Fear Not, For I Am With You

Fear Not, For I Am With You is the fifth sermon in Dr. Robert C. Crowder’s expository series, The Gospel According to Isaiah, drawing from Isaiah 41:8–13 to offer a message of courage rooted in God’s covenant faithfulness. In this passage, the Lord speaks directly to His people, not in condemnation, but in comfort, declaring that they are chosen, upheld, and not cast away. Dr. Crowder expounds on the assurance that flows from the character and promises of God, reminding the Church that fear is not merely an emotional response but a spiritual battle often rooted in forgetfulness of who God is.

When the world is unstable and the soul grows weary, the answer is not self-reliance but divine reliance, “Fear thou not; for I am with thee.” This is not vague comfort but a precise and personal declaration from the Redeemer of Israel, the One who strengthens, helps, and upholds His people with the right hand of His righteousness.

Dr. Crowder proclaims that the antidote to fear is not positive thinking, but God’s presence; not wishful optimism, but anchored faith in His unchanging Word. This sermon calls every believer to silence the lies of fear with the truth of Scripture, to see trials through the lens of divine help, and to walk forward in confidence, not because the path is easy, but because the God who called us walks it with us.