We fear to cause Him sorrow or grief, knowing how incredibly wretched sin is, how much God hates it, and how much it hurts Him when we sin. This causes us to fear to sin against Him, because we want nothing else in this world than to be pleasing to Him, and to bring honor to His name. This should cause an inexpressible love and gratitude and reverence to grow and increase in my heart! This Almighty God has called me by name to serve Him, and He is working in me so that I can be saved to be with Him for eternity. In the Bible we get a few glimpses into heaven, and we see the heavenly creatures worship Him around His throne continually, crying out “Holy, holy, holy!” and covering their faces. To fear God is absolute reverence and awe for an Almighty God, the Creator of all things. We don’t need to fear His anger, unless we fear punishment due to a bad conscience and impenitent heart because of sin. Godly fear isn’t the same as fear of a tyrant, or a dictator. How can we believe that God loves us, and at the same time, that we should fear Him? Reverence and awe for God But he who fears has not been made perfect in love.” But why should we fear God? Isn’t God love? Yet, 1 John 4:18 clearly tells us that: “ There is no fear in love but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. Over and over in the Bible we are exhorted to fear God, to have the fear of the Lord, to live in godly fear.
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