Fear of Hell Or Love For God--Which Motivates You?
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Definitely love for God is what motivates me. Yes, the thought of eternal life with Him is something I cannot even begin to imagine but, I did not come to Him to avoid hell. I want to live my life as His servant, doing His will, living life the way He wants me too. I have never felt more peace and love since I dedicated my life to Him. I am so much happier because I know the Lord loves me and will never forsake me.
Love of God has always motivated me. I got saved when I realized how much God loved me and forgave me my sins. I cannot imagine being motivated by fear. I was a teacher and a mother of 4 children. I have never motivated by fear. For one thing, I found out it rarely worked.
I also think in the case of God, he wants us to love him, not fear a place prepared for the devil and his angels.
"God is love." 1 John 4:8.16
I also think in the case of God, he wants us to love him, not fear a place prepared for the devil and his angels.
"God is love." 1 John 4:8.16
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- "Keep me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings. The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside..." (Psalm 140:4-5).
- "...In the way wherein I walked have they privily [secretly] laid a snare for me" (142:3).
- "The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts" (119:110).
Yet Satan doesn't limit his fowler's work to evil principalities. He also uses wicked people to lay demonic traps: "The wicked have laid a snare for me..." (Psalm 119:110).
It really isn't either love or fear, but truth that motivates me. That takes in something wide and deep, and the more I absorb it the more it becomes part of me. It becomes a driving force. It is in scripture. History helps.
I purposely sought writers who had encountered evil face to face like M Scott Peck and Malachi Martin to learn all I can about it, in order to recognize it and stay away from it. So I renew my mind daily, Christ cleanses me daily, and I can live as close to love as possible.
I purposely sought writers who had encountered evil face to face like M Scott Peck and Malachi Martin to learn all I can about it, in order to recognize it and stay away from it. So I renew my mind daily, Christ cleanses me daily, and I can live as close to love as possible.
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As an unbeliever, I never onced feared hell or was ever concerned about hell, not in the least. Now that I am a believer, I am thankful God has sparred me from it. Jesus spoke more of Hell than He did of Heaven and always with a warning. I am not motivated by either. I am motivated because of my love for God and what he has done for me.
