Fearing God Is Only An Old Testament Idea ... Isn't It?

Matthew 10:28 (King James Version)

²⁸And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

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Jesus didn't think so. Fear of God is the beginning of knowledge.

God is Holy, separate from us, different from man, infinitely greater, infinitely more powerful, beyond all others in righteousness and glory and purity and perfection. He is not our buddy, no good old boy. But He loves us and consistently offers to be our Father if we accept the finished work of His Son, Jesus, through whom we also can become son's of God by adoption. We deserve only damnation now and will never deserve more through our own efforts. Only through the sacrificial work of our kinsman redeemer could we be purchased and made acceptable to God. No other way can man be made acceptable to God. Nothing else could bridge the enormous gap of difference between man and God.

The Awful Presence Of God by David Wilkerson