Jesus was not a nice guy

He was not a warm, soft, or pleasant guy.   He had a temper.  Remember what he did to that tree that had no fruit?

Six Reasons Why Jesus Was Not A Nice Guy:

http://www.churchpop.com/2015/03/30/the-6-most-unchrist-like-things-christ-did/

1) Called people names

2) Offended people without apology

3) Warned against laughter

4) Cleared the Temple with a whip

5) Was intentionally opaque in his teaching

#6) Preached graphic depictions of hell

Everyone knows that “fire and brimstone” preaching is ineffective and, in any case, antithetical to the spirit of the Gospel of love, right?  Then why did Jesus preach about hell so much?

Jesus gave horrifying descriptions of the place. Throughout the Gospels we find that Jesus describes hell as a place of “weeping and gnashing of teeth,” a place where “the worms that eat them do not die, and the fire is not quenched,” a “blazing furnace,” “darkness,” “unquenchable fire,” and “the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.” (Several of these descriptions he repeats several times.)

And he constantly warns people from doing things that would get them sent there. So maybe preaching about hell isn’t so bad?

http://www.churchpop.com/2015/03/30/the-6-most-unchrist-like-things-christ-did/