Love Casts Out Fear 

Victory Life Church — Duane Sheriff 

Sunday, January 5, 2025 

1 John 4:17-19 (NKJV) 

No fear of negative judgement to come. 

• Romans 5:8-9 (ref.) 

• 1 Thessalonians 1:10 (ref.) 

Four Other Fears 

Faces, Fences, Foes, Failure 

#1 Faces 

Peer pressure (fear of man) 

• Proverbs 29:25 (ref.) 

Jeremiah 1:8 (ref.) 

• Verse 17: “Do not be afraid of their faces…” 

Ezekiel 3:8 (ref.) 

• “Behold, I have made your face strong against their faces and your forehead strong against their foreheads…” 

John 12:42-43 (ref.) 

John 5:44 (NKJV) 

 

Example: King Saul (1 Samuel 15:24) 

• He feared the people. 

#2 Fences 

Obstacles standing between us & God’s will. 

• 2 Timothy 2:3 (ref.) 

• John 16:33 (ref.) 

• Acts 14:22 (ref.) 

#3 Foes 

Satan’s opposition to God’s best in our life. 

1 Corinthians 16:9 (NKJV) 

1 Thessalonians 2:18 (ref.) 

1 Peter 5:9 (ref.) 

James 4:7 

• “Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil & he will flee from you.” 

#4 Failure 

Proverbs 24:16 (NKJV) 

We all have failed. 

Get back up; learn & grow; to go again in faith. 

Romans 8:31-39 (NKJV)