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Fear Not
By Grant Phillips
I just read that
sales for doomsday
bunkers have
increase 1,000%
since the Japan
quake. A 137,000
square foot bunker
is being built in
Nebraska and is
designed to house
950 people for a
year. The cost is
$25,000 to secure a
place, including a
$5,000 deposit. The
California-based
company, Vivos, that
is building the
bunker, stands to
rake in $23,750,000
in gross sales
(after doing the
math).
It is obvious that
fear is beginning to
creep into the
hearts of mankind,
but countless times
in Scripture we read
the words, in one
form or another,
“fear not” or “trust
in the Lord”.
We live in very
troubling times. I
personally feel that
these are the most
troubling times in
all of history … so
far. Political
turmoil reigns in
every country on
earth. Diseases with
no known cures are
sweeping across the
globe. (A new strain
of AIDS has
purportedly been
announced in a very
large country just
today.) The world’s
economy is teetering
toward a sudden
collapse. Crime is
at an all time high.
Immorality is taking
over the land like
an ugly beast.
Nature, (whether
hurricanes,
tsunamis, quakes,
floods, tornadoes,
etcetera) is getting
very nasty.
Corruption is all
around us; in the
political sphere,
the entertainment
industry, the
religious sector,
the class rooms,
even families.
Greed, distrust,
fear and other human
frailties are
consuming people.
Even those who do
not know Jesus
Christ fear that
something terrible
is about to happen,
and that it is. This
world is obviously
on the brink of
collapsing upon
itself. Where can
anyone go to find
peace, and rid their
hearts from the fear
within?
The one true God,
Who created this
world and its
inhabitants says, “It
is better to
trust
in
the
LORD
than to put
confidence
in man.” (Psalm 118:8)
“Trust
in
the
LORD with all
thine heart; and
lean not unto thine
own understanding.”
(Proverbs 3:5)
The Scriptures tell
us that just prior
to our Lord’s second
coming, “Men's
hearts
failing them
for
fear,
and
for looking after those things which are coming on the
earth:
for
the powers of heaven
shall be shaken.”
(Luke 21:26) The
Rapture has not yet
happened, but is
imminent. Therefore,
the world is not
even in the
Tribulation period
which follows the
Rapture, and already
people are beginning
to fear. The curtain
has not risen on the
judgments that will
soon befall this
world, and earth’s
dwellers are already
beginning to fear.
Even Godless
“Hollywood” has
taken advantage of
this fear to sell
movies. One of the
latest is “2012”.
Our scientists are
warning us of
meteors from space
that will eventually
strike this earth
and bring it to its
knees.
Do we really have
anything to fear? If
you do not know
Jesus Christ as your
personal Savior, you
absolutely have much
to fear. What we are
seeing today is
nothing to what is
ahead, and it very
well may be sooner
than we think. The
fear factor today is
a mere hiccup to
what is ahead. The
calamities ahead are
just clearing their
throat for the main
performance.
Everything I have
mentioned, and much
I have not, is going
to get a thousand
fold worse before
Jesus sets His feet
on the Mount of
Olives at the end of
the Tribulation.
Some of you may be
angry at me,
claiming that I am
using scare tactics.
Folks, the only
thing you are
hearing is the
truth. Would you
rather I lie to you,
and tell you that
everything is just
going to get better
and better? Maybe I
should tell you that
our “fearless
leaders” are going
to fix everything.
(If you believe
that, you’re really
in trouble.) I
haven’t even touched
the surface of just
how bad it's going
to get … for
everyone … world
wide … as the world
advances toward
center stage of the
Tribulation. Are you
afraid? Do you fear?
GOOD! Let that fear
bring you to your
knees before your
only Source of true
peace, Jesus Christ.
Confess to Him your
unworthiness, that
you deserve Hell,
then sincerely call
upon Him for
forgiveness, asking
Him to shower you in
His grace by saving
your soul. Then you
can have true peace
that removes fear.
All true believers
in Jesus Christ will
not be here for the
Tribulation. We will
be in Heaven with
our Bridegroom
during that time.
But even if
everything gets
much, much worse
before He takes us
to His Father’s
house first, we
(true Christians)
have nothing to fear
because, “Yea,
though I walk
through the valley
of the shadow of
death, I will fear
no evil: for thou
art with me; thy rod
and thy staff they
comfort me.”
(Psalm 23:4) Can you
say that?
Fear is one of
Satan’s best tools,
but it is no match
for the power of
God. It really
should not matter to
a child of God what
takes place around
them, as far as fear
goes. Though we
suffer the worse the
world can throw at
us, we can rest in
the comfort our Lord
provides. Jesus
said, “And
fear not them which
kill the body, but
are not able to kill
the
soul:
but rather fear him
which is able to
destroy both
soul
and body
in
hell.”
(Matthew 10:28)
If you are afraid
and without Christ,
then come to Him in
true repentance, and
He will save your
soul.
If you are afraid
and a child of God,
just remember one
thing, i.e. our God
is always in
control. If He can
hold all the
galaxies, planets,
stars, and moons in
place, don’t you
think He can handle
our fears? Don’t let
Satan make a
spiritual wimp out
of you. Fear not,
and put your trust
in the Lord.
Psalm 46:1-3 says, “God
is our refuge and
strength, a very
present help in
trouble. Therefore
will not we fear,
though the earth be
removed, and though
the mountains be
carried into the
midst of the sea;
Though the waters
thereof roar and be
troubled, though the
mountains shake with
the swelling
thereof. Selah.”
The “Selah” at the
end of these verses
is a musical term
which we would call
a rest note in our
music today, meaning
that while the
orchestra continues
playing, the soloist
rests at this point.
Let us rest in the
Lord and not fear.
Grant Phillips
grantphillips@windstream.net
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