Love Drives Out Fear

Podcast: Grace for All · Jim Stovall, Greta Smith, First United Methodist Church, Maryville, TN

Opublikowano: 2026-11-02

1 John 4:18–19 (CEB) There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear expects punishment. The person who is afraid has not been made perfect in love. We love because God first loved us. When we're children, we often obey our parents because we're afraid of what will happen if we don't. We follow the rules to avoid punishment. That's probably where learning to do the right thing begins, before we're able to understand the underlying principles. But as we mature, something changes. Ideally, we begin to do what's right because we lo...