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Thought for Today
Oct. 19

"LET US FEAR"

There must be a balance in everything that pertains to this life, including the doctrine concerning fear. Much has been made of the verse John wrote: "There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear" (1Jn. 4:18). But little has been made of such verses as this one, found in Hebrews 4:1: "Let us therefore fear . . ." Jesus feared God (Heb. 5:7), and he taught his followers to do the same (Lk.12:4-5).

The fear of God is clean and good. The fear of everything else but God is what is cast out by God's perfect love. The fear of God and the love of God are two sides of the same coin; we fear God for the same reasons that we love Him.

There is coming a day when God shall judge our deeds "without respect of persons", and in consideration of that inescapable event, the Apostle Peter exhorted the saints to "pass the time of your sojourning here in fear" (1Pet. 1:17). "We must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ", wrote Paul, "that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad" (2Cor. 5:10).

The very thought of that coming day of judgment causes wise men to tremble before our Maker. They understand that God is God and we are but men, and in their hearts, they hear the Spirit speaking the words it inspired that long-ago servant of Jesus to write: "Let us therefore fear."