God's Work.

Many people participate in God's work.

But most are motivated by fear.

Fear of hell enforces a misplaced sense of obligation.

We do what we think we are supposed to do and no more.

But God does not punish us or judge us.

God loves us.

"We love because he first loved us."  1 John 4:19 (NRSV)

"God is love, and those who abide in love abide in God, and God abides in them." 1 John 4:16 (NRSV)

So we may still participate in God\'s work but our motivation will not be fear but love.

[Scripture quotations (marked NRSV) are taken from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., and are used by permission. All rights reserved.]

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