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It's all fear in one shape or form.
Fear of not being part of the crowd,
fear of being labelled
fear of being called into disrepute
fear that what you have always believed might be wrong
fear that it is our attitude that is wrong, fear of being proven wrong
fear God is trying to tell your something and you don't want to listen.
This all goes both ways but the way.
There is a right kind of fear but I'm not sure if fear is the right word. Fear that others will
lose an opportunity to be saved as someone's post twists the truth. Maybe if it is said
with the correct motives (and let's face it 99% isn't) then maybe it could be described
as rightous anger rather than fear.
Perfect love casts out fear - to be honest most of us dont fully understand what perfect
love is. We may get a glimpse of it from time to time, but then worldly fear takes over and
so it's back to fearing and arguing. I wonder how perfect love would change us if we
could hang onto it.
1 John 4:12-19 NKJV
[12] No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us,
and His love has been perfected in us. [13] By this we know that we abide in Him,
and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit. [14] And we have seen and testify
that the Father has sent the Son as Savior of the world.
[15] Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in
God. [16] And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love,
and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him. [17] Love has been perfected
among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as
He is, so are we in this world. [18] There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out
fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in
love. [19] We love Him because He first loved us.
Fear of not being part of the crowd,
fear of being labelled
fear of being called into disrepute
fear that what you have always believed might be wrong
fear that it is our attitude that is wrong, fear of being proven wrong
fear God is trying to tell your something and you don't want to listen.
This all goes both ways but the way.
There is a right kind of fear but I'm not sure if fear is the right word. Fear that others will
lose an opportunity to be saved as someone's post twists the truth. Maybe if it is said
with the correct motives (and let's face it 99% isn't) then maybe it could be described
as rightous anger rather than fear.
Perfect love casts out fear - to be honest most of us dont fully understand what perfect
love is. We may get a glimpse of it from time to time, but then worldly fear takes over and
so it's back to fearing and arguing. I wonder how perfect love would change us if we
could hang onto it.
1 John 4:12-19 NKJV
[12] No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us,
and His love has been perfected in us. [13] By this we know that we abide in Him,
and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit. [14] And we have seen and testify
that the Father has sent the Son as Savior of the world.
[15] Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in
God. [16] And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love,
and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him. [17] Love has been perfected
among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as
He is, so are we in this world. [18] There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out
fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in
love. [19] We love Him because He first loved us.