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How do we overcome fear?

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To remove fear from our heart we must have perfect love (1John4:18). To have perfect love, is to have perfect faith in God; because God is love. When we have perfect faith in God, His love expressed through His sacrifice on the cross (in order to expiate for the sins we committed against Him) becomes a reality to us. We, therefore have an absolute confidence that He will protect us from evil. This frees us from anxiety and fear. Furthermore, because of this faith we too will forgive those who have betrayed us and have been unfaithful to us; and compensate for their offenses by sacrificing our pride and feelings, and by staying faithful to our commitments to them. In addition, because love is selfless, if we exercise love, we would be concerned about the pain and suffering of others, rather than our own. These would free us of jealousy, lust, hate and revenge.
 
I'm with you on that. Yes I agree, and well put. :thumb

I may need to borrow this for something. Well put together.
 
Hello arunangelo, I am new to this site, but your topic about fear aroused my curiosity. I want to ask you does any Christian have "perfect" love and/or "perfect" faith? As far fear is concerned, is any Christian totally without fear? All through the Bible there are examples of prophets and men of God, including the disciples who had fear at one time or another. Do you agree? :twocents
 
junior said:
Hello arunangelo, I am new to this site, but your topic about fear aroused my curiosity. I want to ask you does any Christian have "perfect" love and/or "perfect" faith? As far fear is concerned, is any Christian totally without fear? All through the Bible there are examples of prophets and men of God, including the disciples who had fear at one time or another. Do you agree? :twocents
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Not to steal arunangelo's question, but while no Christian does have perfect love Christ does, and we live not of our own imperfection, but by Christ living through us.
 
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