Verse 7
"I said; Only fear thou me; and receive correction; so her dwelling shall not be cut off, according to .all that I have appointed concerning her: but they rose early and corrupted all their doings."
"Only fear thou me ..." These are the words of God. His desire is that all men should fear and obey him. "Only the fear of God will bring about the correction of the evil against which judgment must otherwise come."[11]
"One can only shudder today at the church member whose twisted misinformation about the love of God has led him to a contemptuous familiarity which does not believe that one should or must fear Jehovah."[12]
As Deane said, "The fear of God is the one condition of salvation."[13] This should be interpreted as meaning that with the proper fear of God one will not hesitate to obey the commandments which are antecedent to the forgiveness of sins and to maintain such obedience to the best of one's ability all the days of life. Anything else, is eternal death.
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