Comments on: Should You ‘Fear’ God?

By: Sandrine

Sandrine — Thu, 09 Nov 2017 15:58:27 +0000

I’ve read… but… I’m still confused by what I’ve been taught about the need to have the dread {crainte} of God.
With verses such Hebrew 10:31 « It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. » ; Hebrew 12:29 « For our God is a consuming fire » ; Luke 12:5 « 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. »
Yes… I was always divided between my fear of God and my great love for Him… But fear wears out our… has exhausted my energy… and yet… what an incredible sweetness God has when He gives me the grace to touch me…. So love vs fear…
And there must be other verses… like for example when David speaks of God’s immense compassions… in 1 Chronicles 21:13 « And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall now into the hand of the LORD; for very great are his mercies: but let me not fall into the hand of man. »

By: Chip Brogden

Chip Brogden — Mon, 06 Nov 2017 15:05:49 +0000

In reply to Der. Thank you for reading. Someone on my Facebook page commented that fear is based on lies, and we have been lied to from the beginning. I take that to mean "lied to about God." Adam hid from God because sin made him afraid of God; there is no evidence that Adam was afraid of God until sin entered.

By: Der

Der — Mon, 06 Nov 2017 09:01:42 +0000

You brothren and sisters what Chip is telling us is not fom his soul and flesh. It is a deep revealation of Christ. What we are living currently is wong for me. We need to love Him if we really want to abide His words. Love is the greatest thing. But for the religious people this doesn’t work. Brothren, the fear that we have experienced in our life, does it produce fruit or does it help us to keep His words. I really doubt, it rather pushes and separeted us from Him.
Let’s love Him and we can easily undestand what Chip is telling us.
May God blesss you Chip.

By: Chip Brogden

Chip Brogden — Sun, 05 Nov 2017 16:59:17 +0000

In reply to Daniel Brigham. Thank you Daniel, that expresses the idea very nicely. It seems a lot of people in the Bible (or even today) have loved the Lord imperfectly. Fear is the residue of Religion; Love is the fragrance of Relationship.

By: Jane Wright

Jane Wright — Sun, 05 Nov 2017 16:03:54 +0000

In reply to Chip Brogden. It has been stated the fear of God will keep one from temptation. However, for me, the love for God takes me away from temptation in that I my heart's desire is wanting to not grieve Him or hurt my relationship with Him. That relationship is more important than anything the world has to offer.

By: Daniel Brigham

Daniel Brigham — Sun, 05 Nov 2017 13:29:44 +0000

The way I like to think of what “fear of the Lord” means is to be so in love with God that any behaviors or attitudes that would disappoint or break the heart of God would produce fear in me. Not fear of what God would do to me but fear of producing sadness in God’s heart. If you are a parent and walked into the room where your child is at and when they saw you, they ran into the corner and crouched down trembling and cowering with fear of you, what would your reaction be? Would you be happy that your child knows who’s boss? I doubt it. The Bible says that perfect love casts out fear. So we need to rethink what fear of the Lord means and does NOT mean. To me it’s more about having a healthy reverence and respect for the almighty sovereign God who we love rather than having a fearful dread of God for what he could do to us.

By: Steve Spindler

Steve Spindler — Sat, 04 Nov 2017 23:36:07 +0000

Chip, I have to agree with you. To fear God is to reverence Him, not be afraid of Him. He is a Mighty King, sovereign over all things, therefore we should honor and reverence Him. Why should we as believers be afraid of Him since He is the One Who sent His Son to bring us back into fellowship with Himself? Why should we fear the Day of Judgment, since we will be standing before Yeshua, the One Who has redeemed us, to be rewarded not punished, for the things we have done for Him? Paul wrote that it is the goodness (grace, kindness) of God, not His wrath, which leads us to repentance. I think many fear or are afraid of God too much and love Him so little.

By: Chip Brogden

Chip Brogden — Sat, 04 Nov 2017 18:09:37 +0000

In reply to grace. How does a "genuine fear" of God agree with 1 John 4:18? "There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear: because fear has to do with punishment. He that fears is not made perfect in love." If you have a reason to be afraid of God then something is wrong. I have reverence and respect and humility towards God, but I could not use fear as an adjective to describe this love relationship. Fear is for people who don't know Him and cannot relate to Him. It sounds like the residue of religion rather than the fruit of perfection in love.

By: grace

grace — Sat, 04 Nov 2017 17:57:29 +0000

Your revelations on Embracing the Cross has influenced/changed me deeper than anyone’s, but I’ve been taught and believe through many scriptures and Godly teachers regarding this God of love, to have more than respect/reverence, but a genuine fear of Him. “Love and Grace was behind every judgment to bring us to fear and stay under His Hand. We can know all the sweet fellowship, deliverance, and power of God and still not be afraid.”
2 Samuel 6:1-9
I guess the fear of God motivates me more than I realize, after reading today’s Infinite Supply, but like Queen Esther, I know the King loves me, but that love is not taken for granted!

By: Chip Brogden

Chip Brogden — Sat, 04 Nov 2017 17:25:57 +0000

In reply to Linda L. Bauer.

Hey Linda, what words are misspelled?

And are you serious about God sending people to the lake of fire based on what day they worship on? I didn’t realize all the Christians in the New Testament who gathered on the first day of the week were disobeying God. But I can’t tell from your comment if you really think this or are being facetious.