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HOLY TRINITY ANG. CHURCH
RUMUAPARA
THEME:
“TOTAL VICTORY”
TOPIC:
•DEALING WITH THE SPIRIT OF
FEAR (THE HITTITES).
JANUARY 2019
Ven. Dr. John C. Adubacim. Holy Trinity Church Anglican Rumuapara
BIBLICAL TEXT
•DEUT 7:1-2
1. When the LORD your God brings
you into the land where you are
entering to possess it, and clears
away many nations before you,
the Hittites and the Girgashites
and the Amorites and the
Canaanites and the Perizzites and
the Hivites and the Jebusites,
seven nations greater and
stronger than you,
Ven. Dr. John C. Adubacim. Holy Trinity Church Anglican Rumuapara
2. and when the LORD your God
delivers them before you and you
defeat them, then you shall
utterly destroy them. You shall
make no covenant with them and
show no favor to them.
Ven. Dr. John C. Adubacim. Holy Trinity Church Anglican Rumuapara
BIBLICAL TEXT CONT.D
• ISAIAH 41:10
“FEAR THOU NOT; FOR I AM WITH
THEE: BE NOT DISMAYED; FOR I AM
THY GOD:
• I WILL STRENGTHEN THEE; YEA, I
WILL HELP THEE; YEA, I WILL
UPHOLD THEE WITH THE RIGHT
HAND OF MY
RIGHTEOUSNESS.” ISN'T THAT
BEAUTIFUL. IF WE LIVE BY THAT
PROMISE WE WOULD HAVE NO
REASON TO FEAR.
Ven. Dr. John C. Adubacim. Holy Trinity Church Anglican Rumuapara
BIBLICAL TEXT
DEALING WITH THE SPIRIT OF FEAR (THE
HITTITES).
THE "HITTITE" GIANT
THE NAME "HITTITE" MEANS
"DREAD" OR "FEAR."
Ven. Dr. John C. Adubacim. Holy Trinity Church Anglican Rumuapara
HITTITE COMES FROM A ROOT
WORD MEANING TERROR, MAKE
AFRAID, SCARED, TERRIFIED,
BROKEN AND AMAZED.
SATAN HAS COMMISSIONED
THIS SPIRIT TO GO FORTH AS A
SPIRIT OF FEAR
Ven. Dr. John C. Adubacim. Holy Trinity Church Anglican Rumuapara
DEALING WITH THE SPIRIT OF FEAR (THE
HITTITES).
• ITS PURPOSE IS TO DESTROY
HUMAN LIVES, AND TO
DESTROY ALL FAITH IN GOD
AND HIS WORD THROUGH THE
BONDAGE OF FEAR.
•FEAR CAUSED OVER A MILLION
AND FIVE HUNDRED
THOUSAND ISRAELITES NOT
TO ENTER THE PROMISED
LAND.
Ven. Dr. John C. Adubacim. Holy Trinity Church Anglican Rumuapara
DEALING WITH THE SPIRIT OF FEAR (THE
HITTITES).
DEALING WITH THE SPIRIT OF FEAR (THE
HITTITES).
•THE CHOICE IS OURS. WE
EITHER PERMIT FEAR OR
FAITH TO RULE AND REIGN IN
OUR HEARTS.
•WHATEVER RULES OUR
HEARTS TOTALLY CONTROLS
OUR LIVES.
Ven. Dr. John C. Adubacim. Holy Trinity Church Anglican Rumuapara
DEALING WITH THE SPIRIT OF FEAR (THE
HITTITES).
•FEAR IS A DESTROYER.
FEAR IS ONE OF THE ROOT
CAUSES OF DISOBEDIENCE AND
REBELLION AGAINST GOD!
Ven. Dr. John C. Adubacim. Holy Trinity Church Anglican Rumuapara
DEALING WITH THE SPIRIT OF FEAR
•FEAR BINDS A LOT OF PEOPLE
TODAY.
•FEAR IS A SPIRIT.
2 TIMOTHY 1:7 FOR GOD HAS
NOT GIVEN US A SPIRIT OF
FEAR, BUT OF POWER AND OF
LOVE AND OF A SOUND MIND.
Ven. Dr. John C. Adubacim. Holy Trinity Church Anglican Rumuapara
DEALING WITH THE SPIRIT OF FEAR
• IT IS ESTIMATED THAT 80% OF
CHRISTIANS TODAY ARE
OPPRESSED BY THE SPIRIT OF
FEAR.
•THIS CAN AND MUST BE
REVERSED.
Ven. Dr. John C. Adubacim. Holy Trinity Church Anglican Rumuapara
DEALING WITH THE SPIRIT OF FEAR
•PROVERBS 11:9 SAYS,
"THROUGH KNOWLEDGE THE
RIGHTEOUS WILL BE
DELIVERED".
•WE NEED THE GENUINE
KNOWLEDGE OF GOD TO BE
DELIVERED FROM THE SPIRIT OF
FEAR.
Ven. Dr. John C. Adubacim. Holy Trinity Church Anglican Rumuapara
•FEAR STOPS PEOPLE NOT ONLY
IN THE AREAS OF WITNESSING
AND USING SPIRITUAL GIFTS.
•THE FEAR OF REJECTION HAS
HINDERED PEOPLE FROM
BEGINNING WONDERFUL
RELATIONSHIPS.
DEALING WITH THE SPIRIT OF FEAR
Ven. Dr. John C. Adubacim. Holy Trinity Church Anglican Rumuapara
•THE FEAR OF FAILURE HAS
HELD MANY BACK FROM
BEGINNING WONDERFUL
ENTERPRISES.
•THE FEAR OF DEATH
PARALYZES AND TORMENTS
MANY.
•THERE ARE MANY OTHER
KINDS OF FEAR.
DEALING WITH THE SPIRIT OF FEAR
Ven. Dr. John C. Adubacim. Holy Trinity Church Anglican Rumuapara
•FEAR TENDS TO ATTRACT EVIL
UPON US,
•JUST AS FAITH TENDS TO
ATTRACT THE GOODNESS AND
BLESSINGS OF GOD.
DEALING WITH THE SPIRIT OF FEAR
Ven. Dr. John C. Adubacim. Holy Trinity Church Anglican Rumuapara
• FEAR IS A SUBSTANCE OF
THINGS WE HOPE WON'T
HAPPEN, ITS ALMOST LIKE A
CONVICTION THAT THEY WILL
HAPPEN.
•FEAR IS FAITH IN REVERSE
DEALING WITH THE SPIRIT OF FEAR
Ven. Dr. John C. Adubacim. Holy Trinity Church Anglican Rumuapara
WHAT IS FEAR?
•FEAR IS AN UNEASINESS OF
THE MIND, UPON THE
THOUGHT OF FUTURE EVIL
LIKELY TO BEFALL US.
•AN EMOTION EXPERIENCED IN
ANTICIPATION OF SOME
SPECIFIC PAIN OR DANGER.
Ven. Dr. John C. Adubacim. Holy Trinity Church Anglican Rumuapara
•CONSIDER THESE TWO KEY
WORDS IN THE DEFINITION OF
FEAR - MIND & THOUGHT.
•FEAR HAS EVERYTHING TO DO
WITH THE MIND,
•OUR THOUGHT PATTERN AND
BELIEF SYSTEM - PRIMARILY
OUR BELIEF SYSTEM.
WHAT IS FEAR?
Ven. Dr. John C. Adubacim. Holy Trinity Church Anglican Rumuapara
• IF WE BELIEVE IN THE
PROMISES OF THE LORD, WE
WILL HAVE NO REASON TO
FEAR.
•UNHEALTHY FEAR IS
CONSIDERED A PHOBIA
WHAT IS FEAR?
Ven. Dr. John C. Adubacim. Holy Trinity Church Anglican Rumuapara
THERE ARE MANY TYPES OF
FEARS
A.CLAUSTROPHOBIA (FEAR OF
ENCLOSED SPACES)
B. TO SUCH THINGS AS
PHONOPHOBIA (FEAR OF
SPEAKING ALOUD),
DEALING WITH THE SPIRIT OF FEAR
Ven. Dr. John C. Adubacim. Holy Trinity Church Anglican Rumuapara
•THERE ARE MANY TYPES OF
FEARS
C.RHYPOPHOBIA (FEAR OF DIRT)
D.ZOOPHOBIA (FEAR OF
ANIMALS).
DEALING WITH THE SPIRIT OF FEAR
Ven. Dr. John C. Adubacim. Holy Trinity Church Anglican Rumuapara
1. FEAR AND TORMENT GO
TOGETHER
"men's hearts failing them from
fear and the expectation of those
things which are coming on the
earth..." (Luke 21:26)
DEALING WITH THE SPIRIT OF FEAR
Ven. Dr. John C. Adubacim. Holy Trinity Church Anglican Rumuapara
•FEAR IS A KILLER FORCE-
OPPOSED TO FAITH
•SPIRIT OF FAITH IS EQUAL TO
SPIRITUAL FORCE.
•SPIRIT OF FEAR EQUALS A
SPIRITUAL FORCE
DEALING WITH THE SPIRIT OF FEAR
Ven. Dr. John C. Adubacim. Holy Trinity Church Anglican Rumuapara
2. OUR WORST MISFORTUNES
NEVER HAPPEN
•MOST OF OUR TORMENTS AND
MISERIES COME FROM
ANTICIPATING WHAT MIGHT
HAPPEN.
•MANY TIMES IT DOES NOT
HAPPEN AT ALL.
DEALING WITH THE SPIRIT OF FEAR
Ven. Dr. John C. Adubacim. Holy Trinity Church Anglican Rumuapara
3. AS WE FEAR WE ALLOW WHAT WE
DON'T WANT TO HAPPEN TO BE
MANIFESTED AND ALLOWED INTO
OUR LIFE
• IF WE OPERATE IN FEAR WE ARE
OPENING OUR LIVES TO THE
VERY THING WE DON'T WANT TO
HAPPEN,
•WE ARE BRINGING THIS
REALITY INTO BEING.
DEALING WITH THE SPIRIT OF FEAR
Ven. Dr. John C. Adubacim. Holy Trinity Church Anglican Rumuapara
4. FEAR COMES FROM
IGNORANCE OR LACK OF
KNOWLEDGE OR GOD'S WORD
"My people are destroyed for lack
of knowledge." (Hosea 4:6)
DEALING WITH THE SPIRIT OF FEAR
Ven. Dr. John C. Adubacim. Holy Trinity Church Anglican Rumuapara
5. FEAR OPERATES BY THE SAME
SPIRITUAL LAWS AS FAITH
OPERATES
•FEAR IS THE SUBSTANCE OF
THINGS NOT HOPED FOR.
DEALING WITH THE SPIRIT OF FEAR
Ven. Dr. John C. Adubacim. Holy Trinity Church Anglican Rumuapara
•AS WE FEAR, THE THINGS WE DON'T
WANT TO HAPPEN ARE BROUGHT
INTO MANIFESTATION AND
•ARE GIVEN SUBSTANCE IN OUR LIFE
BECAUSE WE ARE OPERATING A
COUNTERFORCE TO FAITH.
• IF WE ARE OPERATING IN FEAR, WE
ARE ACTUALLY BRINGING THIS
REALITY INTO OUR LIFE BECAUSE
FEAR IS A SPIRITUAL FORCE.
DEALING WITH THE SPIRIT OF FEAR
Ven. Dr. John C. Adubacim. Holy Trinity Church Anglican Rumuapara
6. FEAR IS DEVELOPED BY
MEDITATING ON THE LIES OF
THE DEVIL
• i.e. WORRY. WE TAKE
SOMETHING WE DON'T WANT TO
HAPPEN AND THINK OVER AND
OVER
DEALING WITH THE SPIRIT OF FEAR
Ven. Dr. John C. Adubacim. Holy Trinity Church Anglican Rumuapara
•WORRY OR FEAR IS A SPIRITUAL
FORCE THAT CAN MAKE
NEGATIVE THINGS HAPPEN,
•"FOR THE THING I GREATLY
FEARED HAS COME UPON ME,
AND WHAT I DREADED HAS
HAPPENED TO ME." (JOB 3:25)
DEALING WITH THE SPIRIT OF FEAR
Ven. Dr. John C. Adubacim. Holy Trinity Church Anglican Rumuapara
7. GREAT FEAR CAN BRING
SOMETHING TO PASS
•FEAR IS A FORCE THAT GOD
HATES.
•EXAMPLE AT CONSTANTINOPLE
–
DEALING WITH THE SPIRIT OF FEAR
Ven. Dr. John C. Adubacim. Holy Trinity Church Anglican Rumuapara
•CHOLERA - 125 PEOPLE DIED
•BUT ONLY 5 FROM CHOLERA.
•REMAINDER DIED FROM FEAR
OF CHOLERA.
DEALING WITH THE SPIRIT OF FEAR
Ven. Dr. John C. Adubacim. Holy Trinity Church Anglican Rumuapara
•WORRY AND FEAR IS INTEREST
PAID ON TROUBLE BEFORE IT IS
DUE.
•FEAR AND WORRY ARE A SIN
"Whatever is not of faith is sin."
(Romans 14:23)
DEALING WITH THE SPIRIT OF FEAR
Ven. Dr. John C. Adubacim. Holy Trinity Church Anglican Rumuapara
•FIRST EVIL FORCE TO GRIP
ADAM AFTER THE FALL WAS
FEAR
• It is ingrained in all creation. "So
he said, 'I heard Your voice in the
garden, and I was afraid because
I was naked; and I hid myself.'"
(Genesis 3:10) Adam fell from
fellowship with God
DEALING WITH THE SPIRIT OF FEAR
Ven. Dr. John C. Adubacim. Holy Trinity Church Anglican Rumuapara
•SOME SAY THEY HAVE LEARNED TO
LIVE WITH IT but look at Revelation
21:8.
•But the fearful, and unbelieving,
and the abominable, and
murderers, and whoremongers,
and sorcerers, and idolaters, and
all liars, shall have their part in
the lake which burneth with fire
and brimstone: which is the
second death. Ven. Dr. John C. Adubacim. Holy Trinity Church Anglican Rumuapara
DEALING WITH THE SPIRIT OF FEAR
•SATAN USES FEAR TO
DESTROY MIND AND BODY
Fear destroys, faith
creates. "God's Word is
health to all our flesh"
(Proverbs 3:8)
Ven. Dr. John C. Adubacim. Holy Trinity Church Anglican Rumuapara
DEALING WITH THE SPIRIT OF FEAR
Dr Charles Mayo said,
•"I HAVE NEVER KNOWN ANYONE
WHO DIED OF OVERWORK, BUT I
HAVE KNOWN MANY WHO DIED
FROM FEAR, ANXIETY & WORRY."
Ven. Dr. John C. Adubacim. Holy Trinity Church Anglican Rumuapara
DEALING WITH THE SPIRIT OF FEAR
•FEAR TEARS DOWN THE GODLY
HEDGE OF PROTECTION.
•FEAR CAUSES OVEREATING,
ANXIETY, STRESS
Ven. Dr. John C. Adubacim. Holy Trinity Church Anglican Rumuapara
DEALING WITH THE SPIRIT OF FEAR
•FEAR BRINGS TORMENT
•THE DEVIL LOVES TO OPERATE
THROUGH FEAR
•BECAUSE IT GIVES HIM AN OPEN
DOOR TO ATTACK AND DESTROY
A PERSON.
Ven. Dr. John C. Adubacim. Holy Trinity Church Anglican Rumuapara
DEALING WITH THE SPIRIT OF FEAR
(1) TRAUMA OR SHOCK
(a) WATCHING PEOPLE DIE –
(b) LOOKING INTO AN OPEN
COFFIN.
(c) ACCIDENTS.
Ven. Dr. John C. Adubacim. Holy Trinity Church Anglican Rumuapara
(2) SIN (OF OURSELVES OR
ANCESTORS) - PAST
INVOLVEMENT IN THE OCCULT.
• ALSO PRENATAL SHOCK.
Ven. Dr. John C. Adubacim. Holy Trinity Church Anglican Rumuapara
(3) THE TOUCHING OF DEAD
BODIES OLD TESTAMENT
EXAMPLE.
(4) REJECTION - CHILDREN
STUTTERING BECAUSE OF
TEACHER'S DISCIPLINE.
Ven. Dr. John C. Adubacim. Holy Trinity Church Anglican Rumuapara
(5) MARITAL BREAK-UPS, -
EFFECT ON CHILDREN.
(6) SPIRIT OF JEZEBEL (TERROR).
SPIRIT OF ANTICHRIST SPIRIT
OF DEATH AND HELL - NOTE
PARTICULARLY PSALM 18:4&5.
Ven. Dr. John C. Adubacim. Holy Trinity Church Anglican Rumuapara
(7) FAILING TO BRING ALL
THOUGHTS INTO CAPTIVITY TO
JESUS CHRIST (2 CORINTHIANS
10:4&5)
(8) FAILING TO TRUST GOD
COMPLETELY ie not having
Jesus at all times as Lord and
Saviour of every part of our lives.
Ven. Dr. John C. Adubacim. Holy Trinity Church Anglican Rumuapara
(9) RELIGIOUS SPIRITS -
MANIPULATION.
(10) NOT TRUSTING IN THE WORD
OF GOD
Ven. Dr. John C. Adubacim. Holy Trinity Church Anglican Rumuapara
(11) NOT KNOWING THE FULLNESS
OF GOD'S LOVE IN OUR LIVES.
(12) VIEWING SOME TYPES OF
TELEVISION , MOVIES, BOOKS,
MUSIC, GAMES eg dungeons and
dragons (especially for children).
(13) HEARING THE WRONG THINGS
JESUS SAID, "TAKE HEED HOW YOU
HEAR." (LUKE 8:18)
Ven. Dr. John C. Adubacim. Holy Trinity Church Anglican Rumuapara
(14) COVETOUSNESS IS A
PRIMARY ENTRY POINT FOR
FEAR.
•AS WE COVET MATERIAL
THINGS, WE ALLOW OURSELVES
TO BE BROUGHT INTO BONDAGE
AND DEBT (SEE PROV. 22:7).
Ven. Dr. John C. Adubacim. Holy Trinity Church Anglican Rumuapara
•WE ARE TOLD THAT OUR
CONDUCT SHOULD BE WITHOUT
COVETOUSNESS AND WE
SHOULD BE CONTENT WITH
SUCH THINGS AS WE HAVE.
•Then we can boldly say, "The
Lord is my helper, I will not fear
what man can do to me."
(Hebrews 13:6)
Ven. Dr. John C. Adubacim. Holy Trinity Church Anglican Rumuapara
(15) TIREDNESS , OVERWORK
AND STRESS.
(16) SICKNESS
Ven. Dr. John C. Adubacim. Holy Trinity Church Anglican Rumuapara
(17) SEPARATION FROM GOD. (Isaiah
59:1-2)
Behold, the LORD'S hand is not
shortened, that it cannot save;
neither his ear heavy, that it cannot
hear: But your iniquities have
separated between you and your
God, and your sins have hid his face
from you, that he will not hear.
(18) CURSES Ven. Dr. John C. Adubacim. Holy Trinity Church Anglican Rumuapara
HOW TO DEAL WITH THE
SPIRIT OF FEAR
1. BE SURE THAT YOU ARE
BORN AGAIN. JOHN 3.3
2. REALIZE THAT ALL THINGS
ARE POSSIBLE WITH GOD. MATT
19:26
Ven. Dr. John C. Adubacim. Holy Trinity Church Anglican Rumuapara
HOW TO DEAL WITH THE
SPIRIT OF FEAR
3. REMIND GOD OF WHAT HE HAS
DONE IN THE PAST FOR YOU
REMIND ONESELF OF THE
THINGS GOD HAS DONE IN THE
PAST
Ven. Dr. John C. Adubacim. Holy Trinity Church Anglican Rumuapara
4. RECOGNISE THAT WE ARE IN A
SPIRITUAL BATTLE
• "FOR WE DO NOT WRESTLE AGAINST
FLESH AND BLOOD, BUT AGAINST
PRINCIPALITIES, AGAINST POWERS,
AGAINST THE RULERS OF THE
DARKNESS OF THIS AGE, AGAINST
SPIRITUAL HOSTS OF WICKEDNESS
IN THE HEAVENLY PLACES."
(EPHESIANS 6:12)
Ven. Dr. John C. Adubacim. Holy Trinity Church Anglican Rumuapara
HOW TO DEAL WITH THE
SPIRIT OF FEAR
5. MEDITATE ON THE WORD (2
CORINTHIANS 10:4&5) CONTROL
YOUR THOUGHT LIFE.
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HOW TO DEAL WITH THE
SPIRIT OF FEAR
6. RENOUNCE ALL
COVETOUSNESS AND BE
CONTENT WITH SUCH THINGS
AS YOU HAVE.
7. CALL ON THE NAME OF THE
LORD IN TIMES OF TROUBLE
(ROMANS 10:13; PSALM 34:4-7;
PSALM 34:15&17; PSALM 18:1-6)
Ven. Dr. John C. Adubacim. Holy Trinity Church Anglican Rumuapara
HOW TO DEAL WITH THE
SPIRIT OF FEAR
8. MEMORISE SCRIPTURE DAILY.
READ ALOUD PSALM 18:1-6
BELIEVE IT IN YOUR HEART .
Ven. Dr. John C. Adubacim. Holy Trinity Church Anglican Rumuapara
HOW TO DEAL WITH THE
SPIRIT OF FEAR
9. ALWAYS BE PREPARED AND
DISCERN ANY FURTHER ATTACK
OF FEAR WHICH MAY BE
ORIGINATING FROM THE ENEMY.
BE READY TO DEAL WITH THEM
10. EVERY DAY THANK AND
PRAISE GOD FOR HIS MERCIES
AND FOR HIS LOVE.
Ven. Dr. John C. Adubacim. Holy Trinity Church Anglican Rumuapara
HOW TO DEAL WITH THE
SPIRIT OF FEAR