The Mind of Christ
Today’s Focus: Operating in the Mind of Christ: The Affects of Fear
Scripture: Philippians 1:27-2:8; 1 John 4:18
Greetings Kingdom Citizens
1 John 4:18: There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear; because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect.
So now the sons of God are not to fear because we are bonded by love. We are not to torment or hurt one another but lift one another up in love and in truth. We as the sons of God should not fear anything, especially a demon because our brother, Jesus Christ has authority over all beings, especially demons and fallen angels. Now let’s look at what Paul said to the church at Philippi because it was very unique when I read it and when I got the interpretation it really put things into perspective.
Philippians 1:28: And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God.
Paul starts off by telling the church that we are not to be afraid of our adversaries. Now, that fact that we stand in the power of God tells the enemy something and about themselves. The scripture says it is a token of perdition to them (enemy). The word perdition in the Greek is the word “apoleia” meaning ruin, loss or destruction. So when the sons of God stand in the power of God, fearing nothing it tells the enemy that certain destruction will be upon them. What a concept. Please understand we are eternal and death is simply a transfer from the realm of time to the realm of the eternal. If you are in Christ, what do we have to fear. The death and destruction of our enemies is the lake of fire. Even they themselves fear this and this is why they are coming against the sons of God so hard to defile us because they want us to suffer the same thing they will suffer.
This confidence that we have in the Lord allows us in the midst of our enemies to fellowship at the table of the Lord in His presence in front of the enemy. The Lord will deliver us from all of our troubles. All we have to do is trust Him and worship Him at all times. Whenever we feel fear come into our lives, this is the time we need to get closer to the Lord and rely more and more on Him. Fear will take you, mentally out of the game and when fear has control, it is hard to see hope in the circumstance. However we have a Father who knows all and will protect His children and know this we should have confidence in the things we do for the Lord knowing that our enemies will face certain destruction if they come against the House of God.
In the next message we will start to look at the second half of the scripture and see some attributes we should have in the Mind of Christ.
Peace, Love and Grace from the Father,
Calvin Calhoun, Jr.
