My response to this will be a bit long winded, sorry, not sorry.
In the Book of Malachi, the Jewish people had plenty of fear and in the 4th chapter, verse 2, the sun is capitalized and it is the Sun. The sun is a source of light and Jesus is the light, the Sun. The Sun, capitalized, is not found anywhere else in the Bible. The sun has healing rays, it's heated and when the Sun of righteousness arrives, He will have healing in His wings.
Malachi 4:2, But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
When the light of Jesus shines in your life, what is there to fear? That same light shines with healing, his light is shining within us to show us we are the righteousness of God in Christ. Knowing this, having the knowledge of this doesn't puff someone up, this knowledge is healing for your hurts and without this knowledge, you will hurt and live in fear. As we grow, fear should be driven out and we are made whole, healed.
Fear of losing relationship with God, fear of judgement, fear of illness, fear of not being good enough, fear of losing your mind does not come from God, 2 Timothy 1:7, For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
Acknowledge this, you are the righteousness of God in Christ and acknowledgment is the confession, the good confession of being the righteousness of God in Christ.
1 Timothy 6:12, Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses.
Acknowledge this, you are no longer a sinner, you are a saint, another good confession.
Ephesians 2:19, Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;
Christians confess and should be confessing all the time but is the confession a good one or is the confession with an Old Covenant mentality, confessing sins which New Covenant believers need not confess because you should have the knowledge that sin was dealt with 2000 years ago at the Cross but is there an understanding of that knowledge?
Micah 7:19, He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
Hebrews 8:12, And I will forgive their wickedness, and I will never again remember their sins."
what does 4th chapter, verse 2, got to do with God declaring His right to be feared and honored. God said it I didn't but you've got a lot to say otherwise, correct?
though you probably don't see it but your are trying to replace God's entitlement to fear and honor with your entitlement to not do so, correct?
to speak freely before the Lord that He would hear you is by His permission, according to His Way, not by your entitlement to be heard, or healed.
Isa_57:15 For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name
is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy
place, with him also
that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
the OT is not obsolete, it is fulfilled in Christ Jesus, not in you or me. but if one receives the Life if Christ then the fulfillment should of the same is the possess, one Life replacing the other. but make no mistake Paul will tell you that the Justification of your existence is Jesus Christ.
lets reiterate what Paul says
Rom 3:29
Is he the God of the Jews only?
is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also: 30 Seeing
it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith. 31
Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.
and as far as fear lets just see Paul instructions on that:
Eph_6:5 Servants, be obedient to them that are
your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart,
as unto Christ;
Php_2:12 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence,
work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
just because you maybe the result of God's work through His Son is His Righteousness via everything God does is Righteous doesn't make you righteous. God's work is Righteous, to restore you into His Righteousness, but no man other than the Son of God was ever righteous unless God's Word declared Him righteous and God's Word will be fulfilled and any man becomes righteous because of God's Word.
Rom_4:3 For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and
it was counted unto him for righteousness.
Rom_4:6 Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom
God imputeth righteousness without works,
it is the Presence of God with a man that makes the man dwell in the Righteousness of God.
Rom_5:18 Therefore as by the offence of one
judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one
the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life.
and again on fear:
and these are not words addressed to those who think themselves entitled:
Mat_5:3 Blessed
are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Mat_5:4 Blessed
are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
Mat_5:5 Blessed
are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
