Just curious, trucker, Why do you say Yeshua and not Jesus?
Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: That at the name of JESUS every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of glory of God the Father.
Number to know the lord thru his word is to know the truth, and the truth tells us that fear is a spirit, so the problem goes back to not knowing the God of the word.
Does that mean that God can be "fearful" because we have that emotion in us?
Of course not...that does not "compute"...He that Created Everything can not be "afraid" of that which He Created!
Fear...in my Opinion is simply the Lack of Courage. Fear is an indicator that something is wrong...call it a warning sign.
God gave us this warning sign for a reason.
How we react to this "warning" sign is what we need to focus on. Yes...the unknown can and should be a sorce of Fear. Having Faith in God will alleviate much if not all of your Fear.
Still at the moment of "the fan hitting the s*it" (or something like that) you never know how you will react.
But I see where you are going with this...Yes we as Christians should have The Peace of Christ's inside of us and we should not have any fear...yet?
Thank you for posting this question. I have thought about it often as I often find myself with fear.
Sometimes I relate fear to a band aid being pulled off. We know the band aid needs to come off and that it is for the better, but we still cringe with anticipation over the pain of it being ripped off.
Ok, so God is in control, maybe it is His will for me to go through something bad, but that doesn't mean I will like the pain which is about to happen.
Like your example, I may fear losing a job and not having the money to pay my mortgage and then losing my home to end up living on the streets. There are Christians in countries with far far lower standards of living. That live in shanty towns. Who is to say that the Lord is not willing to let me be lowered to that standard?
I am not afraid of death per se, at least I will end up in a better place. But may be fearful of the process. Laying in a hospital bed dieing of cancer for months on end, all alone, with no one there in the wee hours of the night does not sound like fun. I would be fearful. Look at Foxes Book of Martyrs. How many Christians have been allowed to die horrible painful deaths? I would fear being in an arena of lions about to eat me or being tied to a stake to be burned.
Old age. I find that I can be fearful of becoming old poor and still alone. I don't want to be sitting in this same condo when I am 70 with no one to talk to and no money.
From Hebrews 11
"Others were tortured, not accepting deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection. 36 Still others had trial of mockings and scourgings, yes, and of chains and imprisonment. 37 They were stoned, they were sawn in two, were tempted,[f] were slain with the sword. They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented� 38 of whom the world was not worthy. They wandered in deserts and mountains, in dens and caves of the earth. "
I know I would probably be fearful if I was about to be sawed in two.
So to answer your question, I have not yet figured out how not to have fear considering bad things do happen to Christians. I haven't figured out how to overcome the anticipation of the bandaid being ripped off.
Where do you get you understanding of these things from PJ:
Do you blame everything that you do which is wrong on the Devil or spirits.
Do you take credit for doing right.
Show me the Scripture where,Fear is a spirit.
A spirit of fear.
So then everyone that fears,can blame the spirit of fear for their having fear.
Or blame the spirit of lust,for their lusting.
Or blame the spirit of poverty that i cannot pay the bills i made,because the spirit of poverty made me broke,by spending the funds on the lottery tickets.
Had I won,i would have paid the bills.hahahahahahahaha
When will you and the other health and wealthers take responsibility for you actions,and stop blaming the spirits of......just put a name here,and stop blaming the devil.
