Fear of God

Fearless

Imagine Your Life Without Fear

Max Lucado

The One Healthy Fear  – fear of God

Matthew 17:1-8

• Why do you suppose Jesus wanted his three closest disciples to see him transfigured just before his death?
• How can fear be both healthy and holy? From where does this kind of fear come? What did Jesus mean when he told the disciples not to be afraid?

1 Timothy 6:13-16

• What does it mean to you that God dwells in unapproachable light?
• What impression do you suppose verses 15-16 are designed to have upon our minds? What kind of fear does this image generate and for what reason?

2 Peter 1:16-19

• What impression did the Transfiguration make on Peter
• What application does Peter make in verse 19? How can his guidance lead us into a holy, healthy, helpful fear?

Battling Fear: This week

Carefully study and compare the four major accounts of the

Transfiguration found in the Bible: Matthew 17:1-8; Mark 9:2-8;

Luke 9:28-36; 2 Peter 1:16-18. Make a list of the story elements

you find there. Then take time to ponder not only the event of the

Transfiguration but how it affected Peter, James and John. And

keep in mind the following statement from Max: “Stare long and

longingly at the Bonfire, the Holy One, the Highest One, the Only

One. As you do, all your fears, save the fear of Christ himself, will

melt like ice cubes on a summer sidewalk.”