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Message Subject Atheist has vivid dream of Heaven
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REPENTANCE SHOULD NOT BE DONE OUT OF FEAR!!!!!

If you repent out of fear of punishment, that's not true repentance. That doesn't make you a vessel of true mercy and forgiveness.

You are only being that way out of OBEDIENCE.

You need to REPENT because you WANT TO. Not because you HAVE to.

Why can't people understand this.
 Quoting: AceWestfall

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"fear God" occurs 10 times in 10 verses in the KJV.

Genesis 42:18 And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:

Exodus 18:21 Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:

Job 1:9 Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought?

Psalm 66:16 Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.

Ecclesiastes 8:12 Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:

Ecclesiastes 12:13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.

Luke 23:40 But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation?

Acts 13:16 Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, give audience.

1 Peter 2:17 Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.

Revelation 14:7 Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.
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AND....Jesus SAID....

Matthew 10:28 And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

Luke 12:5 But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
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Thread: Repentance - A Deeper Look - Definition of "Repent" & The Importance of Repentance
 
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