Why is it that when I read the Bible it scares me?

Being a new born again believer, there are parts of the Bible that quite literally scare me.

I have gone from living a life for 27 years that has been in rebellion to God, to now reading the Bible every day. 

When I read passages such as Luke 11 verse 24-26 
““Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters. “When an impure spirit comes out of a person, it goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’ When it arrives, it finds the house swept clean and put in order. Then it goes and takes seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there. And the final condition of that person is worse than the first.””
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Other scriptures are also scary, such as the ones which talk about the grass and the wheat and being burned up…

How can I be sure that I won’t be in that dreadful state one day? It scares me to think it.

Luke 11:1 - 54

NLT - ¹ Once Jesus was in a certain place praying. As he finished, one of his disciples came to him and said, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.” ² Jesus said, “This is how you should pray: “Father, may your name be kept holy. May your Kingdom come soon.

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