DAVID AND GOLIATH: THE SPIRIT OF FEAR AND THE SPIRIT OF
FAITH – CHAPTER 20
BINDING AND LOOSING #2
02-27-05
Review from
02-20-05:
FEAR EXISTS ONLY IN THE ABSENCE OF LOVE
(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
in love.
1.
(2 Tim 1:7) For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of
power, and of love, and of a sound [disciplined, i.e. self-controlled]
mind.
2.
fear = Dict: a painful feeling of impending danger, evil, trouble, etc.
3.
afraid = Dict: feeling fear; filled with apprehension: afraid to go.
4.
Satan (Goliath) binds through
fear. Whose fear? Fear generates
fear.
5.
God looses through faith.
Whose faith? “according as God hath dealt to every man the
measure of faith [belief]” (Rom 12:3). “God is love” (1 John
4:8,16). Faith is love. Faith (love) generates faith (love). “And the
apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith” (Luke 17:5).
6.
“Be not afraid” 26x; “Fear not” 63x.
7.
(Gen 1:1-3) In the beginning God created the heaven and the
earth. And the earth was without form, and void [empty]; and
darkness [darkness; fig. misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow,
wickedness] was upon the face of the deep [an abyss (as a
surging mass of water)]. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the
waters. And God said, Let there be light [luminary (in every sense,
including lightning, happiness, etc.): bright, clear, day, morning,
sun]: and there was light.
Current
02-27-05:
THEIR FEAR BOUND THEM TO DEATH
(FEAR KILLS YOU)
(Gen 2:17) But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not
eat of it: for in
the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt
surely
die.
[Adam lived 930 years].
1.
(2 Pet 3:8) But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that
one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one
day.
(Gen
3:7-10) And the [natural] eyes of them both were opened
[i.e. opened to the knowledge of ‘the abyss of darkness’ (Gen 1:2)
within them that had been covered by the light], and they knew that they
were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons
[a belt (for the waist): apron, armour, girdle]. And they
heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day:
and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God
amongst the trees of the garden. And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said
unto him, Where art thou? And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and
I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.
PERFECT LOVE LOOSES THEM FROM DEATH AND BINDS THEM TO LIFE
(Isa
61:1,2) The spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath
anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek [humble]; he
hath sent me to bind up [wrap firmly, heal, wrap about] the
brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives [exiled:
prisoners (Cain, Goliath)], and the opening of the prison [i.e.
jail-delivery (fig. salvation from sin) /// to open (the senses, espec. the
eyes)] to them that are bound; To proclaim the acceptable year
of the LORD, /// (Luke 4:18,19) /// and the day of vengeance of our
God; to comfort all that mourn;
1.
(2 Cor 4:4) In whom the god of this world hath blinded [i.e.
binded] the minds of them which believe not, lest the
light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine
unto them.
Amen