To be free from religious fear, we must understand the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ and that Him we have been saved from the wrath to come. We need not to be afraid of God's punishment for any reason.

Religious fear is caused by a fear of God’s punishment if we don’t serve Him as we think we should, but God does not want us to serve Him in fear.

Religion uses fear to motivate us to serve God but God does not want us to serve Him in fear.

God did not create mankind to be afraid, fear came into the world from the day Adam sinned. Everyone who believed the gospel of Christ received the Spirit of God when we believed the gospel and this Spirit does not make us timid or afraid of circumstances/situations in our lives and around us but to enable us walk in the love of God and in victory over the issues of life.

As believers though we have been delivered from the power of the devil/sin and the bondage of religion, however, we must be cautious with how we exercise our Christian liberty so that we don't cause other believers to fall or go off track as they observe our conduct.

As Christians we still struggle in one area of our lives and have been taught to look up to God to deliver us some day from the struggles and oppressions in our personal lives. The bible however teaches otherwise, it teaches us that God has delivered us from the power of the devil through Jesus and realising this truth will help us experience the freedom God has given us in Christ Jesus.

If we want to achieve spiritual maturity and stability in our Christian walk and experience the blessings and victories that God Has given us in Christ Jesus, we must transition from living by our emotions to acting on God's word because God's word contains the spiritual reality of the Believer.

Our emotions most of the time do not depict the reality of our spiritual condition. Feelings are often subject to ever changing situations and circumstances while the reality of our spiritual condition and identity in Christ do not change.

Every believer has in us the ability to let go of the old lifestyle of sin because we now have a new nature in us, our new nature in Christ is holy and righteous. However, to experience this new life we need a spiritual revelation of our new identity in Christ and intentionally conduct ourselves accordingly.w

Today we are exploring our God given abilities to let go of the lifestyle of the sinful nature before we got saved. The grace of God does not only bring salvation into our lives, it also teaches us to deny ungodliness and worldly lusts and to live righteous and godly lives. Find out more