Love Helps Us to Overcome Fear - FEAR OF MAN

Humans  have a bad record of harming one another.  (Ecclesiastes 8:9)  For example, people abuse their authority, criminals commit violent actas, bullies at school insult and threaten their classmates, and some people even  treat their family members brutally. No wonder humans fear other humans!  How does Satan try to take advantage of our fear of man?

Satan uses fear of an to try to forces us to make compromises and to stop us from  preaching.  Under the influence of Satan, governments have banned our work and persecuted us.  (Luke 21:12; Revelation 2:10)   Various elements of Satan's world spread misleading information and vicious lies about Jehovah's Witnesses.  People who believe these lies may mock us or even attack us physically.  (Matthew 10:36) Are we supprised at Satan's vicious tactics?  Not at all.  he was already using them in the first century. - ACTS 5:27, 28, 40. 

Fear of opposition from governments is not the only weapon Satan uses.  For some, fear of how family members will react to the truth is greater than any physical abuse.  They love their relatives very much and want them to come to know and love Jehovah. It pains them to hear their relatives speak disprespectfully of the true God and of his worshipperss. In some cases, however, relatives who were initially opposed later came into the truth. But suppose or family members cut all ties with us because of our new beliefs?  How will we react? 

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