The Fear And Chaos We Reject...

"And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the breath of His mouth and destroy with the brightness of His coming. The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie, that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness."  2 Thessalonians 2:8-12 (NKJV) 

If we believed only in this world of mankind we would have every reason to be afraid because of its chaotic wickedness, death, corruption, and deceit. It seems that a good examination of the world's society shows a revelry toward defying God's laws and champions deception and the alleged disproving of the truth as God's declared it. There are those who rightly rise to defend truth for the sake of those who might be deceived, but the reality is that in the end, truth needs no one to defend it - it cannot be defeated. It stands unreachable by its detractors and those who work to twist it or depose it. After all, truth is birthed in the mind of God and stands untouchable by man as God alone declares it.

 We are not our own masters and never have been. Mankind's insolent responses to God will be met with His justice, while those truly following Christ, work to stand apart from the throng of mankind as those set apart for God. We don't need the support of the crowd because we stand with Christ. And we need to be encouraged, because if it be that we stand alone with Christ, we stand with the majority, for those opposed to Him will perish ... while we, those in Christ, remain standing with our Savior, grateful for His grace alone to have saved us.

"For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it to them. For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse, because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened. Professing to be wise, they became fools, and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man—and birds and four-footed animals and creeping things."  Romans 1:18-23 (NKJV)

One day all of mankind's efforts to hide, mutilate and create deception against the truth will be exposed nakedly to the shame of those who sought to offend it in the court of God's justice. That should evoke very live and reasonable fear in an honest man because that exposure will condemn for eternity those who have offended truth if they haven't repented of their wicked exploits against what the Creator and Master Of All That Exists has declared. We live for a time in a fallen world, but those who belong to God - reconciled to Him through Christ Jesus alone, don't belong to this world, but instead have citizenship in the unperishing world that God will raise after this one. 

"Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight! Woe to men mighty at drinking wine, woe to men valiant for mixing intoxicating drink, who justify the wicked for a bribe, and take away justice from the righteous man! Therefore, as the fire devours the stubble, and the flame consumes the chaff, so their root will be as rottenness, and their blossom will ascend like dust; Because they have rejected the law of the Lord of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel."  Isaiah 5:20-24 (NKJV)

We see wickedness and a chaotic atmosphere of lies around us for this short moment in eternity, but while we pass through it, we're to abstain from its wickedness, standing firm and unrelenting in our faith in God's truth as the true, eternal family of God without any true reason to fear. For our end is set in the rock of God's faithfulness and the truth of His declarations. The truth, as God has declared it, has set us free from fear.

"But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God from the beginning chose you for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth, to which He called you by our gospel, for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, brethren, stand fast and hold the traditions which you were taught, whether by word or our epistle. Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and our God and Father, who has loved us and given us everlasting consolation and good hope by grace, comfort your hearts and establish you in every good word and work."  

2 Thessalonians 2:13-15 (NKJV) 

We, reconciled to God through Christ, reject the lies, the wickedness, chaos and decay of this world to declare our citizenship, as God's children, in heaven - anchored by the truth of God's word and declarations, free of the fear and chaos of a world that's perishing even while we walk through it. This is because our faith is in our God and His truth and our every step from here is unshakeable as He leads us home.

In Scripture...

"He has shown you, O man, what is good; And what does the LORD require of you But to do justly, To love mercy, And to walk humbly with your God?" Micah 6:8 (NKJV)