“And if you call on him as Father who judges impartially according to each one’s deeds, conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile, knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold,but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot. He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was made manifest in the last times for the sake of youwho through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.”

(1 Peter 1:17–21 ESV)

“Now when all the people saw the thunder and the flashes of lightning and the sound of the trumpet and the mountain smoking, the people were afraid and trembled, and they stood far offand said to Moses, “You speak to us, and we will listen; but do not let God speak to us, lest we die. ”Moses said to the people, “Do not fear, for God has come to test you, that the fear of him may be before you, that you may not sin. ”The people stood far off, while Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was.”

(Exodus 20:18–21 ESV)