"Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil."
Ecclesiastes 12:13-14
This is interesting... it is the end of Ecclesiastes and the author seems to be saying... well, I could go on, but really, this sums it up. :) And it does rather well. :) Fear God and keep his commandments because then you don't have anything to fear when judgement comes and when all secrets are revealed... you have nothing to hide and nothing to worry about. :) I don't really think that it means fear is some horror-film sort of a way either. :) Just some healthy fear, like we fear our parents if they find out we told them a lie or did something wrong. (Nice, non-abusive parents of course.) It seems like we have more reason to be afraid of ourselves than God. When God brings everything out into the open, it is just about truth and light... When we have all the truth and when all the lights are on, nothing can be hidden... so it is the things that we want to hide and our desire to be hidden that should scare us... no matter how many walls we build, it will all come out eventually. I like the part at the end where it says whether it is good or evil... here's hoping that there are some nice hidden things in store for us. :)
For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil."
Ecclesiastes 12:13-14
This is interesting... it is the end of Ecclesiastes and the author seems to be saying... well, I could go on, but really, this sums it up. :) And it does rather well. :) Fear God and keep his commandments because then you don't have anything to fear when judgement comes and when all secrets are revealed... you have nothing to hide and nothing to worry about. :) I don't really think that it means fear is some horror-film sort of a way either. :) Just some healthy fear, like we fear our parents if they find out we told them a lie or did something wrong. (Nice, non-abusive parents of course.) It seems like we have more reason to be afraid of ourselves than God. When God brings everything out into the open, it is just about truth and light... When we have all the truth and when all the lights are on, nothing can be hidden... so it is the things that we want to hide and our desire to be hidden that should scare us... no matter how many walls we build, it will all come out eventually. I like the part at the end where it says whether it is good or evil... here's hoping that there are some nice hidden things in store for us. :)
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