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Fear, Faith and Freedom

Fear, Faith and Freedom. Examination of Sanctification – Fear/ Aniety. Two most primitive expressions of a prideful heart. Fear. Lust. Self-Rule. Two sides of the same coin: I fear not having that which I lust for. Two possible motivations in the heart of a believer.

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Fear, Faith and Freedom

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  1. Fear, Faith and Freedom

  2. Examination of Sanctification – Fear/Aniety

  3. Two most primitive expressions of a prideful heart. Fear Lust Self-Rule Two sides of the same coin: I fear not having that which I lust for.

  4. Two possible motivations in the heart of a believer. Death (stress/anxiety) Life (peace) Motive: Self-centered fear to meet my own needs (lusts) Motive: Loving obedience responding in faith to God Self - Rule Christ Rule

  5. Two possible motivations in the heart of a believer. Death (stress/anxiety) Life (peace) Motive: Self-centered fear to meet my own needs (lusts) Motive: Loving obedience responding in faith to God Self - Rule Christ Rule • Distrust of and rebellion against God • Gratifying Flesh • Trying to live independent of God on own strength • Obsessed with control (others/outcomes)

  6. Two possible motivations in the heart of a believer. Death (stress/anxiety) Life (peace) Motive: Self-centered fear to meet my own needs (lusts) Motive: Loving obedience responding in faith to God Self - Rule Christ Rule • Trust of God • Submitted to the Spirit • Dependent • Servant-hearted

  7. Two possible motivations in the heart of a believer. Death (stress/anxiety) Life (peace) Motive: Self-centered fear to meet my own needs (lusts) Motive: Loving obedience responding in faith to God Self - Rule Christ Rule Mindset: Surrendered to the Spirit Mindset: Gratifying the Flesh Deeds of the Flesh (Gal. 5:19-21) Fruit of the Spirit (Gal. 5:22-23)

  8. Conclusions • Everything not done in faith is rooted in a distrust of God or self-centered fear. • Our fears reveal our lusts: We lust for the things we fear not having. • Our lusts reveal our idolatry. • Things that we idolize are things we are called to repent of.

  9. Living in the Light: Confession and Prayer

  10. John 3:16-21

  11. Confession

  12. He who conceals his sins does not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy. Pro. 28:13

  13. Yet I hold this against you: you have forsaken your first love. Remember the height from which you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. Rev. 2:4-5

  14. Many also of those who had believed kept coming, confessing and disclosing their practices. Acts 19:18

  15. Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective. James 5:16

  16. 1 John 1:6-10 **From Steve Gallagher's At the Alter of Sexual Idolatry, p.63

  17. Prayer

  18. Step Five: We admitted to God, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.

  19. Redeeming Truth of Step Five Under the covering of God’s grace, we step out in faith, leaving behind our old self-protective ways of covering sin and hiding from God and prayerfully come into the light. We confess sins before God and to one another and pray for one another so that we may be healed.

  20. Resentments

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