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I WAS AFRAID THIS WOULD HAPPEN!

• Job 325 For the thing which I greatly feared is
  come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is
  come unto me.

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INTRODUCTION

• 1. Paul Was Not Afraid I will not fear what
  man shall do unto me. (Hebrews 136)
  
  
  
  
• 2. Paul Was Afraid Let us therefore fear, lest
  a promise being left us of entering into His
  rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.
  (Hebrews 41)

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INTRODUCTION

• I am not afraid
• That I will lose my salvation.
• That my wife will betray me.
• That my kids will cast me off in old age.
• That I will Die.
• Of Hurricane Charley.
  
  
  
• That my cupboard will run dry.

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WHAT PAUL DID FEAR

• 1. That the simplicity of the message might be
  complicated by the devil. (II Cor. 113)
• 2. That the Saints would slip into sin.
  (II Cor. 1220)
• 3. That self would get the upper hand.
  (Rom. 715 - 17)
• 4. That he would end up on a shelf.
  (I Cor. 927)

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A SURVEY SHOWED THE GREATEST FEAR WAS

• 1. The Fear of Cancer.
• 2. The Fear of Heart Disease.
  
• 3. The Fear of Public Speaking.

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SOME HAVE GREAT FEAR

• Claustrophobia
• Kenophobia
• Gephyrophobia
• Harpaxophobia
• Chionophobia
• Ochlaphobia
• Triakaideaphobia
• laliophobia

• Enclosed places
• large empty places
• Crossing bridges
• Robbers
• Getting snow bound
• Fear of crowds
• Fear of the number 13
• Fear of speechmaking

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I. I Fear Barrenness at the
Judgment Seat Of Christ.
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II. I FEAR BEING BANISHED OF HOLY SPIRIT POWER.
(Eph. 430)

• 1. Power of Preaching
• 2. Power in Prayer
• 3. Power of Perception
• 4. Power in Performance
• 5. Power to Persevere
• 6. Power of Persuasion
• 7. Power of Personal Victory

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III. I FEAR BEING BANNED FROM SERVING THE LORD.
(I Cor. 927)

• 1. The Pull of Money
• 2. The Problem of Maidens.
• 3. The Plague of Modernism.

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IV. I FEAR BEING BARRED FROM THE THRONE OF
GOD (Pr. 124-28)

• 1. By Regarding Iniquity in My Heart.
  (Ps. 6618)
• 2. By Not Abiding In Him. (John
  157)
• 3. By Not Asking then Asking Amiss.
  (James 43)

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V. I FEAR BEING BEWITCHED BY AN EVIL SPIRIT
(I Tim. 41)

• DAVID BERKOWITZ - I was possessed with
  demons
• COUNTERFIET REVIVAL - Demons are responsible
  for uncontrollable behavior.
• They will defile your testimony, your body, your
  morals, your influence, your doctrinal position

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VI. I FEAR BECOMING BITTER. (Heb. 1215)

• 1. Bitterness Bars our prayers.
• 2. Banishes our Peace.
• 3. Breaks our Fellowship.
• 4. Bottles up Hatred.
• 5. Barricades Gods Blessings.

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VII. I FEAR BEING BACKSLIDDEN FROM THE
LORD (Hosea 117)

• THE BACKSLIDER
• 1. Cant be happy in the world.
• 2. Cant be happy with Christians.
• 3. Cant be happy by himself or herself.