”Freedom From Fear”

From: Echoes of Grace: 1978

• 1 min. read • grade level: 6

"Freedom from fear" for all mankind was one of the "Four Freedoms" proclaimed in the Atlantic Charter by the world's great statesmen a generation ago. But none of the signatories has lived to realize the ideal.

In many countries millions still live in fear, as terrorism, disunity, unstable regimes, terrible armaments, and "wars and rumors of wars" stir concern there and throughout the world.

But millions more live only in fear of death, their consciences warning them that one day they must stand before God. This is by far the most serious prospect. And it's real.

"It is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment." Heb. 9:27²⁷And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: (Hebrews 9:27).

Is there no way of escape from God's judgment of my sins? Is there no hope of release from this bondage of fear? Yes, there is! "Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners" nearly two thousand years ago. He has died upon the cross—

"That through death He might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; and deliver them, who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage." Heb. 2:14, 15¹⁴Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; ¹⁵And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage. (Hebrews 2:14‑15).

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