should we fear god?

Question

i thought he was nice?

Answer 1

He stole my lunch money.

Answer 2

The concept of fearing God is not what we as humans think it is. The fear we know had nothing to do with fearing God. Fearing God means you have high respect for Him.

Answer 3

You should be afraid to rebel against the Almighty God of Heaven and disobey his commands.

Hebrews 10:26 For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more sacrifice for sins, 27 but a certain fearful looking for judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries. 28 He who despised Moses' Law died without mercy on the word of two or three witnesses. 29 Of how much worse punishment, do you suppose, will he be thought worthy of punishment, the one who has trampled the Son of God, and who has counted the blood of the covenant with which he was sanctified an unholy thing, and has insulted the Spirit of grace? 30 For we know Him who has said, "Vengeance belongs to Me, I will repay, says the Lord." And again, "The Lord shall judge His people." 31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

The Lord is good and his mercy endures forever, but He isn't some senile old grandfather who is sitting in his rocking chair with drool coming out the side of his mouth grinning at all of the people who are sinning as if He doesn't know or care.

Galatians 6:7 Do not be deceived, God is not mocked. For whatever a man sows, that he also will reap. 8 For he sowing to his flesh will reap corruption from the flesh. But he sowing to the Spirit will reap life everlasting from the Spirit.

Answer 4

A lot of people say this, but what this means is the same way you fear your earthly father that if you get caught doing something wrong, you will be punished this is the way we should fear GOD when we do not keep HIS commandments.

Answer 5

Absolutely.

There are two basic kinds of motivation, Fear and Desire. Everything you do is either fear motivated or desire motivated.

Everyone is motivated by one these two at some time or other and everyone is predominantly motivated by one of these two.

If a person is primarily FEAR motivated you will hear a lot about what they do not want, I don't want this, I don't believe in that, essentially the motivation is negative.

If a person is primarily DESIRE motivated you will hear a lot about what the person would like, "I believe in this", "I want this".

If you Fear only God and you Desire only God you cannot be manipulated to stray from the path.

If you fear other things besides God or you desire something besides God you will always be pulled away from God.

Answer 6

Yes, and it isn't just reverential as some would have you believe. Luke 12:5 says: "But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him." God isn't nice, that word isn't in the bible. God is good. And he expects no less from us.

Answer 7

The KJV of the Bible, is a Translation.

Jesus is Still in there!
And Yes, this is where you can get Confused abit when it comes to UnderStanding the Words in the KJV of the Bible.
I used to use an Amplified Bible to UnderStand the Words in the King James Bible.

The word "fear" can mean two things depending on where it is used.

To Fear GOD means to have Reverance in the Highest Esteem.

At other Places in the Bible, it means to be Scared.

Answer 8

God is a very loving and merciful God, but He is also a just God who hates sin. Yes we should fear His judgement.

Answer 9

Ecclesiastes 12 : 13

Answer 10

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. It's a
reverential fear.

Answer 11

Hi:

I believe that God is nice and good but not in the way people define good. I perceive God to be a positive being, non-violent, and loving toward all beings. According to what I've learned, to fear God means to respect it.

Also, I do not believe God wants to be feared (in the sense you're using the word) but I do believe there are other (negative) forces in the universe who prefer that people be frightened of God in order to keep us separate from God. Thus preventing us from knowing God which keeps us from knowing ourselves fully.

There are religious people will paint God as this being who sits around and waits for people to make mistakes so "he" can punish them, and I'm not criticizing them because I was raised in the Muslim faith, and was taught the same things. I had to change my thinking by searching for myself to learn who God is to me. I just believe religion has skewed who God is. For example, Islam teaches that the prayers of a sinner don't even reach God's "ears", but I believe that's when God is the most attentive. There are people who think that God is like human beings, but God does not turn away from anyone in their time of need though they may have committed a wrong.

I don't know if you fear God or just questioning if you should, but consider the words of someone who once was afraid of God--I am no longer afraid. And I don't think you need to be but that's a choice you have to make.

My suggestion is not to let religion shape your views of who God is and what your relationship ought to be with God. I had to turn away from religion, I found it divided me from my faith in God. Ruining the relationship I was raised to have with it (I say it because God is a spirit and it cannot be defined by terms such as he or she). My relationship with God was renewed and changed when I searched on my own to find out who God is, instead of allowing my Muslim father or my Christian relatives to define it for me.

I have and still strive to learn as much as I can and I hope you do the same. I've read texts from different faiths during my lifetime. You'll find that some of the information is implausible, but you will have to decide what to believe and what you will not accept as truth. I can only say read with an open and discerning mind, and pray on any information you don't understand or need to confirm whether it's truth.

I don't know if you pray but you can ask God yourself who it is and I believe God will reveal itself to you.

Peace be with you