It's Your Duty, so Do It!

“That’s the whole story. Here now is my final conclusion: Fear God and obey his commands, for this is everyone’s duty.”

Ecclesiastes 12:13 NLT

http://bible.com/116/ecc.12.13.nlt

Whether you know it or not, your duty is to fear God and obey His commands. This who do not know God, even if they claim they have no sin, are sinners because they do not obey or take seriously this commandment. To fear God is not to have dread or terror - the Hebrew word for this is Pachad. No, the type of fear God wants us to have for him is Yare - to have respect, revere and acknowledge His position and power. God created you- and everything in it. He can decide to split you up

in one second or destroy you for disobeying Him. But He let's you decide. Will you obey His commandments?

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