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The Love That Conquers
by
Donald D. Schroeder
Here is the love, the faith, the power that will conquer every
anxiety and fear you may have!
T
HIS
is good news! There
is a right and happy
so l ution to hu ma n
fears, to anxieties and mental
depression!
Yet , why do so many depend
upon temporary or false solu–
tions to their problems?
The ríght way of dealíng wíth
problems and fears ís not denyíng
they exíst. l t ís not drowníng them
in alcohol or drugs. It is not assuag–
ing conscience or feelings of guilt
with human-invented personal phi–
losophies.
Nor is the solution to fears, wor–
ries and problems, as sorne reli–
gious people emphasize, j ust "ac–
cepting Christ" without facing the
causes of depression and anxieties.
The cause of fear and depressíon
is the breaking of God's spiritual
laws. The solution is to teach
humans how to obey God's spiritual
laws , how to develop spiritual–
mindedness, the attit udes and
power of God , which is the !ove of
God that conquers fear and worry.
That !ove shows humans how to
change, bear, escape and conquer
problems, fears and worries
in this
life
(ICor.
10:13).
Jesus Christ promised, "And ye
shall know the truth, and the truth
shall make you free" (John
8:32).
He meant that truth- the truth
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taught in God's Word, the Bible–
would open up to human under–
standing the real cause of human
problems. He meant truth would
set you free from the consequences
of wrong knowledge and ways of
thínking. He meant truth would set
you free from hopelessness and
depression, free from sin.
What, then, is the priceless
truth-the good news that wíll set
one free?
The True Gospel!
Jesus carne with a message about
government- God's government.
It
is a message about how that gov–
ernment and the
laws
upon which
that government is based will be set
up on earth.
It
is a message about
how humans may qualify for rule in
that government.
It
ís a message
about a
way of life!
The laws of God's government
are the Iaws of true love-the way
of giving instead of getting. They
generate the love that conquers fear
and depression, the love that would,
if obeyed , e liminate every evil
affiicting mankind today.
God's love is revealed, in broad
principies, in the Ten Command–
ments. Fear and mental depression
are caused by breakíng God's
ímmutable spiritual-and, often,
physicai-Iaws!
Fear and depressíon are caused
by wrong values, desires and atti-
tudes. They are caused by wrong
ways of thinking and living-the
"get" way. The only true solution is
to quit breaking God's spiritual and
physical laws and start living God's
way i n al! ou r thoughts and
actions.
"There is no fear in [godly] !ove;
bu t perfect !ove casteth out
fear.... He that feareth is not made
perfect in love" (1 John
4:18).
Many wonder why they don't
have that !ove, even if they want it.
Here is why: Thís !ove ís a product
of growing out of wrong ways of
living and thínking. Not even
someone called from sínful ways
develops perfect !ove all at once.
It
takes time. But as we grow in God's
love, fear and hopelessness dimin–
ish.
But there is an even more critica!
reason why many don't have per–
fect !ove. The reason is that God's
!ove is a
spiritual
love-ruled by
spiritual
law (Rom.
7:14).
It can
only be fully fu lfilled by spi ritual,
not human, love. You weren't born
with that love. I t must be given to
you and developed by supernat ural
power.
There is something missing in the
natural mind of man. Man was born
incomplete. He was made to need a
vital missíng element. What is miss–
ing is the Spir ít of God. I t empowers
the human mínd to understand and
obey God's spír itual laws. The natu-
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