Fear Not!

Dave Riddle - 12/3/2023

Key Passage: Genesis 15:1

The Origin of Unhealthy Fear

- Genesis 3:10

- Sin > Shame > Fear > Hiding

Healthy Fear

- Icy roads, dangerous situations, etc

- Reverential awe for God

- Proverbs 9:10

- When this healthy fear is missing the result is not good.

- Romans 3:10-18

- Psalm 36:1

- Matthew 10:28

- Hebrews 10:31

Fear Not / Do Not Be Afraid

- First instance of this common phrase

- Genesis 15

- “I am your shield”

- Your protection. Your security

- God doesn’t want to leave us in a place of fear, shame, sin, and hiding.

- He wants to have a relationship of hope, joy, peace, and love with us.

- James 2:21-23

- Abraham: friend of God

- John 3:16-17

God’s Love Conquers Fear

- 1 John 4:10

- He loved us first. Not because we loved Him.

- 1 John 4:18

- There is no fear in love

- Perfect love drives out fear

- 2 Timothy 1:7

- God did not give us a spirit of fearfulness

- Revelation 2:10

- The last instance of “fear not”

- From Genesis to Revelation

There is nothing that can separate you from the love of God.

Hello my name is: Mighty God

Dave Riddle - 12/08/19

Key Passage: Isaiah 9:6

‘el (Hebrew: אֵל) - god or god-like one; mighty one. Mighty men: men of rank: heroes. Strength, power. God (the one true God)

gibbowr (Hebrew: גִּבּוֹר) - strong, mighty or powerful. A strong, brave and mighty person. By implication a warrior and champion.

Joshua 1:14, 6:2, 8:3
1 Samuel 17:51; 2 Samuel 23
Psalm 24:8

He is divine

Hebrews 1:3 - the exact expression of His nature
John 1:14 -The Word became flesh... the one and only Son from the Father
John 10:30 - I and the Father are One
Matthew 1:23 - God with us

He was promised

Genesis 3:15 - He will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.

He was wounded

Isaiah 53:4-5 - Yet He Himself bore our sicknesses, and He carried our pains; but we in turn regarded Him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted. 5 But He was pierced because of our transgressions, crushed because of our iniquities; punishment for our peace was on Him, and we are healed by His wounds.
- Pierced, crushed, punished, and wounded for us.

He is Triumphant

Jesus is the victorious one!
Hebrews 2:14-15
- By his death he destroyed death... and freed those held in slavery by the fear of death.

Romans 8:31-35

if God is for us, who can be against us?
Who can separate us from the love of Christ?