There is a great discussion going on in a FB group I am in. It is about "fearing" God and what that "fear" entails. I think the consensus is that "fear" in this context has much more to do with respect than it has anything to do with cowering in the shadows like someone with beaten wife syndrome.
God is clearly a God of love - and AS that God of Love, He cares enough for his kids to set the boundaries that will launch them into a successful future Godhood themselves (as man is, God once was. As God is, man may become). This future is one where social and spiritual mores are given proper attention - and those things that corrode/erode spiritual vitality are tossed to the curb. The lesson that EVERY teen (and a few spiritually immature adults) must learn is that the commandments are not a hindrance to what they want, the commandments are the biggest enablers of greatness that exist.
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