Tammy's Comments

Thank you Tammy!! Have a blessed day!

thank you so much  keep in touch Blessings 

thanks

Thank you for your kind invite. I hope we can become good friends on this forum and be there for each other in Christ Jesus. Amen 

Happy Birthday

Thank you, can you give me any advice on how I can start my journey with God please

Thank you -- iam encouraged having you as a Christian friend !

Jesus said that if any man harbors hatred for his brother, he is committing murder in his heart. Jesus knows our hearts, and most of us, at one time or another, have been murderers. If you think of your sin in that context, JESUS’ context, you know how guilty we all are! But instead of emphasizing that guilt any further, Emphasize Jesus’ love. Look at all the tears and the blood. Why wouldn’t you love someone who would go to those lengths for you. Again, this is not an ultimatum. Jesus is not about that. But stop taking the census for hell.

That is a lot isn't it?  I am still missing one paragraph and it is no in order.

Turn to Isaiah 14 in your bibles. Note about the fall of Lucifer. He was sent to hell to prepare a place for the wicked. Jesus is preparing a place for people too. Not just for people who appear to be Christian, but for people who really love him. We should accept Jesus not because we fear hell, but because we LOVE him. Note what he did - especially the death and suffering. We need to realize that without Jesus, WE ARE SCREWED.  We are a wicked people. We all deserve hell. However, Jesus came, and he is there to cure the rampant cases of Stygiophobia out there. Come to him, admit your brokenness. This is not an ultimatum.

Consider Jesus on the cross. We don't have any pictures of Jesus in here because we want people to develop their own sense of Jesus. Think now and get a picture in your mind. Is he a mess? Yes! He's covered in blood, practically from head to foot. He did that for you and for everyone in this room because HE LOVES US SO MUCH. He is by no means saying...believe in me, or you will go to hell. He is saying, I LOVE YOU! Just look at me!

Stygiophobia is a serious disease - worse than any physical disease. There is only one remedy. Trust. Trust in Jesus. I have to admit that myself and many pastors have actually perpetuated stygiophobia. We say to someone new to the faith...Accept Jesus - before it is too late! Shouldn't God decide when it is too late? We also hear about making a choice between being politically correct and following Jesus. Jesus is correct - not just politically, but psychologically, physically, and most definitely spiritually. We have fear because it is said that our children are born in sin. Pastor, do you really think my 5 year old is going to hell because she is born in sin? What about my gay/bisexual friend? Please say hell isn't real! Sorry, its real. But don't you think God should take the census?

I wrote something and tried to post it and it said I exceeded the max characters.  I contemplated about how many people refuse God, say he does not exist, or maybe he does exist but hell is a myth.  I think I have been privileged with the knowledge of a term that few Christians know but it is crucial we combat this fear.  We cannot do that if nobody knows.  I'm going to try to be less long winded than I am in that item I just tried to copy as a sermon introduction.  Stygiophobia is the fear of hell.  Hell exists, but I am posing the question, what if it is intended to be population one?  Satan is SOO lonely.  I still wish you could see the whole thing I wrote.  

Thanks for the friend request.  I hope together this faith journey will take us closer to our destination.

hey Tammy . trusting that all is well yo ends. God is good. 

Hi Tammy,

Thanks for friending me. You look like my daughter who's name is Tammy also.

Blessings,

Helen

Hi Tammy& thank you for the welcome... GOD BLESS YOU TODAY& EVERYDAY!!!... Love Michael