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149:6.1 It was at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamala Gamala], during the evening [[conference]], that [[Philip, the Apostle|Philip]] said to [[Jesus]]: " Master, why is it that the [[Scriptures]] instruct us to `fear the Lord,'[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Psalms#Psalm_34] while you would have us look to [[the Father]] in heaven without [[fear]]? How are we to [[harmonize]] these teachings? " And [[Jesus]] replied to [[Philip, the Apostle|Philip]], saying:

149:6.1 It was at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamala Gamala], during the evening [[conference]], that [[Philip, the Apostle|Philip]] said to [[Jesus]]: " Master, why is it that the [[Scriptures]] instruct us to `fear the Lord,'[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Psalms#Psalm_34] while you would have us look to [[the Father]] in heaven without [[fear]]? How are we to [[harmonize]] these teachings? " And [[Jesus]] replied to [[Philip, the Apostle|Philip]], saying:

149:6.2 " My [[children]], I am not [[surprised]] that you ask such [[questions]]. In the beginning it was only through [[fear]] that man could [[learn]] [[reverence]], but I have come to [[reveal]] [[the Father]]'s [[love]] so that you will be [[attracted]] to the [[worship]] of the [[Eternal]] by the drawing of a son's [[affectionate]] [[recognition]] and [[reciprocation]] of [[the Father]]'s [[profound]] and [[perfect]] [[love]]. I would deliver you from the [[bondage]] of driving yourselves through [[slavish]] [[fear]] to the irksome [[service]] of a [[jealous]] and wrathful [[King]]-God. I would instruct you in the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_33#33:2._THE_SOVEREIGN_OF_NEBADON Father-son] [[relationship]] of [[God]] and [[man]] so that you may be [[joyfully]] led into that [[sublime]] and [[supernal]] [[free]] [[worship]] of a loving, [[just]], and [[merciful]] [[Father]]-[[God]].

149:6.2 " My [[children]], I am not [[surprised]] that you ask such [[questions]]. In the beginning it was only through [[fear]] that man could [[learn]] [[reverence]], but I have come to [[reveal]] [[the Father]]'s [[love]] so that you will be [[attracted]] to the [[worship]] of the [[Eternal]] by the drawing of a son's [[affectionate]] [[recognition]] and [[reciprocation]] of [[the Father]]'s [[profound]] and [[perfect]] [[love]]. I would deliver you from the [[bondage]] of driving yourselves through [[slavish]] [[fear]] to the irksome [[service]] of a [[jealous]] and wrathful [[King]]-God. I would instruct you in the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_33#33:2._THE_SOVEREIGN_OF_NEBADON Father-son] [[relationship]] of [[God]] and [[man]] so that you may be [[joyfully]] led into that [[sublime]] and [[supernal]] [[free]] [[worship]] of a loving, [[just]], and [[merciful]] [[Father]]-[[God]].

149:6.3 " The `fear of the Lord'[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Proverbs#Proverb_.1] has had [[different]] [[meanings]] in the [[successive]] [[ages]], coming up from [[fear]], through anguish and dread, to [[awe]] and [[reverence]]. And now from [[reverence]] I would lead you up, through [[recognition]], [[realization]], and [[appreciation]], to [[love]]. When man [[recognizes]] only the [[works]] of [[God]], he is [[led]] to [[fear]] the [[Supreme]]; but when man begins to [[understand]] and [[experience]] the [[personality]] and [[character]] of the living [[God]], he is led increasingly to [[love]] such a [[good]] and [[perfect]], [[universal]] and [[eternal]] [[Father]]. And it is just this changing of the [[relation]] of [[man]] to [[God]] that [[constitutes]] the [[mission]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] on [[earth]].

149:6.3 " The `fear of the Lord'[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Proverbs#Proverb_.1] has had [[different]] [[meanings]] in the [[successive]] [[ages]], coming up from [[fear]], through anguish and dread, to [[awe]] and [[reverence]]. And now from [[reverence]] I would lead you up, through [[recognition]], [[realization]], and [[appreciation]], to [[love]]. When man [[recognizes]] only the [[works]] of [[God]], he is [[led]] to [[fear]] the [[Supreme]]; but when man begins to [[understand]] and [[experience]] the [[personality]] and [[character]] of the living [[God]], he is led increasingly to [[love]] such a [[good]] and [[perfect]], [[universal]] and [[eternal]] [[Father]]. And it is just this changing of the [[relation]] of [[man]] to [[God]] that [[constitutes]] the [[mission]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] on [[earth]].

149:6.4 " [[Intelligent]] [[children]] do not [[fear]] their [[father]] in order that they may [[receive]] [[good]] [[gifts]] from his hand; but having already [[received]] the [[abundance]] of good things bestowed by the dictates of the [[father]]'s [[affection]] for his sons and daughters, these much loved [[children]] are [[led]] to [[love]] their [[father]] in [[responsive]] [[recognition]] and [[appreciation]] of such [[munificent]] [[beneficence]]. The [[goodness]] of [[God]] leads to [[repentance]]; the [[beneficence]] of [[God]] leads to [[service]]; the [[mercy]] of [[God]] [[leads]] to [[salvation]]; while the [[love]] of [[God]] [[leads]] to [[intelligent]] and freehearted [[worship]].

149:6.4 " [[Intelligent]] [[children]] do not [[fear]] their [[father]] in order that they may [[receive]] [[good]] [[gifts]] from his hand; but having already [[received]] the [[abundance]] of good things bestowed by the dictates of the [[father]]'s [[affection]] for his sons and daughters, these much loved [[children]] are [[led]] to [[love]] their [[father]] in [[responsive]] [[recognition]] and [[appreciation]] of such [[munificent]] [[beneficence]]. The [[goodness]] of [[God]] leads to [[repentance]]; the [[beneficence]] of [[God]] leads to [[service]]; the [[mercy]] of [[God]] [[leads]] to [[salvation]]; while the [[love]] of [[God]] [[leads]] to [[intelligent]] and freehearted [[worship]].

149:6.5 " Your [[forebears]] [[feared]] [[God]] because he was mighty and [[mysterious]]. You shall [[adore]] him because he is [[magnificent]] in [[love]], plenteous in [[mercy]], and [[glorious]] in [[truth]]. The [[power]] of [[God]] engenders [[fear]] in the [[heart]] of man, but the [[nobility]] and [[righteousness]] of his [[personality]] beget [[reverence]], [[love]], and willing [[worship]]. A [[dutiful]] and [[affectionate]] son does not [[fear]] or dread even a mighty and [[noble]] [[father]]. I have come into the world to put [[love]] in the place of [[fear]], [[joy]] in the place of [[sorrow]], [[confidence]] in the place of dread, loving [[service]] and [[appreciative]] [[worship]] in the place of [[slavish]] bondage and meaningless [[ceremonies]]. But it is still true of those who sit in [[darkness]] that `the [[fear]] of the Lord is the beginning of [[wisdom]].'[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Proverbs#Proverb_.1] But when the [[light]] has more fully come, the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:6._THE_FAITH_SONS_OF_GOD sons of God] are [[led]] to [[praise]] the [[Infinite]] for what he is rather than to [[fear]] him for what he does.

149:6.5 " Your [[forebears]] [[feared]] [[God]] because he was mighty and [[mysterious]]. You shall [[adore]] him because he is [[magnificent]] in [[love]], plenteous in [[mercy]], and [[glorious]] in [[truth]]. The [[power]] of [[God]] engenders [[fear]] in the [[heart]] of man, but the [[nobility]] and [[righteousness]] of his [[personality]] beget [[reverence]], [[love]], and willing [[worship]]. A [[dutiful]] and [[affectionate]] son does not [[fear]] or dread even a mighty and [[noble]] [[father]]. I have come into the world to put [[love]] in the place of [[fear]], [[joy]] in the place of [[sorrow]], [[confidence]] in the place of dread, loving [[service]] and [[appreciative]] [[worship]] in the place of [[slavish]] bondage and meaningless [[ceremonies]]. But it is still true of those who sit in [[darkness]] that `the [[fear]] of the Lord is the beginning of [[wisdom]].'[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Proverbs#Proverb_.1] But when the [[light]] has more fully come, the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:6._THE_FAITH_SONS_OF_GOD sons of God] are [[led]] to [[praise]] the [[Infinite]] for what he is rather than to [[fear]] him for what he does.

149:6.6 " When [[children]] are young and unthinking, they must [[necessarily]] be [[admonished]] to [[honor]] their [[parents]]; but when they grow older and become somewhat more [[appreciative]] of the benefits of the parental [[ministry]] and [[protection]], they are led up, through [[understanding]] [[respect]] and increasing [[affection]], to that level of [[experience]] where they [[actually]] [[love]] their [[parents]] for what they are more than for what they have done. The [[father]] [[naturally]] [[loves]] his child, but the child must [[develop]] his [[love]] for the father from the [[fear]] of what the father can do, through [[awe]], dread, dependence, and [[reverence]], to the [[appreciative]] and [[affectionate]] regard of [[love]].

149:6.6 " When [[children]] are young and unthinking, they must [[necessarily]] be [[admonished]] to [[honor]] their [[parents]]; but when they grow older and become somewhat more [[appreciative]] of the benefits of the parental [[ministry]] and [[protection]], they are led up, through [[understanding]] [[respect]] and increasing [[affection]], to that level of [[experience]] where they [[actually]] [[love]] their [[parents]] for what they are more than for what they have done. The [[father]] [[naturally]] [[loves]] his child, but the child must [[develop]] his [[love]] for the father from the [[fear]] of what the father can do, through [[awe]], dread, dependence, and [[reverence]], to the [[appreciative]] and [[affectionate]] regard of [[love]].

149:6.7 " You have been taught that you should `fear God and keep his commandments, for that is the whole duty of man.'[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Ecclesiastes#Chapter_.12] But I have come to give you a new and higher commandment. I would teach you to `[[love]] God and [[learn]] to [[Doing the will of God|do his will]], for that is the highest [[privilege]] of the [[liberated]] [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE sons of God].' Your [[fathers]] were taught to `[[fear]] [[God]]—the Almighty [[King]].' I teach you, `[[Love]] God—the all-[[merciful]] [[the Father|Father]].'

149:6.7 " You have been taught that you should `fear God and keep his commandments, for that is the whole duty of man.'[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Ecclesiastes#Chapter_.12] But I have come to give you a new and higher commandment. I would teach you to `[[love]] God and [[learn]] to [[Doing the will of God|do his will]], for that is the highest [[privilege]] of the [[liberated]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE sons of God].' Your [[fathers]] were taught to `[[fear]] [[God]]—the Almighty [[King]].' I teach you, `[[Love]] God—the all-[[merciful]] [[the Father|Father]].'

149:6.8 " In [[the kingdom]] of heaven, which I have come to [[declare]], there is no high and mighty [[king]]; this kingdom is a [[divine]] [[family]]. The [[universally]] [[recognized]] and unreservedly [[worship]]ed [[center]] and head of this far-flung brotherhood of [[intelligent]] [[beings]] is my Father and y[[our Father]]. I am [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21 his Son], and you are also [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE his sons]. Therefore it is [[eternally]] true that you and I are [[brethren]] in the heavenly estate, and all the more so since we have become brethren in the [[flesh]] of the [[earthly]] life. Cease, then, to [[fear]] [[God]] as a [[king]] or serve him as a master; learn to [[reverence]] him as the [[Creator]]; [[honor]] him as [[the Father]] of your spirit [[youth]]; [[love]] him as a [[merciful]] defender; and ultimately [[worship]] him as the loving and all-[[wise]] Father of your more [[mature]] [[spiritual]] [[realization]] and [[appreciation]].

149:6.8 " In [[the kingdom]] of heaven, which I have come to [[declare]], there is no high and mighty [[king]]; this kingdom is a [[divine]] [[family]]. The [[universally]] [[recognized]] and unreservedly [[worship]]ed [[center]] and head of this far-flung brotherhood of [[intelligent]] [[beings]] is my Father and y[[our Father]]. I am [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21 his Son], and you are also [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE his sons]. Therefore it is [[eternally]] true that you and I are [[brethren]] in the heavenly estate, and all the more so since we have become brethren in the [[flesh]] of the [[earthly]] life. Cease, then, to [[fear]] [[God]] as a [[king]] or serve him as a master; learn to [[reverence]] him as the [[Creator]]; [[honor]] him as [[the Father]] of your spirit [[youth]]; [[love]] him as a [[merciful]] defender; and ultimately [[worship]] him as the loving and all-[[wise]] Father of your more [[mature]] [[spiritual]] [[realization]] and [[appreciation]].

149:6.9 " Out of your [[wrong]] [[concepts]] of [[the Father]] in [[heaven]] grow your false [[ideas]] of [[humility]] and springs much of your [[hypocrisy]]. Man may be a worm of the dust by [[nature]] and [[origin]], but when he becomes indwelt by [[Thought Adjuster|my Father's spirit]], that man becomes [[divine]] in his [[destiny]]. The [[Thought Adjuster|bestowal spirit]] of [[my Father]] will surely return to the [[divine]] [[source]] and [[universe]] [[level]] of [[origin]], and the [[human]] [[soul]] of [[mortal]] man which shall have become the reborn child of this [[indwelling spirit]] shall certainly [[ascend]] with the divine spirit to the very [[presence]] of the [[Universal Father|eternal Father]].

149:6.9 " Out of your [[wrong]] [[concepts]] of [[the Father]] in [[heaven]] grow your false [[ideas]] of [[humility]] and springs much of your [[hypocrisy]]. Man may be a worm of the dust by [[nature]] and [[origin]], but when he becomes indwelt by [[Thought Adjuster|my Father's spirit]], that man becomes [[divine]] in his [[destiny]]. The [[Thought Adjuster|bestowal spirit]] of [[my Father]] will surely return to the [[divine]] [[source]] and [[universe]] [[level]] of [[origin]], and the [[human]] [[soul]] of [[mortal]] man which shall have become the reborn child of this [[indwelling spirit]] shall certainly [[ascend]] with the divine spirit to the very [[presence]] of the [[Universal Father|eternal Father]].

149:6.10 " [[Humility]], indeed, becomes [[mortal]] man who [[receives]] all these [[gifts]] from [[the Father]] in heaven, albeit there is a [[divine]] [[dignity]] attached to all such [[faith]] [[candidates]] for the [[eternal]] [[ascent]] of the [[the kingdom|heavenly kingdom]]. The meaningless and menial [[practices]] of an [[ostentatious]] and [[false]] [[humility]] are incompatible with the [[appreciation]] of the [[source]] of your [[salvation]] and the [[recognition]] of the [[destiny]] of your spirit-[[born]] [[souls]]. [[Humility]] before [[God]] is altogether appropriate in the [[depths]] of your [[hearts]]; [[meekness]] before men is commendable; but the [[hypocrisy]] of [[self-conscious]] and [[attention]]-craving [[humility]] is childish and unworthy of the [[enlightened]] sons of [[the kingdom]].

149:6.10 " [[Humility]], indeed, becomes [[mortal]] man who [[receives]] all these [[gifts]] from [[the Father]] in heaven, albeit there is a [[divine]] [[dignity]] attached to all such [[faith]] [[candidates]] for the [[eternal]] [[ascent]] of the [[the kingdom|heavenly kingdom]]. The meaningless and menial [[practices]] of an [[ostentatious]] and [[false]] [[humility]] are incompatible with the [[appreciation]] of the [[source]] of your [[salvation]] and the [[recognition]] of the [[destiny]] of your spirit-[[born]] [[souls]]. [[Humility]] before [[God]] is altogether appropriate in the [[depths]] of your [[hearts]]; [[meekness]] before men is commendable; but the [[hypocrisy]] of [[self-conscious]] and [[attention]]-craving [[humility]] is childish and unworthy of the [[enlightened]] sons of [[the kingdom]].

149:6.11 " You do well to be [[meek]] before [[God]] and [[self]]-[[control]]led before men, but let your [[meekness]] be of [[spiritual]] [[origin]] and not the self-[[deceptive]] display of a [[self-conscious]] sense of [[self-righteous]] superiority. The [[prophet]] spoke advisedly when he said, `Walk [[humbly]] with [[God]],'[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Micah#Chapter_.6] for, while [[the Father]] in heaven is the [[Infinite]] and the [[Eternal]], he also dwells `with him who is of a contrite mind and a humble spirit.'[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.57] My Father disdains [[pride]], loathes [[hypocrisy]], and abhors [[iniquity]]. And it was to [[emphasize]] the [[value]] of [[sincerity]] and [[perfect]] [[trust]] in the loving [[support]] and [[faithful]] [[guidance]] of the [[heavenly Father]] that I have so often referred to the little [[child]] as [[illustrative]] of the [[attitude]] of [[mind]] and the [[response]] of [[spirit]] which are so [[essential]] to the entrance of [[mortal]] man into the [[spirit]] [[realities]] of [[the kingdom]] of heaven.

149:6.11 " You do well to be [[meek]] before [[God]] and [[self]]-[[control]]led before men, but let your [[meekness]] be of [[spiritual]] [[origin]] and not the self-[[deceptive]] display of a [[self-conscious]] sense of [[self-righteous]] superiority. The [[prophet]] spoke advisedly when he said, `Walk [[humbly]] with [[God]],'[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Micah#Chapter_.6] for, while [[the Father]] in heaven is the [[Infinite]] and the [[Eternal]], he also dwells `with him who is of a contrite mind and a humble spirit.'[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.57] My Father disdains [[pride]], loathes [[hypocrisy]], and abhors [[iniquity]]. And it was to [[emphasize]] the [[value]] of [[sincerity]] and [[perfect]] [[trust]] in the loving [[support]] and [[faithful]] [[guidance]] of the [[heavenly Father]] that I have so often referred to the little [[child]] as [[illustrative]] of the [[attitude]] of [[mind]] and the [[response]] of [[spirit]] which are so [[essential]] to the entrance of [[mortal]] man into the [[spirit]] [[realities]] of [[the kingdom]] of heaven.

149:6.12 " Well did the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremiah Prophet Jeremiah] describe many [[mortals]] when he said: `You are near [[God]] in the [[Speech|mouth]] but far from him in the [[heart]].'[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Jeremiah#Chapter_.12] And have you not also read that direful [[warning]] of the [[prophet]] who said: `The [[priests]] thereof teach for hire, and the [[prophets]] thereof divine for [[money]]. At the same time they [[profess]] [[piety]] and [[proclaim]] that the Lord is with them.'[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Micah#Chapter_.3] Have you not been well [[warned]] against those who `speak [[peace]] to their [[neighbors]] when [[mischief]] is in their [[hearts]],'[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Psalms#Psalm_28] those who `[[flatter]] with the lips while the [[heart]] is given to double-dealing'[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_12]? Of all the [[sorrows]] of a [[trusting]] man, none are so terrible as to be `[[wounded]] in the house of a trusted [[friend]].' "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Zechariah#Chapter_.13]

149:6.12 " Well did the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremiah Prophet Jeremiah] describe many [[mortals]] when he said: `You are near [[God]] in the [[Speech|mouth]] but far from him in the [[heart]].'[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Jeremiah#Chapter_.12] And have you not also read that direful [[warning]] of the [[prophet]] who said: `The [[priests]] thereof teach for hire, and the [[prophets]] thereof divine for [[money]]. At the same time they [[profess]] [[piety]] and [[proclaim]] that the Lord is with them.'[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Micah#Chapter_.3] Have you not been well [[warned]] against those who `speak [[peace]] to their [[neighbors]] when [[mischief]] is in their [[hearts]],'[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Psalms#Psalm_28] those who `[[flatter]] with the lips while the [[heart]] is given to double-dealing'[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_12]? Of all the [[sorrows]] of a [[trusting]] man, none are so terrible as to be `[[wounded]] in the house of a trusted [[friend]].' "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Zechariah#Chapter_.13]

==See also==

==See also==

*'''''[[19.11 The Fourth Obstacle: The Fear of God|The Fourth Obstacle: The Fear of God]]'''''

*'''''[[19.11 The Fourth Obstacle: The Fear of God|The Fourth Obstacle: The Fear of God]]'''''

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