Acts 9:31
So the church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace and was being built up. And walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, it multiplied
The grace of God produces a fear of Him as well as a comfort from that fear.
T'was Grace that taught my heart to fear
And Grace, my fears relieved
Whenever God by grace arranges a face to face with Him the invitee always falls all over themselves and end up down at His feet as though dead. But He also by grace raises them to life and invites them to stand in His presence.
This combination, healthy fear and healthy comfort in and from the Lord produces fruitful multiplication.
IF we only have fear, the plant cowers in the light of the Sun.
IF we only have comfort, the plant blooms boastfully, but blows away when the Wind arrives because it has no root
IF we are rooted in God and opening up to the light, the Sun is our source of warmth and growth and the Wind our aid in pollination and multiplication.
The very things which would respectively lead to death when combined produce life.
2 Corinthians 7:10
For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death.
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