FEARS
THE MOTHER OF ALL
There are healthy and unhealthy
fears. God designed us to have
healthy fear so we would stay
safe. It is this fear that stops us
walking out into the path of
oncoming vehicles. When sin
entered this world it deformed
fear and introduced an unhealthy
strain that infected mankind like
a disease. It takes the form of
illogical phobias that eventually
hurt or diminish the life of
people. The fear of making new
friends for example, or the fear of
socialising with others. Such fears
are not constructive or helpful
but will causes one to become
isolated, lonely and cut of from
well needed help and support.
All fears are somehow related
to the fear of suffering and
dying. A person may fear failure
because they do not want to
suffer the embarrassment or
the inconvenience that may
follow. Another may fear spiders
because of the fear of dying
from its bite. Unhealthy fears are
from the devil who wants to take
people captive and keep them in
bondage. He tells us lies to keep
us away from the truth that will
liberate and set us free.
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What/who we should fear
We should have a healthy fear
of things that will truly harm us
but not for those things that are
harmless. There is no need to fear
spiders when in a country that
does not have harmful spiders.
There is no need to fear failure
when all it will hurt is our pride.
So what should we really fear?
Jesus says, “...do not fear those
who kill the body but cannot kill
the soul. But rather fear Him who
is able to destroy both soul and
body in hell.” Matthew 10:28
Jesus here, downplays the death
of just our natural bodies and tells
us that the real tragedy and loss
is when the soul is also destroyed
along with it. There is a death that
is far worst than natural death and
therein lies the true terror. Only
God in heaven has the power to
destroy our souls so He is the one
we should truly fear. No need to
fear man or the devil as they can
only destroy the physical.
So what is spiritual death
or destruction of the soul?
In Genesis 2:15-17 God told
Adam that he would die in
the day he ate the fruit of the