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SPIRIT OF FEAR*

Text : 2Timothy 1:7 

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

From our text, we could infer the following :

1. *Fear is a spirit* : Fear is not a feeling but a Spirit. 

Fear is the opposite of faith. That is why the fearful cannot please God. In fact,  Jesus said the fearful will not enter the kingdom. 

But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.Rev 21:8 KJV.

2. *Fear is not of God:*  Though fear is a spirit and God is Spirit too John 4:24,  but fear did not come from God. If fear is not from God, obviously, it's from the devil.  God said categorically that He has not given us the spirit of fear... 1 Timothy 1:7.

3. *God gave us other spirits :* God has given us the spirit of POWER,  the spirit of LOVE,  and the spirit of SOUND MIND, 1 Timothy 1:7. The New living translation rendered that "sound mind" as self discipline. That is,  God has given you the spirit of self discipline. Think about it,  God has given you the spirit of power and love. Walk in what God has given you. 

Reject devil's spirit of fear, because fear is a tormentor. 1 John 4:18.


 *The only fear that you are permitted to have is the fear of God which leads to wisdom. Psalm 111:10, Proverbs 1:7.* 


Bible reading: 1 Timothy  1:1-18.


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