WORKS OF FAITH/WORKS OF FEAR

Even though earth/darkness is the pervasive "air" of this world and the works of fear carried out by humans in accordance with it's character/nature are everywhere prevalent, those same works can be turned (transformed into) works of faith.

Faith and fear, though opposites, are always present together simultaneously; one is manifested while the other is present, but hidden. There is however, a difference in strength between the two. Faith is actually the power/energy of God, because it represents the initiatory or will/expansion aspect of God; whereas fear represents the response aspect and has no power in and of itself. In the mass of humanity which operate in fear, the power which fear seems to have is actually faith hidden within it, because the soul of the one using it, is resistant, therefore it becomes manifested as fear.

Fear causes negative things to happen "using faith's power". This is the fulfillment of Psalm4:2

" You sons of the great! how long TURNING
MY GLORY TO CONTEMPT, will you love
emptiness; will you seek falsehood?"

Humans in darkness, having resistant souls, turn the Glory of God working within them into a character/nature opposite to what it actually is, thereby producing works of fear-negative faith.

There is however, a more important truth, as this is written for those who are living by faith in a corrupt, perverse, God hating culture. This truth is: Those living by faith have the power through their faith-works to change the works of those living in fear. This is done without effort-by "standing still"; living by faith, which is walking in the Spirit; not warring against others with words-word battles-,but living the life, which then causes those in fear/darkness/earth who are nearby and see something different, to come to the light so that they too might have their fear turned into the same faith.