The Origin Of Fear
FOUNDATION STATEMENT: Fear is fed into a
person’s spirit as they spend time with the words of the enemy and that is the
first step that begins the process that will deactivate the anointing and bring
defeat in a person’s life Where does fear originate? You acted jealous, you got in strife,
you’re being lazy, but where did that jealousy, strife, and laziness begin?
I.
Fear vs. Faith
A. Fear is twisted/perverted
faith; it’s faith 180 degrees in the opposite direction
1.
Mark
4:40-Jesus equated their fear to no faith in him; they had in something, but it
wasn’t it him
2.
Luke
8:25-He didn’t where’s your faith in me; he said where is your faith
a.
He’s
wanting them to locate where there faith is; there faith was in that storm and
not in his word; that is fear
b.
He’s
knows where their faith is; he’s wanting them to assess where it is
c.
Their
faith was in the wrong god and that is fear
3.
The
beginning of fear
a.
When
God created Adam, He created in Adam love, joy, peace, faith, etc
1)
Before
Adam sinned he was hooked to God and all of those things that God put in Adam
were working the way God created them to work
b.
When
Adam sinned, he died, in that He disconnected from God, who is life, and hooked
to Satan, who is death (Gen 2:17)
1)
Satan
isn’t a creator, he has no ability to create; he perverts that which God
created
2)
When
Adam hooked to Satan, Satan perverted/twisted all those things that God put in
Adam
c.
Satan
didn’t create fear he perverted faith
1)
Fear
wasn’t created by Satan, faith was perverted by him
4.
If
faith is trust and confidence in God what he will lead you, guide you, bless
you, protect you and provide for you, then pervert that and what do you
get? You get trust and confidence
in Satan that he will harm you and bring misfortune in your life and that is
fear
B. Faith and fear operate by
the same principles, but produce different results; Anything you find out about
faith, you flip it around and the same is true about fear
1.
1)
Faith comes by hearing the words of God; fear comes by hearing Satan’s words
a.
People
who refuse to give their attention to God’s word won’t very developed faith;
people who refuse to give their attention to Satan’s word won’t have any fear
2.
2)
It’s impossible to please God without faith; it’s impossible to please Satan
without fear
a.
Without
faith God can’t get involved in your life that doesn’t please Him; without fear
Satan can’t get involved in your life; that doesn’t please him
3.
3)
Faith is the victory that overcomes the world; fear is the defeat that’s
overcome by the world
a.
If
you want to walk in victory you’re going to have to walk in faith; if you want
to walk in defeat you’re going to have to walk in fear
4.
4)
All things are possible to him that believes; things become impossible to him
who fears
a.
A
man who lives by faith has no limits; a man who lives by fear is limited
II.
Jesus redeemed you from
fear
A. Galatians 3:13-Jesus
redeemed you from fear
1.
He
has bought you out from the bondage of the curse by his blood
2.
Because
of the price he paid you don’t have to live in bondage to the curse
B. Deuteronomy 28:65-67-Fear
was a part of the curse that Jesus redeemed you from
1.
Jesus
went to the cross so that you wouldn’t have to live in bondage to fear
2.
Jesus
bought you out of that kind of lifestyle
C. Psalm 107:2-So we
shouldn’t be saying I’m afraid, that scared me & frightened me
1.
We’re
redeemed from fear & our confession should be I am redeemed
D. When you got born again
you weren’t created with fear in your spirit (2 Tim 1:7)
1.
Romans
8:15-You had the spirit of fear once, but you don’t have it anymore
2.
To
say you’re afraid is to speak crosswise to the Word of God
III.
How do you know when
you’re operating in fear?
A. You might feel afraid,
but that doesn’t mean you are; you might feel like a dog
1.
The
feelings of fright are an opportunity to fear
a.
Feelings
are like thoughts in that they operate in the soul and you can’t control which
ones come, but you can control them when they get there
b.
When
the feelings are there are you have an opportunity to walk in fear
2.
The
feelings of fright are the symptoms of fear
a.
The
way Satan would like to use the symptoms of sickness on your body to get you to
believe your sick, he’d like to use the feelings of fright to get you to
believe you’re afraid; people who believe they’re afraid are afraid
3.
We
don’t use our feelings to gage whether we are in fear; fear can’t be defined by
feelings of fright because fear is belief in something
B. If fear was a thought or
feeling it could just come on you; fearful thoughts & frightened feelings can
come, but fear can’t just come on you b/c it’s a belief
1.
Fear
is faith in the enemy; that doesn’t just come on you, that’s a choice you make;
If you don’t chose to operate in fear, then you won’t (Mk 4, Mt 14)
2.
You’re
not operating in fear until you chose to think, talk, and act in your faith in
what the enemy is saying
IV.
How then does fear get
into the life of a believer? Fear has to be fed into your spirit for it to get
in there
A. When Adam was created he
wasn’t created with fear in him because he was created in the image of God and
there is no fear in God (Genesis 1:28, 1 John 4:18)
1.
When
Adam disobeyed, fear caused it; Love obeys God and fear disobeys God
2.
How
did fear get into Adam’s spirit in this perfect place, the Garden of Eden?
a.
Fear
got into Adam’s spirit by him giving his attention to the words of Satan
B. Fear operates like this:
the enemy speaks words in the form of a thought suggestion, a person gives
their mind & attention to it, and through their mind it is fed into their
spirit
1.
Fear
comes by hearing and hearing by the words of Satan; faith comes by hearing the
Words of God (Romans 10:14-17, 1 Samuel 17:11)
C. It’s what you do when
Satan speaks that will determine whether or not your walk in victory or defeat