Well this is the way I see it, My children have a healthy "reverence" for their Dad. They know that if they directly disobey, he will not be happy.... They also know that they can mess up and he will forgive them. Their love for him far outweighs any fear.
But they also know that he holds their little lives by a thread (that last sentence was just for the sake of drama).
So do I "fear" God? in the sense that I know that I am his child and that every breath I take depends on his grace, yes.
Am I afraid of Him? No, because I understand that He has only good things in mind for one of his favorite girls! (tic)
Even though I may not always see His Good gifts as being good, He is sovereign. He is not hiding behind a bush waiting to pounce if I mess up, He loves me and wants to guide me in the paths of righteousness-- not beat me into submission
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Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.
"You will be hated for my sake-Just remember that it should be for MY sake and not YOURS-
Do NOT act in such a way as to be offensive, and then blame it on me"
Well this is the way I see it, My children have a healthy "reverence" for their Dad. They know that if they directly disobey, he will not be happy.... They also know that they can mess up and he will forgive them. Their love for him far outweighs any fear.
But they also that he holds their little lives by a thread (that last sentence was just for the sake of drama).
So do I "fear" God? in the sense that I know that I am his child and that every breath I take depends on his grace, yes.
Am I afraid of Him? No, because I understand that He has only good things in mind for one of his favorite girls! (tic)
Even though I may not always His Good gifts as being good, He is sovereign. He is not hiding behind a bush waiting to pounce if I mess up, He loves me and wants to guide me in the paths of righteousness-- not beat me into submission
What she said!
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If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
2 Chronicles 7:14 KJV
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? Micah 6:8 KJV
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. 1 John 3:2 KJV
The fear of God is the fear of potentially of spending eternity without him and the loss of communion with HIM on a daily basis.
I politely disagree Carpenter,
My children do not live in constant fear that their Dad will kick them out, if they did, there would be very little joy in our home, and there is plenty!
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Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.
"You will be hated for my sake-Just remember that it should be for MY sake and not YOURS-
Do NOT act in such a way as to be offensive, and then blame it on me"
I've had this discussion before a couple of times, regarding whether it is possible to both fear and have an "intimate" loving relationship with God at the same time.
I've had this discussion before a couple of times, regarding whether it is possible to both fear and have an "intimate" loving relationship with God at the same time.
The fear of the Lord isn't terror.
It's the begining of all wisdom though.
In NA, there is very little fear of the Lord.
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Psalm 19:14
Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.
I've had this discussion before a couple of times, regarding whether it is possible to both fear and have an "intimate" loving relationship with God at the same time.
Analogies, when describing God always break down, but does this have to be an either-or proposition? How about C. S. Lewis' lion Aslan? You can love him but never forget he's still a lion.
__________________ "I have had a perfectly wonderful evening, but this wasn't it."
The fear of the Lord isn't terror.
It's the begining of all wisdom though.
In NA, there is very little fear of the Lord.
This is where the desensitization argument regarding television comes back to bite people... some of us have just been desensitized from fearing the Lord because that is all we heard for the first 20 years of our lives. It doesn't matter how scary something is, if you hear it every day, eventually you stop worrying about it.
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