God’s Love: The Antidote to Fear
Part of True Christianity: Walking In The Light
May 18, 2025

“By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. By this is love perfected with us, so that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so also are we in this world. There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love. We love because he first loved us. If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen. And this commandment we have from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother.” —1 John 4:13-21

We Need To Know God Us

• Knowing starts with confession (v.15)

• It’s impossible to know God without first confessing His Son.

“Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” —John 14:6

• Knowing Means Awareness

• Our knowing God moves into knowing his character.

• He gave us His Word to reveal to us his nature.

• Truly Knowing Him Requires The Spirit (v.13)

“We will never know more about God than the Spirit teaches us. We will never know any more about Jesus than the Spirit teaches us, because there is only the Spirit to do the teaching.
He is our Teacher, and if He does not teach us, we never can know. He is our Illuminator, and if He does not turn on the light, we never can see. He is the Healer of our deaf ears, and if He does not touch our ears, we never can hear. Churches can run for weeks and months and years without knowing anything about this or having the Spirit of the living God fall upon them.” —A.W. Tozer

• The Spirit leads us into full knowledge of Him and his love for us.

We Need To God Loves Us

• Knowing Is Different Than Believing

• The Apostle John Believed Jesus Loved Him

• The 18 Inch Journey - The longest journey we will ever take is the 18” journey between our heads and our heart.

• Belief Requires Trust

• Our Faith Is In His Love, Not Ours

• If you are struggling to believe…

     Read His


     Spend With Him
      to His Spirit, not others.

God’s Love All

• There is no fear in love (v.18)

• Defining Fear - The Greek word here is “phobos” which is similar to our word phobia.

• Perfect Love Casts Out Fear

• Fear Is Punishment Based

     We Are Fearful Because We Believe We

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     We Are Fearful Because We Believe
     We Are Fearful Because We Don’t Know The

• Fear Means You Don’t Know Him