There Is No Fear In Love, But Perfect Love Drives Out Fear
The Promise Is To All
1 JOHN 4:16-21
“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. 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. 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. We love Him because He first loved us. If someone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen? And this commandment we have from Him: that he who loves God must love his brother also.
”I John 4:16-21 NKJV
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We know how much God loves us; at least to the limitations of our human minds, because Jesus died that we might live. That is an action that speaks volumes.
He died to pay the debt of every sin, that whatever bad thing one has done, he or she still has hope-a confident hope of an eternal future with God.
Not one is left out of this promise; all one needs to do is believe (ROMANS 10:9-13).
Jesus paid the price to give you the opportunity of salvation. “Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.”
John 15:13 NKJV
Furthermore, He promised the help we need to walk the narrow path that shall lead us to His Kingdom.
Jesus said, ““If you love Me, keep My commandments. And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever— the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you.”
John 14:15-18 NKJV
That is love, and God is love. Furthermore, “I say to you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.””
Luke 15:10 NKJV
God loves you, and He wants you saved; indeed, He wants no one to perish, but for all to turn to Him in repentance (2 PETER 3:9). Furthermore, when one sinner repents, their is celebration in the heavens and on earth, for this brings joy to God, and all who belong to Him.
One’s new life in Christ starts in the very moment that one commits to Him in faith and shall bring upon himself Gods peace that surpasses all understanding and it shall guard his heart and mind through Christ (PHILIPPIANS 4:7).
Furthermore, he has opportunity of continuous joy in the chaos of this dark world knowing that God is in control.
If you belong to God, you will also love all your brothers and sisters in Christ, for the same Spirit lives in them that lives in you.
My beloved, their are no excuses for bickering, backstabbing, or gossip amongst yourselves. If you really love your Christian brothers and sisters, show your love by how you treat them. It is not your place to judge or get involved in gossip, but rather to support, encourage, and lovingly discipline when necessary, and of course pray for them.
My beloved, we believers are to support one another through our trials and challenges, and to make time for fellowship; making time to pray, study, and worship together and build friendships.
Therefore, “Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful. And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.”
Hebrews 10:23-25 NKJV
In these days of darkness, many are completely overwhelmed with fear.
Fear is the opposite of faith and is the very food of depression and all kinds of sickness; it restricts our lives, separates us from God and takes away our freedoms
My brethren, “God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.”
II Timothy 1:7 NKJV
Don’t allow the darkness of today’s world; the frets of war, financial collapse, and all the propaganda steal your peace and joy in Christ, for joy in the Lord is your strength (NEHEMIAH 8:10).
My brethren, Paul tells us, “You are not restricted by us, but you are restricted by your own affections. Now in return for the same (I speak as to children), you also be open. Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness? And what accord has Christ with Belial? Or what part has a believer with an unbeliever? And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell in them And walk among them. I will be their God, And they shall be My people.” Therefore “Come out from among them And be separate, says the Lord. Do not touch what is unclean, And I will receive you.” “I will be a Father to you, And you shall be My sons and daughters, Says the Lord Almighty.””
II Corinthians 6:12-18 NKJV
All Glory to God forever and ever! Amen.
