Trust Jehovah And Not Be Afraid

Minister:
Date: PM
Text: Isaiah 12:2
Psalters: 55, 352, 152, 356
Confession of Faith
  1. The idea.
    1. ?Trust? is rest your weight and troubles on someone or something, resulting in security and confidence.
      1. Spiritually to trust in God is to cast onself entirely and without reserve on Him to save and keep us safe forever.
      2. To trust Jehovah is to sever ourselves absolutely from all reliance on anyone one or anything else.
    2. Negatively.
      1. To think that we can not trust and still not be afraid is the norm for children of Adam.
      2. Other times we know fear but do not trust.
      3. And sometimes we trust and are still afraid.
    3. True trust results in not being afraid.
      1. Not afraid of sin, Satan, death, hell or the wrath to come, for the blood of Jesus cleanses from all sin.
      2. Also such trust takes away fear of what man (the world or things) can do to me.
  2. Why trust? Why not be afraid though surrounded by trouble?
    1. ?God is my salvation? or Savior.
    2. The One in Whom we trust in Jehovah Jehovah ? He is Self-sufficient and unchangeable.
      1. With men entering the kingdom of God is as impossible as a camel going through the eye of a needle.
      2. But what is impossible with man is possible with God (Luke 18:27; 1:37).
    3. ?Jehovah is my strength and my song, and is become my salvation? (from Exodus 15:2).
      1. Jehovah is the source and author of our spiritual strength.
      2. And believers have this salvation in Him.
      3. The knowledge and experience of Jehovah?s strength and salvation brings joy, so we praise God in song.
    4. ?Behold? calls our attention to this fact and affirms Him to be our Savior.
  3. God does not leave trust without responsibility: trust is for every day, though it is tested constantly.
    1. Consider that if in my trust I am still afraid, then I dishonor God.
    2. God uses our trust in Christ to work to the praise of the glory of His grace.
      1. Trust in Christ brings to God greater glory than anything else we can do.
      2. Trust gives joy so sing, drawing water out of the wells of salvation.
    3. Therefore, trust Jehovah.