1 John 4:18 KJV
As a child of God, fear should have no place in our lives. As a blood bought child of God, his spirit now dwells in us and where the spirit of God is, there is Liberty and not fear. I do not believe this scripture speaks of the fear of natural things like spiders or snakes, that is a common human fear, but I believe John is te...aching us not to fear the spiritual things that come up against us. The world has built Satan up into this big monster with the power to make us do things against our will. Something that we should fear above all things because his power is so strong. The world, like Satan is a liar. Satan was God's angel of light and most beautiful and he will come to you in all forms and look any way he chooses. He wants to keep you in fear of the unknown because he knows when you open your eyes and see the truth that you will no longer fear him. The Holy Ghost dwelling inside a child of God has power over Satan and he will flee if you stand up and rebuke him. James 4:7
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
As a child of God, you have power over the devil. There is nothing to fear. I don't deny that Satan is a powerful being. He is an angel cast down out of heaven, but the fact is, he was cast aside. He did not have the power to overthrow heaven and he does not have the power to rule this world. The only power he has it the power given to him by mankind. When man stands up and realizes that our true power lies in God Almighty. That when we trust in him and live according to his word he is our weapon against Satan. He is our shield and our high tower. He is our weapon against all of our enemies. Psalms 27:1-2
1The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
2 When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.
There is only one thing that a child of God is to fear and that is God Almighty. We are to know and understand that God is the only one that is capable of destroying our very souls. Luke 12:5
But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
Life is but a vapor that quickly vanishes away. Our flesh will go back to the dust from where it came, but our soul is eternal. It's our eternal souls that we need to put in God's hands and know that he is our refuge and our strength. That with his spirit dwelling in us, we have nothing to fear. Blessed be his Holy name!
