Where is my honor and my reverence?
3 - Paternal chastening and fear of God
“And if you call on the Father, who without partiality judges according to each one’s work, conduct yourselves throughout the time of your stay here in fear” (1 Peter 1:17).
Yes, our Father, is the merciful God and the God of every comfort, and also He is the loving God with unconditional love; yes, but He also judges, decides and condemns; He judges without partiality and is not partial to faces. Being his children does not mean that He will not indict us for He will put us accountable according to each one’s deed; It’s an individual judgment to each one’s work ; therefore, he says “Conduct yourselves throughout the time of your stay here in fear”. We need to fear so that we can live the life of real obedience and holiness.