Are we to be afraid of God? Or are we to be in awe and reverence of Him?
[FONT="]Hebrews 12:28–29
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[SUP][FONT="]28 [/FONT][/SUP][FONT="]Therefore let us be grateful for receiving [SUP]r[/SUP]a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus [SUP]s[/SUP]let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe, [/FONT][SUP][FONT="]29 [/FONT][/SUP][FONT="]for our [SUP]t[/SUP]God is a consuming fire. [/FONT]
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[FONT="]Hebrews 12:5–11 [/FONT]
[SUP][FONT="]5 [/FONT][/SUP][FONT="]And have you forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons? [/FONT]
[FONT="][SUP]f[/SUP]“My son, [SUP]g[/SUP]do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, [/FONT]
[FONT="]nor be weary when reproved by him. [/FONT]
[SUP][FONT="]6 [/FONT][/SUP][FONT="] For [SUP]h[/SUP]the Lord disciplines the one he loves, [/FONT]
[FONT="]and chastises every son whom he receives.” [/FONT]
Are we to be in constant fear of chastisement?
[FONT="]Hebrews 12:28–29
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[SUP][FONT="]28 [/FONT][/SUP][FONT="]Therefore let us be grateful for receiving [SUP]r[/SUP]a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus [SUP]s[/SUP]let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe, [/FONT][SUP][FONT="]29 [/FONT][/SUP][FONT="]for our [SUP]t[/SUP]God is a consuming fire. [/FONT]
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[FONT="]Hebrews 12:5–11 [/FONT]
[SUP][FONT="]5 [/FONT][/SUP][FONT="]And have you forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons? [/FONT]
[FONT="][SUP]f[/SUP]“My son, [SUP]g[/SUP]do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, [/FONT]
[FONT="]nor be weary when reproved by him. [/FONT]
[SUP][FONT="]6 [/FONT][/SUP][FONT="] For [SUP]h[/SUP]the Lord disciplines the one he loves, [/FONT]
[FONT="]and chastises every son whom he receives.” [/FONT]
Are we to be in constant fear of chastisement?