Posted on 06/26/2021 2:10:17 PM PDT by pastorbillrandles
Which is why the State, mimicking the German, Soviet and Chicom states, used the kung flu to outlaw church gatherings but not riots.
They want the ONLY god to be the State. And between providing father, sustenance via school breakfasts and lunches, full indoctrination - especially for parents who fall into the 2-income myth, and after school monitoring it is indeed becoming the one and only god of Millennials on down.
so true, people are too compliant...
Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another: and the Lord hearkened, and heard it,
Fear = respect. How can you love someone you fear?
Isn’t that verse, in context related to a brother who wins against you and the attempt to restore him?
I mean isn’t Jesus here even when I’m alone?
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(I know, I know, f-religion and all...)
>>Fear = respect. How can you love someone you fear?<<
Married guys know the answer to that question ;)
Bkmk
of course He is, Jesus is God.
“I mean isn’t Jesus here even when I’m alone?”
Jesus and God are with me when I am alone. I talk with them constantly.
Someone’s massive protective hands are on my shoulders.
Hmmm.
Fear = respect. How can you love someone you fear?
The best examples:
1) you are flying on a jet and it drops 5,000 feet.
2) Driving down the interstate a semi loaded with fuel crosses the median and is heading directly toward you.
What are the common elements?
1) Your life is on the balance
2) You are not in control of the situation.
Now, when you encounter God, what will be your proper response? What does the Bible say on the matter?
Are you going to argue with the verse and tell God He is wrong?
A further thought. We don’t live in that fear but it is good to visit it often to understand who God is.
Church is where my heart is.
Gathering with others in a church boosts my mind and body considerably. There is a lot to be said about communing with other Christians.
I belong to a Methodist Church in Buckhead, very ‘high Methodism’ with old hymns, massive choir, an organ from England, and lots of ritual. I love visiting.
I attend more contemporary churches with hip music and lights and such, and that’s great, too.
And I find peace with God by myself out in nature with squirrels and critters and all of God’s beauty.
It is all inspiring.
Right now, I am alone in my studio, and God is with me.
Biblical scholars have noted that the word means respect, not in fear of; secondly, on the same type of subject: the Bible says “call no man father” and anti-Catholics point to that saying you shouldn’t be calling some church person father; what it means/says is - call no man creator (as in father of the universe) since there is but one creator, God.
PS: In your examples it means being scared.
Biblical scholars have noted that the word means respect,
PS: In your examples it means being scared.
It’s called “dynamic equivalency” where a word in one language can’t be directly translated into another so the closest word that fits is used. It depends on the translators of a particular version; the first common Bible to the people was the KJV - they used fear because of the monarchy of the time but also could have used respect; at the time it pretty much meant the same thing but today it’s a bit different.
My wife and I will attend a church again when it apologizes for calling us racist.
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