The Fruit of Reverence | Pastor Jason McKinnies | Purpose House Church

FEAR OF THE LORD SERIES · WEEK 3 | The Fruit of Reverence

Proverbs 14:26-27 · 19:23 · 22:4 · 8:13

I. It Produces Security

Proverbs 14:26-27

1. Proverbs 14:26-27

2. Psalm 112:1, 7-8

“The remarkable thing about fearing God is that when you fear God you fear nothing

else, whereas if you do not fear God you fear everything else.”

— Oswald Chambers

II. It Produces Contentment and Safety

Proverbs 19:23

1. Proverbs 19:23

2. Matthew 5:6 — hunger and thirst for righteousness

3. Psalm 34:9-10

4. 1 Timothy 6:6 · Philippians 4:11 — Paul on contentment

5. Hebrews 13:5 · Psalm 23:1

“Christian contentment is that sweet, inward, quiet, gracious frame of spirit, which freely submits to and delights in God’s wise and fatherly disposal in every condition.”

— Jeremiah Burroughs, The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment

III. It Produces Honor

Proverbs 22:4

1. Proverbs 22:4

2. Proverbs 15:33 · 18:12

3. 1 Peter 5:5-6

“Humility is the only soil in which the graces root; the lack of humility is the sufficient explanation of every defect and failure.”

— Andrew Murray, Humility

4. 1 Samuel 2:30 — “the Honor Principle”

5. Hebrews 11:6

6. Mark 7:27-29 — the Syrophoenician woman

IV. It Produces Moral Clarity

Proverbs 8:13

1. Proverbs 8:13

2. Psalm 97:10 · Romans 12:9

“Be killing sin, or it will be killing you.”

— John Owen, The Mortification of Sin

“What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us.”

— A. W. Tozer, The Knowledge of the Holy