The false notion is that Christianity induces a fear based view.
Both fear and love towards God co-exist in the Christian, and MUST. By the fear of the Lord men depart from evil, we never outgrow the need for that but we learn to REPENT, making our need to lean on this aspect less and less frequent. The path of the just is like the shining light, that gets brighter and brighter unto the perfect day, another passage from Proverbs.
Basically what happens is as we grow in the Lord, fear gets swallowed up by Love :) In fact one telltale sign of the Love of God at work (rather than other types of love) is that it never displaces the fear of the Lord. They coexist
BUT
Christianity should never be "fear based." Everyone first comes to God as a lion; specifically, the Lion of the Tribe of Judah. God put an Angel with a flaming fiery sword at the entrance to Eden after kicking Adam and Eve out of it, to make sure they weren't getting back in; I'm sure that was a scary sight! And it worked: had Adam and Eve been thinking about going back into Eden, they saw that and REPENTED! They changed their mind and decided it would not be a good idea, which is exactly what "repent" means. Without the fear of the Lord they wouldn't have departed from that particular evil.
Christianity does have paradox. And mystery! But if your Faith is actually based on fear something's horribly wrong, and hopefully you're being driven by the Holy Spirit to address that right quick ..."
To be a Christian is to be the "master race". It is for freedom that we have been set free, we are kings and priests, we are Jews inwardly. Anyone is free to be the "master race" if they want, by becoming servants of Jesus. Those who don't are still the human race but they have continued to reject the image of God in them so they serve anyone else.
No, he is called the Lord God of Israel to distinguish himself from his competitor gods, of whom he was jealous. The name denotes who he is the god of -the people Israel. Whereas all other people had their own gods. Like Moab, Chemosh, Diana, Thor, et al
Those gods were of course later banned via the successful conquest of the Jewish religion and its offshoots Islam and Christianity. Our own native gods, religions and ancestors were considered persona non-grata, lumped together as 'goyim', 'gentile', 'kafir' or 'pagan' and systematically destroyed and replaced by this god of a hostile foreign people who believe themselves to be destined to rule over us all.
No, he is called the Lord God of Israel to distinguish himself from His competitor gods
Those competitor gods were made out of wood and stone. Weakest. gods. ever.
of whom he was jealous.
If a kid insults a MAGA mom and MAGA dad who gave him lots of food and drink and protection and went off to stick himself with a TDS covid vaxed gay leftist ""couple"", wouldn't they be "jealous" (your word) too?
The name denotes who He is the God of the people Israel.
In the sense they should serve Him.
Whereas all other people had their own gods. Like Moab, Chemosh, Diana, Thor, et al
Well now that didn't help them in any way did it. There is one true worldview and all the rest are fake. Theirs was fake. Deal with it. When you're proven wrong you better admit you're wrong instead of gaslighting yourself.
Those gods were of course later banned via the successful conquest of the Jewish religion
And good came from it, yes? Why would you think worshiping some statue is good? How weird.
and its offshoots Islam and Christianity. Our own native gods, religions and ancestors were considered persona non-grata, lumped together as 'goyim', 'gentile', 'kafir' or 'pagan' and systematically destroyed and replaced by this God of a hostile foreign people who believe themselves to be destined to rule over us all.
"That's a bad thing!" No it isn't. If paganism was still the norm we'd be doing magic Drool Lid rituals instead of using electricity.
He's the Lord God of Israel and of NO-ONE else.
Wrong. He is everyone's. Aren't you glad we are in the NT and not the OT? Who did Jesus drive out, hmm? Your darwin never did any such thing. Nor did odin. Nor did your little pencil shaped idol on your shelf. Only Jesus saved us and rose, and got people like Antony flew and Lee strobel on His side. On the contrary, odin and Pencilgod have no reason for anyone to believe in them.
The false notion is that Christianity induces a fear based view.
Both fear and love towards God co-exist in the Christian, and MUST. By the fear of the Lord men depart from evil, we never outgrow the need for that but we learn to REPENT, making our need to lean on this aspect less and less frequent. The path of the just is like the shining light, that gets brighter and brighter unto the perfect day, another passage from Proverbs.
Basically what happens is as we grow in the Lord, fear gets swallowed up by Love :) In fact one telltale sign of the Love of God at work (rather than other types of love) is that it never displaces the fear of the Lord. They coexist
BUT
Christianity should never be "fear based." Everyone first comes to God as a lion; specifically, the Lion of the Tribe of Judah. God put an Angel with a flaming fiery sword at the entrance to Eden after kicking Adam and Eve out of it, to make sure they weren't getting back in; I'm sure that was a scary sight! And it worked: had Adam and Eve been thinking about going back into Eden, they saw that and REPENTED! They changed their mind and decided it would not be a good idea, which is exactly what "repent" means. Without the fear of the Lord they wouldn't have departed from that particular evil.
Christianity does have paradox. And mystery! But if your Faith is actually based on fear something's horribly wrong, and hopefully you're being driven by the Holy Spirit to address that right quick ..."
If you must talk about ‘the Lord’ and ‘God’, can you at least be respectful and give him his full title please? He is ‘The Lord God of Israel’
And? He goes by many Names and Titles. Biblical Christianity is objectively the freest worldview in existence.
Simply not true. To be a Christian is to acknowledge that there is a master race above you whom it is your destiny to serve.
To be a Christian is to be the "master race". It is for freedom that we have been set free, we are kings and priests, we are Jews inwardly. Anyone is free to be the "master race" if they want, by becoming servants of Jesus. Those who don't are still the human race but they have continued to reject the image of God in them so they serve anyone else.
How so? What do you mean? Who is the "master"?
He was the Lord God Almighty before Israel was even born.
No, he is called the Lord God of Israel to distinguish himself from his competitor gods, of whom he was jealous. The name denotes who he is the god of -the people Israel. Whereas all other people had their own gods. Like Moab, Chemosh, Diana, Thor, et al
Those gods were of course later banned via the successful conquest of the Jewish religion and its offshoots Islam and Christianity. Our own native gods, religions and ancestors were considered persona non-grata, lumped together as 'goyim', 'gentile', 'kafir' or 'pagan' and systematically destroyed and replaced by this god of a hostile foreign people who believe themselves to be destined to rule over us all.
He's the Lord God of Israel and of NO-ONE else.
No, He is called the Most High God, creation's Creator.
Those competitor gods were made out of wood and stone. Weakest. gods. ever.
If a kid insults a MAGA mom and MAGA dad who gave him lots of food and drink and protection and went off to stick himself with a TDS covid vaxed gay leftist ""couple"", wouldn't they be "jealous" (your word) too?
In the sense they should serve Him.
Well now that didn't help them in any way did it. There is one true worldview and all the rest are fake. Theirs was fake. Deal with it. When you're proven wrong you better admit you're wrong instead of gaslighting yourself.
And good came from it, yes? Why would you think worshiping some statue is good? How weird.
"That's a bad thing!" No it isn't. If paganism was still the norm we'd be doing magic Drool Lid rituals instead of using electricity.
Wrong. He is everyone's. Aren't you glad we are in the NT and not the OT? Who did Jesus drive out, hmm? Your darwin never did any such thing. Nor did odin. Nor did your little pencil shaped idol on your shelf. Only Jesus saved us and rose, and got people like Antony flew and Lee strobel on His side. On the contrary, odin and Pencilgod have no reason for anyone to believe in them.
Why the downvote?
I didn't downvote you