Fear of Man Destroyed by Trust in God
ijhcro. tm. 25. — “$l)e fear of man brtngett) a snau: bat wljoso puttctl) l)is trust in ttye Curb 0h,all be 0afe.”
We have here a double proverb; each half is true by itself; and, put together, the whole is forcible and full of teaching. He who fears man is in great danger from that very fact; he who trusts in the Lord is in no danger of any sort; trusting in the Lord is the great antidote against the fear of man.
I. HBRH is A VERY COMMON EVIL. “The fear of man bnngeth a snare.”
1. It is thought by some to be a good; but it is in the best
instance doubtful. Even virtue followed through dread of a fellow- creature loses half its beaaty, if not more.
2. It leads men into great sins at times, snaring them, and
holding them like birds taken by a fowler. Aaron yielded to popular clamor and made the calf. Saul cared more to be honored among the people than to please the Lord. Pilate feared that a charge would reach Caesar, and so he violated his conscience. Peter denied his Master for fear of a silly maid.
8. It keeps many from conversion; their companions would ridicule, their friends would be annoyed, they might be persecuted, and so they are numbered with the “fearful and unbelieving.”
4, It prevents others avowing their faith. They try to go to heaven through a back door. Remember — ‘With the mouth confession ia made unto sahration.” Rom. x. 10.
5. It lowers the dignity of good men. Darid was a poor
creature before Achish, and even Father Abraham
made but a poor figure when he denied his wife.
6. It holds some believers in equivocal positions. Illustrations are far too abundant. Men fail to carry out their principles for fear of men.
7. It hampers the usefulness of very many; they dare not
speak, or iead the way, though their efforts are greatly needed.
8. It hinders many in duties which require courage. Jonah
will not go to Nineveh because he may be thought a false prophet if God forgives that city. Galatian preachers went aside to false doctrine to be considered wise, etc.
9. It is the cause of weakness in the church. It is cowardly,
shameful, dishonorable to Jesus, idolatrous, sc,!ish, foolish. It should not be allowed by any man in his own case.
II. HERK is A VERY PRECIOUS SAFEGUARD. “Whoso putteth his trust in the Lord shall be safe.”
Not slavish fear of man, but childlike trust in the Lord
will be the protection of the believer.
1. The truster is safe from fear of man.
God is with us, therefore we are strong, and need not fear.
We are determined, and will not fenr.
We pray, and lose our fear.
We prepare for the worst, and fear rani she*.
S. The truster is safe from the result of man’s anger.
It often never comes. God restrains the persecutor. The loss which it inflicts if it does come is lees than that which would be caused by cowardice.
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LXIV. PEAR OF Matt DESTROYED BY TRUST IK GOD. 297
After all, what is there to fear? What can man do unto us? God being with us, our safety is perfect, continuous, eternal, even though the whole human race should besiege us.
III. HIKK is A VERY GLORIOUS DOCTRINE. We may take in
the widest sense the doctrine of the second sentence, ‘Whoso putteth his trust in the Lord shall be safe:”
From the damning and conquering power of sin.
From the overcoming force of temptation.
From the deadening effect of sorrow.
From the destroying force of Satan.
From death, and hell, and every evil.
From all injury which men can inflict. IVill you fear a worm, or trust your God? Break the snare in which fear has entangled you. Enter the palace of safety by the door of trust.
WARNINGS.
The °oul that cannot entirely trust God, whether man be pleased or displeased, can never long be true to him; for while you ar» eyeing man you are losing God, and stabbing religion at the very heart. — Manton.
“Fear of man.’” Grim idol — bloody-mouthed — many souls he has devoured and trampled down into hell! His eyes are full of hatred to Christ’s disciples. Scoffs and jeers lurk in his face. The laugh of the scorner growls in his throat. Cast down this idol. This keeps some of you from secret prayer, from worshipping God in your family, from going to lay your case before ministers, from openly confessing Christ. You that have felt God’s love and Spirit dash this idol to pieces. Who art thou, that thou should’st be afraid of a man that shall die? “Fear not, thou worm, Jacob.” “What have I to do anv more with idols J” — Af Ckeyne.
The difficulties attending an open confession of Christ are the occasion of multitudes making shipwreck of their souls. In many hopeful characters, that Scripture, “the fear of man bringeth a snare,” is verified. Cato and the philosophers of Rome honored the gods of their country though unbelievers in the superstitions of their country. Plato was convinced of the unity of God, but durst not own his convictions, but said, “It was a truth, neither easy to find nor safe to own.” Even Seneca, the renowned moralist, was forced by temptation to dissemble his convictions, of whom Augustus said, “He worshipped what himself reprehended, and did what himself reproved.” At the interruption which was given to the progress of the Reformation by the return of the Papists to power, some, as they went to mass, would exclaim, “Let us go to the common error.” Thus, conviction is not conversion where there is no confession of Christ. — Salter.
One fire puts out another. Nothing so effectually kills the fear of man as abundance of the fear of God. Faith is an armor to the soul, and, clothed with it, men enter the thick of the battle without fear of wounds. Fear of man deadens conscience, distracts meditation, hinders holy activity, stops the mouth of testimony, and paralyzes the Christian’s power. L, is a cunning snare which some do not perceive, though they are already taken in it.
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