"There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment."
1 John 4:18 NKJV
Jesus has perfected His love within us, love has been made complete. Therefore, because of this, we can have the confidence in the day of judgement. We will all stand before the judgement seat of Christ; but don't think of it as a trial to determine our salvation but, as Jesus' opportunity to evaluate our Christian life - what we've done and how we sought to minister to people in love and to receive certain rewards for our obedience. This gives us the boldness and confidence to minister for Jesus knowing that, one day we will see Him face to face.
As I've said, Jesus has perfected His love within us. It may not feel like this at the moment but, don't forget that He is the Author and the Finisher of our faith. He looks at the finished product (Philippians 1:6). He's working on us. However, there are things that can get in the way of our progress and that is - torment. We all have things in our past that haunt us or, there may be things in this present time that upsets us or the future may be a threat to us. This can all torment us and lead us to constantly have fearful thoughts of what may happen. Listen, if you are a believer in Jesus Christ, you do not have to fear the past, present or future. Whatever it is, when you came to Jesus and asked Him to forgive you, He took all of these things away and gave you a free pardon - you were forgiven and your past has been taken care of.
You may have fears about the present and your future, if so talk to Him about this and He will put your mind at rest. He does not want you being anxious about anything. There is an old slogan - NO FEAR HERE, adopt this, put signs up in your home if you have to, put it on your mobile, on Facebook or stick a sign up in your car. Incorporate this in your prayer life, especially when a worry is trying to torment you. Jesus - your Perfect Love, has cast out all fear because it causes torment and He doesn't want any of His crew members to be living in such a way. If you believe the worry, pretty soon you'll be overcome by it. Refuse right now to allow this to take root.
Torment is from the very pit of hell. It is horrible and wrecks people's lives; and this is the way the enemy wants you to live. You can never have the victory if you succumb to it. But Jesus has given you the victory: 'But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ' 1 Corinthians 15:57
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