Scaring people is not part of the evangel. Confronting people with the Gospel is. I like the connotations presented in the Amplified Bible and in other word research - that of awe and reverence. I used to fear the hand of my Dad. He could launch me ten feet with a single blow. Still and all, I deserved the times of correction he gave, and I did learn not to be stupid, and I also developed respect for him in every other one of his characteristics.