Christ didn't come and use fear to make us obey. He gave brotherly advice.
He didn't come to be worshiped but to share our humanity.
He could have commanded both.
Religion demands both and that we grovel in repentance...
God is probably sick of the whining and wish those would get up, quit apologizing and act like men who can control themselves.
Kent
You are not describing the Christ of the Bible. If you read his sermons, he preached more on hell then on heaven. He called the Scribes and Pharisees "hypocrites." He even referred to them as "whited sepulchers full of dead mens' bones."
Those who heard him speak did not comment on his brotherly advise, they commented that he spoke as one "having authority."
He took a whip and drove the money chargers out of the temple.
Christ himself said that he came "to call sinners to repentance."
If I misunderstood your meaning, please excuse.
