Looks like you didn't grab that concordance before you stuck your foot in your mouth. Let me help you....
The fear יִרְאַ֣ת (yir·’aṯ)
Noun
Strong's 3374: Fear, reverence
This does not mean being scared of in the sense you seem to misunderstand it. It's not fear as in being in terror, it's fear as in bein in awe of.
Where the Positive phrase "God-Fearing man / woman" comes from.
We (Christians) are instructed to Fear the Lord at least 4 times in scripture that I can think of off the top of my head. To "love" God is to have reverence for Him AND follow His Word which COMMANDS you to "fear" Him.
I use English not hebrew. Get out of here with that hebrew manipulation. I love my Creator. I do not fear what I love; god in your organized religion has no power, only the Creator has power over me.
And then you realize He doesn't want you to fear Him.
I think you don't understand what fear means in that context.
Perhaps you should grab a concordance and extrapolate that word from the original language.
Nah, I don’t fear what I love.
Looks like you didn't grab that concordance before you stuck your foot in your mouth. Let me help you....
The fear יִרְאַ֣ת (yir·’aṯ) Noun Strong's 3374: Fear, reverence
This does not mean being scared of in the sense you seem to misunderstand it. It's not fear as in being in terror, it's fear as in bein in awe of.
Where the Positive phrase "God-Fearing man / woman" comes from.
We (Christians) are instructed to Fear the Lord at least 4 times in scripture that I can think of off the top of my head. To "love" God is to have reverence for Him AND follow His Word which COMMANDS you to "fear" Him.
I use English not hebrew. Get out of here with that hebrew manipulation. I love my Creator. I do not fear what I love; god in your organized religion has no power, only the Creator has power over me.