First Presbyterian Church Of Baton Rouge

Jesus said, do not fear those who can merely kill the body. Fear God who can cast your soul into hell. That gets your attention! And raises your hackles. We forget that Jesus was the scariest teacher that ever lived. Gentle? What’s gentle about “He who calls his brother a fool will be liable to the hell of fire” (Mt. 5: 22)? What’s safe about the man who said, “Many will say ‘Lord, Lord’ and I will reply, “I never knew you. Depart from me’” (Mt. 7: 22-23). Nobody scares me more than Jesus. And he meant to strike fear in us, to burst our bubble of safety so we could come awake to Reality.