1. Pastor/Teacher - Jim Rickard Thursday, November 19, 2009 Grace Fellowship Church www.GraceDoctrine.org

2. Doxology Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise Him, all creatures here below; Praise Him above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.— Amen.

3. Memory Verse Deut 6:4, “Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD is one!” Mark 12:29

4. Cosmic viewpoint fills the void in your soul when there is no Bible Doctrine coming in. Worry, Fear Anxiety

5. TARASSO - to stir up, trouble, disturb, or agitate. To cause someone inward commotion, take away his calmness of mind, disturb his self-control, to disquiet, or make restless.

6. To cause inward turmoil, of mental and spiritual agitation and confusion.

7. 1) When we are challenged by God’s Word or plan for our lives and we allow fear to penetrate our souls.

8. Luke 1:12, “Zacharias was troubled when he saw the angel, and fear gripped him.”

9. John 12:27, “Now My soul has become troubled; and what shall I say, ‘Father, save Me fro m this hour’? But for this purpose I came to this hour.”

10. 2) In doubting the resurrection of our Lord and by extension doubting your resurrection life, given to you at the moment of salvation.

11. Luke 24:38, “And He (Jesus) said to them, “Why are you troubled, and why do doubts arise in your hearts?”

12. John 14:1-2, “Do not let your heart be troubled (Imperative Mood); believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father’s house are many dwelling places…”

13. 3) In regard to false teaching.

14. Acts 15:24, “Since we have heard that some of our number to whom we gave no instruction have disturbed you with their words, unsettling your souls.”

15. Gal 1:6-7, “…there are some who are disturbing you and want to distort the gospel of Christ.”

16. Gal 5:10, “I have confidence in you in the Lord that you will adopt no other view; but the one who is disturbing you will bear his judgment, whoever he is.”

17. 4) So that we have confidence in the face of undeserved suffering.

18. 1 Peter 3:13-14, “Who is there to harm you if you prove zealous for what is good? But even if you should suffer for the sake of righteousness, you are blessed. And do not fear their intimidation, and do not be troubled.”

19. 5) A command by Jesus to not allow the outward pressure of Satan’s Cosmic System to become stress within your soul, thereby rejecting the peace that is from God. John 14:27

20. The verb DEILIAO means to be timid, fearful, cowardly or to lack courage. It is only used in John 14:27.

21. The noun, DEILIA means cowardice, timidity, fearfulness, in 2 Tim 1:7.

22. 2 Tim 1:7, “For God has not given us a spirit of timidity, but of power and love and discipline.”

23. The adjective DEILOS means cowardly, fearful, timid, afraid, that is lacking confidence.

24. 1) To describe a lack of faith-rest, confidence in God.

25. Mat 8:26, “He said to them, “Why are you afraid, you men of little faith?” Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it became perfectly calm.” Also in Mark 4:40.

26. 2) To describe the unbeliever who will be cast into the Eternal Lake of fire.

27. Rev 21:8, “But for the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and immoral persons and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their part will be in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”

28. Old Testament example in Exodus 14.

29. 1. The Israelites were acting in arrogant defiance towards their captors, even though it was God and not they who won their freedom. Acts 13:17

30. 2. Instead of using prayer, vs 10 and 15, and the arrogance skills, they should have been using the faith-rest drill and other Problem Solving Devices.

31. 3. Principles. a. Cowards always hide behind arrogance.

32. b. The Jews saw the problem; Moses saw the solution. The people faced the problem and were afraid. Moses faced the same problem and was confident from doctrine in his soul.

33. c. You cannot express fear and at the same time apply Bible doctrine.

34. 4. Points of Application.

35. a. The armor of God prevents the outside pressures of adversity from becoming the inside pressures of stress in the soul.

36. F. L. O. T. (Forward Line of Troops) 10 Problem Solving Devices

37. b. When there is no PSD on the FLOT line of the soul, then the adversity becomes stress and stress overruns the command post of the soul (KARDIA) and puts the spiritual life out of action.

38. c. Adversity is inevitable, even necessary; stress is optional, not necessary.

39. d. God gives you spiritual freedom and human freedom so you can make your own choices and learn to take responsibility for your own decisions.

40. e. Stress in the soul means that the Sin Nature controls the soul.

41. f. Fear is a false variable rejected by every absolute of Bible doctrine. 1 John 4:18

42. Grace Fellowship Church Grace Fellowship Church Thursday, November 19, 2009 Tape # 09-082 There is No Fear with God!, Part 2 Upper Room Discourse, Part 314 John 14:27; Mat 8:26; Ex 14; Gal 5:10 James H. Rickard Bible Ministries 2009