But He introduced unity into the world by His redeeming work. He died not to abolish but to satisfy divine justice and reconcile us to God. Even the Christian must fear God. But it is another kind of fear. They are lives brave, not because the realities of life have been ignored, but because they have first been faced lives that are founded upon the solid foundation of God s grace.
Perfect love casteth out fear.
But if it be our love which casteth out fear, our love is only a response to the loving act of God. Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins . There is the culmination and the transformation of fear. Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men , says Jesus, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven. He began teaching New Testament literature and exegesis, at Princeton Theological Seminary, 1916-1929 and at Westminster Theological Seminary from 1929 until 1937.