[RnMomof7]

With respect he is wrong. It must be both. It requires both.

Of course you are right.. there is no "mercy" without repentance.. and without fear of judgement there is not repentance ..

[Talisker]

there is no "mercy" without repentance.. and without fear of judgement there is not repentance

I don't agree. God's mercy is not earned, it's freely given as grace.

And the experience of God's grace is the experience of God's love, which creates a longing for God that often brings repentance without fear, but rather through a yearning for a deeper experience of God in one's life and heart and mind.