Recognizing Fear
1.
Recognizing Fear-What
does fear look like?
A. 1 Corinthians
13:4-Whatever love is fear isn’t; whatever love isn’t fear is
1.
4-Fear’s
not patient because it’s afraid
things will never change or that it will always be the way it is now
a.
Patience-A
continued and unfavorable circumstance doesn’t change you
b.
Faith
in the of the enemy to keep it this way
2.
4-Fear’s
not kind because it’s afraid:
a.
If
it’s always adapting to meeting your needs then it’s needs won’t be met
1)
Faith
in the enemy that your needs aren’t met
b.
If
it's taking care of your good, then its good won’t be taken care of
1)
Faith
in the enemy that your good won’t be taken care of
c.
If
it’s too kind to you, you’ll take advantage of it
1)
Faith
in the enemy to see to it that you’re taken advantage of & lose out
3.
4-Fear
is envious because it’s afraid it
will never get what you have
a.
Faith
in the enemy to keep you from ever having what they have
4.
4-Fear
vaunts itself b/c it’s afraid that
the truth won’t be enough to impress you
a.
Faith
in the ability of the enemy to make you look bad
5.
4-Fear
puffs himself up and puts others
down because he’s afraid he won’t look good enough without knocking you down
6.
5-Fear
is rude because:
a.
Fear
dishonors others because it’s afraid it has no value himself
1)
Faith
in the enemy to keep your value down
b.
Fear
is carless and inconsiderate of others because it’s afraid that if it cares for
others nobody will consider and care for it
1)
Faith
in the enemy to see to it that you’re not taken care of
c.
Fear
that if I’m not rude people might think I’m soft in some way
d.
Fear
is rude because it fears it won’t get its way
1)
Faith
in the enemy to see to it that you get the short end of the stick
7.
5-Fear
is self-seeking b/c it’s afraid it
he doesn’t seek his own nobody will
a.
Faith
in the enemy to see to it that you’re not taken care of
8.
5-Fear
is offended b/c it’s afraid you or
others believe that to be the truth
a.
Faith
in the enemy to keep the truth hidden
9.
5-Fear
thinks evil
a.
Fear
is a consistent thought pattern on what God didn’t say; the gospel is good news
fear thinks on evil news
10. 6-Fear rejoices when others fall because it’s
always afraid that somebody is going to get higher than me; afraid if you look
too good, it will make me look bad
a.
Faith
in enemy to keep you down
11. 7-Fear doesn’t bear up/endure what comes; it breaks
down in times of pressure
12. 7-Fear doesn’t believe because it’s afraid that it’s
not true
13. 7-Fear doesn’t expect because it fears it’s hopes will
be crushed
14. 7-Fear doesn’t endure because it’s not brave
15. 8-Fear always fails because it can’t connect
to the power necessary to win
2.
All sin &
disobedience to God is rooted in fear; love obeys God, fear doesn’t (1 Jn 5:3)
A. If love is the root to
your obedience, fear is the root to disobedience
B. His commandments or not
grievous; there’s no loss associated with them
1.
Afraid
that if you obey God something negative will happen to you
2.
He
was afraid that if he did what Jesus said, he’d lose all his stuff (Mark 10)
C. Faith in the enemy cause
something negative to happen to you as a result of you obeying God
3.
All strife is rooted in
fear (Strife-Contention, wrangling to get your way)
A. All strife is rooted in
the fear that won’t get your way
B. Genesis 26:20-Strife was
the result of a fear of lack
C. Faith in the enemy to
work that thing out for your bad
4.
All discouragement and
depression is rooted in fear (Deuteronomy 1:21)
A. Discouraged-Deprived of
courage or confidence; depressed in spirit, dejected; to be dismayed or afraid;
Lack confidence & courage resulting in depressed emotions
B. Discouragement is a fear
that things are never going to change
1.
You
get discouraged because the circumstances are a way that you don’t like them
and you’re afraid they’re not going to change in the near future
C. Faith in the enemy to
keep it this way always
5.
All unbelief is fear
dependent (Deuteronomy 1:26-32)
A. They didn’t believe b/c
they were afraid that what God said wouldn’t come to pass
B. Faith in the enemy to
keep God’s word from coming to pass
6.
All unforgiveness and
bitterness rooted in fear
A. Afraid that if you
forgive them that they’ll do it again
B. Afraid if forgive them
they’ll walk all over you
C. Afraid if you forgive
them what you’ll look like to others
7.
All laziness is fear of
discomfort (Matthew 25:26)
A. All flesh actions are a
fear of the flesh not being comfortable
8.
Fear is 1) Impatient 2) Unkind
3) Envious 4) Prideful 5) Rude 6) Selfish 7) Offended 8) Thinking evil 9) Feels
pleasure when somebody fails 10) Is not brave 11) Does not believe 12) Does not
have high expectations 13) Disobeys God 14) Discouraged and depressed 15) Filled
with strife 16) Holds unforgiveness 17) Lazy
A. We saw strife, offense,
disobedience, selfishness ect, but God saw fear
1.
We
need to locate fear and see it the way God does
B. It’s all the spirit of
fear, just dressed up in a different costume; but when you strip the costume
off you’ll see it’s fear underneath
1.
God
is Love-The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of love
2.
Satan
is Fear-The Spirit of antichrist and the spirit of fear or the same spirit
a.
That
spirit might be clothed in strife or laziness, but it’s the spirit of fear