Those in front of the glassy sea, who have not worshiped the wild beast or its image or the number of its name want to know...Rev15:3
1 Cor. 4:9 ..we have become a theatrical spectacle to the world, and to angels, and to men...
2006-07-01 01:21:29 · 9 answers · asked by tina 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Psalms 11:10..the FEAR of God is the beginning of wisdom..
So what kind of fear is the bible referring to?
2006-07-01 01:35:23 · update #1
Proverbs 8:13...The FEAR of God means.... the hating of bad...
2006-07-01 02:28:34 · update #2
if we are sold out to God, we are a delight to His eyes. the world may call us fools, but God is well pleased with us!!!!
awesome reverence fear of a Almighty God who could squash us like a ant, yet loves us totally.
2006-07-01 01:27:28 · answer #1 · answered by joygpray4revival 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I will not fear God. God is love. The absence of God is frightening, not God. God is the source of creation and love and IS NOT TO BE FEARED.
That philosophy of fearing God is from centuries ago and was a tactic to pursuade people - back when church and state were one and pagans were tortured, fear and the anti feminine "crusade" created an image of Jesus that was celebate in order to better reinforce that women, the sacred feminine, and anything to do with sex was sinful.
God fearing has outstayed its welcome. God loving is in! I dont know about you but I do not glorify anything that I fear- and I do not fear that which does not threaten me. God does not threaten! Even if all that were LITERALLY true- it is only our own decisions and our own free will that we ought to fear. God would not punish those who are good.
Hell is not a place, it is an experience of being without Love, or God. Heaven is not a place, it is an experience of being without Hate or Fear- our work here is how to attain Heaven- wow- wouldn't that be beautiful. Heaven right here on Earth - then even the lions and the lamb could be together in harmony.
2006-07-01 01:36:18 · answer #2 · answered by Intuit Birth 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fear not being apprehension but a showing respect for the Father is a loving Father.
Luke 11:11 If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if [he ask] a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?
Luke 11:12 Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?
Luke 11:13 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall [your] heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
2006-07-01 01:33:58 · answer #3 · answered by NickofTyme 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why would you be afraid of your closest friend? It works like this, Once God had a beautiful idea. God found this idea so lovely so perfect that he did not want to be without it for another second. So He/She thought a part of herself to have enough individuality to see it’s self as separate as an individual, as you. God did this so that he might have you to love and so that he might have you to love him. God sees you as his perfect creation. What is there to be afraid of in that?
Forget all the shrill nonsense you have heard about a God that wants to punish anyone. This is not religion its fear, an insult to the real loving God. Ask your heart it still remembers the truth in spite of all the lies you have been told about this foolish little God of vengeance. Love and blessings. Your brother Don
2006-07-01 01:25:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-30 02:20:32 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you plargizing the Bible, you commit a crime. God does not exist.
2006-07-01 01:44:22 · answer #6 · answered by 2feEThigh 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wont fear because it (God) does not exist.
2006-07-01 01:27:40 · answer #7 · answered by Vermin 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i really dont understand the qustion im sorry i would love to help but i dont understand
2006-07-01 01:27:24 · answer #8 · answered by donielle 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not understanding your question?
2006-07-01 01:26:06 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋