Author	Thread: I don't get the "fear" God thing....
Admin	I don't get the "fear" God thing.... Posted : 6 Sep, 2009 04:51 PM Today I was down so I read the book of Job. Somehow I thought that his suffering would inspire me. I lost my job recently, this economy is frightening, and I thought "I'll read Job, I will find strength." But the whole "fear" thing is beyond me. I LOVE God with all my heart. I owe everything I am to Him. I know that with my faith in Him He will show me the true path and what He has meant for me. I don't fear. I don't get it. Any thoughts? Am I bad for not fearing God? Post Reply
Linnie41 View Profile History	I don't get the "fear" God thing.... Posted : 6 Sep, 2009 06:32 PM You're right, we shouldn't fear God. And when the Bible speaks of a believer's fear of God, it's not always talking about the "be scared" type of fear. It's speaking of having reverence and awe for God. Look at Hebrews 12:28-29: �Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire." Basically, fearing God means we have such respect for him that it impacts the way we live. Fear of God is respect, obedience, reverence and awe. Of course, we should fear His judgment on sin, but remember that He's our Father. On earth, we may fear our parents if we are disobedient, because there will be repercussions for our actions. It's the same with God - it doesn't mean he doesn't love us anymore, it means we've been bad - just like a little kid. He doesn't correct us to be mean, He does it out of love to bring us back to the right path - just like a parent. Hope this helps. Post Reply
View Profile History	I don't get the "fear" God thing.... Posted : 7 Sep, 2009 05:14 AM Awesome! Thank you for the great answer! Post Reply
View Profile History	I don't get the "fear" God thing.... Posted : 7 Sep, 2009 11:13 AM That was a fabulous answer. And the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom... so glorify Him always and be blessed. Post Reply
View Profile History	I don't get the "fear" God thing.... Posted : 7 Sep, 2009 11:28 AM I guess my definition of fear is different. I envision it like a child shaking in fear of the monster in the closet. I could just never wrap my mind around fearing God like that. He certainly isn't a monster in my closet! Post Reply
View Profile History	I don't get the "fear" God thing.... Posted : 7 Sep, 2009 11:39 AM There have been some real good answers. To put it more into a todays perspective, the fear would be more of a deep respect. If you could or would picture some one u have deep respect for, when u met up withthem, because of ur respect for that person u would not greet them with a " Yo Dog, waz up?" It is that deep respect that U show towards God in all things. Smiles, Post Reply
View Profile History	I don't get the "fear" God thing.... Posted : 7 Sep, 2009 01:23 PM That wasn't just Smiles--- that made me laugh! Yo.... Post Reply
ian777 View Profile History	I don't get the "fear" God thing.... Posted : 8 Sep, 2009 05:41 AM It's a good question; I have an unusual perspective I give in my talks. You see, I'm a robotics engineer by trade. I've been building robots since before I was a teenager. So I relate being a creator to building my robots; as it says in Revelations, "all things were created for His pleasure." It pleases a creator to create - it's fun. So now envision if you will, that I create a whole wack of robots. Their job is to do nothing but build other robots. So if a robot comes off the assembly line missing a bolt, and it's arm doesn't work, does that mean the assembly line had no creator? Of course not - and so the arguments of the atheists saying that sickness and disease proves there is no God is just as bogus. But now I even give these robots free will. Imagine the pandemonium this would wreak on the assembly line; the actions of one robot (who decides to do differently than what I instructed him to do) affects ALL of the other robots, the environment, and the production on the production line. Now I, as the creator, can simply step in and clean up the mess, if this robot turns from its ways and does what I told it to in the first place. In such fashion, our Creator God can (and does) occasionally step in to clean up the consequences of our free will - but usually he just calls upon us to change our ways, obey Him, and clean up the mess we made, or live with the consequences. So now, with my robots, these are MY robots - I can do anything I want with them or to them, they're MINE. I own them. It does not make me an "evil" creator if I go and dismantle ("kill") one of MY robots - I created it, it belongs to me, I can do whatever I want. Or, if I instruct one robot to go dismantle another one, does that make me an evil creator? Nope - they're my robots, I can do whatever I want, and thus the atheists' arguments that God is an evil God for instructing the Jews to go and slaughter entire cities is also bogus. However, if one of my robots, of its own accord, goes and destroys another of my robots, it is my very right to do something about that, and to destroy that robot, should I so choose. But I don't like dismantling my robots - each one has a very special place to me; each one is unique. Consider that a crude form of "love" - the Father's love for us is much greater. But put yourself in my shoes for a second: Those robots should fear me. It is *nothing* for me to destroy them in the twinkling of an eye - I built them, I can shut them down permanently with the flick of a switch; and I know where the switch is! Ya, you better believe they should fear me! Now envision one of these robots (like an atheist) starts lipping off to me, rejecting me, resenting me, insulting me, trying to get the other robots to hate me as well. Is it wrong or evil of me to destroy that robot? Nope. It's MY robot, I can do whatever I want, and that neither makes me good nor evil. The fact that I would put up with it because of my crude form of "love" for my creation I think would speak volumes of my character, and would stand as a lesson to the other robots. In many of the same ways, we are a rebellious lot - even those of us who follow Him. We have our selfish, hidden motives, etc... and our rebellious streak. God could, in the twinkling of an eye, turn off our power switch and we could do nothing about it. That's good reason to fear. But as it was said in the Chronicles of Narnia "Of course He's dangerous - He's a lion; but He's a *good* lion" I, like so many here, am just so grateful to my Father God for his graciousness to me, in forgiving me of my sins, and patiently working a good work in me. I turned my back on Him for many years, rejected Him, told Him to get lost - and yet He still loved me. "While we were yet sinners" He loved us. He is such a good Creator God. Ian Post Reply
John_O View Profile History	I don't get the "fear" God thing.... Posted : 8 Sep, 2009 04:05 PM All well said!! :applause: Post Reply
View Profile History	I don't get the "fear" God thing.... Posted : 9 Sep, 2009 05:08 AM Ian,thats exactly what I think people miss about god!Your darn right he can shut us down!Exellent my brother,really wise! In Christ Steven Post Reply
lifethatwins View Profile History	I don't get the "fear" God thing.... Posted : 13 Sep, 2009 02:43 PM Theirs the fear of the Lord which comes from God, and than theirs fear which comes from us, The Lord want us to fear him but he does not want us to be afraid of him, because fear makes us run from him and love makes us run towards him Post Reply

First

Page : 1 2

Next  2 >>

Last