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The Origin of Fear
Before the fall of man in the garden of Eden, there was no fear.
God walked with Adam and Eve.
Sin had not entered the world.
There was no fear.
But we see fear when Adam hid from God.
He was afraid because he was naked.
He was ashamed.
He was fearful because he had sinned and he was now separated from God.
The relationship had been broken.
He did not know how God would react.
They had not experienced this before.
Adam’s fear was generated by the guilt of sin and the shame that came with it.
He was ashamed of his nakedness which before now had not been a problem.
Adam explains that he hid out of fear because he realized his nakedness (3:10).
Actually his fear was his response to the presence of God in the garden; he did not want to appear before God in his nakedness.
Mathews, K. A. (1996).
Genesis 1-11:26 (Vol.
1A, p. 240).
Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishers.
Here that shame is explained as the consequence of the guilt of sin.
Before human disobedience there was no shame (2:25), but with sin the man’s self-consciousness had changed.
His sense of humiliation impacts his covering up before the woman as well as before God.
By this Adam admits his sense of shame, which has been motivated by his guilt.
Mathews, K. A. (1996).
Genesis 1-11:26 (Vol.
1A, p. 241).
Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishers.
The Characteristics of Fear
The commentators are implying that fear and love are opposites and where one resides the other does not.
So whatever love is, fear is the opposite.
Fear separates.
Fear causes shame.
Fear damages relationships.
Fear drives apart.
It causes us to hide and run.
The Results of Fear
Linked closely with fear is shame.
Adam was afraid because he was naked.
He was ashamed of what he had done and ashamed of God seeing him…really seeing him.
Separation.
Once fear comes in to the picture, you are separated from the one you are afraid of.
You don’t trust them.
If you say the wrong thing or do the wrong thing, there will be retaliation.
It is this latter type of fear to which he is referring.
There should be no dread in the life of the one in whom God dwells.
In fact the claim here is that love and fear are mutually exclusive.
This is made even more evident by the use of the strong adversative alla, “but.”
There is a drastic disparity between the two entities.
They cannot coexist because perfect love “drives out fear.” Robertson calls this phrase a powerful metaphor and notes that this can mean “to turn out-of-doors.”
The evil of fear is cast out of those in whom God’s love is being perfected.
This is because fear “has to do with punishment.”
John’s use of kolasin (“punishment”) in this context clearly is a reference to eternal punishment.
The fear of this punishment is already being felt by the one whom John is describing.
This individual is deficient in love, which would cast out the fear.
This deficiency of love causes one to dread the day of judgment for fear of permanent departure from the presence of God.
Therefore if one fears this day, he is not being perfected in love.
How Does Fear Effect Marriages
From here, we will turn the focus to safety.
Fear causes one or both members of the marriage to feel unsafe.
Definition of Safety
“The condition of being safe from undergoing or causing hurt, injury or loss.”
“To protect against failure, breakage or accident.”
(Merriam Webster On-line Dictionary)
Are You Safe for Your Spouse?
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