Sentences with phrase «in fear of hell»

so does one love God for life itself in a humble thankful way or does one love God in fear of hell fire...

All I see in this article is that Huckabee is bummed out that people are waking up and won't be controlled by living in fear of hell anymore.

Now, that does not mean we go around killing, stealing, etc (though some seem to), but that we don't live in fear of hell because of Grace.

It is something made up to make you live in fear of a hell that as far as anyone in recorded history knows does not exist (no - one has ever returned from the dead to say otherwise).

It is not like I've been brainwashed or I'm delusional and living in fear of hell.

Not exact matches

We don't dig up the bones of «heretics» either the way some did in the Dark Ages who held grip on the people, ruled over them by fear, and claimed they had authority of God, holding keys to heaven or hell in their possession, making people hostages by their lies... I think you have a lots of things mixed up in your mind friend!

The fear of hell is just a device used to keep little children (and Christians with the mentality of little children, which is most) in line.

In other words, a god that instills fear, rather than love is not worth worshipping because even my hell bound soul should be of exponential value to god, despite the fact my soul is just one of billions.

Open minded is considering all possibilities, closed minded is not even considering possibilities that don't agree with a certain myth (out of fear of burning in hell for eternity?).

If I worship you for fear of hell, burn me in hell.If I worship you in hope of paradise, exclude me from paradise But if I worship you for your Own sake, grudge me not Your everlasting Beauty.

I grew up in the deep, black, hopeless hell of a god fearing Christian family so I've paid for my right to mock them.

I think you have fear in us mixed up with the fear you live... the «believe in this imaginary god or else go to the imaginary place called hell»... that is the true definition of fear.

Most importantly, note this: I am a Christian, I'm gay, I'm a recovering alcoholic, I believe in Evolution, I believe the universe is 13 billion years old and that the Earth is 4.5 or so billion years old, I believe man evolved from lower primates and that Adam was the first man who God gave a soul and sentience, I do not believe in hell but I do believe in Satan, I do not believe the Bible is a book of rules meant to imprison man or condemn him but that it is rather a «Human Existence for Dummies» guide, I believe Christ was the son of God but I do not believe Christianity is the only «valid» religion, I do not believe atheists will go to hell, while the English Bible says God should be feared, the Hebrew word used for fear, «yara», such as that used in the Book of Job, actually means respect / reverence, not fear as one would fear death or a spider.

Plenty of research and study has been done on the subject, and all you children living in fear of the big, bad hell can relax.

I had done a lot of bad things and feared Hell more than anyone so I knew what I was saved from and how awesome it was to become a believer in Christ.

The second is eternal conscious torment rather than conditional immortality (aka anihilationism), and Jesus said «fear him who can DESTROY both body and soul in hell» and Psalm 37:20 «But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the Lord shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.»

He says up front that the second man was in need of «love and forgiveness,» not «chastisement and the fear of hell» (as was the case with the first man).

In such a case, my pastoral heart tells me to put the fear of hell into the man.

He was a genuine Christian, not in need of chastisement and the fear of hell, but in need of love and forgiveness.

The erosion of fear of Hell has played a significant role in ending the effectiveness of that kind of evangelism.

The same reason the belief of an afterlife came about in the first place: fear of death - not the fear of Hell.

I will call anyone out who portrays hatred or absolute ignorance... I find that it's a blockade, most are so ingrained that they feel they are doing their god justice by defending him... so in fear they rant about the promise of hell for not believing.

I too, have dealt with blasphemous thoughts against the Holy Spirit, so much, in fact, that I actually began to resent the Holy Spirit for even existing, because the very mention of him in the Bible would fill my mind with terror over blaspheming Him and thereby fearing unforgiveness and eternal punishment in hell.

Preachers and ministers use everything in the psychological warfare manual to put fear into your hearts through the use of hell and satan.

Same for «Fear God or burn in Hell», PullthePlugOnAtheism.org billboards, «Islam Rising... Be Warned», and actually «In God We Trust», «One Nation [Under God]...» Not to mention anti-science messages by Christian groups, such as «In the begining, God created...» (with an X'd out evolution - of - man sequence picture), which is just sillin Hell», PullthePlugOnAtheism.org billboards, «Islam Rising... Be Warned», and actually «In God We Trust», «One Nation [Under God]...» Not to mention anti-science messages by Christian groups, such as «In the begining, God created...» (with an X'd out evolution - of - man sequence picture), which is just sillIn God We Trust», «One Nation [Under God]...» Not to mention anti-science messages by Christian groups, such as «In the begining, God created...» (with an X'd out evolution - of - man sequence picture), which is just sillIn the begining, God created...» (with an X'd out evolution - of - man sequence picture), which is just silly.

After all that I forgot even what I thought I did in the first place, And I tell myself that if I am doing all of that then I care about it, and then I think about it and that it's possible to just go on with my life without stressing about all of this... and then when I die I'll go to hell and burn forever... and then at the same time I don't want to constantly freak out about it and live my entire life in fear of going to hell... My Parents are Atheists and say that I should just live my life without worrying about it and being nice to people and being an overall good person, and I'm not old enough to go to church, so I just repent quietly in my room, Perhaps when I was younger I have sworn to god on things that may or may not have been true, and then I repeat those things in my head, and I would get scared.

So what really «sends people to hell» is a works - based and fear - based religion that requires people to maintain perfection in order to earn the love and forgiveness of God.

You can live like a Christian and not be a Christian, you can say your saved because that is what your Christian peers expect you to say, you can live the Christian life due to peer pressure, and have so much fear of Judgement, and die and go to hell, because you didn't believe in your heart because Jesus died for your sins and because of that you are saved.

FEAR... be afraid, be very afraid... you will burn in the depths of hell!!

As for the message being «fear God, do NOT lean to your own understanding, do NOT question God, sins, repentence, heaven, hell, awful things are coming and it's your fault,» I think the «fear» God, in the right sense of «fearing» in the sense of awe is in there.

When I was a child, I lived in mortal fear of Hell.

Fear him rather who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell».30 The parable of the rich man and the begging Lazarus reflects a similar view of immortality.

These so - called enlightened muslims no more heed to the fear mongering verses of the koran that threaten to burn them and roast them in the «fires of hell» (per the koran) if they dare to think and question the validity of that book.

I generally put this down to very religious people (who have been raised with the concept that God is personally invested in them and is a central force in their life) experiencing the thought of a person without a religious belief system as being close to someone soul-less: without morals and without any fear of punishment (hell), so obviously less trustworthy than religious people who have a spiritual Big Brother and religious community watching their every move.

Rollins writes, «A faith that only exist in the light of victory and certainty is one which really affirms the self while pretending to affirm Christ... Only a genuine faith can embrace doubt, for such a faith does not act because of a self - interested reason (such as fear of hell or desire for heaven) but acts simply because it must.»

I had always believed in hell, but in more of an abstract way, and it wasn't something that I was very focused on because I'm far more motivated by messages of love than by messages of fear.

Such men are in a state of freedom, because they have lost the fear of pain or hell, and the hope of reward or heaven, and are living in pure submission to the eternal Goodness, in the perfect freedom of fervent love.

I often felt guilty that my main reason for believing in God was fear of hell.

Sadly the concept of Hell was adopted to put fear in Christians by some denominations.

Some people may choose to follow one religion or another because they fear they will burn in hell when they die, but I will not be one of those people.

You do understand if they don't believe in God they have no fear of Hell?

They must quickly transition to more of a philosophical belief that Christianity is god and charitable rather use fear tactics that you will burn in hell.

I think you have really captured the fear of hell in the colors, flames, and shades of grey.

The idea of Hell when invoked by unsubtle preachers can be cynically exploited as a means of provoking servile fear in a congregation.

So the whole «thou shall have no other god before me» and the whole thing of hell is not a fear that your god instills in people?

«One morning, being in deep distress, fearing every moment I should drop into hell, I was constrained to cry in earnest for mercy, and the Lord came to my relief, and delivered my soul from the burden and guilt of sin.

Hell is the difficult aspect of the scheme, for all too often it succeeded in introducing the element of terror or fear into human existence.

I hear your concern about the way fear of God is communicated with «shaming», «guilt manipulation», «power - plays» and to «shoot up» with fear resulting in a living hell.

BUT THERE IS NO CHANGING THE MINDS OF THE IGNORANT FEARING BURNING IN HELL FOR ALL ETERNITY!!

Not that I'm afraid I'll go to Hell, but I'm afraid what it would mean to learn that I should have been working harder to keep my family and friends out of Hell (which is the fear often put on people to go out and evangelize, even in embarrassing and disrespectful ways).