What is something that you FEAR towards GOD in keeping you from crossing the line into RELIGION???

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PS. Does my question look Highlighted on the other end, like yellow?

Answer 1

His wrath!! Those people he turned into salt, that vengefulness, that judgement he passes, the violence he advocates. For example:

Genesis:
God is angry. He decides to destroy all humans, beasts, creeping things, fowls, and "all flesh wherein there is breath of life." He plans to drown them all. 6:7, 17

God repeats his intention to kill "every living substance ... from off the face of the earth." But why does God kill all the innocent animals? What had they done to deserve his wrath? It seems God never gets his fill of tormenting animals. 7:4

God drowns everything that breathes air. From newborn babies to koala bears -- all creatures great and small, the Lord God drowned them all. 7:21-23

God kills everyone (men, women, children, infants, newborns) in Sodom and Gomorrah by raining "fire and brimstone from the Lord out of heaven." Well, almost everyone -- he spares the "just and righteous" Lot and his family. 19:24

Lot's nameless wife looks back, and God turns her into a pillar of salt. 19:26

"The terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them." 35:5

"And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the Lord; and the Lord slew him." What did Er do to elicit God's wrath? The Bible doesn't say. Maybe he picked up some sticks on Saturday. 38:7

That's just some of chapter one's horrific god nightmares. Chapter 2 is even worse!! I sure fear all that killing and torture, especially of babies and animals. Yikes!!!

Answer 2

I fear the other way. I am a Christian.

I fear not having the love of Jesus in my life and will not give up this belief.

The Greatest Love Song
Do You Know Jesus
By Mike McCracken

(chorus)
Do you know Jesus?
And how He loves us
How He died just to save us
Just because, He loves us

Judas betrayed Him
Who once was His friend
They beat, flogged and scourged Him
To where He didn’t look human

A crown of thorns on His head
Just another place where He bled
Humiliated in every way
Why, they even tore His clothes away

And there wasn’t any time loss
To where, they made Him carry the cross
To drive nails through His hands
He’s more than just a man

And Jesus still loved them
After all they did to Him
He did this for us too
When He said, “Father forgive them,
for they know not what they do.”

Jesus said that there is no greater love that a man can give than that he lay down his life for another. Jesus did this for all those who believe. I wrote this out of the Bible so everyone will know how great God’s love is.

Answer 3

There's no yellow in your question.

Religion doesn't always lead to a belief in God and vice versa. Religion is the collected tradition and orthodoxy of a specific belief system. One could make the assertion that religion exists in many non-mystical traditions and gatherings like they gym and the bingo hall where all of the trappings of religious culture and behavior are alive and well.

GOD is FEAR. Fear of death is the cord that binds believers. Hope for eternal life in heaven (permanent pleasure with no pain) is the carrot that leads them. What is there to fear if you are certain that you have no way of knowing what death is and no way of ever experiencing it? What hope is there if you are certain that permanence is contrary to everything in existence.

Fear is what keeps you running after a God you know is imagined.

Answer 4

You are assuming that fear of God is what prevents people from engaging with religion. I'll say this: religion and God are not mutually dependent concepts. One can believe in God and still reject religion, just as one can be religious and not truly believe in God. So it isn't fear that keeps us away from religion, but rather confidence that (for those who are believers) God still hears us without an interpreter.

As a non-believer, I can assure you of one thing: it is far more terrifying dealing with the knowledge that nothing awaits us when we die. I would suggest that fear is what turns people toward religion.

Answer 5

I am baptized in Jesus name. I am proud to say I am Pentecostal by experience and believe in the apostolic doctrine. I'm the extension of the church that started on the day of Pentecost (Acts 2:38). Psalm 111:10
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever. Meaning I watch what I say and do. I try to be a "good person" and follow the commandments of God. I love being Pentecostal. Never been more happier in my live.

Answer 6

You can have a perfect and wonderful realitionship with God and still never enter a church.
Your relationship with the Father is within you, your heart, your soul, your mind, your very being.
I don't understand why anyone would be afraid, think of it like this--you have a child, you love this child and will do everything possible to keep the child safe and happy, that's all our Father want's for us, everyone want's to make him the big bad scary guy--WHY????????

Answer 7

I am finding that sitting in church is the most dangerous place one can be...God never wants us to play religion when we are far from Him in our hearts. Jesus never criticized or argued with a "sinner", but always with religious hypocrites. Most of the New Testament was written specificly to address and warn hypocrites within the church. So if that is what you mean, yes, I fear crossing into Religion. Judgemenmt truely does "begin with the House of God".

Answer 8

I don't fear, in Jesus'es teachings, and the way he led His life. He taught that we don't need religion to have a relationship with Him. I believe from my experience that religion can actually get in the way of having a relationship
with Jesus. I am not saying that you can;t have a relationship with Him, and be part of any religion, but I am saying that it can get in the way. It did in my life for years, and now it doesn't. Yes I go to church every week, as a matter of fact, it is usually three times a week, and I am very involved, but I go to a nondenominational church that teaches straight from the Bible, and doesn't let religion get in the way. We have people who attend that were from many different religions. I myself was raised Baptist.

Answer 9

What I fear about the concept of God is that I'll succumb to human fears of mortality and obscurity, and allow myself to bury my head in the sand by adopting a religion to fool me into a false reality of an afterlife or masterplanned purpose.

Humans need a purpose in life. When one can't be found in the wonders of the natural world and/or in their community, they fabricate a God (or Gods) that gives them that purpose.

When humans ponder their mortality, they fabricate a means to avoid it, whether via heaven, reincarnation, ghosts, or whatever.

When humans need forgiveness, weak ones seek it through a diety instead of accounting for their acts in life.

What I fear in religion is abandoning a course of reason and fact for a false belief engendered for selfish reasons. I hope to remain above that form of desperation, and use my short life in a way that is honorable and fulfilled for it's own sake.

Answer 10

If you are thankful for his mercy, and grace; you obviously know that he is something to be feared in some way. Most people, I think are afraid of what will happen to them after they die. Some think judgment awaits them, some think they will completely cease to exist. I guess it really depends on what religion you are speaking of specifically. Christianity, Judaism and Islam believe that God should be feared because he his the great creator. Something that awesome does scare me a little bit, but I try to do pleasing things for him. And again be thankful for his mercy.