From 48e74063f7d30a90b7d029c0678523b4754142a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matěj Cepl Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2022 02:38:11 +0100 Subject: Plenty of updates and new posts. --- faith/authenticity.rst | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) (limited to 'faith/authenticity.rst') diff --git a/faith/authenticity.rst b/faith/authenticity.rst index 34fa01b..fbc20b1 100644 --- a/faith/authenticity.rst +++ b/faith/authenticity.rst @@ -38,15 +38,29 @@ Saint Augustin writes in his letter to Anastasius [#]_ this: For the fear of punishment has torment, and is not in love; and love, when it is perfect, casts it out. [#]_ -This paragraph can be start to multi-volume deep inquiry into -nature of our relation with God, oneself, universe, but I would -limit myself to just one part of it. The author here equates love -and the Fear of God. That sounds seriously strange. What is even -more strange, that what one would consider the conventional -interpretation of the term “Fear of God”, that is the fear of -God’s punishing us for our sins, is qualified as a sign of -enemies of righteousness. It doesn’t make sense whatsoever! -What’s going on? +This is obviously a meditation based on the Biblical verse from +1. John 4:15-19 (NET): + + If anyone confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God resides + in him and he in God. // And we have come to know and to + believe the love that God has in us. God is love, and the one + who resides in love resides in God, and God resides in him. + // By this love is perfected with us, so that we may have + confidence in the day of judgement, because just as Jesus is, + so also are we in this world. // **There is no fear in love, + but perfect love drives out fear because fear has to do with + punishment. The one who fears punishment has not been + perfected in love.** // We love because he loved us first. + +The quotation from Augustine can be start to multi-volume deep +inquiry into nature of our relation with God, oneself, universe, +but I would limit myself to just one part of it. The author here +equates love and the Fear of God. That sounds seriously strange. +What is even more strange, that what one would consider the +conventional interpretation of the term “Fear of God”, that is +the fear of God’s punishing us for our sins, is qualified as +a sign of enemies of righteousness. It doesn’t make sense +whatsoever! What’s going on? .. strict definition of the Fear of God -- cgit