Do Not Fear?
Fear • Sermon • Submitted • Presented • 46:11
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· 24 viewsHow are Christians supposed to live in a world that seemingly fears everything? We beign a look at what the Bible says about fear and anxiety.
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Define “fear”
Define “fear”
What is fear?
Is fear good or bad?
Do we use “fear” with a broad range of connotations/meanings?
Would you assume the Bible uses the word “fear” with a broad range of connotations/meanings?
Tension / Paradox in the Scriptures
Healthy, Godly Fear
Healthy, Godly Fear
Tim Archer’s example of electricity all around us, but not going to stick something in a socket!
3 The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.
14 When times are good, be happy; but when times are bad, consider this: God has made the one as well as the other. Therefore, no one can discover anything about their future.
18 It is good to grasp the one and not let go of the other. Whoever fears God will avoid all extremes.
12 And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God ask of you but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him, to love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul,
13 and to observe the Lord’s commands and decrees that I am giving you today for your own good?
28 Do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.