FEAR of the Lord- the BEGINNING of Wisdom!

We shall not trouble ourselves with the trivial. The dictionary defines what is required. To point out the obvious is wasted breath and effort.That YOU are ignorant of the Biblical authority is your lack of education not mine. To suggest to a physics Major that physics is not established by reason of your lack of education on the subject is ludicrous. That the Bible IS authoritative is not in question by reason of your illiteracy, knowledge and understanding. As initiating member I am the expert in this subject, that you are not is irrelevant. It just means YOU don't have anything to bring to the table but conjectures. The FACTS lays with me! Believe ... or find out when you get to Hell, that of course is your option. Please don't missunderstand as is often the case with the uneducated unbeliever and uneducated Believers as well. They (uneducated believers- remain in childhood for the most part, incapable of grasping the full meanings of the gospel, lacking in determination, boldness of speech as well as education in the high actions of the Faith. These will learn overtime or they will not, depending on the effort and commitment they bring to the forefront) at this point it isn't of concern to us. Fear is also pointless, we shall assume you can read and can find its defintition in the same dictionary that describes and define the HELL to which you and Human kind is consigned. That is the purview of God Himself, thus not my concern for the purpose of this debate!Were I to invoke mere logic ... it stands to reason that one of intellect would have sought for himself the truth behind the existence of Hell, Heaven, and God. I mean if you CANNOT bring yourself to be AFRAID of what the description of HELL means to you, enough to SEEK if it's REAL ... of what use is reading fears definition gonna be to you anyway?I mean it is indefensible for any being purporting to be intelligent to "NOT" attempt to discover the truth of quote "Definition of hell- a nether world in which the dead continue to exist : hades (2) : the nether realm of the devil and the demons in which condemned people suffer everlasting punishmenta place or state of misery, torment, or wickedness a place or state of turmoil or destructionan extremely unpleasant and often inescapable situationHumans "NOT" intelligent enough to have determined its REALITY for themselves already- demonstrate a stupidity that warrants letting THEM seek their own definitions of words rather than waste endless hours attempting to reason with such people.They DON'T get it, and they are not GOING to get it ... why bother?Unless of course you can show just cause and reason with defining something to someone bereft of intelligence to the point that .... having known of Hell by word of mouth since the beginning of antiquity, yet actively demonstrating not the slightest interest in FINDING OUT its REALITY is under any definition the actions of an INTELLIGENT MIND?Many poor souls misunderstand plain english being themselves used to hearsay rather than clear hard evidence. I simply do not bother to chase the unreasonable, who have not the ability to reflect rationally, and are rather guided by instincts, emotions and opinions? Waste of time! From a scriptural standpoint- God has made it quite plain- He has done this to get across to us (the saved) to not concern ourselves with those unwilling to seek for themselves, leaving them to their destiny which is HELL and Judgement!Note: Mark 16:15-1615 He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation. 16 Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.I now quote YOUR opening statement-"You've essentially cited the bible as an authority"Thus ... accordingly YOUR CONDEMNED! The question of whether you or I believe this? is as stated before pointless, as God is in command! Believe Him ... saved ... don't Condemned ... what could be plainer.Now that we have covered the unimportant, we shall begin!The concept of Fear of the Lord IS the backdrop of all learning? By having and understanding this FEAR the believer is guided to higher plateau of knowledge while its lack of, causes a stagnancy of maturity and growth!for example .. if I give you some information then tell you their is going to be a test at the end? You will perform one of 2 ways?You will adamantly study to achieve the highest score possible or you will not study and recieve a failing grade or any level above failing but clearly not high level marks. WHY? what is the difference? CONERN! You either CARE or you do not care!Those afraid of recieving low scores STRIVE to accomplish the BEST possible outcome .... THAT is very often ENOUGH to get high marks. It promotes heath study, commitment to FORCE oneself to ACHIEVE! This is not done to make oneself feel Good. It is DONE to make SOMEONE PROUD of the student ... be it God, Parent, Teacher, Grandma etc .. The opposite is true of the underachiever, they care less about impressing anyone. They go about their way, marginalizing throughout LIFE!Same thing with God? Fear of The Lord envokes an emotion ... a DESIRE to make God proud of you? Knowing His love for you, you STRIVE to please Him above all things even yourself ... this IS as it should be for obvious reasons!The others? Plainly, they live lives of mediocrity, never attaining high levels of learning, never learning but the basics. easily sidetracked for lack of truth. They follow themselves and Humanity, never realizing their stangnancy. they do as written ...2 timothy 4:3For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.there are presently 33,000 -43,000 denominations in the World. Are they SAVED? YESHOW? Their Christians, that means they have accepted Jesus Christ as Lord! Salvation is FREE a GIFT of God ... says so right here: Ephesians 2:8 8 For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not by works, so that no one can boast.…So ... YES every denomination IS SAVED who claim the Blood of the Lamb!What unbelievers do not understand is WHAT a Believer believes beyond that has NO IMPACT upon his/her salvation. What WE DO AFTER acceptance bears only on what our TREASURES will be in Heaven ... our PLACE if you will. So stop discussing the differences of each Church. You CAN BE SAVED in any ONE of them. BUT your GROWTH? Depends upon YOU and WHOM YOU LISTEN TO?If you listen to God alone, you attain Discipleship, Sonship and Inheritance Priesthood and Kingship ... a Throne. IF you listen to Man? you recieve some rewards or NOTHING BUT SALVATION. Most Christians are completely UNAWARE of the different levels of Believers in Heaven, though it is plainly stated in the scriptures? I dare say almost 100% believe they will recieve Kingship, when very FEW shall actually recieve this honor! Hosea 4:6 expressly states Gods position on the matter-my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge. "Because you have rejected knowledge, I also reject you as my priests; because you have ignored the law of your God, I also will ignore your children.No Priest? Obviously No King eh?and you HAVEN'T recieved His knowledge have you? You follow commentary, Scholars and Theologians all of which live in disobedience to the word, changing it, altering it, a thing you are commanded NOT to do, yet you do it don't you? You Believe what YOU BELIEVE not what God TELLS you to believe eh?you change a single word to Greek? Who does that? In Spain you don't change 1 word you change the ENTIRE SENTENCE to English or Spanish, cause if you DON'T the sentence becomes in error? So IF the Bible IS the INERRANT WORD ... WHY have YOU CHANGED A SINGLE WORD? and does that NOT violate Deuteronomy 4:2?Are you NOT living in disobedience by reason of 2 commands? Deuteronomy 4:2 and 2 Peter 1:20?IF the PROPHETS were NOT ALLOWED to personally interpret ... YOU CAN? Where did you get this idea? Certainly not from scripture. Thus you are living in continuous disobedience to 2 of Gods main scriptures? How many MORE are you living in violation of? and is it a wonder your NOT maturing in Christ?ahh so much teaching ... so little time!