Possible to love God without fearing him?

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St John of Chrysostom made a great homily about this which can be read here: http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/170209.htm

To sum, he distinguishes between the servile fear of the Lord that passes away with love,
“There is no fear in charity.” 1 John 4:18
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and the filial fear that endures even in heaven,
“The fear of the Lord is chaste, enduring forever.” Psalms 19:9
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by offering two analogies.

The first analogy is that of sewing with needle and thread. When you sew two pieces of cloth together, you need the needle to go through to have the thread bind the cloths together, and yet when the thread has gone through, you have to get rid of the needle. That is so with the servile fear of the Lord: like the needle with the thread, you need the servile fear of the Lord, the fear of punishment, to introduce and bind to the heart of man the love of God. And yet here also the filial fear of the Lord is also illustrated: as the thread keeps the two cloths together through tension, the love of God keeps God and man together through the filial fear of the Lord, the fear of being separated from Him. In heaven this filial fear of the Lord is perfected, where it becomes inconceivable for man to be separated from God.

St John of Chrysostom then gives a second analogy to distinguish the two further: he gives the example of two being tempted into adultery. The one who has a servile fear of the spouse actually would love to get into the excitement and thrills of adultery, but is just afraid of being found out and outed by the spouse.

The other tempted who has a filial fear of the spouse dearly loves the spouse, so much so that if the spouse left it would ruin the tempted’s heart and even life because of the hurt, and thus fears the spouse leaving.
And how are these two fears distinguished? The one woman fears, the other also fears. Question them: they seem to make one answer: question the one, Do you fear your husband? She answers, I do. Question the other, whether she fears her husband; she answers, I do fear him. The voice is one, the mind diverse. Now then let them be questioned, Why? The one says, I fear my husband, lest he should come: the other says, I fear my husband, lest he depart from me. The one says, I fear to be condemned: the other, I fear to be forsaken. Let the like have place in the mind of Christians, and you find a fear which love casts out, and another fear, chaste, enduring forever.
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Edwyn said:
St John of Chrysostom made a great homily about this which can read here: http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/170209.htm

To sum, he distinguishes between the servile fear of the Lord that passes away with love,

St John of Chrysostom then gives a second analogy to distinguish the two further: he gives the example of two being tempted into adultery. The one who has a servile fear of the spouse actually would love to get into the excitement and thrills of adultery, but is just afraid of being found out and outed by the spouse.

The other tempted who has a filial fear of the spouse dearly loves the spouse, so much so that if the spouse left it would ruin the tempted’s heart and even life because of the hurt, and thus fears the spouse leaving.
And how are these two fears distinguished? …
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I would just say,

Re: love God without fearing Him (the topic)

AND

The hierarchy of love.​

Jesus answered HERE

Then

Since God is always to be first in the equation… Therefore, … His judgement and His consequences, come 1st over everything, in all we decide.
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Dude, it was an analogy, those were the thoughts of a saint. I even directly quoted the one that you cut off.
 
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‘He who loves God with all his heart does not fear death or punishment or judgment or hell, because perfect love assures access to God.’ - The Imitation of Christ
 
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