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| FEAR will SICKLE your FAITH To allow a malevolent spirit of 'fear' to operate in your thinking sets limits on and hinders God's freedom to govern in your life. There is "reverent Godly fear"(1), a 'fear and trembling' associated with working out one's salvation(2) and fear and trembling conceived and foisted on us by deceiving-seducing spirits.(3) Christian Faith is coming under increasing attack in this day and will continue to suffer such relentless assault until Christ establishes the fullness of His Kingdom on earth. A per- vasive fear is being trumpeted by the print and electron- ic media, ultra leftwing religious factions, and those who portend to have an inside track on catastrophic end-time 'revelations'. Such fear tactics are fueled by recent real life tradgedies (Littleton), prognosticated infrastructure collapse (Y2K), NYC Twin Towers on 9/11, increasing international tensions e.g., nuclear parity, financial mar- ket jitters (Dow) and various terrorism flashpoints (Jer- usalem). Such tactics are aimed at keeping mankind's attention on the 'care of the world'(4) and seldom ever do we hear, outside of the church, about God's Plan set out in Eph. 1:9-12. "The absence of fear is not faith"(5). Faith is not a con- sequence of something being removed, (e.g., a threat) rather it is, in part, a result of belief in God being "Him who is, who was and who is to come"(6), full confidence that "... all the promises of God find their fulfillment in Christ"(7), and those that "believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved ..."(8). When God called to Adam regarding his sin, Adam's first response was not "I repent" ... "I'm ashamed", rather he said "I was afraid ... and hid myself"(9). Unrepentant sin opens a gateway which ushers in spirits of fear, trepidation, intimidation that traffic as one spirit-force. The book of Revelation tells us that fear will be a major 'tempter' unrepentant man (and malevolent cultures) will have to contend with in the last days. Don't let a sickle of fear cut back your faith and force you to 'hide yourself' from God's call and His gaze on your life, as the end of this age rapidly approaches. JDH/AMA (1) Heb. 12:28 (2) Phil. 2:12 (3) I Tim. 4:1 (4) Mk. 4:19 (5) Words of Instruction (6) Rev. 1:4 (7) 2 Cor. 1:20 (8) Acts 16:31 (9) Gen. 3:10 |
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