Hi Alex,
I don’t want to put the fear into you but when I went to copy 1John 4, it threw up some of your computer info, private perhaps...I just wanted to copy and paste from your post and add my blurb to the topic...
There are only a few people that I can think of that had that perfect “Love”. And today many would label them as lunatics. St Francis was one, he was classed as a madman..but his love was perfect. He is one of my favourite saints...how does one just give up everything to belong to that recipe of perfect love...just to abandon the basic needs of food, water, shelter, clothing is fear enough.
Cheers
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: Hi Faz,
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: Fear is an instinct that can also have a
: positive influence for it alerts our senses
: when danger stalks us, enabling us to escape
: from all that fear encourages us to
: avoid....
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: ...nevertheless, fear used to twist, and
: subvert the mind of a child can suppress our
: instinct to love, to trust, and to embrace
: all that gives our life meaningful
: encouragement, to live in freedom from fear
: of the unknown.
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: 1 John 4
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: Love Comes from God
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: …17 In this way, love has been perfected
: among us, so that we may have confidence on
: the day of judgment; for in this world we
: are just like Him. 18 There is no fear in
: love, but perfect love drives out fear,
: because fear involves punishment . The one
: who fears has not been perfected in love. 19
: We love because He first loved us.…
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