[Awoken]

Rev. 15:4 "Who will not fear, O Lord, and glorify Thy name? For Thou alone art holy; For ALL THE NATIONS WILL COME AND WORSHIP BEFORE THEE, For Thy righteous acts have been revealed."

Well, I am not terribly interested in dredging up and doing some kind of exhaustive numerical comparison of how many verses in the OT/NT mention love vs. fear, etc. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today, even forever. (Hebrews 13:8) StG!, I also think you're creating a false dichotomy. Up above there is a quote that at least suggests that glorifying the Lord's name comes as a result of fearing Him.

I don't think we could by any means say that the NT has transitioned away from exhorting (and warning) us to fear God.

1Pe 2:17 Honor all men; love the brotherhood, fear God, honor the king.

Mt 10:28 "And do not fear those who kill the body, but are unable to kill the soul; but rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

Re 14:7 and he said with a loud voice, "Fear God, and give Him glory, because the hour of His judgment has come; and worship Him who made the heaven and the earth and sea and springs of waters."

Ac 10:2 a devout man, and one who feared God with all his household, and gave many alms to the [Jewish] people, and prayed to God continually.

Ac 10:22 And they said, "Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous and God-fearing man well spoken of by the entire nation of the Jews, was [divinely] directed by a holy angel to send for you [to come] to his house and hear a message from you."

Ac 13:16 And Paul stood up, and motioning with his hand, he said, "Men of Israel, and you who fear God, listen:

Ac 13:26 "Brethren, sons of Abraham's family, and those among you who fear God, to us the word of this salvation is sent out.

Lu 12:5 But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.

Ac 9:31 Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.

2Co 5:11 Therefore knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade men, but we are made manifest to God; and I hope that we are made manifest also in your consciences.

Eph 5:21 Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.

Eph 6:5 Servants, be obedient to them that are [your] masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;

Php 2:12 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

Col 3:22 Servants, obey in all things [your] masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God:

Heb 4:1 Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left [us] of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.

1Pe 1:17 And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning [here] in fear:

2Co 7:1 Therefore, having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

IMHO, this idea of "expressing God" is not Biblical in the context taught by the Witness Lee. As aron mentioned, Jesus Christ already expressed God perfectly because He is God and He lived in complete obedience, even unto oneness, with His Father. There is no need for us to "express" God, there is only a need for us to behold and reflect Him in the person of Jesus. And we cannot do that with a spirit of pride. Pride darkens our understanding and prevents us from humbling ourselves and fearing God.

Exhibit A, "The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, 'God, I thank You that I am not like other men—extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector. I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I possess'" (Luke 18:11-12). Sounds practically just like the attitude in the LCs towards other "degraded" Christians. After my second round in the LCs, when I really started dealing with the biggest sin issues in my life as the Holy Spirit led, this condemnation towards other Christians was really what led me to realize we were all so prideful. As I've said in other threads, I couldn't stop picturing Moses in front of the burning bush (Exodus 3:5). Take off your shoes, this is holy ground. And the same thing to Joshua in Josh. 5:15. This is the kind of attitude we weren't cultivating in the presence of the Spirit of God. Not only were our shoes not off in the LCs as we tromped around shouting slogans (braying like wanton donkeys, maybe? I think there's a reference like that in the OT somewhere). We were also practically frolicking outright in front of our golden calf, namely the "glorious ministry of Brother Lee and Brother Nee". Just tune into the latest stuff coming out of Anaheim and I'm sure you'll see the same spirit of harlotry on open display -

Exhibit B, Paul walking down the road to Damascus feeling pretty great about his religious zealousness and persecution of Christians. When the light came he fell down on his face and, after finding out the identity of God was the Jesus who he was persecuting, asked trembling and astonished what the will of God for him was.