Sadly I attempt to share this glorious seed from God with those whose sincerity could not have been matched by the holy apostles themselves, yet they are so filled with fear surly they aren't of the elect. Then the truth of God's word matures within and we realize that right understanding of His precious word is too a gift of grace. That for His own purpose He often allows His own children to continue for a season, striving in fear of the awesome God of creation. They continuously wash themselves in the grief of their own shame of past deeds finding they are never clean enough to enter the palace of the great king. Until in His own time, the King Himself points out that they have never been outside His palace, and they have no need of fear of being cast from His presence, for they are His children.
Perfect love casts out all fear.
Children do not fear their parents, neither do we fear our heavenly Father. All of this rests upon the sovereignty of God and His immutability. It is God who has told us of the union with Christ, and that this union cannot be broken. It is God who has imputed to us the righteousness of Christ, that He sees not our flesh and evil, but His beloved Son in us, today and eternally. It is God who has said you are saved by grace thorough faith.