Anxiety

Definition

God’s care for His creation, providing what is necessary and inviting trust rather than anxious concern about tomorrow.

Episodes

• 004 — Dogmatic Theology — Topic 2
• 066 — New Testament — Topic 7
• 089 — Old Testament — Topic 13

Related Concepts

• Providence

Biblical References

• 1 Corinthians 8:1 — *With regard to food sacrificed to idols, we know that “we all have knowledge.” Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. *
• 1 Corinthians 8:2-3 — *If someone thinks he knows something, he does not yet know to the degree that he needs to know. But if someone loves God, he is known by God. *
• Genesis 4:1 — Now the man was intimate with his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. Then she said, “I have created a man just as the Lord did!”
• Genesis 4:25 — And Adam was intimate with his wife again, and she gave birth to a son. She named him Seth, saying, “God has given me another child in place of Abel because Cain killed him.”
• Genesis 3:5 — *for God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will open and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” *
• Exodus 5:2 — *But Pharaoh said, “Who is the Lord that I should obey him by releasing Israel? I do not know the Lord, and I will not release Israel!” *