Jag hittade en så bra artikel som jag ville dela med mig av. Det är ett utdrag från en predikan av den amerikanske teologen och pastorn John Piper. Hela artikeln kan du läsa här på hans hemsida www.desiringod.org.
Domen, helvetet och Guds vrede är verkligen INTE det enda vi predikar, men vi är övertygade om att det är en oundviklig del av Bibelns evangelium. Men i Sverige är det nästan ingen som talar om de här sakerna längre, och därför blir det ibland reaktioner när människor läser eller hör vårt budskap. Piper hjälper oss att förklara.:


Fear and Trembling Transforms Evangelism and the Glory of Christ
Which brings us to evangelism and the question: How does fear and trembling at the wrath of God transform the way we help others see and savor the glory of Christ? The answer is, we need to help people know that they are under the wrath of God because of their sin.

There is so much good intention to show people the love of God, without realizing that the love of God in Christ is a love that rescues us from the wrath of God. Listen carefully and thankfully to Romans 5:8-9, “God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God.” The love of God rescues us from the wrath of God.

This means that in America today, as well as on the mission field, it won’t do to simply present God as a caring loving God. The gospel will not be the gospel against that backdrop. It only makes sense against the backdrop of truth. God is holy and glorious. We have all sinned against him and fallen short of that glory. We are under his just wrath and without hope. But God so loved the world that he sent his only Son that whoever believes in him might be saved—saved from wrath (John 3:16, 36). Relationships don’t save anybody. They can be the matrix for truth and for life-giving gospel. But sooner or later you need to ask your friend for a few minutes to share the gospel. Then lay it out, wrath and all. It will be the most loving ten minutes you ever lived.

When Paul, the prisoner, had one chance to speak to Felix the governor, Luke tells us, “He reasoned about righteousness and self-control and the coming judgment” (Acts 24:25). Felix needed to understand the wrath of God.

Evangelism... and all of life—exist to magnify the glory of Jesus Christ. That glory was displayed in its deepest love and highest beauty when Jesus willingly went to the cross to bear the wrath of God against our sins. Our evangelism...will never display the glory of Christ as they ought until the wrath of God is known and feared.