七he fear of七he Lord in our lives.ι
Firs七， a brief Greek word study of
伊 β J
os will give us an insight in七o our s七udy. Then，
an exegesis of NewTes七amen七 passages on七hefear of七heLord will follow. No a七もemp七 will be made 七o exegete each New Testamen七 passage of scripもure on七hesubjec七. Only七he passages which are se七 for七h clearly and expliciもly，and only七hemore imporもanも
are七o be used. Las七， we shall see wha七 influenceもhefear of七heLord had in七he early church.
工工.
PHOBOS: A GREEK WORD‑STUDY，
，
，
The Greek noun ( t
oβ07 has
七he roo
もmeaning of fear.
工 七 has a varied defini
もion. (工) A panic fear: causing fear，
regarded wi 七h fear，七ha
もwhich causes fligh 七 ， dread，七 error，
七ha七 which arouses fear， feeling fear， be seized wi七h fear，
be affrigh 七ed， caused by fear，七 roubled，be alarmed at a 七hing，fear les七 a 七hingwill be， fear to do， and be afraid of doing. (2) A reveren
もial fear: awe and reverence
もoward a divine being ， respec
七 もoward God and Chris
七as a con
もrol‑
ling mo七ive of life， in ma乞乞ers of spiri七ualand moral， no七
a mere fear of His power and righ七eousre七ribution
，
but a wholesome dread of displeasing Him，
a fear which banishes七he4Richard Chenevix Trench， Synonyms of七heNew Tes七a‑
men七 (London: Macmillan and Company，工88d)‑，p.τ23
ア一一一
17 disposition and a七七iもude.5
工
n c1assica1 Greek， 伊
df30Shas七hreemain meanings:(1 )工n Homer， i七 near1y a1ways means panic or f1ighも，七he running away， or f1eeing panic‑s七rickenfrom もhe ba七t1e. 工も
is opposi七e
b T r 吃 ; ( . . L . . ι
tJ'W，
which meansもo stand fas七 andto endure. The word has in i七七haも fai1ureof nerve which makes a man七ake七o his hee1s and f1ee. (2) More genera11y in山 S山 a1 Greek
，
μβ0.$ means fear in七hewide抗 sense of七heterm. 工も is the opposiもe of
e ム p
<rc>$， which means cour‑age. (3) Last1y
， 十
Jβd5 means awe or reverence for some exa1七edru1er and especial1y for some diviniもy or some god.工
t is七he fee1ing which a man experiences in the presence of someone who is infinite1y his superior.6千戸
"5is仙 抗 is So!附 imes known as "a midd1e word."The word i七se1f is neu七ral. A~cording toもheway in which i七 isused and the con七exも inwhich iも occurs，iも canhave ei七hera good or a bad meaning. 工も can describe someもhing
5The fo11owing works were consulもed: G. Abbo七七‑Smiもh
，
A Manua1 Greek Lexicon of七heNew Tes乞amen乞 (Edinburgh: T.
and
寸
7で
l石官‑，1950)， p.47玄 ; ‑ w
立Ii剖 F. Arndt and F. Wilbur Gingrich，
A Greek‑Anglish Lexicon ofもheNew Tes七amen七 and位 h
笠h 士立さ宣言主託
ian Li七eraもure(官 官
i百
go: The University of Chicago Press，工952)，p. 87工; Henry George Liddell and RoberもSco七七， A Greek‑盈19lish‑Lexicon (Oxford: The C1arendon Press.
1953) :石.寸寛吉;‑‑J. ‑B.‑‑‑Smftli; ‑Greek四 Eng1ishConcordance七o
凶
e New目 白amer
出 (Scot七dale: Her証言下ress ，
1955)，
p. 367;官 ‑ ;
Eア
マ 主 百
e，
An Expository Dictionary of Newl '
estame出
Words‑(Wesトwood:
訂
emingH. Reve工
1 Company‑， 19受)， p.8 ι . 一一‑
6 w
il1iam Barc1ay， A
New 1estamen七 Wordbook (New York:Harper and Broもhers，工9う7了，
τ : ‑
92.18 which is praisewor七hyand usefu1
，
or evi1 and con七emptib1e.工七 can be charac七eris七ic ei七her of 七he七ru1yre1igious man
，
or七he coward.7
告ら
β~S occurs some fiftyもimes inもhe Synopもic Gospels and七he Book of Ac七s. 工n each ins七ance，
i七 isused inもhe sense of spiri七ualfear.工 芯
describes 七hefee1ing in a man's heart when he is confronted wi七h divine power in acもion. 工七describes the feeling of a man when he finds himse1f faceもo face wi七h something ou七side
，
beyond and different from him‑se1f
，
some七hingwhich he canno七 unders七and.曇 ら φ@
会 is used of七hereac七ion of the peop1e afterもhe hea1ing of もhe para1ysed man (Luke 5:26).
工 む
is used af七er七heraising of the widow's son a七 Nain (Luke 7:16)，
af七er七hehealing of七he Gerasene demoniac (Luke 8:37) and of Zacharias when he saw七heange1 of the Lord besideむhe al七ar (Luke 1:12). 工も was used by七hediscip1es when七hey saw Jesus wa1king on 七hewa七er (Maももhew1
ん
:26) and when HeS七i11edthe s七orm (Mark い は ). 日 wasused of the shepherds when 七heyheard the song of the ange1s (Luke 2:9). 工も was used ofもhe guards a七 七heもombwhenもheange1 ro11ed七he s七oneaway (Maも七hew28:ι)
，
and of七hewomen as 七heywen七home af七er seeing七he empもy七omb (Ma七七hew28: 8) •
工n Ac七s
，
;oβ05 was used ofもhereac七ion of七he peop1e 7工
bid.工
9 afもer七hedeath of Ananias and Sapphira (Acもs 5: 5，
11).工 芯
was used of七hefee1ing in men's minds whenもhey saw the sign and wonders and fe1t乞hepower inもhe ear1y Church(Acts 2:ω. The church wa1ked in七heμβ
中
of乞heLord (Ac七s 9:3工) . 8
が
β05 is one of 七he grea七 words in 七heNew Tes七凶同a卸 附lThere can be no re1igion a七 a11 wi乞houi芯ユ もheawe of 七he crea七urein七hepresence of七heCrea七or. The fee1ing of reverence andもheawareness of God is七he dynamic ofもhe Christian 1ife
，
andもhemainspring of七he Christian effor色.Fear gives mo色ivaもionもo a who1esome conduct and behavior七O
God as a son of God.9
工 工
1. THE FEAR OF THE LORD ACCORD工
NGTO CHRISTA. Chris七 andもhe Fa七her. Chris七 ca11edGod His Heaven1y Fa七her.10 For Chris七， God七heFa七herwas七he
Crea七or of七heuniverse， even though Chrisむ participa七edin
̲̲̲̲̲ 11
七he even七. T h eFaもherhood of God was七hefounda包ion of七he Gospe1 of Chris七. God wasもhesus七ainer of七hiswor1d. He cared for a11 crea七ion. Man had been given every七hing七ha七
8
主主昼.，
p. 93・
9Ibid.
l~a乞もhew 18:35; 26:39 ff. and 0七hers.
11Genesis 1:1; John 1:1‑5.
20 he cou1d wanむ andevery七hinghe cou1d need.12
God was an ever presenも God. God
，
inもheOld Tes七a田 men七， had re七reaもedintoもhefar off dis七ance. Consequenも1y，He was no七七00 accessib1e. Through七he 1ife of Jesus， God again became a God a乞 hand. God no 10nger 100ked down upon man bu七 wa1ked a1ong‑side of him.13 The God of Jesus was a God of 10ve.1ι This 10ve of God expressed itse1f in mercy and forgiveness to man. Jesus' ca11七o repenもance opened
七hewayもo persona1 repen七ance and七he recep七ionof God's 10ve七hroughforgiveness of sin. God's 10ve resu1七s in七he New Birもh in every be1iever.
工
5God was One who made demands. He demanded decision and response. A decision of七rus七 in God and dependence upon Him andもheresponse in service are both a1ike demanded of man. No 10nger did God cen七erHis demands of man's mora1 behavior inもheLaw
，
buも inthe New Covenant instituもed七hrough Chris七. Man was now七o 1earn his Chrisもianbehavior in direc七 encoun七erswi七h his neighbors. 16
七rans.