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The Beginning of

All True Wisdom

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Fearing God*
   is the beginning
      of all true wisdom.
Be afraid!
   Feel His presence,
      the heavy weight
         of a higher power,
            someone so much
               greater than we are.
Be afraid!
   Understand that His
      law, His morality, tower
         over what the world says.
Be afraid!
   Know He can destroy
      both the body and soul
         should He so choose to.
It is with this wisdom,
   we will begin to learn to
      see, appreciate and love
         who the Holy One truly is.
It is our gain and
   God's great glory
      to so fear the Lord.
Be afraid, my friends!
   Be so very, very afraid!
It is where our
   journey home
      must so begin.
Get wisdom!
   It is this fear
      that brings
         us oh so
            near.
 

Proverbs 9:10
Matthew 10:28
James 4:8

*3 levels of fear: 'yare' (Hebrew),
and 'phobethiste' (Greek):

1. To so revere, to be in awe of

2. To respect morally, to obey His
law

3. To be aware, to realize He is
able to destroy both our body and
our soul

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by J Alan R
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