Do you fear God?

Question

At one stage in my life I found the term 'fear' strange because I knew him as my loving Father. But I've also learned that he is to be respected. When I read some of the postings on this site I do indeed grow cold with fear for the sake of the people who are so totally reckless.

I found this in my Bible last night:
31It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

But also:
22Be merciful to those who doubt; 23snatch others from the fire and save them; to others show mercy, mixed with fear.

And:
God our saviour, 4who wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth.

24To him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy— 25to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord!

If you don't believe, shouldn't you at least look into the possibility that all this is true?

What do you think?

Answer 1

not scared of a god, only fear of worms. Do believe in a god, don't have one at the moment. Make sense? kinda.

Answer 2

thats true. i fear God. because if not i will burn at hell. God is.

Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:

The Acts 10:34

God seek the belivers

But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshipers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.

John 4:23

God Likes Us all To be saved

Answer 3

What is to fear?

Scenario 1: There is no God. Nothing exists after death so I will not exist... so... It won't matter to me... Because I won't be anywhere.

Scenario 2: There is a God. I am judged worthy and I go to heaven. All is right with the universe.

Scenario 3: There is a God. I am judged unworthy and will go to hell. I will accept my punishment responsibly, knowing I deserve the subsequent torment. All is still right with the universe.

Answer 4

I didn't understand the meaning until I spent time in the Word. Like Ida points out, it is the beginning of wisdom. We need to remember that the personal God we can have a relationship with because of Christ is also the mighty Elohim.

Answer 5

I think that all is truth that we should fear God but respect him at the same time and know that God want what best for us all without God we are nothing and our enemies will come in all kind of forces I know,right now I am being attrack by many enemies but I know there is a light

Answer 6

Fearing God is the beginning of wisdom

Funny, people fear the wind at high speed which is invisible and can't be physically handled. They only see the evidence that it exist by movement in the trees or the feel of it against your face.

That is how some see God!

Amen

Answer 7

Only the enemies of God fear God.........................................
Who ever tells anyone to fear God, is a complete Idiot..............

Here's how to establish Your Relationship and defeat fear:

Create a private, personal, direct, divine Relationship with Our Creator and save your Soul from religion.

Only with Our Creator's Love and Peace will we be Truly Free!

Love and Believe in Our Creator;
Love and Believe in Yourself.

"religion is Spiritual fraud"; "religion is the Worse invention of humanity" - Jesus Christ, Buddha and any other being with Spiritual intelligence.

Without God, there is No Love; Without religion, there are No Wars!

Answer 8

I gaze into the glassy eye of your fearsome Jehovah and pluck his beard. I uplift a broad axe and open his worm eaten skull. ~ Anton LaVey.

Though I'm not a Satanist [well, religiously, philosophically I am] this quote is useful.

I do not fear your gawd, and never will.

I have my own Gods, and none of them are as immature, or pompous as yours. Yes, mine have a bloody history too, but your gawd is a demon; evil to it's core.

Answer 9

I refuse to live a life based on fear. I would be a hypocrite if I pretended to believe in something I know is not true.

Answer 10

Our father in heaven is also like our human father or vice versa. We were created in his own image anyway. If I do bad in Gods eyes,I expect he will correct me for it. This would be fear as if I knew my dad here on earth was going to get on me for something I did.And when God chastises me,I understand. It doesn't make it hurt any less.