By the way people keep away from God you would think He is a horribly violent individual.  I am not making fun of the unsaved or ungodly folk.  I am just pointing out a rather curious “confusion”.

Jesus is the exact representation of His Father in Heaven.  So if we look at Jesus’ character and actions we can determine if God is violent by nature.

Read the Gospels (matthew, mark, luke and john).  Besides the event in the temple where Jesus made a whip and drove out the greedy, where do you find violence in Him?  (Take note that the people were displaying a misunderstanding of God’s reason for building a temple).  The answer will have to be “nowhere”.  Why, then, are folks so terrified at the Bible, Christians who love to share the knowledge of salvation, godly living, a consistent prayer habit, and going to church?

The answer is not found in God.  The answer is to be found in the people’s love of every form of pleasure and wickedness.  Yep!  That’s right folks!  You find yourself shying away from God because the idea of making friends with Holiness is a sincere offence to you.  By our very nature we are far too proud to humble ourselves before Him and ask for help. 

Yet help is exactly what Jesus is offering.  He promises to work with you to transform you from a God hater to a God lover.  I know you don’t think much of that God lover stuff yet.  But you’ll see, in time, why Christians aren’t afraid to be hated by the world.  And in the place of hopeless futile little pleasures and foolish pride appears a magnificent joy.

Who would know better what is right, good, lasting and perfect behavior,  God (who has been forever and will never cease to live) or man?  He is watching you read this.  Do you care?  Tell Him so.  Listen to Him.  He has promised to lead us to righteousness, love, and eternal life.  If only we will just listen and obey.  If you cant hear, tell Him.