For the past two weeks, I’ve been sharing a progression of thought about God as it relates to love and fear.
Consider:
We are to fear God, which begins to produce understanding and wisdom. We grow to understand that God is love and ultimately that perfect love—as embodied by Jesus—removes our fear.
Though we may start with fear, God’s perfect love (Jesus) removes it.
It is the love of Jesus that supersedes our fear of God.
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