This small section of one paragraph used to be called “Papa J’s rules for livin” the problem I ran into was that I broke all the rules, you know… Don’t do what I do, do what I say to do. Apparently this is nothing more than two sides of the same coin. Spend it on either side and the coin is no longer of value to you!
Much of the everyday world around us is full of fear, even those who ride around in those pickup trucks with bumper stickers or window stickers that say, “No fear” are full of uncertainty, fear and anxiety. Fear is the result of inward thinking rather than being capable of thinking outside our personal circumstances.
Believers in Jesus Christ, now let me qualify what I said; not those people who say that they believe that Jesus Christ existed as a human being a few thousand years ago, or those who religiously acknowledge Him from the cultish doctrines of men. But those who believe in Jesus Christ because they personally know Him from the HOLY BIBLE from scriptural references like, Romans 10:9-10 or John 11:24-27. These are the only people who can say that they have… NO FEAR!
Well, why is that? Fear is the exact opposite of love. Fear causes torment, love causes kindness. Fear causes blindness of the heart, love opens the eyes of the heart to the needs of others. I am sure we could list a number of things that result when fear in one’s life is replaced with the love of God. Oh! What did you say Jesse? The love of God; what is that?
Man or woman is not capable of having this love apart from personally knowing God, now don’t get me wrong, mankind is capable of love, loving family and friends is what we do as humans and we do it well. Yet there is another element to love that cannot be expressed in full until one comes to personal faith in the death and resurrection of the LORD Jesus Christ.
One verse that is very clear on this is a verse that the world has memorized. John 3:16 in very basic terms the verse says… God loves the world that does not love Him. Then there is another passage in Romans 5 that places the LORD Jesus Christ in our unloving place in order to demonstrate the love that God has toward us. Even while we are dead in trespasses and sin, Christ died for our sin in order that we by believing in Him might be made alive and capable of God’s love. Romans 5:6-11.
So here is the conclusion: If you wish to have “no fear” then you will need to know that element of love that is missing in your walk-a-bout world in which you live. Follow me to 1 John 4:17-18 where the apostle John talks to us about the consummation or completeness of love when God perfects it in those who personally know Him.
Fear is having a lack of boldness, not just in life, in general; but mainly in the Day of Judgment. Jesus lives, so Jesus saves those who believes in Him. He is raised from the dead and so as He is, we who believe in Him are alive in Him. We who have believed in Jesus find then this truth to be very real. Since God showed kindness to us through His love, we can now be fully equipped to show kindness to others. Romans 5:1-5
Much of the everyday world around us is full of fear, even those who ride around in those pickup trucks with bumper stickers or window stickers that say, “No fear” are full of uncertainty, fear and anxiety. Fear is the result of inward thinking rather than being capable of thinking outside our personal circumstances.
Believers in Jesus Christ, now let me qualify what I said; not those people who say that they believe that Jesus Christ existed as a human being a few thousand years ago, or those who religiously acknowledge Him from the cultish doctrines of men. But those who believe in Jesus Christ because they personally know Him from the HOLY BIBLE from scriptural references like, Romans 10:9-10 or John 11:24-27. These are the only people who can say that they have… NO FEAR!
Well, why is that? Fear is the exact opposite of love. Fear causes torment, love causes kindness. Fear causes blindness of the heart, love opens the eyes of the heart to the needs of others. I am sure we could list a number of things that result when fear in one’s life is replaced with the love of God. Oh! What did you say Jesse? The love of God; what is that?
Man or woman is not capable of having this love apart from personally knowing God, now don’t get me wrong, mankind is capable of love, loving family and friends is what we do as humans and we do it well. Yet there is another element to love that cannot be expressed in full until one comes to personal faith in the death and resurrection of the LORD Jesus Christ.
One verse that is very clear on this is a verse that the world has memorized. John 3:16 in very basic terms the verse says… God loves the world that does not love Him. Then there is another passage in Romans 5 that places the LORD Jesus Christ in our unloving place in order to demonstrate the love that God has toward us. Even while we are dead in trespasses and sin, Christ died for our sin in order that we by believing in Him might be made alive and capable of God’s love. Romans 5:6-11.
So here is the conclusion: If you wish to have “no fear” then you will need to know that element of love that is missing in your walk-a-bout world in which you live. Follow me to 1 John 4:17-18 where the apostle John talks to us about the consummation or completeness of love when God perfects it in those who personally know Him.
Fear is having a lack of boldness, not just in life, in general; but mainly in the Day of Judgment. Jesus lives, so Jesus saves those who believes in Him. He is raised from the dead and so as He is, we who believe in Him are alive in Him. We who have believed in Jesus find then this truth to be very real. Since God showed kindness to us through His love, we can now be fully equipped to show kindness to others. Romans 5:1-5
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