the fear of the Lord’ are found in Proverbs;

i)    Prov 10:27 says - The fear of the LORD prolongs life,  but the years of the wicked will be short
ii)    In Prov 19: 23, we also see - The fear of the LORD is life indeed; filled with it one rests secure and suffers no harm.
iii)    Prov 22: 4 also tells us - The reward for humility and fear of the LORD is riches and honour and life.

May God bless us all through this short sharing.