Trevor,
'Fear' is not 'afraid'. It is a term of awe and respect for Him. It is used different ways of course depending on the context. The whole idea of salvation by grace is the joy that a believer feels when He realizes that He is now an adopted son, regardless of his past or future sins. 'There is now no condemnation on those who are in Christ Jesus' as Romans 8:1 puts it. Read the whole chapter in that light and not with Watchtower presuppositions. If you know some of the lyrics to 'Amazing Grace', that hymn puts it aright.
Amazing grace! How sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now am found;
Was blind, but now I see.
’Twas grace that taught my heart to fear,
And grace my fears relieved;
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed!
Through many dangers, toils and snares,
I have already come;
’Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far,
And grace will lead me home.
The Lord has promised good to me,
His Word my hope secures;
He will my Shield and Portion be,
As long as life endures.
Yea, when this flesh and heart shall fail,
And mortal life shall cease,
I shall possess, within the veil,
A life of joy and peace.
The earth shall soon dissolve like snow,
The sun forbear to shine;
But God, Who called me here below,
Will be forever mine.
When we’ve been there ten thousand years,
Bright shining as the sun,
We’ve no less days to sing God’s praise
Than when we’d first begun.
http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/a/m/amazgrac.htm
Rex
Are you ex-jws serving Jehovah and Jesus out of fear of Armgeddon/Hellfire?
by booker-t 22 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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Shining One
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Shining One
>And if you don't?
Better put it how you mean't it: 'if you never do'. You know the answer to that....no need for malicious badgering here.
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ha, fear? Trust me, i'd rather die than be a JW again. I no longer have a fear of death, i have no guilt and i know i am right.