"18 There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear involves punishment, and the one who fears is not perfected in love. 19 We love, because He first loved us."
NO FEAR IN LOVE! Intimidation, mocking, demeaning, the need to control, and manipulation are all aspects of fear.
The perfect love of God casts out fear. One of the works of the enemy is to cause fear to dilute our walk, our progress and keep us stuck in relationships that devalue our walk.
Satan wants to seal our peace. If he can do this we will become disabled in the work God has given us to do.
"Fear involves torment." God removes that punishment-based emotion when God casts out fear.
The fear comes when we are performance-based, worrying continually about being exactly what God wants us to be. We need to rest in Christ, so that He will do in us what is needed. We have no need to worry continually that God is angry with us.
Pretenders like rules that bring about guilt over everything. They base their Christianity on how good they think they are without ever repenting from anything.
We love Christ because He first loved us! He works in us, and we can rest in that alone. As He works in us, we grow in holiness and emotional and Spiritual depth.
If we are trying real hard to be right with God, worrying all the time if we have done enough or look good enough to others, then we are walking fleshly, depending on ourselves.
May we each seek Christ to change us, grow us and continually grace us with His wisdom so that all worry is cast aside.
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