FEAR FALSE EVIDENCE APPEARING REAL

F - False
E - Evidence
A - Appearing
R - Real
Fear: Old English for sudden fear, peril, an unpleasant strong emotion caused
by anticipation or awareness of danger; anxious concern; reverence and awe
especially towards God.
Panic: An adjective: Greek, panikos, from Pan; of or relating to or resembling
the mental or emotional state believed induced by the god Pan; of or relating to
or from panic; of or relating to the god Pan (Websters 1913 Dictionary).
Panic: A noun: A sudden overpowering fright, especially a sudden unreasoning
terror often accompanied by mass flight; a sudden wide spread fright concerning
financial affairs and resulting in depression of properties.
Fright: Fear excited by sudden danger; to alarm suddenly.
Fighten: To make afraid, terrify, to drive or force by frightening.

WAYS IN WHICH FEAR ARRIVES

Guilt From Sin Genesis 3:8-10. Adam and Even disobeyed God and were
afraid and hid themselves.
Physical Harm To Your Life Genesis 12:10-13. Abram feared for his life
thinking the Egyptians would kill him and take his wife and so he began to lie. He
feared for his life, but his life belonged to God.
Being Outnumbered Exodus 1:7-10. The Egyptians feared the Hebrews
because they were greater in number, were very fruitful, mighty, and blessed.
They assumed in batter, the Hebrews would join their enemies.

DO NOT BE AFRAID OF FEAR

Sudden Fear Proverbs 3:25-26. Dont be afraid of sudden fear. This sounds
strange: Dont fear the fear. But when you understand that FEAR is FALSE
EVIDENCE APPEARING REAL we can understand what God is saying. Fear
comes on us as things or circumstances begin to change which we assume to
be to our detriment. For the most part, that is FALSE EVIDENCE because the
emotion hits us hard at once or suddenly and we usually make a hasty judgment
without all the facts which is foolish.
Anything that happens suddenly, so fast that we really dont have a chance to
understand what is truly taking place, we are essentially being pushed in a

direction to make a quick decision, our senses and logic are overwhelmed so that
we react instead of just thinking it through and then acting on what is factual.
Proverbs 29:25 says, The fear of man is a snare (trap, take captive, control):
but whoso putteth his trust in the Lord shall be safe.
Here is an example of fear being a trap. In other words, a bondage. A snare is a
trap that has been intentionally set, for the purpose of catching a prey. From
Websters definition it is akin to a Greek word narks which means numbness.
It was used in scripture and defined by Webster of catching a bird in a noose.
So the question is this: if fear is a trap that has been intentionally set to make us
numb, is it something we should live with? The answer should be obvious NO!
Fear can be in control if we fear, but if we trust God, it will die a defeated foe as
doubt dies when confronted by faith.

NO FEAR IN PERFECT LOVE

Perfect Love Casts Out Fear 1st John 4:16-21. In context, LOVE is a
conquering force of fear and torment. The perfect love of God does away with
fear and torment. This passage concerns judgment and condemnation. The love
of God when understood by believers, does away with all thoughts, emotions,
and fears of judgment by God against us.
Love in the New Testament is like oil for machinery. It lubricates everything and
causes it to work properly. Everything works by love. 1 st Corinthians 13 is placed
between two chapters (12 and 14) which speak about the operation and working
of spiritual gifts. Galatians 5:6 speaks about how faith worketh by love
showing that the power to trust and believe God will not work without LOVE.
Fear cant stand in the face of LOVE. Love believes all, trusts all, hopes all, and
in the presence of such, fear just cant stand.
Perfect love casts fear out, like a guest who has stayed to long; like a bag of
garbage that has begun to stink; like a demon who is unwanted and does not
belong.

SITUATIONAL IFFICS
Fear for some is based on situational ethics. Many deplore and hate this as a
Humanistic Philosophy being taught throughout out society, but they dont realize
that FEAR is based on situational IFFICS. What IF this happens? What IF that
happens? We fear what has not happened, what probably wont happen, and we
cant change anything that has happened by fearing it and worrying about it
anyway.
Isaiah 54:11-15 God promises a future of comfort (not necessarily in this life),
for His people. They will have no FEAR and be far from terror and oppression.
Those who gather against us will fall.
So we see that God does not drive us to fear, nor should His children fear
because He will keep us safe in His hand. We forget God when we fear, just as
we doubt God when we disbelieve what He can do.