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Greek Word deilia: Timidity, fearfulness, cowardice
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Fear is an evil Spirit
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It competes against the Holy Spirit for control over our lives.
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This spirit seeks to control and dominate us. It puts us in bondage.
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Contrast with the freedom that the Holy Spirit brings us (2 Cor. 3:17)
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It aims to paralyze and ultimately destroy us
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This spirit is not from the Lord
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It brings with it torment (or punishment)
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It’s also driven out by perfect love (1 John 4:18)
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Fear brings division.
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We’ll push others away
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You cannot walk in Christ’s true love towards someone when you’re walking in fear
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It promotes self
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Contrast with love which brings a desire to lift up others (Phil 2:1-4, Romans 15:1-3)
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Fear causes you to do just enough to scrape by
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The Lord desires that we work heartily and do things with excellence (Col. 3:23)
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He desires to promote us for the purposes of His glory
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Daniel
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Joseph
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He’s not going to promote someone who’s just scraping by (Prov. 22:29)
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Freedom From Fear
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Recognize it
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If we don’t know it’s there, we’ll never deal with it.
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Fear is very insidious and it will hide deep.
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If often masquerades itself so well that we think it’s just part of our personality and who we are.
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God will reveal it to us.
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Repent
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Confess to the Lord that you’ve been submitting to the spirit of fear, ask His forgiveness (1 John 1:9)
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Make the decision to turn away from fear.
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Replace it
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You cannot have a spiritual vacuum inside of you.
- Once you have evicted the spirit of fear, you will need to replace it with the Holy Spirit otherwise it will return.
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Key Scriptures: 2 Timothy 1:7, 2 Corinthians 3:17, 1 John 4:18, Philippians 2:1-4, Romans 15:1-3, Colossians 3:23, Proverbs 22:29, 1 John 1:9, Matthew 12:43-45
