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Goshen's avatar

Faith over fear 💚

Reminded me of when someone asked me... well it was a group conversation

"Are you serving God because you love him or because you don't want to go to hell?"

It hit. And it got me thinking.

But as God continued to show me more and more how wide and deep His love is, "fear-faith" became "love-faith."

And as a plus, if you're reading this and are afraid of hell, you don't have to.

Do you believe in Jesus as the one who can save you? As the only One who can wash your sins away and make you holy in God's sight?

If yes, then you're saved.

‭John 3:16 NLT‬

“For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him *will not perish* but *have eternal life.*

Those who believe in Jesus will never perish, will never go to hell. This is the love of God.

‭Romans 3:22-25 NLT‬

[22] *We are made right with God by placing our faith in Jesus Christ. And this is true for everyone who believes, no matter who we are.*

[23] For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard.

[24] *Yet God, in his grace, freely makes us right in his sight. He did this through Christ Jesus when he freed us from the penalty for our sins.*

[25] For God presented Jesus as the sacrifice for sin. *People are made right with God when they believe that Jesus sacrificed his life, shedding his blood.* This sacrifice shows that God was being fair when he held back and did not punish those who sinned in times past,

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BEN's avatar

Lol...This genuinely sounds like something I'll write, and I relate to this so well because my parents too are Pastors, too. Learning to love God from your heart and not from a place of fear just brings a certain kinda peace. And as you've said, this is not an encouragement to live in sin, Just learn to love God from your heart. The righteousness and holy living and every other thing flow from there.

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