Jesus Himself defined Fear of the Lord.. Not fear as in
scared, in terror, but rather, I'll quote instead.. =)
Deuteronomy 6:13
Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear
by his name.
In Luke 4:8 , 8And Jesus
answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is
written, Thou shalt worship the
Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. All Bible references
give Deut 6:13 for this verse..
Also, Paul has written in 1 John 4:18,: There is no fear
in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath
torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
Now, back on topic, please realise that I am not posting against
you. I am in fact, agreeing WITH you that "His sacrifice for
us is so that we have the grace to repent and turn back to Yahweh
and walk in His ways" ...
Also, its not exactly nice to lump all christians together as
one lot.. there are many good churches around who encourage
believing right and living right..