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1 John 4:18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has punishment. He who fears is not made perfect in love.

What human being does not experience fear? We all do, so is the apostle John thoughts here a put down, that is, a condemnation of us?

Well, many just can't bring this thought into context with the reality of life, in or, out of a religion. Fear, and sometimes daily, is part and partial of life on this earth! However, John's words here are actually reality of God, and they define for us what is from God, and what is coming from us, that is, our natural person, i.e., our flesh.

1 Corinthians 10:13 No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

We must understand as a mature Christian in Christ, what is of God's, and what is of sin, so we come to trust God more than the judgment of our own cardinal mind, which is base out of our strong emotions! As human's If we can't experience something in our flesh, that is, in our feeling, and emotions its not real to us. That may all sound like good as factual logic, but it is not to God, or Christ!

John 6:63 It is the spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and are life.

So lets get the context not from our daily experience we have in our flesh and its fears, but from God in Spirit and truth and for us to do that we must right off the bat remove our flawed thinking of our fleshly mind, but how?

Romans 8:6 For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace;

Romans 8:7 because the mind of the flesh is hostile towards God; for it is not subject to God's law, neither indeed can it be.

God and the apostle John were not judging us because we have fears. Now let say that again. God, Christ, or the apostle John was not judging us because we can't get rid of our fears. That think boils down to nothing but earning merit with God by doing a work of law, and in this case, we make this verse a work of law to judge how good we are doing or bad we are doing in our relationship with God, but are we correct in doing so?

Romans 8:8 Those who are in the flesh can't please God.

Romans 8:9 But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if it is so that the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if any man doesn't have the Spirit of Christ, he is not his.

The real truth is nothing of the sort, why? Because we are not under works, nor can we earn merit in Christ with God. We have a “gift” from God who called us to grace, that is, unmerited kindness. Thus, John through Christ by Holy Spirit is stating a fact, a truth of this life in our flesh we have fears, which none of us can put away. Hence, this is why the apostle Paul stated to the hatred of many today that nothing good dwelt in his flesh. Flesh, and its mind, and/or its will power cannot stop the fears of our flesh, we only left to boast lie that we don't have them, but still they are common in all flesh.

In other words, we are not going to have no fears in our flesh because we are mature in Christ, or when we have climbed the corporate ladder of our religion obtaining approval of our peers, that is, a myth and a work of law that not in Christ.

James.3:14 But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, don't boast and don't lie against the truth.
God uses our fears and trials on this earth to refine us, but not in making us a better fleshly person having the will power to stop every human emotions in us, but rather to refine us, in what? Our faith into pure gold. So why would God state something we cannot do isn't that cruel? Well, lets make this very simple, the natural man is always lying, comparing, and competing with other people in their flesh, the flesh mind cannot know God so it can't disgusted between what is of God and of itself.

Psalms 116:11 I said in my haste, "All men are liars."

Rom. 3:10 As it is written, "There is no one righteous; no, not one.
3:11 There is no one who understands. There is no one who seeks after God.

Thus, it is a hypocrite because it wants to appear righteous more than telling the truth which is all flesh is full of greed, envy, hate, fears, competition, and just because one labels something as a Christian's does not change what the truth is in what is common of all flesh. Thus, the power of looking good in flesh deceives people from the truth in Christ which is why we can't be in Christ unless we are under undeserved kindness.

Romans 12:3 For I say, through the grace that was given me, to every man who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think reasonably, as God has apportioned to each person a measure of faith.

Romans 5:20 The law came in besides, that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace abounded more exceedingly;

Romans 5:21 that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

The power of looking righteous to others by religious grab, building, gold, silver, popularity is what false religion is. (religion deceives itself by correcting and working on it members sin of the flesh.) Such is not being in Christ were we suffer in our flesh for Christ righteousness, and not our own. That seeds of weeds had been planted by the enemy as Christ stated it would be. Each and every teaching of the apostles after they Holy Spirit was pour out was to uproot those weeds from taking the natural course of all human born into sin which is to condoning sins that are impossible to get ready of in our flesh by wrapping them in biblical words.

1 Peter 3:21 This is a symbol of baptism, which now saves you--not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

1 John 1:8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

God gave each anointed Christian's Christ life as a new life that cannot be justified by any scriptures, Christ is the justification not doing a work or reading something. Thus, our judgment is removed, the fears of our flesh are powerful but they don't change God justification of us in Christ life, so we suffer hanging on to our faith based upon God's love and not our own love of self or the fear of looking bad in our flesh!

James.1:12 Blessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him. 1:13 Let no man say when he is tempted, "I am tempted by God," for God can't be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one. 1:14 But each one is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed.
1:15 Then the lust, when it has conceived, bears sin; and the sin, when it is full grown, brings forth death.

In that love, God's love, that is, our being in Christ life there are none of the things we are feeling in our flesh, and because of that no fear of judgment can exist in God's love like we experience every day on earth in our flesh. Our real life is hidden in Christ that God will revealed at the revelation of Christ. Our battles is not with fleshly and blood but remembering we are spirit in Christ and we have no sin in Christ and that our entire fleshly thoughts are against that thinking we must learn to endure in such trials and temptations for God's works to be complete in us, and that is refining our faith, faith a gift of the Spirit into perfect love and trust for our Father YHWH. We can never please God in our flesh, but it will not stop trying to be perfect by doing works of some law, to prove it is worthy. The only hope we have and that will be rewarded is our resting in Christ righteousness and not our own. In that, we have entered into God rest day, the Sabbath of the Lord of the Sabbath Christ Jesus.

1 Peter 4:1 Forasmuch then as Christ suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind; for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin; that you no longer should live the rest of your time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God.

Ephesians 6:12 For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world's rulers of the darkness of this age, and against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.

Galatians 5:17 For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, that you may not do the things that you desire.

Thus, in our world today we have a field of weeds that have corrupted the kingdom of God represented on earth in human that are much more concerned with appearance of making a more righteous flesh than being thankful they can't, so they don't become self-righteous missing the under merit kindness of God!

Colossians 2:23 Which things indeed appear like wisdom in self-imposed worship, and humility, and severity to the body; but aren't of any value against the indulgence of the flesh.

Galatians 2:20 I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

1 Corinthians 1:29 that no flesh should boast before God.

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