You see so many quotes about devout christians being said to be 'God fearing', why should they fear someone they love?
It seems a very odd concept to me, if i feared someone i certainly wouldnt love and worship them.
2006-09-27 20:48:28 · 44 answers · asked by poli_b2001 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
So really its false love and worship out of fear. Sort of like pandering up to a bully because they are afraid of whats going to happen if they dont. Doesn't make sense to me, they should stand up to him lol
2006-09-27 20:57:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The word 'fear' in the Bible meant a combination of the following-love/respect/honour/obey/worship/prepare a way for. So if a Christian 'fears' God they are doing these positive things. Fear & afraid are not the same in this context.
2006-09-27 21:49:21 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't fear God. I love and worship him and he loves me and you too. There might be some preachers who want to preach that we should fear God. If those followers of God fearing preachers want to live with fear, then I guess that's there right. I'm not living in fear. I wonder why certain types of people like to dwell on this type of question over and over and over and over again. Seems you have the problem.
2006-09-27 21:01:52 · answer #3 · answered by DeeJay 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The question you have put on this program is rhetorically speaking matter. Don't question God! Christians understand the meanings of such words. Dare and abusing the Sanctity and Holiness of God! Christians belief that God know their hearts.
We Christians are actually scared of losing God, and not scared of the Almighty Spirit.
2006-09-27 21:37:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
some are scared to god until they reach the age of 6 , some 10 and some 16 , 18 and some 25 ... finally some 32 and ....40 finally 55 ... 60 . . .70 . .. some until there death. It depend on ur education and thinking outside the box capability.
2006-09-27 20:53:59 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
We are not scared of God. We fear him. Imagine your Dad is 8 feet tall and can lift cars. Would you not find that awesome? Especially if he was the most gentle and loving man you knew. All that strength and power, but all that love as well. That is what fear is in this context. An understanding that God could wipe us out with a word, and, because of our disloyalty, would be perfectly justified in doing so. However, he is loving and merciful. As Jesus Christ he even allowed himself to be punished for all we have done wrong so we wouldn't have to suffer. I imagine his heart breaks for every person who rejects this and has to be punished not only for their wrongdoing, but for the fact they allowed Jesus's punishment on their behalf to be for nothing.
2006-09-27 22:44:36 · answer #6 · answered by waycyber 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This fear originates from awe, love, hope for forgiveness for our transgressions , our imperfections .( Which is the mere fact of being human). Since God is perfect and we are not it is a reasonable feeling to fear our creator and aspire to be forgiven and be with him when our trip is over on earth.
This fear is very healthy and without it chaos would be universal ......imagine for a moment a world with no fear from God or a super power ......chaos , destruction , would be rampant .This fear is hopeful for unalterable justice .
The mills of God grind slowly
They grind exceeding small
Though with Patience He stands waiting
With exactness grinds He all
Can you imagine nothingness after our trip on earth ????!!!
2006-09-27 21:29:30 · answer #7 · answered by peter 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God Fearing just mean's that if you truly Love God with all your heart , you will have a healthy fear of displeasing him in any way. Its the same way in a family. We would never want to do anything to hurt our father or mother or siblings, neighbors etc. This is very Healthy fear. Not something that we should be afraid to feel towards our Loveing Creater.
2006-09-27 20:52:36 · answer #8 · answered by Windwispers 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
God is a cocept created by man in order to comprehend what he doesn't have any clue about - like natural-calamities, broken relationships, death, etc. Fearing is a natural tendency of unwise. Everyone, irrespective, wants to live with self-confidence - and doesn't want to live under the shadow of any fear. The basis of fearlessness is self-confidence - which comes by understanding the order of existence. Order of existence is co-existence.
2006-09-27 21:20:32 · answer #9 · answered by Rakesh Gupta 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I love my earthly Dad very much. But, growing up I had a healthy fear that if I did something that was bad, whether I understand or not, I was going to be corrected. It was for my own. That is a healthy fear. Not a scary fear.
2006-09-27 20:54:39 · answer #10 · answered by otblikethee 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋