The Only Thing To Fear

In his inaugural address, then president Franklin D. Roosevelt stated that ". . .the only thing we have to fear is fear itself . . ." (you can listen to it and read the whole address at this link - http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5057 ) However, even though many of the situations at the time he said that in 1933 are the same today, (click the given link and read it!), I have to fervently disagree with him. I personally believe that the only thing we have to fear is the wrath of God! Now there are many in the Christian world today that will teach that the old testament wrath of God is gone and we now have a loving, wonderful God that will forgive just about any sin (if we simply confess it) and everything is fine. Almost everyone can be assured of going to that wonderful, perfect place called Heaven to live forever and ever. NOT! 


It's true, that the death of Jesus on the cross of Calvary satisfied the absolute Justice of God and made a way to escape the Wrath of God, but it only opened a small door through which we can find salvation, and that is in Christ, Himself! Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth and the life, no man comes to the Father but by me." He said in John 10:8-10, All who ever came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them. I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.  The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly." Most people are duped into believing that there are many ways to heaven." God says there is only one. (I'm just repeating what God says, here. You don't have to listen to what I say, but I am not quoting me. I'm just telling you what God, the Creator of Life and Death has said and immortalized in His Word. And you better listen to Him!)
Here's a solemn truth: (It's impossible for God to lie. Hebrews 6:18 And keep that in mind when reading the rest of the bible.) John 3:35-36 says, "The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into His hand.  He who believes in the Son has everlasting life; and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.” That's pretty clear, isn't it? And I'll get you to a more complete understanding of how He did that in another post. 


How bad is the wrath of God? You really don't want to know, and the devil does not want you to know, either, because you just might start believing in Jesus. And that is the last thing he wants anyone to do. Jeremiah 10:10 says, "But the LORD is the true God; he is the living God, the eternal King. When he is angry, the earth trembles; the nations cannot endure his wrath." And in another place, Psalm 7:11 says, "God is a righteous judge, a God who expresses his wrath every day." Now you know how we can escape the wrath of God. It's through believing in Jesus. This world and the universe will end, by the way, when God rolls it up into a tiny ball from which nothing can escape; and it will burn, without light, forever and ever in a tiny black hole. God is going to roll up the cosmos like a scroll and it will be an everlasting lake of fire prepared for the devil and his angels. You can read about that in the book of the Revelation of Jesus Christ. (Yes. That's the real title of the book.)  


Be patient. I am trying my best to get you to the understanding that I have of God's plan and of His Word. But, to do that, I need to first take you back to before the creation of the earth. I'll get to the creation of man after that. And now we may be coming to some stuff in the bible that you have never heard about. Where, for instance did the devil come from? And what the heck was he doing in the Garden of Eden when God created man? Where do demons come from, and why do they hate us and want to separate us from God? This is very important information that you probably don't know anything about and have never read anything about it in the bible, even though it has always been there. Are you ready?