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To: tired&retired

Yes, we are to love God, who is Himself Love.

But we are also told to fear Him.

Contradiction? No. But you really need to dig into the biblical meaning of “fear” in order to understand that ...


7 posted on 11/30/2012 9:54:43 AM PST by Theo (May Christ be exalted above all.)
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To: Theo
"But you really need to dig into the biblical meaning of “fear” in order to understand that ..."

While the biblical meaning is larger than the traditional, contemporary meaning is does include the traditional, contemporary meaning.

15 posted on 11/30/2012 10:01:01 AM PST by circlecity
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Shouldn’t you both be using the same meaning? Sounds like the meaning of fear is relative to the person’s reference.


33 posted on 11/30/2012 10:32:59 AM PST by stuartcr ("When silence speaks, it speaks only to those that have already decided what they want to hear.")
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