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Adnan Oktar
Harun Yahya

pleasure. Such a person is scrupulous, not egotisti-
cal, and until the end of his life, he remains self-sac-

rificing and compassionate. Such a person never does any
harm to others, and greatly fears doing something for which he will
not be able to account to God. He lives every moment of his life aware
that he will account to God for his actions and that God watches him
every moment. Aware that the real life is not in the life of this world
but in the hereafter, he feels the joy and fervor of loving God. This
fervor in no way abates until the end of his life. Therefore, a person
who has a fear of God lives in abundance and blessings.
In the Gospel, fear of God is described in the following words
and thus Christians are called to have fear of God:

… live out your time as foreigners here in reverent fear [of God]. (1 Pe-
ter, 1:17)
Since, then, we know what it is to fear the Lord, we try to persuade oth-
ers. What we are is plain to God, and I hope it is also plain to your con-
science. (2 Corinthians 5:11)
… Your wrath has come. The time has come for judging the dead, and for
rewarding Your servants the prophets and Your people who revere Your
Name, both great and small—and for destroying those who destroy the
Earth. (Revelation 11:18)
… let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and
awe. (Hebrews 12:28)

If a person is not in awe of being a good servant to God, and he
claims to have love of God but does little to nothing to earn God's
good pleasure, yet still asserts that merely his love of God suffices for
deliverance in the hereafter, then that person is making a grave error.
Such an idea is not compatible with the sincerity God asks for. Fear of
God is the most basic element that encourages man in being a better
servant to God. Therefore, someone who regards fear of God as un-
necessary (surely God is beyond that) and who thinks that love of God

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