Shalom I wish you a blessed and relaxing day in the arms of Jesus. Enjoy and have fun in mind that you are a child of God!

1 John 4: 18

There is no fear in love; perfect love casts out fear. The fear thinks yes to punishment. Whoever is afraid of is not yet perfect in love.

In the perfection of love is not fear!

We Ensure immediately that John does not say our hearts that no fear was in him, but makes its statement of love. We have one of those short phrases of the Apostle before us that he represents without discussion and which are true simply in itself.

In fact, in the real love “fear” no room. “Fear” is for real loves a foreign body, they “eject”. Of course, it does so only and can do it where the “perfect love” is the only. “Complete” means here – as well as 1 Co 2,6 and Phil 3:15 – not a perfectionist “perfection”.

But fear not actually many Christians?

John himself has mentioned that “condemns our heart”. Let’s look at the scaring our failures in love, the many unkindness in thoughts, words and actions that are there for us before we know it? Then comes not justly fear in our hearts? She does, precisely because we’nicht now “made perfect in love” were. But the apostle tells us in his letter many times, then where is the help for us.

Then we must confess, receive forgiveness, be cleaned. In this experience God’s love comes with us to their destination. From such loved by God brings new love in us, and then this love comes the fruit from. It is this expression shows that John reckons that we do not ever walk in the heights of fearlessness, but are challenged by fear. That’s why he does not write, that our hearts once and for all have the fear behind them and they no longer know.

It happens again and again the “ejecting” the fear through love, the completed “fills our hearts”. It must also be seen at this point that John the word “love” comprising hand and simultaneously God’s love for us and wrought by God in us love means to him and to the brothers.

Jesus says to you, in the world you’re scared, but be strong, I have overcome the world. (John 16:33).

Pray for that you overcome your fruit through love, because fear is not in love. Pray for love and you’ll lose the fear.

God’s protection, blessings and peace

Pastor Lionheart (Thorsten Wurm)