God’s
Answer to Fear
Exodus 20:1-6
One true God. In verse 5 God tells us two
things not to do toward any false God: (1) do not bow to them and
(2) do not serve them.
The first
commandment pertains to true worship. By not bowing to other gods,
we show them no respect. We do not pay homage to the things of this
world that want to be treated as equal to the true God.
By not serving
other gods, we show where are allegiances truly are. We show who or
what should get most of our quality time, personal attention, and
rightful share of our money. It is said in the Gospels that you
cannot serve two masters.
Matthew 6:24-34
Service to God is what we signed up for when we confessed Romans
10:9 making Jesus our lord.
Ephesians
6:10-12 There are many wiles, tricks, methods, snares, schemes, that
the adversary presents as true. The first being more than one God,
having a need to serve more than the one God, which leads to worship
of that other god. For some reason you believe that the true
God is not big enough, or not caring enough, to meet your need. So
either you want to play god and meet your own need, or you try to
find another god that will act the way you want him to act.
II Peter 1:3
We have everything needed for life and
for having a godly relationship with our Father.
A God who supplies abundance to
His children.
Ezekiel 28:1-19
“Prince” because the leader of
God doesn’t like
any spirit being or man to be Him.
Another method
utilized by the wicked one is the false dissimulation of knowledge
concerning the dead. Too many people believe that they are here to
be used by a god who takes whatever he wants, whenever he wants it,
without any free will attached. This is permissible because the
person used ends up with a free pass directly to heaven.
Adam and Eve
were given free will to love, worship, and serve the true God. We
have free will today to do the same.
Another of the
adversary’s methodology that he uses to hinder the purposes of the
true God is fear. FALSE EVIDENCE APPEARING REAL
II Timothy 1:7
Fear is not from the true God. He has
instead given us His power, His love, and the potential to manifest
a sound mind.
Fear is used as
a Satanic weapon to defeat the promises
of God.
Let’s remind
ourselves of our spiritual weaponry. These will help us conquer
fear.
Ephesians
Hebrews
Philippians 4;6,7
Without anxiety, it is easier to control fear in our minds.
Genesis 3:5
The lure for Adam and Eve was that they
were to be like God. this lie has
continued throughout history, everyone wants to be a god that way
they do not have to serve anyone or anything. The individual can be
worshipped for what he does.
Judges 5:8a
Worship and service to the one true God kept
He still is the
solution to peace or war, serving one God. There are many nasty
symptoms in our country, homos, thieves in government, bribed
judges, gambling, propaganda departments…ad
naseum…but the source is still having more than one God, not
obeying and serving the true God.
Ezekiel 14:1-23
God respected the righteousness of the individual, even though the
rest of their miserable comforters, or
the whole nation of
For us, our
righteousness is through the accomplished work of Christ. Today it
is God in Christ in us, the hope of glory. We are righteous because
he is in us.
II Chronicles
7:1-3, 12-15, 19-22 Solomon
II Chronicles
13:3-18 It appears that
Abijah’s heart was right with God.
I Kings 15:1,3
Not so.
II Chronicles
14-16 Asa
God delivers His
people, His children. He will keep them safe when they trust in Him.
Psalm 1:1-6
The believer will have his need met, even
in times of lack. God takes care of His children.
Psalm 37:25,
34:4, 27:1 Trust God to the point of acting on what He promises in
His Word.
Proverbs 29:25
Don’t learn to live in the devil’s snare.
The fear of man brings a snare; thinking or guessing what man can do
to you. Even his worse punch, death, has already been defeated by
Jesus Christ.
This is that
inward feeling of timidity. It is one of two great snares. The other
is the praise of man.
John 12:42,43
The fear of man and the praise of man are both potential stumbling
blocks to the movement of God’s Word.
Romans
The knowledge
and wisdom of God will keep us safe.
Proverbs 3:1-10,
13,14, 21-26
Fear is the
enemy of believing. It defeats the promises of God because where we
have fear we will not act on God’s Word.
Matthew 14:25-32
Peter got fearful. He stopped acting on the promise…walk.
Luke 1:5-20 Look
fool, believe me, I’m Gabriel! Angel had to dispel the fear first,
to get Zacharis to act.
Luke
Acts 9:10-18
Ananais talked things over with God before he went to
minister to Paul. He
had to get rid of the fear which came with the assignment.
Do whatever you
have to, to get over your unbelief, your fear, so you can answer the
calling of God. So you can do the work of your Lord and Master.
Fear stops you
from receiving the promises of God because when you have fear, you
won’t take believing action on what you know.
I John 4:18,
15-19, 2:5 Love God by keeping His Word.
Mark
Acts 18:9-10
Be not afraid just speak. God is with us
too. We are fellow-laborers with Him.
The world is
going to march out the Goliaths against you all your life, but God
is always with you.
Romans 8:31-39
Nothing can separate us.
John 20:19.
Let’s leave fear inside and move out on the greatness of believing
God and His Word boldly proclaiming His Son, the one who God raised
from the dead, our lord, and believe the tremendous promises God has
made available.
I Thessalonians
Isaiah 55:11