Real Life Stories - Page 10

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I believe we all will give an account one day for how we lived our lives and how we treated others. But I also believe that God desires us to live life in freedom and full of faith. God will judge us all mercifully based on John 3:16. The book of Proverbs says that fear of the Lord is the beginning of Wisdom. The word translated into fear means to revere and worship崇拜侍奉 — adoring service out of a heart of love and assurance, not to be scared or intimidated. Most English translations of the Bible were done by patriarchal and religious men who translated the Hebrew and the Greek words in a way that fit into their view of God as a no nonsense father who punishes his children whenever they make the smallest mistakes. There was a reason for this. Most men grew up with a no nonsense earthly father who did punish them for the slightest infractions. So it was natural for men to view their Heavenly Father in the same way they viewed their earthly fathers.