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You listen to some preachers and you are gripped with terrible fear. All one thinks about is what the devil can do, what hell will be like etc (This shouldn't be!)

The gospel is to make you SEE JESUS not the devil. SEE HEAVEN not hell.

The mind works on what it hears. When a preacher keeps hammering on the dangers of hell and not on the love of Christ, the congregation see fear and not salvation.

Sooner or later they out grow their fear and then it becomes dangerous living since they have been taught too little about the One they should have been focusing on.

What was God's motive for giving us Jesus? It's LOVE!

"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life." - John 3:16

Why did God do it? LOVE! (We shouldn't emphasize death over life(love)]. The result of His love is salvation from sin and death.

The dangers of hell (though dreadful and true) is not the message. JESUS IS THE MESSAGE.

The message of salvation is not to frighten anyone rather it is to preach the love of God. God is love not fear!

Jesus never frightened any man, that's one of the reasons He came as a Man. He could have come as a physical consuming fire and no one would dare resist Him. But the message is LOVE not fear.

Cajoling people to come to alter with dreadful tales in my opinion is wrong and will not lead to lasting salvation except of course by the grace of God. The message is love, love, love!

People receive genuine salvation when they encounter the warmth, care and love of Christ. That love is what Jesus came to give not fear.

What the world needs today is hope and life not fear and death.

Let's keep preaching JESUS
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