Is it a sin to be christian because you fear hell?

well try this. Assume that there is no hell, do you still believe there is God? Christ? The holy spirit? if the answer is yes then you're golden. but if you do not truly believe and you only say you do in fear of hell then thats where the sin comes in.

Have you ever heard of fearing God? The fear of Hell, I believe is part of the fear of the Lord. But do you truly believe in God? Have you been baptized and have entered into His covenant? Do you go to church? Do you pray? Do you confess your sins? Do you read your Bible? All these things are very important. It is perfectly acceptable to fear hell. I fear hell, but I trust God. It's all part of the fear of the Lord.

The fear of Hell is a reason to turn to God. To be honest, if hell doesn't scare you, you don'truely understand what's at stake. That does not mean that you live life in constant fear of it. Being a Christian, you should be growing in your faith. The more we feel the love of God, the more we can love him in return. His love casts out all fear. The Holy Spirit tells Christians that we are God's children. If we truely are in God's family, no one can be against us. Pray each day that God reveals more of himself to you, and changes your heart to be more like him. Because of what Christ did on the cross, we do not have to live in fear. The Bible tells us that we are more than conquerors. Fill your heart and mind with God's promises and they will drown out the lies of the devil.

The fear of Hell, "argumentum ad bacculum", is the bottom line of Christianity. But, there is a way out: Do you let threats of eternal torment in Hell dominate your life? There is a way out. God is a just God. What did God take away from you that He didn't give you, therefore, being a just God, that He owes you back? He owes you back your previous eternal nonexistence. At your Judgement before Him, if you want it, ask for your eternal nonexistence back. God, being a just God, will give you your eternal nonexistence back. Then, you will never suffer again.

I need help myself. I feel so confused. I want to be and stay one of God's children therefore I don't want to be one of saten's demons. There's some stuff in my life that's going on about me that I'm not proud of. I always ask myself or God,"Am I good or bad,? Sometimes I feel like a good person and sometimes I feel like a bad person. Oh my god, really don't know. Am I being one of his people just to stay away from hell or am I being with him because I really mean it? There's a lot of issues like this going on in my life. I don't know what to do I'm so lost. I mean, I really want to be on God's side and I mean that and I don't want to be one of those rough kids. Please help me out of this.

I believe that only the "evil" people will go to hell. So that'd be psychopaths, pedophiles, murderers, rapists, etc. Let's just say people who have really hurt other people. Thinking you go to hell because you fear it is like thinking you can get hiv from kissing(i think). So don't worry ;)

If you do truly believe, then you shouldn't be scared. Yeah, I don't want to go to Hell either, but I know I won't because I have asked Jesus into my heart and Believe God. It should be the same for you.
You shouldn't believe out of fear, but Love, just as God loves you. No matter what you do, after you're saved, you won't go to Hell. Now, this doesn't mean you can go murder 10 people for no reason, then ask for forgiveness, and all's well, you're forgived, so forgive and forget. It doesn't work that way. I'm not saying that's how you think, but, whatever.
What I'm trying to say is it's okay to be a little scared, but it shouldn't be the main reason of your belief.
If you have Christ in your heart and you truly believe, then you can relax in the comfort of Jesus, because he surpasses Hell. There's nothing to worry about if you believe.
Hope that helps! :)

No, it is not a sin to be a Christian because you believe in hell. It is a terrible sin, however, to try to make children follow a religion by frightening them with the idea of hell. Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a former Muslim, was constantly subjected to terrifying visions of hell by her teachers. I strongly suggest you read her book "Infidel" to see how she escaped from her indoctrination and fears.
I very much consider anyone who tries to make another person fear hell a abuser of the worst stripe.

Being a Christian means to accept Jesus Christ as your Savior and believe that He died for you. So if you are a Christian because your afraid of hell, no, that isn't a sin,because the Bible says that whoever does not have their name in the Book of Life will be thrown into the Lake of Burning Fire, so it will be all organized. So its your choice whether to be a Christian or not. Someday soon there will be the end of the earth. If you are living at that point, Jesus will seperate believers and unbelievers. Jesus knows the future, and He loves you VERY much. Nothing can seperate His love between us. Do you know how many times the words UNFAILING LOVE is mentioned in the Bible? Jesus loves you sooooo much, that He died for you. I wish you the best for your future, and never forget that Jesus loves you no matter what. He will never ever leave you.

Don't be afraid. You are in God's hands. As long as you follow His rules, trust and believe in him, you will make it to Heaven. I used to be in the same situation until I put my heart in God's hands and let Him lead me to the right place.

Satan and his demons WANT you to be scared. They're trying to pull you away from God so you lose faith in Him. But you shouldn't worry. About anything. As long as you stay close to God, you'll be just fine. (:

I think that is a VERY valid fear and meaningful thing to be afraid of. I think God can ease your fears and cast out fear or walk you through it. Sometimes we find our path to God through a tumult of feelings or hardships where the path was not straight and could have been any number of reasons. It may not be all you want to remain for your reason, so talk to God and work on buiding that "relationship" with Him, like you would anyone: family member or friendship you work on and then other reasons will take shape and bloom too. Your relationship with God is like your personal garden. You gotta get the weeds out and make room for good things to grow.

Sadly, I have no green thumb in rl - but I AM learning.
I can grow certain flowers~ at least the ones that bloom at night! and I do not know that "HOW" you get there matters as much as what you do once you are there. We can't pick & choose and control everything, it is that very lack of control in "why" we need God so much. God knows your heart even more than you do, it s good to have motives pure and be earnest. You have an earnest desire NOT to go to hell and that is a good start I think. Sin is anything outside of God, or done knowingly when one knows it is wrong. Sin is turning away from God or denouncing Him... you seem to be turning to Him, so I cannot judge, only God can judge your heart.

Well, I personally don't think it is a sin, although it is debatable. The way I see it, your fear of Hell is causing you realise your need of salvation.

And when you do receive salvation, there is no need to be afraid anymore, 'coz salvation can't EVER be taken away!

Hope this has been helpful!

you are worrying about A very real concern to many people. But you are only focusing at what is on the surface. You need to ask yourself a series of questions to determine your heart.if you could live your life any way you wanted to without fear of punishment or reprimand would you live your life in line with the Word of God or not? There are many people in this world that fantasize about robbing banks or killing somebody they hate but do not do it because they going to prison. If present did not exist and there was no punishment for the act of robbing a bank would you rob a bank? You have to cut deep into your most inner being and go to the root of your own motives. Is saving your own skinfrom eternal damnation your motive or is it the fact that you see Christ as the most precious thing above and beyond anything else and your main focus in life is to know and please him beside from there being a heaven or hell? we have to be very honest with ourselves and we will find the answer. Another example would be the Mafia. The Don aka the most powerful man in the Mafia has many men under him. They kill, steal, and do any of his bidding without question. Big meals together, they laugh together, they visit each other's homes. Now, these men who do this out of fear as to what the mob boss would do to them if he found out they were not 100 mile is not the same as a man who truly loved this king pin regardless of who he was and how powerful he was and truly said nice things about him spend time with him and laugh with him out of love. People, we have got to take a deeper look in the mirror and uncover our motives at its very root. Sorry to answer your question clearly, if you seek Christ for the sake of saving your own skin versus the fact that you see him as the most precious thing it existence then you may have a reason to be very afraid of your eternal resting place. Nobody can come to Christ unless he first calls them. We are all born haters of God as the Bible clearly states. Unless Christ in his own time and in his own free will supernaturally regenerates a man and give them the desire to see Christ then that man will never seeK Christ. it is this way for many reasons. One of them being that man can not boast in his salvation whatsoever. It is 100 a work of Christ and Christ alone. This is what the Bible refers to as election.

It's not a sin in of itself. In fact it supports one of the main reasons to become a Christian; that we need God's help and that without him we are headed for Hell. To become a Christian because we don't want to be in Hell in itself isn't wrong but if that is the only reason then yes it's a problem.