Fear [פחד] vs. Fearless [לאפחד]

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God is constantly telling us, “Fear not; don’t be afraid, rest in Me,” or words to that effect.  Part of His last will and testament to us was, “Shalom: Peace.”  He does not want us to be afraid and He most certainly does not want us to live in fear.

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But just like our Father, Jesus goes FAR beyond merely telling us about this; He shows us in the letters of the Hebrew language! 💖🙌🏻

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Throughout the Bible, the Holy Spirit draws us beautiful pictures to help, teach, encourage, and to bless us, yes, even through the Hebrew lettters themselves

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Hebrew reads from right to left and is a form of picture writing, like Chinese.  These pictures are very consistent.  The 22 letters in their alphabet tell a story you would never find in any definition and give us a glimpse of God’s perspective.

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Fear is spelled like this in Hebrew:

[פחד] Pechad

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[פ] Pei =mouth
[ח] Chet or het = fence, pronounced like a gutteral “k.”  Something can be fenced in or fenced out.
[ד] Dalet = door

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When you are afraid, what’s the natural human response? To fence yourself off, sit down, and/or withdraw from others.   You might even curl up in a ball.  At any rate, you are certainly not motivated to confess God’s positive word, so “FEAR” to God means:

“You have fenced off the ‘door’ of your mouth.”  That is what God says causes you to fear.

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Fear is actually worship, meditating in reverse.  It’s focusing on the negative, thinking about what might happen, what you don’t want to happen, or the worst case scenario.

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Well, we don’t want to fear anything or anyone except God, right?  This is the most likely the reason Jesus and the angelic host are always saying “Fear not,” when they appear to people.

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Remember what the Angel said to John in Revelation 22:9?  He told him not to “Worship him.”  He said, “Fear not,” and said, “Worship (fear) only God.”

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(For more on this topic, follow the link below:

https://emmausroadministries.international/2016/07/22/fear-worship-wisdom/)

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FEAR-LESS on the other hand, is spelled like this:
[לאפחד]  Lopechad

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“Lo (לא)” in Hebrew means, “No.” Literally, “LoPechad,” means, “No fear.”. The two letters below have been added to “Pechad.” They are:

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[ל] Lamed, which means, “Learn.”  It is a picture of an ox goad.  The ox “Learns” where to go with the use of the goad.

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[א] Aleph, which means, “Ox or sacrifice,” referring to Jesus.

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These word pictures tell us:

When you “Learn: lamed-[ל]” of Jesus and His “Sacrifice-aleph [א]” on the cross, He stands between you and your fears, making you……..

Lopechad [לאפחד]:  FEARLESS! 💖🙌🏻