Fear Not!
Dave Riddle - 12/3/2023
Key Passage: Genesis 15:1
The Origin of Unhealthy Fear
- Genesis 3:10
- Sin > Shame > Fear > Hiding
Healthy Fear
- Icy roads, dangerous situations, etc
- Reverential awe for God
- Proverbs 9:10
- When this healthy fear is missing the result is not good.
- Romans 3:10-18
- Psalm 36:1
- Matthew 10:28
- Hebrews 10:31
Fear Not / Do Not Be Afraid
- First instance of this common phrase
- Genesis 15
- “I am your shield”
- Your protection. Your security
- God doesn’t want to leave us in a place of fear, shame, sin, and hiding.
- He wants to have a relationship of hope, joy, peace, and love with us.
- James 2:21-23
- Abraham: friend of God
- John 3:16-17
God’s Love Conquers Fear
- 1 John 4:10
- He loved us first. Not because we loved Him.
- 1 John 4:18
- There is no fear in love
- Perfect love drives out fear
- 2 Timothy 1:7
- God did not give us a spirit of fearfulness
- Revelation 2:10
- The last instance of “fear not”
- From Genesis to Revelation
There is nothing that can separate you from the love of God.