Monday, June 18, 2007

Necessity of fear

“As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him;” (Psalm 103:13)

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And why shouldn't He? Or why should He have compassion on those who reject Him?
This modern world has lost respect for the positive notion of fear. All the fine pomo terms aside, because they will not breed peace, opposing to their wishes and assumptions. We can see the results everywhere, the examples of disobedience and disorientation, caused by the humanistic freedom of choice. The postmodern philosophy assumes that men are good and capable of being even better. What does the Bible teach?
That men are depraved and dead in sins - not a very popular picture, right? And the picture that puts God in the centre, God as the Saviour and Redeemer, instead of man. Man should fear God, love God and fear Him - because He is God.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

FEar of the Lord is a common theme throughout the Old and New Testaments. It is strange to me that this concept has been lost today.
Maybe we are spending too much time trying to win a popularity contest with the world that we have lost this truth.