Asking for Trouble: Contempt for the Sacred
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Word from the Pastor: The fear of God is a handmaid of love for God.
Text: 1 Samuel 2:12-36
- What does the expression “the fear of God” mean? See Proverbs 8:13. What does it not mean that people sometimes think it means?
- Explain how the fear of God works hand in glove with love for God?
- What is a defining spiritual attitude of the non-believer? See Romans 3:18
- What is one major symptom of this lack of fear of God that we see on display in this narrative in the behavior of Eli’s wicked sons?
- What are some examples of this mindset we can easily observe in our contemporary culture?
- What is a very appropriate tagline to soberly remind ourselves of here? See 1 Samuel 2:30 and Leviticus 10.3.