Greetings to members in Christ's family,
One fine day, i was speaking to a non-christian friend, we were speaking about verses mixed up in rock genre songs, When i told him about songs with evil verses coming in the name of Christian Rock Music, he got shocked and he felt little bit scared, i can feel his fear for hell. He should have prayed to god in his heart, suddenly one thing stroke my mind.
when i was a teen, i first heard an audio from internet, named well to hell, in which it was told that the tormented screams of the damned was heard. I didn't know whether it was real or fake(even now). But, I was scared very much, i prayed and confessed after hearing it, because, the fear of hell drove me to seek Jesus Christ. so if we see now, the motive of seeking god for a christian who worships real god and a non-christian who worships idol were same, does it mean our god is equal to that idol. definitely, not there is only one god, he is omnipresent, all powerful, trinity god, our Jesus Christ.
ok, here comes my theory.
let me put it in an order my question is,
will the fear of death or hell, brings love towards Jesus Christ ?
should we serve our lord with the fear, because, he has authority to put us into hell ?
if you answer for the above question as yes, then answer the one below,
if fear was the driving force for our love towards god, can you love him whole heartedly as god commanded?
think......................................
We all know God loved us, he gave his only son (read john 3:16) its a amazing love, we want to love our god in the same way.
so, what was the driving force for god to love us?
don't think,let me say you.
he loved us, because, we all were his children by faith,
"For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus".-Galatians 3:26
we need to love god in such a great way, the way our god loved us,
why he loved me? because i am his son;
why i should love him? because he is my father;
yes, you should love him, not, because he has authority to put you in hell, but, he is your loving father.
(Let us consider, a boy loving his father fearing that if he don't love his father, his father will punish him. In this scenario, do you think, the boy's love is real and true love)
if, we love our father fearing hell, then our love is also a fake one not real.
so, love your father our trinity god with your whole heart thinking him as your father who shed his blood to save you from evil dark world which you deserved by doing sin.
love you god not because of fear, but with real love.
in Holy Bible, we also have a verse saying, we must serve the lord with fear,
Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling-psalms 2:11
so, here it says serve with fear.
does it confuse you, why fear?
before explaining it, let me say you about, one of the important characteristics of our god,
Our god, who is a loving god, is also the god of Justice.
He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he-Deuteronomy 32:4
let us consider, a kid, who loves his father truly, that loving father, who also loves his son truly, is also strict in his character, when this kid does a mistake, he punishes him for the benefit of the kid, so, kid will have a fear stuck in his heart, when committing a mistake,so next time when situation tempt that kid to make that mistake he will think of his father and immediately he will get the fear for his father against the sin, same goes for us. God taught us, how to walk in good ways, But sometime we commit sin when tempted.so, when we commit a sin, we will fear, for our father, because he is strict and righteous, and also the christian life modeled and successfully lived by Jesus Christ, is a very narrow path in this world of sin, so when we walk in a narrow bridge, even though the bridge is strong at it's base, we will have the fear of falling down, due to loss of balance, that is falling in sin, in our context, if we sin, our god, who is the god of justice, punishes us. so, while walking(serving), in the narrow path of christian life, towards our god of justice, we shall walk(serve), with the fear. because, if we slip, and fall into sin, we will pay, for our sin, remember, we worship, the god of justice.
we all were sinners, we are not perfect. Our father, who is the god of justice, is also the god of mercy, if we confess he readily forgives our mistake, but, the consequence of the sin, will be there and you have to pay for it, if you haven't know this till now, confess to god, he will forgive you, and live a sinless life for god with god.
NOTE: dear ones in the family of Christ, who read this,
if you feel what i wrote was not the way it is or if you have different thought or opinion please don't hesitate to comment or mail me in ashfeb14@gmail.com your comment and mails can build me in Christ
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