The Illusion of Fear… religious fear

Whenever the Bible talks about fear, we must understand that many times it is talking about 2 things: being afraid (fear not) and reverence (fear of the Lord). Out of 400 times the word fear is in the Bible, many of those references the awe or reverence of the Lord. Today we are going to talk about maw-gore' in the Hebrew or fob-eh'-o, in the Greek, which means to put to flight by terrifying (to scare away). We are going to focus today on religious fear.

Romans 8:15 And you did not receive the “spirit of religious duty,” leading you back into the fear of never being good enough. But you have received the “Spirit of full acceptance,” enfolding you into the family of God. And you will never feel orphaned, for as he rises up within us, our spirits join him in saying the words of tender affection, “Beloved Father!”

Disclaimer-

The definition of religion is a system that describes and explains God. We are not saying religion is a bad thing. It is only when it is distorted and misinterpreted. We are not coming against people or leaders, we are coming against a system that says you must believe in the system with all its beliefs and doctrines, or you are in error and there are severe consequences if you don’t. That is religious fear placed upon the people. It robs folks the ability to go to God spirit to spirit and maybe look at things differently and be able to think for ourselves.

Illusion - An illusion is something that isn't real. It may look real, but it's actually fake. Fear is false evidence appearing real. The illusion of fear comes in when we begin to question what we hear and then think we are in trouble with God, because it is not exactly what we have been told. That mindset stunts our growth.
Religious fear, then, is not rooted in the divine, but in misunderstanding. It masquerades as reverence, convincing us that trembling is the same as awe—yet at its core, it is insecurity draped in spiritual language. We find ourselves asking: Does God truly desire us to tremble, or to trust? Fear, in this context, is not a healthy caution or respect for the sacred, but a counterfeit that distorts the beauty of faith’s invitation. It thrives on uncertainty and multiplies shame, convincing us that our humanity disqualifies us from grace.
Fear isolates; love gathers. Fear divides; love unites. Where fear builds walls, love opens doors.
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Never Doubt the Work God is Doing in You

Regardless of what we think, God is constantly working his glorious perfection and power in us to accomplish everything we were sent here to do. God said, I will complete or perfect everything I have begun in you.

One of the biggest destroyers of our faith is when we doubt. It can delay or completely derail God’s plans for us.

Doubt--"Unsettled state of opinion concerning the reality of the truth of something" (Webster). When we have doubts about spiritual matters, we are unsettled, anxious or without direction. Doubt is the Satan of every man. Satan is the deceiving phase of mind in man that has fixed ideas in opposition to Truth (adversary, liar in wait, accuser, opposer, hater, an enemy). Doubt is the root of weakness, mental and physical.

Sometimes our mind and thoughts prove to be our biggest adversary, I am a failure, I am not very good at something. All of our I ams must be uplifting and edifying for our wellbeing.

The reality of truth is that God’s kingdom is within, and he is on the job 24/7 to provide us everything we need to live a fulfilled, abundant life. The king is working in us constantly. We just need to wake up to that fact.

Eph 3:20

20 Never doubt God’s mighty power to work in you and accomplish all this. He will achieve infinitely more than your greatest request, your most unbelievable dream, and exceed your wildest imagination! He will outdo them all, for his miraculous power constantly energizes you.

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Misplaced Reality – what is real and what is just a shadow

We will be discussing today what does reality look like and what are just shadows. What we do in our daily life, what we think is important, in some cases, doesn’t really consider reality in its most important form.

The things that fill our attention—rituals, customs, outward forms—are often mere shadows, while the true reality is a deeper, eternal substance, unchanging and undiminished by the passing of time.

What is reality? Reality--a substance that endures when all illusions dissolve. that which is abiding, eternal, and unchangeable, the same "yesterday and to-day, and for ever" (Heb. 13:8). Reality is not subject to change. Error thoughts produce the mental and physical in harmonies called disease. These effects are not enduring and eternal. Error can be erased from the mind and be made to disappear from the body.

A shadow is a dark shape that is formed when an object blocks a source of light

Examples – When you stand outside and the sun is shining; you cast a shadow. The shadow is not the real thing; it’s just a shadow. You are the real thing. All of history leading up to Jesus was the shadow; Jesus is the genuine article, reality.

The tabernacle that Moses put up in the wilderness, the temple that Soloman constructed was a shadow pointing to the real temple, Us.
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