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One of the fundamental character traits of the child of God is reverence. But what does it mean to reverence God? It is a holy fear mingled with respect and esteem. It is the act of veneration and the act of worship. According to Noah Webster, reverence is defined as: “The fear acceptable to God, is a filial fear, an awful reverence of the divine nature, proceeding from a just esteem of his perfections, which produces in us an inclination to his service and an unwillingness to offend him.” Reverence is connected very intimately to worship. In fact, it is the underlying foundation of worship. When we come before God in worship, we come and we reverence God. 15 pages.
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While the Christian community believes that the Incarnation of the Lord Christ was the most profound and wonderful occurrence to grace the known world - impacting history as it did - many Christians are ignorant of the Incarnation’s total impact, especially as it addresses issues of politics, law and governance. No Christian should ever be moved to think of the Incarnation in the narrow terms of individual salvation whatsoever. If not for Christianity, tyranny and totalitarianism would be the norm for the nations of the world. The Westminster Confession of Faith understood the total ramifications of the Incarnation as it deals with politics, law, and government when it was written.