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Fear Not!
Lesson Three

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PAUSE this video and read Chapter Three of your textbook: Do Not Be Afraid! Be sure to pray the prayer at the end of the chapter.

Fear is a problem we all face. Some fears are based on genuine concerns, others are motivated by imaginary events or unlikely possibilities. The emotion felt is the same either way. Our emotions believe what they are told; they don’t distinguish between truth and falsehood.

For example, say you are driving down the highway and a police car behind you suddenly puts on its lights. Your heart jumps. You wonder what you have done wrong. You glance at the speedometer. You are nervous as you pull to the edge of the road. Then he passes you. He just wanted to get by on his way to an accident. But your emotions lied to you. They said, “You are in trouble now!” and provided all the feelings that went with that false information.

Emotions are a gift from God, but they cannot be trusted to discern between Truth and lies.

It is interesting that fear, not hate, is the opposite of love. Read 1 John 4:7-21.

The apostle John links our ability to experience the love of God and, therefore, to walk without fear, to our willingness to love one another. There is no doubt of God’s love for us. Without that love, we would not even have the capacity to love. But if we refuse to love our brothers and sisters, harbouring hatred, bitterness, unforgiveness, outbursts of anger, abusing them through porn, etc. We will separate ourselves from God and walk in fear, even as Adam experienced when he committed the first sin. Remember, fear came into the human experience with separation from God. The only thing that can ultimately cure fear is to return to the union with God made possible through Jesus Christ.

In our warfare against fear, it is vitally important that we walk in right relationship with others, not in deliberate sin. Now, sometimes we can try to make something right with a person whom we have wronged or who has wronged us, and be rejected. We need to keep an openness to restoration and walk in forgiveness ourselves, even if it is rejected. Ultimately, we are not responsible for how others react. We are responsible for our own actions.

Assignment

1. Memorize 1 John 4:16-18.

2. Take your list of fears from the first lesson and find a Scripture that answers each one. If your fear is mentioned in the textbook alongside Scripture, find a different Scripture to go with it.

3. Do a Devotional Meditation on the Scripture that deals with the fear that is most prominent to you right now.

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