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Sermon Audio: Have No Fear
Speaker: Pastor Val Watkins
Scripture Text: Luke 12:4-7
Duration: 18:59
Size: 8.69 MB
Luke-The Investigative Gospel
Have No Fear
Luke 12:4-7
Jesus recognized that his disciples struggled with fear. And so he addressed the issue of fear in their lives.
I. Proper Fear
But in Luke 12 Jesus teaches his disciples two very important principles with respect to fear.
A. Do Not Fear People
Jesus urged his friends not to fear people. He urged them not to fear even those who could kill the body.
B. Do Fear God
It is God, and God alone, who has authority to cast into hell, because of our sin against him.
“Fear of God is desperately needed in today’s church.”
How we need this wholesome fear that Jesus commended to his disciples.
II. Preserving Fear
Jesus teaches that a proper fear of God is in fact a preserving fear.
A. God Cares for Sparrows
But, not even the sparrow thrown into the bargain without real value is forgotten before.
B. God Cares Far More for Christians
Jesus was saying that God cares for sparrows. But he cares far more for his children.
If you don’t fulfill the mission God assigned to you, who will?