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Question 1: “Where does Jesus tell us that we should fear ‘Him’?”
Answer: “Jesus made that very clear in Luke 12:1-7. ‘ . . . So many people were crowding together that they were trampling one another underfoot. Jesus began to speak, first to His disciples, ‘Beware of the leaven – that is, the hypocrisy – of the Pharisees.’”
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Question 2: “What is the ‘hypocrisy of the Pharisees’?”
Answer: “‘the hypocrisy of the Pharisees’ is intentionally choosing to worship this false god! ‘The god I worship helps me get money from those I lead away from obeying God’s Actual Teachings.'”
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Question 3: “Does God know that such people are living a lie?”
Answer: “Jesus tells of God’s Power of Discernment! ‘There is nothing concealed that will not be revealed, no secret that will not be known. Therefore whatever you have said in the darkness will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered behind closed doors will be proclaimed on the housetops.’”
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Question 4: “God knows, and will judge, every word we speak. Should we be worried about that?”
Answer: “Jesus warned us all! ‘I tell you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body but after that can do no more. I shall show you Whom to fear. Be afraid of The One Who, after killing, has the power to cast into Gehenna;‘ Then, Jesus repeats that most serious warning! ‘yes, I tell you, be afraid of That One.‘”
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Question 5: “I am a small and insignificant person. Do I need to be afraid of The Judgment of ‘That One’?”
Answer: “Jesus is clear. ‘That One’ gives both this question and answer! ‘Are not five sparrows sold for two small coins? Yet not one of them has escaped the notice of God.‘”
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Question 6: “Even the smallest of us ‘sparrows’ have not ‘escaped the notice of God’. Does He see our thoughts and words?”
Answer: “Jesus tells us, literally, ‘Even the hairs of your head have all been counted.’ That means He knows every thought and word that comes to life in the mind beneath ‘the hairs of our head’!”
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Question 7: “Do Catholics have to fear The Judgment from That One?”
Answer: “That One says: ‘Do not be afraid. You are worth more than many sparrows.’ He tells us Catholics that we do not have to be ‘afraid’. We are blessed. We did not willfully reject That One’s ‘keys to The Kingdom of Heaven’!
‘And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My Church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. I give you the keys of The Kingdom of Heaven; . . .’”
Catholics thank That One for providing us His Seven Catholic Sacraments, ‘the keys to The Kingdom of Heaven’!
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