The fear of God is not the animal -like fear of this world. Our fear is like that, and we must strive to conquer it by the grace of God. Such fear is from Hades. Our life is filled with fear. We fear what tomorrow will bring, what the future has in store for us. That is an animal-like fear.

The fear of God is when you love Him, when you truly love Him with all your heart and you strive never to offend or sadden Him– not only with your deeds, actions, and words, but also with your thoughts. You try to please Him in everything you do or say. That is the fear of God — the fear of doing anything that might sadden or offend our parent.