The Forgotten Fear Quotes

“The first essential ingredient of the fear of God is a correct concept of God’s character.”
― Albert N. Martin, The Forgotten Fear: Where Have All the God-Fearers Gone?

“A stranger to the fear of God is a stranger to the living God Himself.”
― Albert N. Martin, The Forgotten Fear: Where Have All the God-Fearers Gone?

“Conversely, the first step into any sin, when there is a definite inducement to sin, is the eradication of our sense of the immediate presence of God. Think about it. Many of the sins we commit would be prevented or stopped by simply the presence of another human being. If you are having a spat with your wife, what happens when a fellow human being, not even necessarily a Christian, comes to the door? The presence of another person is enough to check your words, and suddenly you can become very sweet. Or you could be cheating at school and think that nobody sees you. As soon as the teacher stands over your shoulder, however, you stop. Why? Because of the presence of another person. What effect would it have on us if we had an all-pervasive sense of the presence of God? We see what it did for Joseph. It kept him from sin. God’s”
― Albert N. Martin, The Forgotten Fear: Where Have All the God-Fearers Gone?

“Once again, consider the words of John Murray relative to this point. “The fear of God in us is that frame of heart and mind which reflects our apprehension of who and what God is, and who and what God is will tolerate nothing less than totality of commitment to him.”1”
― Albert N. Martin, The Forgotten Fear: Where Have All the God-Fearers Gone?

“You can have all the facts about God—good, biblical, and Reformed truths about God. He is holy, sovereign, transcendent, immense, free, boundless, and all the rest. But unless you learn to cultivate that all-pervasive sense of His presence, it won’t make much difference in how you live”
― Albert N. Martin, The Forgotten Fear: Where Have All the God-Fearers Gone?

“Take away the soul from the body, and all you have left in a few days is a stinking carcass. Take away the fear of God from any profession of godliness, and all that is left is the stinking carcass of pharisaism, barren religiosity, or calculated hypocrisy. To”
― Albert N. Martin, The Forgotten Fear: Where Have All the God-Fearers Gone?