FAITH AND FEAR GO HAND IN HAND!
" Thou standest by faith. Be not high-minded, but fear ." — Romans 11:20 [KJV] So we are called upon by the spirit of prophesy, "Behold, (give the most earnest attention, let this truth sink deep in your hearts) his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him" - Habakkuk 2:4 . Standing by faith, and living by faith, are ever opposed to pride, vain confidence, and an high conceit of our own attainments. True faith in Jesus sinks the soul in humility, works by real love to God, is accompanied with a child-like fear of offending Him, and excites to a godly jealousy over our own souls, lest we fall—fall into sin, fall away from the hope of the gospel, fall from the precious privileges of Jesus, and the comforting sense of His love. Without this, what is profession, but an empty name, talking ever so highly, but a sound of words, pretension to the greatest things, but a vain shadow, while the substance is not enjoyed? It is the glorying of believers in...