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"Fear and trembling"

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Announcements › Forums › Man — March 7th, 2021 › "Fear and trembling"

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  • March 2, 2021 at 7:21 am #12300
    JoanneF
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    “Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.” (Philippians 2:12)

    I grew up in a religion based on fear, so this passage often puzzled me. So, the following explanation of “fear and trembling” from various Bible commentaries was most helpful:

    “Not of tormenting misgiving, but of profound reverence and wakeful conscience; not slavish terror, but wholesome, serious caution; a serious, filial fear, implying a deep humility and submissiveness of mind, with a reverential awe of the Divine Majesty. It is an eager, trembling anxiety to obey God in all things. This fear is self-distrust; it is tenderness of conscience; it is vigilance against temptation; it opposes high-mindedness. It is taking heed lest we fall; it is a constant apprehension of the deceitfulness of the heart, and of the insidiousness and power of inward corruption. It is the caution and circumspection which timidly shrinks from whatever would offend and dishonor God and Christ, the Savior.”

    Having this type of “fear,” God will work with you “to will and to do of his good pleasure.”

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